TestNo. 846MenScorecard

Australia v England

England won by 9 wickets

10 to 14 February 1979Sydney

Australia

198 & 14361.1 ov

Englandwon by 9 wickets

308 & 35/110.2 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

19860.7 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	15	25	30	2	0	60.0
Andrew Hilditch	run out	3	8	18	0	0	37.5
Kim Hughes	caught	16	86	99	2	0	18.6
Graham Yallop	caught	121	212	267	13	0	57.1
Peter Toohey	caught	8	37	46	0	0	21.6
Phil Carlson	caught	2	5	6	0	0	40.0
Bruce Yardley	bowled	7	15	14	1	0	46.7
Kevin Wright	stumped	3	11	9	0	0	27.3
Rodney Hogg	caught	9	46	47	1	0	19.6
Jim Higgs	not out	9*	45	52	1	0	20.0
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 3, nb 2	5
Total	all out, 60.7 overs (8-ball)	198

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-18 Andrew Hilditch2-19 Graeme Wood3-67 Kim Hughes4-101 Peter Toohey5-109 Phil Carlson6-116 Bruce Yardley7-124 Kevin Wright8-159 Rodney Hogg9-198 Graham Yallop10-198 Alan Hurst

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	11	4	48	1	4.36
Mike Hendrick	12	2	21	1	1.75
Ian Botham	9.7	1	57	4	5.77
John Emburey	18	3	48	2	2.67
Geoff Miller	9	3	13	1	1.44
Geoff Boycott	1	0	6	0	6.00

England innings

308103 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	19	80	91	1	0	23.8
Mike Brearley	caught	46	148	200	3	0	31.1
Derek Randall	lbw	7	9	14	1	0	77.8
Graham Gooch	stumped	74	136	148	7	1	54.4
David Gower	caught	65	111	141	6	0	58.6
Ian Botham	caught	23	53	54	2	0	43.4
Geoff Miller	lbw	18	84	89	2	0	21.4
Bob Taylor	not out	36*	118	160	2	0	30.5
John Emburey	caught	0	18	20	0	0	0.0
Bob Willis	bowled	10	63	70	0	0	15.9
Mike Hendrick	caught	0	7	3	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 3, lb 5, nb 2	10
Total	all out, 103 overs (8-ball)	308

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-37 Geoff Boycott2-46 Derek Randall3-115 Mike Brearley4-182 Graham Gooch5-233 Ian Botham6-247 David Gower7-270 Geoff Miller8-280 John Emburey9-306 Bob Willis10-308 Mike Hendrick

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	18	6	42	1	2.33
Alan Hurst	20	4	58	3	2.90
Bruce Yardley	25	2	105	2	4.20
Phil Carlson	10	1	24	0	2.40
Jim Higgs	30	8	69	4	2.30

Australia innings

14361.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Wood	caught	29	78	96	3	0	37.2
Andrew Hilditch	caught	1	17	19	0	0	5.9
Kim Hughes	caught	7	16	26	1	0	43.8
Graham Yallop	caught	17	120	107	0	0	14.2
Peter Toohey	caught	0	2	3	0	0	0.0
Phil Carlson	caught	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Bruce Yardley	not out	61*	147	160	3	0	41.5
Kevin Wright	caught	5	62	55	0	0	8.1
Rodney Hogg	bowled	7	25	24	0	0	28.0
Jim Higgs	caught	2	4	5	0	0	50.0
Alan Hurst	caught	4	17	16	1	0	23.5
Extras	b 3, lb 6, nb 1	10
Total	all out, 61.1 overs (8-ball)	143

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-8 Andrew Hilditch2-28 Kim Hughes3-48 Graeme Wood4-48 Peter Toohey5-48 Phil Carlson6-82 Graham Yallop7-114 Kevin Wright8-130 Rodney Hogg9-136 Jim Higgs10-143 Alan Hurst

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	3	0	15	0	5.00
Mike Hendrick	7	3	22	1	3.14
John Emburey	24	4	52	4	2.17
Geoff Miller	27.1	6	44	5	1.62

England innings chasing 34

35/110.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	caught	13	52	35	0	0	25.0
Mike Brearley	not out	20*	30	39	2	0	66.7
Derek Randall	not out	0*	2	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	nb 2	2
Total	1 wicket, 10.2 overs (8-ball)	35

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 310

1-31 Geoff Boycott

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Bruce Yardley	5.2	0	21	0	4.00	0	0
Jim Higgs	5	1	12	1	2.40	0	0

Tests in February 1979

5 matches

TestScorecardIndia644/7d189.4West Indies452/8148.1Match drawnKanpur, 2 February TestScorecardPakistan271 & 323/6d93New Zealand290 & 17656Pakistan won by 128 runsChristchurch, 2 February TestScorecardAustralia198 & 14361.1England308 & 35/110.2England won by 9 wicketsSydney, 10 February TestScorecardPakistan360 & 234/3d86New Zealand402101.3Match drawnNapier, 16 February TestScorecardNew Zealand254 & 281/8d91.2Pakistan359 & 8/00.6Match drawnAuckland, 23 February

Match facts

Format: Test No. 846
Dates: 10 to 14 February 1979
Ground: Sydney
Result: England won by 9 wickets
Overs: 8 balls an over
In the database: Scorecard

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      "runs": 121, "balls": 212, "minutes": 267, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Bob Willis", "overs": "11", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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