Australia vs England Scorecard, Australia vs England, 5th Test, 27 January, 1979, Adelaide Oval

Australia vs England | January 27, 1979, 07:30 PM | Adelaide Oval

Completed

England

*169/10 (40.4 ov) & *360/10 (142.6 ov)

Australia

*164/10 (53.4 ov) & *160/10 (67.0 ov)

England won by 205 runs

Player of the Match

Sir Ian Botham - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad

England 1st Innings Inning

169/10 (40.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c †Wright b Hurst	6	21	0	0	28.57
Mike Brearley c †Wright b Hogg	2	14	0	0	14.29
Derek Randall c Carlson b Hurst	4	13	0	0	30.77
Graham Gooch c Hughes b Hogg	1	10	0	0	10.00
David Gower lbw b Hurst	9	13	1	0	69.23
Sir Ian Botham c †Wright b Higgs	74	97	6	2	76.29
Geoff Miller lbw b Hogg	31	89	3	0	34.83
Bob Taylor run out	4	21	0	0	19.05
John Emburey b Higgs	4	21	0	0	19.05
Bob Willis c Darling b Hogg	24	20	3	1	120.00
Mike Hendrick not out	0	9	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 2, p 0)	10
TOTAL (4.18 RUNS PER OVER)	169/10 (40.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

10-1 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 12-2 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 18-4 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 16-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 27-5 (David Gower, 0 ov), 147-9 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 80-6 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 113-7 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 136-8 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 169-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	2.44
Alan Hurst	14	1	65	3	4.64
Phil Carlson	9	1	34	0	3.78
Bruce Yardley	4	0	25	0	6.25
Jim Higgs	3	1	9	2	3.00

Australia 1st Innings Inning

164/10 (53.4 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling c Willis b Botham	15	33	1	1	45.45
Graeme Wood c Randall b Emburey	35	117	1	0	29.91
Kim Hughes c Emburey b Hendrick	4	10	1	0	40.00
Graham Yallop b Hendrick	0	4	0	0	0.00
Allan Border c †Taylor b Botham	11	18	1	0	61.11
Phil Carlson c †Taylor b Botham	0	5	0	0	0.00
Bruce Yardley b Botham	28	75	4	0	37.33
Kevin Wright lbw b Emburey	29	69	2	0	42.03
Rodney Hogg b Willis	0	1	0	0	0.00
Jim Higgs run out	16	63	0	0	25.40
Alan Hurst not out	17	39	0	0	43.59
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 5, p 0)	9
TOTAL (3.07 RUNS PER OVER)	164/10 (53.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

94-6 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 114-7 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 5-1 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 10-2 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 22-3 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 24-4 (Phil Carlson, 0 ov), 72-5 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 133-9 (Kevin Wright, 0 ov), 116-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 164-10 (Jim Higgs, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	11	1	55	1	5.00
Mike Hendrick	19	1	45	2	2.37
Sir Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	3.60
John Emburey	12	7	13	2	1.08

England 2nd Innings Inning

360/10 (142.6 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott c Hughes b Hurst	49	212	2	0	23.11
Mike Brearley lbw b Carlson	9	65	0	0	13.85
Derek Randall c Yardley b Hurst	15	50	2	0	30.00
Graham Gooch b Carlson	18	74	2	0	24.32
David Gower lbw b Higgs	21	54	3	0	38.89
Sir Ian Botham c Yardley b Hurst	7	29	1	0	24.14
Geoff Miller c †Wright b Hurst	64	203	5	0	31.53
Bob Taylor c †Wright b Hogg	97	300	6	0	32.33
John Emburey b Hogg	42	132	4	0	31.82
Bob Willis c †Wright b Hogg	12	18	1	0	66.67
Mike Hendrick not out	3	10	0	0	30.00
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 16, w 2, nb 4, p 0)	23
TOTAL (2.52 RUNS PER OVER)	360/10 (142.6 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

106-4 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 31-1 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 57-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 97-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 132-6 (David Gower, 0 ov), 130-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 267-7 (Geoff Miller, 0 ov), 336-8 (Bob Taylor, 0 ov), 347-9 (John Emburey, 0 ov), 360-10 (Bob Willis, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	2.11
Alan Hurst	37	9	97	4	2.62
Phil Carlson	27	8	41	2	1.52
Bruce Yardley	20	6	60	0	3.00
Jim Higgs	28	4	75	1	2.68
Allan Border	3	2	5	0	1.67

Australia 2nd Innings (target 366) Inning

160/10 (67.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling b Botham	18	37	2	0	48.65
Graeme Wood run out	9	41	0	0	21.95
Kim Hughes c Gower b Hendrick	46	176	4	0	26.14
Graham Yallop b Hendrick	36	176	3	0	20.45
Allan Border b Willis	1	19	0	0	5.26
Phil Carlson c Gower b Hendrick	21	51	2	0	41.18
Bruce Yardley c Brearley b Willis	0	2	0	0	0.00
Kevin Wright c Emburey b Miller	0	16	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg b Miller	2	7	0	0	28.57
Jim Higgs not out	3	10	0	0	30.00
Alan Hurst b Willis	13	13	2	0	100.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 10, p 0)	11
TOTAL (2.39 RUNS PER OVER)	160/10 (67.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

31-1 (Rick Darling, 0 ov), 36-2 (Graeme Wood, 0 ov), 120-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 115-3 (Graham Yallop, 0 ov), 121-5 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 147-9 (Phil Carlson, 0 ov), 121-6 (Bruce Yardley, 0 ov), 124-7 (Kevin Wright, 0 ov), 130-8 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov), 160-10 (Alan Hurst, 0 ov)