TestNo. 840MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 93 runs

6 to 11 January 1979Sydney

Australia

294 & 11149.2 ov

Englandwon by 93 runs

152 & 346146.6 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.

England innings

15252.6 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	8	40	54	0	0	20.0
Mike Brearley	bowled	17	80	96	0	0	21.3
Derek Randall	caught	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Graham Gooch	caught	18	81	102	1	0	22.2
David Gower	caught	7	10	24	0	0	70.0
Ian Botham	caught	59	108	138	7	0	54.6
Geoff Miller	caught	4	5	4	1	0	80.0
Bob Taylor	caught	10	28	33	1	0	35.7
John Emburey	caught	0	11	9	0	0	0.0
Bob Willis	not out	7*	43	62	0	0	16.3
Mike Hendrick	bowled	10	24	19	0	0	41.7
Extras	b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8	12
Total	all out, 52.6 overs (8-ball)	152

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-18 Geoff Boycott2-18 Derek Randall3-35 Mike Brearley4-51 David Gower5-66 Graham Gooch6-70 Geoff Miller7-94 Bob Taylor8-98 John Emburey9-141 Ian Botham10-152 Mike Hendrick

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	11	3	36	2	3.27
Geoff Dymock	13	1	34	0	2.62
Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	2.60
Jim Higgs	18	4	42	3	2.33

Australia innings

294108 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	bowled	0	5	3	0	0	0.0
Rick Darling	caught	91	200	276	9	0	45.5
Kim Hughes	caught	48	167	184	6	0	28.7
Graham Yallop	caught	44	136	141	5	0	32.4
Peter Toohey	caught	1	4	5	0	0	25.0
Allan Border	not out	60*	203	245	4	0	29.6
John Maclean	lbw	12	58	63	1	0	20.7
Rodney Hogg	run out	6	17	13	1	0	35.3
Geoff Dymock	bowled	5	54	66	0	0	9.3
Jim Higgs	caught	11	32	40	0	0	34.4
Alan Hurst	run out	0	2	5	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 2, lb 3, nb 11	16
Total	all out, 108 overs (8-ball)	294

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-1 Graeme Wood2-126 Kim Hughes3-178 Rick Darling4-179 Peter Toohey5-210 Graham Yallop6-235 John Maclean7-245 Rodney Hogg8-276 Geoff Dymock9-290 Jim Higgs10-294 Alan Hurst

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	9	2	33	2	3.67
Ian Botham	28	3	87	2	3.11
Mike Hendrick	24	4	50	2	2.08
Geoff Miller	13	2	37	1	2.85
John Emburey	29	10	57	1	1.97
Graham Gooch	5	1	14	0	2.80

England innings

346146.6 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Mike Brearley	bowled	53	195	216	2	0	27.2
Derek Randall	lbw	150	498	582	13	0	30.1
Graham Gooch	caught	22	98	128	1	0	22.4
David Gower	caught	34	68	98	3	0	50.0
Ian Botham	caught	6	88	90	0	0	6.8
Geoff Miller	lbw	17	80	96	1	0	21.3
Bob Taylor	not out	21*	113	110	1	0	18.6
John Emburey	caught	14	39	49	1	0	35.9
Bob Willis	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Mike Hendrick	caught	7	11	8	1	0	63.6
Extras	b 5, lb 3, nb 14	22
Total	all out, 146.6 overs (8-ball)	346

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-0 Geoff Boycott2-111 Mike Brearley3-169 Graham Gooch4-237 David Gower5-267 Ian Botham6-292 Derek Randall7-307 Geoff Miller8-334 John Emburey9-334 Bob Willis10-346 Mike Hendrick

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	28	10	67	4	2.39
Geoff Dymock	17	4	35	0	2.06
Alan Hurst	19	3	43	0	2.26
Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	2.48
Allan Border	23	11	31	1	1.35

Australia innings chasing 205

11149.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	run out	27	64	75	2	0	42.2
Rick Darling	caught	13	37	51	1	0	35.1
Kim Hughes	caught	15	40	55	1	0	37.5
Graham Yallop	caught	1	12	8	0	0	8.3
Peter Toohey	bowled	5	50	50	0	0	10.0
Allan Border	not out	45*	115	101	9	0	39.1
John Maclean	caught	0	11	7	0	0	0.0
Geoff Dymock	bowled	0	12	9	0	0	0.0
Rodney Hogg	caught	0	4	5	0	0	0.0
Jim Higgs	lbw	3	29	24	0	0	10.3
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	21	20	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 1	2
Total	all out, 49.2 overs (8-ball)	111

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350

1-38 Rick Darling2-44 Graeme Wood3-45 Graham Yallop4-59 Kim Hughes5-74 Peter Toohey6-76 John Maclean7-85 Geoff Dymock8-85 Rodney Hogg9-105 Jim Higgs10-111 Alan Hurst

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	2	0	8	0	4.00
Mike Hendrick	10	3	17	2	1.70
John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2.67
Geoff Miller	20	7	38	3	1.90

Tests in January 1979

4 matches

TestScorecardEngland152 & 346146.6Australia294 & 11149.2England won by 93 runsSydney, 6 January TestScorecardWest Indies228 & 15145.5India255 & 125/746.2India won by 3 wicketsChennai, 12 January TestScorecardIndia566/8d142.2West Indies172 & 179/358Match drawnDelhi, 24 January TestScorecardEngland169 & 360142.6Australia164 & 16067England won by 205 runsAdelaide, 27 January

Match facts

Format: Test No. 840
Dates: 6 to 11 January 1979
Ground: Sydney
Result: England won by 93 runs
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 8,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "england", "runs": 152,
    "batting": [{"player": "Ian Botham", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 59, "balls": 108, "minutes": 138, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Rodney Hogg", "overs": "11", "wickets": 2, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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