1978-1979 - Australia v. England - Test Match Summary

Teams: Australia v/s England
Match Date: January 6, 1979
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss: England , elected to bat
Result: England won by 93 runs
Match Player: Derek Randall

England 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Ian Botham	59	138	108
Graham Gooch	18	102	81
Mike Brearley	17	96	80
Mike Hendrick	10	19	24
Bob Taylor	10	33	28
Geoffrey Boycott	8	54	40
David Gower	7	24	10
Bob Willis	7*	62	43
Geoff Miller	4	4	5
Derek Randall	0	1	2
John Emburey	0	9	11
152 All Out (52.6 overs @ 2.87 rpo)

Australia 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Geoff Dymock	13.0	1	34	0
Jim Higgs	18.0	4	42	3
Rodney Hogg	11.0	3	36	2
Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5

Australia 1st Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Rick Darling	91	276	200
Allan Border	60*	245	203
Kim Hughes	48	184	167
Graham Yallop	44	141	136
John Maclean	12	63	58
Jim Higgs	11	40	32
Rodney Hogg	6	13	17
Geoff Dymock	5	66	54
Peter Toohey	1	5	4
Alan Hurst	0	5	2
Graeme Wood	0	3	5
294 All Out (108.0 overs @ 2.72 rpo)

England 1st Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Graham Gooch	5.0	1	14	0
Geoff Miller	13.0	2	37	1
Ian Botham	28.0	3	87	2
John Emburey	29.0	10	57	1
Mike Hendrick	24.0	4	50	2
Bob Willis	9.0	2	33	2

England 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Mike Brearley	53	216	195
David Gower	34	98	68
Graham Gooch	22	128	98
Bob Taylor	21*	110	113
Geoff Miller	17	96	80
John Emburey	14	49	39
Mike Hendrick	7	8	11
Ian Botham	6	90	88
Geoffrey Boycott	0	1	1
Bob Willis	0	1	1
Derek Randall	150	582	498
346 All Out (146.6 overs @ 2.35 rpo)

Australia 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Alan Hurst	19.0	3	43	0
Allan Border	23.0	11	31	1
Geoff Dymock	17.0	4	35	0
Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5
Rodney Hogg	28.0	10	67	4

Australia 2nd Innings Batting

Player	Runs	Min	BF
Allan Border	45*	101	115
Graeme Wood	27	75	64
Kim Hughes	15	55	40
Rick Darling	13	51	37
Peter Toohey	5	50	50
Jim Higgs	3	24	29
Graham Yallop	1	8	12
Alan Hurst	0	20	21
Geoff Dymock	0	9	12
John Maclean	0	7	11
Rodney Hogg	0	5	4
111 All Out (49.2 overs @ 2.25 rpo)

England 2nd Innings Bowling

Player	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wks
Geoff Miller	20.0	7	38	3
John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4
Mike Hendrick	10.0	3	17	2
Bob Willis	2.0	0	8	0

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