TestNo. 843MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 205 runs

27 January to 1 February 1979Adelaide

Australia

164 & 16067 ov

Englandwon by 205 runs

169 & 360142.6 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

16940.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	6	21	22	0	0	28.6
Mike Brearley	caught	2	14	28	0	0	14.3
Derek Randall	caught	4	13	25	0	0	30.8
Graham Gooch	caught	1	10	10	0	0	10.0
David Gower	lbw	9	13	18	1	0	69.2
Ian Botham	caught	74	97	158	6	2	76.3
Geoff Miller	lbw	31	89	80	3	0	34.8
Bob Taylor	run out	4	21	28	0	0	19.0
John Emburey	bowled	4	21	25	0	0	19.0
Bob Willis	caught	24	20	25	3	1	120.0
Mike Hendrick	not out	0*	9	13	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 2	10
Total	all out, 40.4 overs (8-ball)	169

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-10 Geoff Boycott2-12 Mike Brearley3-16 Graham Gooch4-18 Derek Randall5-27 David Gower6-80 Geoff Miller7-113 Bob Taylor8-136 John Emburey9-147 Ian Botham10-169 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	2.48
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 innings

16453.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling	caught	15	33	35	1	1	45.5
Graeme Wood	caught	35	117	210	1	0	29.9
Kim Hughes	caught	4	10	7	1	0	40.0
Graham Yallop	bowled	0	4	9	0	0	0.0
Allan Border	caught	11	18	20	1	0	61.1
Phil Carlson	caught	0	5	8	0	0	0.0
Bruce Yardley	bowled	28	75	79	4	0	37.3
Kevin Wright	lbw	29	69	76	2	0	42.0
Rodney Hogg	bowled	0	1	2	0	0	0.0
Jim Higgs	run out	16	63	79	0	0	25.4
Alan Hurst	not out	17*	39	47	0	0	43.6
Extras	b 1, lb 3, nb 5	9
Total	all out, 53.4 overs (8-ball)	164

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

0-0 Rick Darling1-5 Kim Hughes2-10 Graham Yallop3-22 Allan Border4-24 Phil Carlson5-72 Bruce Yardley6-94 Rick Darling7-114 Graeme Wood8-116 Rodney Hogg9-133 Kevin Wright10-164 Jim Higgs

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	11	1	55	1	5.00
Mike Hendrick	19	1	45	2	2.37
Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	3.65
John Emburey	12	7	13	2	1.08

England innings

360142.6 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	49	212	265	2	0	23.1
Mike Brearley	lbw	9	65	82	0	0	13.8
Derek Randall	caught	15	50	57	2	0	30.0
Graham Gooch	bowled	18	74	85	2	0	24.3
David Gower	lbw	21	54	72	3	0	38.9
Ian Botham	caught	7	29	30	1	0	24.1
Geoff Miller	caught	64	203	235	5	0	31.5
Bob Taylor	caught	97	300	361	6	0	32.3
John Emburey	bowled	42	132	147	4	0	31.8
Bob Willis	caught	12	18	35	1	0	66.7
Mike Hendrick	not out	3*	10	16	0	0	30.0
Extras	b 1, lb 16, w 2, nb 4	23
Total	all out, 142.6 overs (8-ball)	360

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-31 Mike Brearley2-57 Derek Randall3-97 Graham Gooch4-106 Geoff Boycott5-130 Ian Botham6-132 David Gower7-267 Geoff Miller8-336 Bob Taylor9-347 John Emburey10-360 Bob Willis

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	2.13
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 innings chasing 366

16067 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Rick Darling	bowled	18	37	49	2	0	48.6
Graeme Wood	run out	9	41	63	0	0	22.0
Kim Hughes	caught	46	176	208	4	0	26.1
Graham Yallop	bowled	36	176	182	3	0	20.5
Allan Border	bowled	1	19	30	0	0	5.3
Phil Carlson	caught	21	51	74	2	0	41.2
Bruce Yardley	caught	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Kevin Wright	caught	0	16	16	0	0	0.0
Rodney Hogg	bowled	2	7	10	0	0	28.6
Jim Higgs	not out	3*	10	30	0	0	30.0
Alan Hurst	bowled	13	13	9	2	0	100.0
Extras	lb 1, nb 10	11
Total	all out, 67 overs (8-ball)	160

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-31 Rick Darling2-36 Graeme Wood3-115 Graham Yallop4-120 Kim Hughes5-121 Allan Border6-121 Bruce Yardley7-124 Kevin Wright8-130 Rodney Hogg9-147 Phil Carlson10-160 Alan Hurst

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	12	3	41	3	3.42
Mike Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.36
Ian Botham	14	4	37	1	2.64
Geoff Miller	18	3	36	2	2.00
John Emburey	9	5	16	0	1.78

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. 843
Dates: 27 January to 1 February 1979
Ground: Adelaide
Result: England won by 205 runs
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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      "runs": 74, "balls": 97, "minutes": 158, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Rodney Hogg", "overs": "10.4", "wickets": 4, ...}, ...]
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