Australia vs England, 3rd Test, December 29, 1978 - Live Scorecard

AUS vs ENG, 3rd Test, Cricket Scorecard

🏟️ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne•🏏 TEST•🏅 England in Australia, 1978-79•Date & Time : Dec 29-Jan 03, 12:00 AM (IST)

Australia won by 103 runs

★ Player of the Match: G Wood

Australia 1st Innings - 258/10 (89.1 overs)

Extras: 14(w 0, nb 6, lb 8, b 0)

Run Rate: 2.17

England 1st Innings - 143/10 (63.6 overs)

Extras: 19(w 0, nb 9, lb 4, b 6)

Run Rate: 1.68

Australia 2nd Innings - 167/10 (71.2 overs)

Extras: 11(w 0, nb 1, lb 6, b 4)

Run Rate: 1.75

England 2nd Innings - 179/10 (67 overs)

Extras: 24(w 1, nb 6, lb 7, b 10)

Run Rate: 2.00

Australia 1st Innings - 258/10 (89.1 overs)

Extras: 14(w 0, nb 6, lb 8, b 0)

Run Rate: 2.17

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Graeme Wood	100	283	6	35.34	c Emburey b Miller
Rick Darling	33	71	2	46.48	run out
Kim Hughes	0	1	0	0.00	c Taylor b Botham
Graham Yallop	41	98	4	41.84	c Hendrick b Botham
Peter Toohey	32	70	1	45.71	c Randall b Miller
Allan Border	29	115	4	25.22	c Brearley b Hendrick
John Maclean	8	47	0	17.02	b Botham
Rodney Hogg	0	5	0	0.00	c Randall b Miller
Geoff Dymock	0	14	0	0.00	b Hendrick
Alan Hurst	0	2	0	0.00	b Hendrick
Jim Higgs	1	15	0	6.67	not out

Fall of Wickets

65-1 (R Darling, 0), 65-2 (K Hughes, 0), 126-3 (G Yallop, 0), 189-4 (P Toohey, 0), 247-5 (A Border, 0), 250-6 (G Wood, 0), 250-7 (R Hogg, 0), 251-8 (G Dymock, 0), 252-9 (A Hurst, 0), 258-10 (J Maclean, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	13	2	47	0	3.62
Sir Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	3.38
Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	2.17
John Emburey	14	1	44	0	3.14
Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.84

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

England 1st Innings - 143/10 (63.6 overs)

Extras: 19(w 0, nb 9, lb 4, b 6)

Run Rate: 1.68

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Sir Geoff Boycott	1	13	0	7.69	b Hogg
Mike Brearley	1	8	0	12.50	lbw b Hogg
Derek Randall	13	53	1	24.53	lbw b Hurst
Graham Gooch	25	91	1	27.47	c Border b Dymock
David Gower	29	48	4	60.42	lbw b Dymock
Sir Ian Botham	22	80	3	27.50	c Darling b Higgs
Geoff Miller	7	101	0	6.93	b Hogg
Bob Taylor	1	4	0	25.00	b Hogg
John Emburey	0	14	0	0.00	b Hogg
Bob Willis	19	76	0	25.00	c Darling b Dymock
Mike Hendrick	6	33	1	18.18	not out

Fall of Wickets

2-1 (G Boycott, 0), 3-2 (M Brearley, 0), 40-3 (D Randall, 0), 52-4 (G Gooch, 0), 81-5 (D Gower, 0), 100-6 (I Botham, 0), 101-7 (B Taylor, 0), 101-8 (J Emburey, 0), 120-9 (G Miller, 0), 143-10 (B Willis, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.76
Alan Hurst	12	2	24	1	2.00
Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	2.44
Jim Higgs	19	9	32	1	1.68

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Australia 2nd Innings - 167/10 (71.2 overs)

Extras: 11(w 0, nb 1, lb 6, b 4)

Run Rate: 1.75

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Graeme Wood	34	107	0	0	31.78	b Botham
Rick Darling	21	86	0	0	24.42	c Randall b Miller
Kim Hughes	48	142	4	1	33.80	c Gower b Botham
Graham Yallop	16	46	1	0	34.78	c Taylor b Miller
Peter Toohey	20	30	1	0	66.67	c Botham b Emburey
Allan Border	0	12	0	0	0.00	run out
John Maclean	10	77	1	0	12.99	c Hendrick b Emburey
Rodney Hogg	1	21	0	0	4.76	b Botham
Geoff Dymock	6	39	0	0	15.38	c Brearley b Hendrick
Jim Higgs	0	7	0	0	0.00	st Taylor b Emburey
Alan Hurst	0	4	0	0	0.00	not out

Fall of Wickets

55-1 (R Darling, 0), 81-2 (G Wood, 0), 101-3 (G Yallop, 0), 136-4 (P Toohey, 0), 136-5 (A Border, 0), 152-6 (K Hughes, 0), 157-7 (R Hogg, 0), 167-8 (J Maclean, 0), 167-9 (G Dymock, 0), 167-10 (J Higgs, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	7	0	21	0	3.00
Sir Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.73
Mike Hendrick	14	4	25	1	1.79
Geoff Miller	14	5	39	2	2.79
John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.42

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

England 2nd Innings - 179/10 (67 overs)

Extras: 24(w 1, nb 6, lb 7, b 10)

Run Rate: 2.00

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Sir Geoff Boycott	38	155	1	24.52	lbw b Hurst
Mike Brearley	0	3	0	0.00	c Maclean b Dymock
Derek Randall	2	8	0	25.00	lbw b Hogg
Graham Gooch	40	87	5	45.98	lbw b Hogg
David Gower	49	128	3	38.28	lbw b Dymock
Sir Ian Botham	10	62	0	16.13	c Maclean b Higgs
Geoff Miller	1	12	0	8.33	c Hughes b Higgs
Bob Taylor	5	40	0	12.50	c Maclean b Hogg
John Emburey	7	33	0	21.21	not out
Bob Willis	3	12	0	25.00	c Yallop b Hogg
Mike Hendrick	0	2	0	0.00	b Hogg

Fall of Wickets

1-1 (M Brearley, 0), 6-2 (D Randall, 0), 71-3 (G Gooch, 0), 122-4 (G Boycott, 0), 163-5 (I Botham, 0), 163-6 (D Gower, 0), 167-7 (G Miller, 0), 171-8 (B Taylor, 0), 179-9 (B Willis, 0), 179-10 (M Hendrick, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	17	5	36	5	2.12
Geoff Dymock	18	4	37	2	2.06
Alan Hurst	11	1	39	1	3.55
Jim Higgs	16	2	29	2	1.81
Allan Border	5	0	14	0	2.80

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Match Officials

Umpires

Dick French (AUS)

Max OConnell (AUS)

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Stadium Details

Name: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Capacity: 100000 (approx, including standing room)

Established: 1854