Australia v England (59)

a2326 o59	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (4th ODI)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 4th February 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 4 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, DG Weser
Man of the Match	DI Gower

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s G Boycott lbw b Laughlin 33 86 117 1 - *JM Brearley c Wright b Dymock 0 2 6 - - DW Randall lbw b Dymock 4 14 14 - - GA Gooch c Hurst b Carlson 19 50 63 2 - DI Gower not out 101 100 120 9 - IT Botham c Wood b Hurst 31 41 46 3 - +DL Bairstow run out 1 4 4 - - CM Old not out 16 24 37 - - RGD Willis did not bat M Hendrick did not bat JK Lever did not bat Extras (3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) 7 Total (6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs) 212 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brearley), 2-7 (Randall), 3-50 (Gooch), 4-89 (Boycott), 5-153 (Botham), 6-158 (Bairstow) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Hurst 8 1 36 1 - - Dymock 8 1 31 2 - - Carlson 8 1 27 1 - - Cosier 8 0 48 0 - - Laughlin 8 0 63 1 - - Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s GM Wood b Old 23 54 85 2 - WM Darling c Old b Willis 7 12 14 1 - KJ Hughes c Boycott b Lever 50 99 114 4 - *GN Yallop c Gower b Hendrick 31 66 94 1 - PM Toohey not out 54 55 100 2 - GJ Cosier b Lever 28 14 24 2 1 PH Carlson c Boycott b Lever 0 3 3 - - TJ Laughlin not out 15 11 21 1 1 +KJ Wright did not bat G Dymock did not bat AG Hurst did not bat Extras (6 lb, 1 nb) 7 Total (6 wickets, 38.6 overs) 215 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Darling), 2-55 (Wood), 3-90 (Hughes), 4-145 (Yallop), 5-185 (Cosier), 6-185 (Carlson) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 8 1 21 1 - - Lever 7 1 51 3 - - Hendrick 8 0 47 1 - - Old 8 1 31 1 - - Botham 7.6 0 58 0 - -

Notes
--> DI Gower passed 2000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 7
--> GN Yallop passed his previous highest ODIs score of 12
--> PM Toohey passed his previous highest ODIs score of 30
--> PM Toohey passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 43
--> KJ Wright made his debut in ODIs