Australia vs England Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 8th Match, 26 December, 1979, Sydney Cricket Ground

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | December 26, 1979, 07:30 PM | Sydney Cricket Ground

Completed

England

*195/6 (45.1 ov)

Australia

*194/6 (47.0 ov)

England won by 4 wickets

Player of the Match

Geoff Boycott - England

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

Australia Inning Inning

194/6 (47.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird b Botham	6	27	0	0	22.22
Julien Wiener c †Bairstow b Botham	2	14	0	0	14.29
Allan Border c Gower b Gooch	22	53	2	0	41.51
Greg Chappell run out	52	82	3	0	63.41
Kim Hughes b Willis	23	39	0	1	58.97
Ian Michael Chappell not out	60	50	6	0	120.00
Rod Marsh c †Bairstow b Dilley	10	13	0	1	76.92
Dennis Lillee not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
EXTRAS ( b 3, lb 10, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	17
TOTAL (4.13 RUNS PER OVER)	194/6 (47.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

21-2 (Bruce Laird, 0 ov), 5-1 (Julien Wiener, 0 ov), 50-3 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 135-5 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 109-4 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 179-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock, Len Pascoe

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Graham Dilley	10	1	32	1	3.20
Sir Ian Botham	9	1	33	2	3.67
Bob Willis	10	1	38	1	3.80
Derek Underwood	10	2	36	0	3.60
Graham Gooch	8	0	38	1	4.75

England (target runs off 47.0 overs) Inning Inning

195/6 (45.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Graham Gooch lbw b Hogg	29	35	4	0	82.86
Geoff Boycott not out	86	134	6	0	64.18
Peter Willey b Pascoe	51	77	5	0	66.23
David Gower c †Marsh b Hogg	2	12	0	0	16.67
Derek Randall c Chappell b Pascoe	1	5	0	0	20.00
Sir Ian Botham lbw b Hogg	6	10	0	1	60.00
Mike Brearley c †Marsh b Hogg	0	3	0	0	0.00
David Bairstow not out	7	8	0	0	87.50
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 11, p 0)	13
TOTAL (4.32 RUNS PER OVER)	195/6 (45.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

41-1 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 152-2 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 157-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 170-4 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 179-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 179-6 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov)