TestNo. 834MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 7 wickets

1 to 6 December 1978Brisbane

Australia

116 & 339116.6 ov

Englandwon by 7 wickets

286 & 170/353.5 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

Australia innings

11637.7 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	7	30	45	0	0	23.3
Gary Cosier	run out	1	2	3	0	0	50.0
Peter Toohey	bowled	1	12	9	0	0	8.3
Graham Yallop	caught	7	40	59	0	0	17.5
Kim Hughes	caught	4	24	34	0	0	16.7
Trevor Laughlin	caught	2	3	8	0	0	66.7
John Maclean	not out	33*	83	135	2	0	39.8
Bruce Yardley	caught	17	40	40	2	0	42.5
Rodney Hogg	caught	36	67	78	5	0	53.7
Alan Hurst	caught	0	4	2	0	0	0.0
Jim Higgs	bowled	1	5	5	0	0	20.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 6	7
Total	all out, 37.7 overs (8-ball)	116

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-2 Gary Cosier2-5 Peter Toohey3-14 Graeme Wood4-22 Graham Yallop5-24 Kim Hughes6-26 Trevor Laughlin7-53 Bruce Yardley8-113 Rodney Hogg9-113 Alan Hurst10-116 Jim Higgs

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	14	2	44	4	3.14
Chris Old	9.7	1	24	2	2.43
Ian Botham	12	1	40	3	3.33
Graham Gooch	1	0	1	0	1.00
Phil Edmonds	1	1	0	0	0.00

England innings

28695.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	13	67	91	1	0	19.4
Graham Gooch	caught	2	13	18	0	0	15.4
Derek Randall	caught	75	196	223	10	1	38.3
Bob Taylor	lbw	20	115	172	0	0	17.4
Mike Brearley	caught	6	13	19	1	0	46.2
David Gower	caught	44	90	111	5	0	48.9
Ian Botham	caught	49	73	102	5	0	67.1
Geoff Miller	lbw	27	70	93	1	0	38.6
Phil Edmonds	caught	1	9	15	0	0	11.1
Chris Old	not out	29*	102	113	2	0	28.4
Bob Willis	caught	8	20	44	1	0	40.0
Extras	b 7, lb 4, nb 1	12
Total	all out, 95.4 overs (8-ball)	286

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-2 Graham Gooch2-38 Geoff Boycott3-111 Derek Randall4-120 Mike Brearley5-120 Bob Taylor6-215 Ian Botham7-219 David Gower8-226 Phil Edmonds9-266 Geoff Miller10-286 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	3.38
Rodney Hogg	28	8	74	6	2.64
Trevor Laughlin	22	6	54	0	2.45
Bruce Yardley	7	1	34	0	4.86
Gary Cosier	5	1	10	0	2.00
Jim Higgs	6	2	9	0	1.50

Australia innings

339116.6 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	lbw	19	50	88	1	0	38.0
Gary Cosier	bowled	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Peter Toohey	lbw	1	9	7	0	0	11.1
Graham Yallop	caught	102	307	347	8	0	33.2
Kim Hughes	caught	129	411	481	8	2	31.4
Trevor Laughlin	lbw	5	8	13	0	0	62.5
John Maclean	lbw	15	63	63	1	0	23.8
Bruce Yardley	caught	16	70	79	1	0	22.9
Rodney Hogg	bowled	16	35	41	1	0	45.7
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Jim Higgs	not out	0*	2	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 9, lb 5, nb 22	36
Total	all out, 116.6 overs (8-ball)	339

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-0 Gary Cosier2-2 Peter Toohey3-49 Graeme Wood4-219 Graham Yallop5-228 Trevor Laughlin6-261 John Maclean7-310 Bruce Yardley8-339 Rodney Hogg9-339 Alan Hurst10-339 Kim Hughes

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	27.6	3	69	3	2.49
Ian Botham	26	5	95	3	3.65
Chris Old	17	1	60	2	3.53
Geoff Miller	34	12	52	2	1.53
Phil Edmonds	12	1	27	0	2.25

England innings chasing 170

170/353.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	run out	16	82	98	0	0	19.5
Graham Gooch	caught	2	33	53	0	0	6.1
Derek Randall	not out	74*	175	210	5	0	42.3
Mike Brearley	caught	13	51	54	1	0	25.5
David Gower	not out	48*	90	109	4	0	53.3
Extras	b 12, lb 3, nb 2	17
Total	3 wickets, 53.5 overs (8-ball)	170

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 340

1-16 Graham Gooch2-37 Geoff Boycott3-74 Mike Brearley

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	12.5	2	35	1	2.77
Alan Hurst	10	4	17	0	1.70
Bruce Yardley	13	1	41	1	3.15
Trevor Laughlin	3	0	6	0	2.00
Jim Higgs	12	1	43	0	3.58
Gary Cosier	3	0	11	0	3.67

Tests in December 1978

6 matches

TestScorecardIndia424 & 224/284.5West Indies493161Match drawnWankhede, 1 December TestScorecardAustralia116 & 339116.6England286 & 170/353.5England won by 7 wicketsBrisbane, 1 December TestScorecardWest Indies437 & 200/882India371116.2Match drawnBengaluru, 15 December TestScorecardEngland309 & 20866.3Australia190 & 16146.1England won by 166 runsW.A.C.A, 15 December TestScorecardIndia300 & 361/1d93West Indies327 & 197/9105.1Match drawnEden Gardens, 29 December TestScorecardAustralia258 & 16771.2England143 & 17967Australia won by 103 runsMelbourne, 29 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 834
Dates: 1 to 6 December 1978
Ground: Brisbane
Result: England won by 7 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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      "runs": 36, "balls": 67, "minutes": 78, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Bob Willis", "overs": "14", "wickets": 4, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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