England v Australia (62)

a2427 o62 wc17	England v Australia
	Prudential World Cup 1979 (Group A)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 9th June 1979 (60-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 6 wickets
Points	England 4; Australia 0
Umpires	DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Man of the Match	GA Gooch

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AMJ Hilditch b Boycott 47 108 136 2 - WM Darling lbw b Willis 25 61 82 3 - AR Border c Taylor b Edmonds 34 74 87 4 - *KJ Hughes c Hendrick b Boycott 6 13 13 1 - GN Yallop run out 10 20 23 1 - GJ Cosier run out 6 20 19 - - TJ Laughlin run out 8 22 40 - - +KJ Wright lbw b Old 6 15 20 - - RM Hogg run out 0 5 24 - - AG Hurst not out 3 10 4 - - G Dymock not out 4 12 13 - - Extras (4 b, 5 lb, 1 w) 10 Total (9 wickets, innings closed, 60 overs) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Darling), 2-97 (Hilditch), 3-111 (Hughes), 4-131 (Border), 5-132 (Yallop), 6-137 (Cosier), 7-150 (Wright), 8-153 (Laughlin), 9-153 (Hogg) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 11 2 20 1 - - Hendrick 12 2 24 0 - - Old 12 2 33 1 - - Botham 8 0 32 0 - - Edmonds 11 1 25 1 - - Boycott 6 0 15 2 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *JM Brearley c Wright b Laughlin 44 147 169 2 - G Boycott lbw b Hogg 1 5 11 - - DW Randall c Wright b Hurst 1 3 5 - - GA Gooch lbw b Laughlin 53 96 164 6 - DI Gower not out 22 30 44 2 - IT Botham not out 18 14 31 2 - PH Edmonds did not bat +RW Taylor did not bat CM Old did not bat M Hendrick did not bat RGD Willis did not bat Extras (10 lb, 11 nb) 21 Total (4 wickets, 47.1 overs) 160 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Boycott), 2-5 (Randall), 3-113 (Gooch), 4-124 (Brearley) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Hogg 9 1 25 1 - - Hurst 10 3 33 1 - - Dymock 11 2 19 0 - - Cosier 8 1 24 0 - - Laughlin 9.1 0 38 2 - -

Notes
--> AMJ Hilditch passed his previous highest ODIs score of 10
--> AMJ Hilditch passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 40
--> WM Darling passed his previous highest ODIs score of 21
--> AR Border passed his previous highest ODIs score of 11