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Stumps • Starts 10:00 AM • 1st TEST • Leeds

IND

(23.5 ov) 471 & 90/2

ENG

465

Day 3 - India lead by 96 runs.

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220/6

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(19.4/20 ov, T:221) 223/3

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Australia vs England, 6th Test at Sydney, Feb 10 1979 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

6th Test, Sydney, February 10 - 14, 1979, England tour of Australia

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Australia

198 & 143

England

(T:34) 308 & 35/1

England won by 9 wickets

Player Of The Match

Graham Yallop

, AUS

121

Australia 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

England 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Botham b Hendrick	15	25	30	2	0	60.00
Andrew Hilditch	run out	3	8	18	0	0	37.50
Kim Hughes	c Botham b Willis	16	86	99	2	0	18.60
Graham Yallop (c)	c Gower b Botham	121	212	267	13	0	57.07
Peter Toohey	c †Taylor b Botham	8	37	46	0	0	21.62
Phil Carlson	c Gooch b Botham	2	5	6	0	0	40.00
Bruce Yardley	b Emburey	7	15	14	1	0	46.66
Kevin Wright †	st †Taylor b Emburey	3	11	9	0	0	27.27
Rodney Hogg	c Emburey b Miller	9	46	47	1	0	19.56
Jim Higgs	not out	9	45	52	1	0	20.00
Alan Hurst	b Botham	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	60.7 Ov (RR: 3.25)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-19 (Graeme Wood), 3-67 (Kim Hughes), 4-101 (Peter Toohey), 5-109 (Phil Carlson), 6-116 (Bruce Yardley), 7-124 (Kevin Wright), 8-159 (Rodney Hogg), 9-198 (Graham Yallop), 10-198 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	11	4	48	1	3.27	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	12	2	21	1	1.31	-	-	-
Ian Botham	9.7	1	57	4	4.32	-	-	-
John Emburey	18	3	48	2	2.00	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	9	3	13	1	1.08	-	-	-
Geoff Boycott	1	0	6	0	4.50	-	-	-

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Hilditch b Hurst	19	80	91	1	0	23.75
Mike Brearley (c)	c Toohey b Higgs	46	148	200	3	0	31.08
Derek Randall	lbw b Hogg	7	9	14	1	0	77.77
Graham Gooch	st †Wright b Higgs	74	136	148	7	1	54.41
David Gower	c †Wright b Higgs	65	111	141	6	0	58.55
Ian Botham	c Carlson b Yardley	23	53	54	2	0	43.39
Geoff Miller	lbw b Hurst	18	84	89	2	0	21.42
Bob Taylor †	not out	36	118	160	2	0	30.50
John Emburey	c Hilditch b Hurst	0	18	20	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis	b Higgs	10	63	70	0	0	15.87
Mike Hendrick	c & b Yardley	0	7	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 2)	10
Total	103 Ov (RR: 2.99)	308
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Geoff Boycott), 2-46 (Derek Randall), 3-115 (Mike Brearley), 4-182 (Graham Gooch), 5-233 (Ian Botham), 6-247 (David Gower), 7-270 (Geoff Miller), 8-280 (John Emburey), 9-306 (Bob Willis), 10-308 (Mike Hendrick)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Rodney Hogg	18	6	42	1	1.75	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	20	4	58	3	2.17	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	25	2	105	2	3.15	-	-	-
Phil Carlson	10	1	24	0	1.80	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	30	8	69	4	1.72	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	c Willis b Miller	29	78	96	3	0	37.17
Andrew Hilditch	c †Taylor b Hendrick	1	17	19	0	0	5.88
Kim Hughes	c Gooch b Emburey	7	16	26	1	0	43.75
Graham Yallop (c)	c †Taylor b Miller	17	120	107	0	0	14.16
Peter Toohey	c Gooch b Emburey	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Phil Carlson	c Botham b Emburey	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley	not out	61	147	160	3	0	41.49
Kevin Wright †	c Boycott b Miller	5	62	55	0	0	8.06
Rodney Hogg	b Miller	7	25	24	0	0	28.00
Jim Higgs	c Botham b Emburey	2	4	5	0	0	50.00
Alan Hurst	c & b Miller	4	17	16	1	0	23.52
Extras	(b 3, lb 6, nb 1)	10
Total	61.1 Ov (RR: 2.33)	143
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-28 (Kim Hughes), 3-48 (Graeme Wood), 4-48 (Peter Toohey), 5-48 (Phil Carlson), 6-82 (Graham Yallop), 7-114 (Kevin Wright), 8-130 (Rodney Hogg), 9-136 (Jim Higgs), 10-143 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Bob Willis	3	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	7	3	22	1	2.35	-	-	-
John Emburey	24	4	52	4	1.62	-	-	-
Geoff Miller	27.1	6	44	5	1.21	-	-	-

England 2nd Innings (T: 34 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	c Hughes b Higgs	13	52	35	0	0	25.00
Mike Brearley (c)	not out	20	30	39	2	0	66.66
Derek Randall	not out	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	10.2 Ov (RR: 3.41)	35/1
Did not bat: Graham Gooch, David Gower, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller, Bob Taylor †, John Emburey, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Geoff Boycott)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Bruce Yardley	5.2	0	21	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	0
Jim Higgs	5	1	12	1	1.80	-	-	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Sat, 10 Feb - day 1 - England 1st innings 24/0 (Geoff Boycott 6*, Mike Brearley 18*)

Sun, 11 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 216/4 (David Gower 47*, Ian Botham 17*)

Mon, 12 Feb - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 70/5 (Graham Yallop 13*, Bruce Yardley 16*)

Tue, 13 Feb - rest day

Wed, 14 Feb - day 4 - England 2nd innings 35/1 (10.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of Australia
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Graham Yallop
Series result	England won the 6-match series 5-1
Match number	Test no. 846
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Andrew Hilditch
Umpires	Donald Weser Tony Crafter

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
G Boycott	caught	13	52
JM Brearley	not out	20	30
DW Randall	not out	0	2
Extras	(nb 2)
Total	35(1 wkt; 10.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Yardley	5.2	0	21	0	3
JD Higgs	5	1	12	1	1.8

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	31	Geoff Boycott	Mike Brearley
2nd	4	Mike Brearley	Derek Randall

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