Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 2nd Match, 24 January, 1979, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia vs England | January 24, 1979, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground
*102/3 (28.2 ov)
*101/10 (33.5 ov)
England won by 7 wickets
Australia Inning Inning
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Graeme Wood
c Gower b Edmonds
|
28 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 42.42 |
|
Andrew Hilditch
c †Bairstow b Botham
|
10 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 25.64 |
|
Allan Border
c Willis b Hendrick
|
11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 61.11 |
|
Graham Yallop
run out
|
9 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
|
Kim Hughes
lbw b Hendrick
|
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Phil Carlson
c Randall b Willis
|
11 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 40.74 |
|
Trevor Laughlin
c Willis b Hendrick
|
6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.08 |
|
John Maclean
c Edmonds b Botham
|
11 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
|
Rodney Hogg
c Botham b Hendrick
|
4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
|
Geoff Dymock
c & b Botham
|
1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 |
|
Alan Hurst
not out
|
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 4, p 0) | 10 | ||||
| TOTAL (3.01 RUNS PER OVER) | 101/10 (33.5 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS
54-3 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 27-1 (Andrew Hilditch, 0 ov), 52-2 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 76-5 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 55-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 78-6 (Phil Carlson, 0 ov), 94-7 (Trevor Laughlin, 0 ov), 101-9 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 99-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 101-10 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov)
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Dots | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 |
| John Lever | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.40 |
| Mike Hendrick | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Sir Ian Botham | 4.5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.31 |
| Phil Edmonds | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Graham Gooch | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
England (target 102 runs off 40.0 overs) Inning Inning
Match Information
SERIES
DATE & TIME
Wednesday, January 24, 1979 - 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne
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