Australia v England
England won by 4 wickets
26 December 1979Sydney
Australia
194/647 ov
Englandwon by 4 wickets
195/645.1 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
194/647 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Laird | bowled | 6 | 27 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Julien Wiener | caught | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Allan Border | caught | 22 | 53 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Greg Chappell | run out | 52 | 82 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 63.4 |
| Kim Hughes | bowled | 23 | 39 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 59.0 |
| Ian Chappell | not out | 60* | 50 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 120.0 |
| Rod Marsh | caught | 10 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 76.9 |
| Dennis Lillee | not out | 2* | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 3, lb 10, nb 4 | 17 | |||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 47 overs | 194 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200
1-5 Julien Wiener2-21 Bruce Laird3-50 Allan Border4-109 Kim Hughes5-135 Greg Chappell6-179 Rod Marsh
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Willis | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Underwood | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 195
195/645.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 29 | 35 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 82.9 |
| Geoff Boycott | not out | 86* | 134 | 206 | 6 | 0 | 64.2 |
| Peter Willey | bowled | 51 | 77 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 66.2 |
| David Gower | caught | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Derek Randall | caught | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Ian Botham | lbw | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 |
| Mike Brearley | caught | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| David Bairstow | not out | 7* | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
| Extras | lb 1, w 1, nb 11 | 13 | |||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 45.1 overs | 195 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 200
1-41 Graham Gooch2-152 Peter Willey3-157 David Gower4-170 Derek Randall5-179 Ian Botham6-179 Mike Brearley
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 4.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Dymock | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Chappell | 5.1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.45 | 0 | 0 |