Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 1st Test, 1 December, 1978, The Gabba

Australia vs England | December 1, 1978, 07:30 PM | The Gabba

Completed

England

*286/10 (95.4 ov) & *170/3 (53.5 ov)

Australia

*116/10 (37.7 ov) & *339/10 (116.6 ov)

England won by 7 wickets

Player of the Match

Derek Randall - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad

Australia 1st Innings Inning

116/10 (37.7 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c †Taylor b Old	7	30	0	0	23.33
Gary Cosier run out	1	2	0	0	50.00
Peter Toohey b Willis	1	12	0	0	8.33
Graham Yallop c Gooch b Willis	7	40	0	0	17.50
Kim Hughes c †Taylor b Botham	4	24	0	0	16.67
Trevor Laughlin c sub b Willis	2	3	0	0	66.67
John Maclean not out	33	83	2	0	39.76
Bruce Yardley c †Taylor b Willis	17	40	2	0	42.50
Rodney Hogg c †Taylor b Botham	36	67	5	0	53.73
Alan Hurst c †Taylor b Botham	0	4	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs b Old	1	5	0	0	20.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	7
TOTAL (3.08 RUNS PER OVER)	116/10 (37.7 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

14-3 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 2-1 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 5-2 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 22-4 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 24-5 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 26-6 (Trevor Laughlin, 0 ov), 53-7 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 113-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 113-9 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov), 116-10 (Jim Higgs, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	14	2	44	4	3.14
Chris Old	9.7	1	24	2	2.36
Sir Ian Botham	12	1	40	3	3.33
Graham Gooch	1	0	1	0	1.00
Phil Edmonds	1	1	0	0	0.00

England 1st Innings Inning

286/10 (95.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c Hughes b Hogg	13	67	1	0	19.40
Graham Gooch c Laughlin b Hogg	2	13	0	0	15.38
Derek Randall c Laughlin b Hurst	75	196	10	1	38.27
Bob Taylor lbw b Hurst	20	115	0	0	17.39
Mike Brearley c †Maclean b Hogg	6	13	1	0	46.15
David Gower c †Maclean b Hurst	44	90	5	0	48.89
Sir Ian Botham c †Maclean b Hogg	49	73	5	0	67.12
Geoff Miller lbw b Hogg	27	70	1	0	38.57
Phil Edmonds c †Maclean b Hogg	1	9	0	0	11.11
Chris Old not out	29	102	2	0	28.43
Bob Willis c †Maclean b Hurst	8	20	1	0	40.00
EXTRAS ( b 7, lb 4, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	12
TOTAL (3.00 RUNS PER OVER)	286/10 (95.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

38-2 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 2-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 111-3 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 120-5 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 120-4 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 219-7 (David Gower, 0 ov), 215-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 266-9 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 226-8 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov), 286-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alan Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	3.36
Rodney Hogg	28	8	74	6	2.64
Trevor Laughlin	22	6	54	0	2.45
Bruce Yardley	7	1	34	0	4.86
Gary Cosier	5	1	10	0	2.00
Jim Higgs	6	2	9	0	1.50

Australia 2nd Innings Inning

339/10 (116.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood lbw b Old	19	50	1	0	38.00
Gary Cosier b Willis	0	1	0	0	0.00
Peter Toohey lbw b Botham	1	9	0	0	11.11
Graham Yallop c & b Willis	102	307	8	0	33.22
Kim Hughes c Edmonds b Willis	129	411	8	2	31.39
Trevor Laughlin lbw b Old	5	8	0	0	62.50
John Maclean lbw b Miller	15	63	1	0	23.81
Bruce Yardley c Brearley b Miller	16	70	1	0	22.86
Rodney Hogg b Botham	16	35	1	0	45.71
Alan Hurst b Botham	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 9, lb 5, w 0, nb 22, p 0)	36
TOTAL (2.91 RUNS PER OVER)	339/10 (116.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

49-3 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 0-1 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 2-2 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 219-4 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 339-10 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 228-5 (Trevor Laughlin, 0 ov), 261-6 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 310-7 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 339-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 339-9 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	27.6	3	69	3	2.46
Sir Ian Botham	26	5	95	3	3.65
Chris Old	17	1	60	2	3.53
Geoff Miller	34	12	52	2	1.53
Phil Edmonds	12	1	27	0	2.25

England 2nd Innings (target 170) Inning

170/3 (53.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott run out	16	82	0	0	19.51
Graham Gooch c Yardley b Hogg	2	33	0	0	6.06
Derek Randall not out	74	175	5	0	42.29
Mike Brearley c †Maclean b Yardley	13	51	1	0	25.49
David Gower not out	48	90	4	0	53.33
EXTRAS ( b 12, lb 3, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	17
TOTAL (3.18 RUNS PER OVER)	170/3 (53.5 ov)