f32394 t840	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (4th Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th January 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 93 runs
Umpires	RC Bailhache, RA French
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 56/1 (Darling 35*, Hughes 15*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 248/7 (Border 31*, Dymock 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 133/2 (Randall 65*, Gooch 6*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 304/6 (Miller 16*, Taylor 3*)
Player of the Match	DW Randall

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Border b Hurst	8	40	54	-	-
*JM Brearley	b Hogg	17	80	96	-	-
DW Randall	c Wood b Hurst	0	2	1	-	-
GA Gooch	c Toohey b Higgs	18	81	102	1	-
DI Gower	c Maclean b Hurst	7	10	24	-	-
IT Botham	c +Yallop b Hogg	59	108	138	7	-
G Miller	c Maclean b Hurst	4	5	4	1	-
+RW Taylor	c Border b Higgs	10	28	33	1	-
JE Emburey	c Wood b Higgs	0	11	9	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	7	43	62	-	-
M Hendrick	b Hurst	10	24	19	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 281 minutes, 52.6 overs)	152
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Boycott), 2-18 (Randall), 3-35 (Brearley), 4-51 (Gower), 5-66 (Gooch), 6-70 (Miller), 7-94 (Taylor), 8-98 (Emburey), 9-141 (Botham), 10-152 (Hendrick, 52.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	11	3	36	2	-	-
Dymock	13	1	34	0	-	-
Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	-	-
Higgs	18	4	42	3	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	b Willis	0	5	3	-	-
WM Darling	c Botham b Miller	91	200	276	9	-
KJ Hughes	c Emburey b Willis	48	167	184	6	-
*GN Yallop	c Botham b Hendrick	44	136	141	5	-
PM Toohey	c Gooch b Botham	1	4	5	-	-
AR Border	not out	60	203	245	4	-
+JA Maclean	lbw b Emburey	12	58	63	1	-
RM Hogg	run out	6	17	13	1	-
G Dymock	b Botham	5	54	66	-	-
JD Higgs	c Botham b Hendrick	11	32	40	-	-
AG Hurst	run out	0	2	5	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 11 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 530 minutes, 108 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Wood), 2-126 (Hughes), 3-178 (Darling), 4-179 (Toohey), 5-210 (Yallop), 6-235 (Maclean), 7-245 (Hogg), 8-276 (Dymock), 9-290 (Higgs), 10-294 (Hurst, 108 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	9	2	33	2	-	-
Botham	28	3	87	2	-	-
Hendrick	24	4	50	2	-	-
Miller	13	2	37	1	-	-
Emburey	29	10	57	1	-	-
Gooch	5	1	14	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	lbw b Hogg	0	1	1	-	-
*JM Brearley	b Border	53	195	216	2	-
DW Randall	lbw b Hogg	150	498	582	13	-
GA Gooch	c Wood b Higgs	22	98	128	1	-
DI Gower	c Maclean b Hogg	34	68	98	3	-
IT Botham	c Wood b Higgs	6	88	90	-	-
G Miller	lbw b Hogg	17	80	96	1	-
+RW Taylor	not out	21	113	110	1	-
JE Emburey	c Darling b Higgs	14	39	49	1	-
RGD Willis	c Toohey b Higgs	0	1	1	-	-
M Hendrick	c Toohey b Higgs	7	11	8	1	-
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 14 nb)	22
Total	(all out, 697 minutes, 146.6 overs)	346
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Boycott), 2-111 (Brearley), 3-169 (Gooch), 4-237 (Gower), 5-267 (Botham), 6-292 (Randall), 7-307 (Miller), 8-334 (Emburey), 9-334 (Willis), 10-346 (Hendrick, 146.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hogg	28	10	67	4	-	-
Dymock	17	4	35	0	-	-
Hurst	19	3	43	0	-	-
Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	-	-
Border	23	11	31	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WM Darling	c Gooch b Hendrick	13	37	51	1	-
GM Wood	run out	27	64	75	2	-
KJ Hughes	c Emburey b Miller	15	40	55	1	-
*GN Yallop	c and b Hendrick	1	12	8	-	-
PM Toohey	b Miller	5	50	50	-	-
AR Border	not out	45	115	101	9	-
+JA Maclean	c Botham b Miller	0	11	7	-	-
G Dymock	b Emburey	0	12	9	-	-
RM Hogg	c Botham b Emburey	0	4	5	-	-
JD Higgs	lbw b Emburey	3	29	24	-	-
AG Hurst	b Emburey	0	21	20	-	-
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(all out, 211 minutes, 49.2 overs)	111
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Darling), 2-44 (Wood), 3-45 (Yallop), 4-59 (Hughes), 5-74 (Toohey), 6-76 (Maclean), 7-85 (Dymock), 8-85 (Hogg), 9-105 (Higgs), 10-111 (Hurst, 49.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	2	0	8	0	-	-
Hendrick	10	3	17	2	-	-
Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	-	-
Miller	20	7	38	3	-	-

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Notes
--> JA Maclean made his last appearance in Test matches
--> IT Botham (1) 50 in 101 balls, 130 minutes
--> G Miller (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> WM Darling (1) 50 in 108 balls, 146 minutes
--> WM Darling (1) passed his previous highest score of 65 in Test matches
--> AR Border (1) passed his previous highest score of 29 in Test matches
--> AR Border (1) 50 in 160 balls, 191 minutes
--> JM Brearley (2) 50 in 184 balls, 205 minutes with 2 fours
--> DW Randall (2) 50 in 162 balls, 209 minutes
--> DW Randall (2) 100 in 353 balls, 411 minutes with 9 fours
--> DW Randall (2) 150 in 496 balls, 571 minutes with 13 fours
--> DW Randall (2) passed 9500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> AR Border (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> AG Hurst achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed M Hendrick in the England first innings (previous best was 4-93)
--> AG Hurst achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> JD Higgs achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed M Hendrick in the England second innings (previous best was 4-91)
--> JD Higgs achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England second innings
--> JE Emburey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AG Hurst in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-30)
--> G Miller reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed KJ Hughes, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings

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GN Yallop kept wicket for the later stages of the England innings when Maclean was off the field injured

 

 

 

 

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