Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, 29 December, 1978, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia vs England | December 29, 1978, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

Australia

*258/10 (89.1 ov) & *167/10 (71.2 ov)

England

*143/10 (63.6 ov) & *179/10 (67.0 ov)

Australia won by 103 runs

Player of the Match

Graeme Wood - Australia

Commentary Scorecard Squad

Australia 1st Innings Inning

258/10 (89.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood c Emburey b Miller	100	283	6	0	35.34
Rick Darling run out	33	71	2	0	46.48
Kim Hughes c †Taylor b Botham	0	1	0	0	0.00
Graham Yallop c Hendrick b Botham	41	98	4	0	41.84
Peter Toohey c Randall b Miller	32	70	1	0	45.71
Allan Border c Brearley b Hendrick	29	115	4	0	25.22
John Maclean b Botham	8	47	0	0	17.02
Rodney Hogg c Randall b Miller	0	5	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock b Hendrick	0	14	0	0	0.00
Alan Hurst b Hendrick	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs not out	1	15	0	0	6.67
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 6, p 0)	14
TOTAL (2.90 RUNS PER OVER)	258/10 (89.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

250-6 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 65-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 65-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 126-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 189-4 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 247-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 258-10 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 250-7 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 251-8 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 252-9 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	13	2	47	0	3.62
Sir Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	3.37
Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	2.17
John Emburey	14	1	44	0	3.14
Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.84

England 1st Innings Inning

143/10 (63.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott b Hogg	1	13	0	0	7.69
Mike Brearley lbw b Hogg	1	8	0	0	12.50
Derek Randall lbw b Hurst	13	53	1	0	24.53
Graham Gooch c Border b Dymock	25	91	1	0	27.47
David Gower lbw b Dymock	29	48	4	0	60.42
Sir Ian Botham c Darling b Higgs	22	80	3	0	27.50
Geoff Miller b Hogg	7	101	0	0	6.93
Bob Taylor b Hogg	1	4	0	0	25.00
John Emburey b Hogg	0	14	0	0	0.00
Bob Willis c Darling b Dymock	19	76	0	0	25.00
Mike Hendrick not out	6	33	1	0	18.18
EXTRAS ( b 6, lb 4, w 0, nb 9, p 0)	19
TOTAL (2.25 RUNS PER OVER)	143/10 (63.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

2-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 3-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 40-3 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 52-4 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 81-5 (David Gower, 0 ov), 100-6 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 120-9 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 101-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 101-8 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 143-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.76
Alan Hurst	12	2	24	1	2.00
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	2.38
Jim Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.68

Australia 2nd Innings Inning

167/10 (71.2 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood b Botham	34	107	0	0	31.78
Rick Darling c Randall b Miller	21	86	0	0	24.42
Kim Hughes c Gower b Botham	48	142	4	1	33.80
Graham Yallop c †Taylor b Miller	16	46	1	0	34.78
Peter Toohey c Botham b Emburey	20	30	1	0	66.67
Allan Border run out	0	12	0	0	0.00
John Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey	10	77	1	0	12.99
Rodney Hogg b Botham	1	21	0	0	4.76
Geoff Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick	6	39	0	0	15.38
Jim Higgs st †Taylor b Emburey	0	7	0	0	0.00
Alan Hurst not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	11
TOTAL (2.35 RUNS PER OVER)	167/10 (71.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

81-2 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 55-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 152-6 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 101-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 136-4 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 136-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 167-8 (John Maclean, 0 ov), 157-7 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 167-9 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 167-10 (Jim Higgs, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	7	0	21	0	3.00
Sir Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.73
Mike Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.79
Geoff Miller	14	5	39	2	2.79
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.41

England 2nd Innings (target 283) Inning

179/10 (67.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Hurst	38	155	1	0	24.52
Mike Brearley c †Maclean b Dymock	0	3	0	0	0.00
Derek Randall lbw b Hogg	2	8	0	0	25.00
Graham Gooch lbw b Hogg	40	87	5	0	45.98
David Gower lbw b Dymock	49	128	3	0	38.28
Sir Ian Botham c †Maclean b Higgs	10	62	0	0	16.13
Geoff Miller c Hughes b Higgs	1	12	0	0	8.33
Bob Taylor c †Maclean b Hogg	5	40	0	0	12.50
John Emburey not out	7	33	0	0	21.21
Bob Willis c Yallop b Hogg	3	12	0	0	25.00
Mike Hendrick b Hogg	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6, p 0)	24
TOTAL (2.67 RUNS PER OVER)	179/10 (67.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

122-4 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 1-1 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 6-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 71-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 163-6 (David Gower, 0 ov), 163-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 167-7 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 171-8 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 179-9 (Bob Willis, 0 ov), 179-10 (Mike Hendrick, 0 ov)