Australia vs England, 5th Test, January 27, 1979 - Live Scorecard

AUS vs ENG, 5th Test, Cricket Scorecard

🏟️ Adelaide Oval, Adelaide•🏏 TEST•🏅 England in Australia, 1978-79•Date & Time : Jan 27-Feb 01, 12:00 AM (IST)

England won by 205 runs

★ Player of the Match: I Botham

England 1st Innings - 169/10 (40.4 overs)

Extras: 10(w 3, nb 2, lb 4, b 1)

Run Rate: 3.12

Australia 1st Innings - 164/10 (53.4 overs)

Extras: 9(w 0, nb 5, lb 3, b 1)

Run Rate: 2.29

England 2nd Innings - 360/10 (142.6 overs)

Extras: 23(w 2, nb 4, lb 16, b 1)

Run Rate: 1.89

Australia 2nd Innings - 160/10 (67 overs)

Extras: 11(w 0, nb 10, lb 1, b 0)

Run Rate: 1.79

England 1st Innings - 169/10 (40.4 overs)

Extras: 10(w 3, nb 2, lb 4, b 1)

Run Rate: 3.12

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Sir Geoff Boycott	6	21	0	0	28.57	c Wright b Hurst
Mike Brearley	2	14	0	0	14.29	c Wright b Hogg
Derek Randall	4	13	0	0	30.77	c Carlson b Hurst
Graham Gooch	1	10	0	0	10.00	c Hughes b Hogg
David Gower	9	13	1	0	69.23	lbw b Hurst
Sir Ian Botham	74	97	6	2	76.29	c Wright b Higgs
Geoff Miller	31	89	3	0	34.83	lbw b Hogg
Bob Taylor	4	21	0	0	19.05	run out
John Emburey	4	21	0	0	19.05	b Higgs
Bob Willis	24	20	3	1	120.00	c Darling b Hogg
Mike Hendrick	0	9	0	0	0.00	not out

Fall of Wickets

10-1 (G Boycott, 0), 12-2 (M Brearley, 0), 16-3 (G Gooch, 0), 18-4 (D Randall, 0), 27-5 (D Gower, 0), 80-6 (G Miller, 0), 113-7 (B Taylor, 0), 136-8 (J Emburey, 0), 147-9 (I Botham, 0), 169-10 (B Willis, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	2.50
Alan Hurst	14	1	65	3	4.64
Phil Carlson	9	1	34	0	3.78
Bruce Yardley	4	0	25	0	6.25
Jim Higgs	3	1	9	2	3.00

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Australia 1st Innings - 164/10 (53.4 overs)

Extras: 9(w 0, nb 5, lb 3, b 1)

Run Rate: 2.29

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Dismissal
Rick Darling	15	33	1	1	45.45	c Willis b Botham
Graeme Wood	35	117	1	0	29.91	c Randall b Emburey
Kim Hughes	4	10	1	0	40.00	c Emburey b Hendrick
Graham Yallop	0	4	0	0	0.00	b Hendrick
Allan Border	11	18	1	0	61.11	c Taylor b Botham
Phil Carlson	0	5	0	0	0.00	c Taylor b Botham
Bruce Yardley	28	75	4	0	37.33	b Botham
Kevin Wright	29	69	2	0	42.03	lbw b Emburey
Rodney Hogg	0	1	0	0	0.00	b Willis
Jim Higgs	16	63	0	0	25.40	run out
Alan Hurst	17	39	0	0	43.59	not out

Fall of Wickets

5-1 (K Hughes, 0), 10-2 (G Yallop, 0), 22-3 (A Border, 0), 24-4 (P Carlson, 0), 72-5 (B Yardley, 0), 94-6 (R Darling, 0), 114-7 (G Wood, 0), 116-8 (R Hogg, 0), 133-9 (K Wright, 0), 164-10 (J Higgs, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	11	1	55	1	5.00
Mike Hendrick	19	1	45	2	2.37
Sir Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	3.68
John Emburey	12	7	13	2	1.08

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

England 2nd Innings - 360/10 (142.6 overs)

Extras: 23(w 2, nb 4, lb 16, b 1)

Run Rate: 1.89

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Sir Geoff Boycott	49	212	2	23.11	c Hughes b Hurst
Mike Brearley	9	65	0	13.85	lbw b Carlson
Derek Randall	15	50	2	30.00	c Yardley b Hurst
Graham Gooch	18	74	2	24.32	b Carlson
David Gower	21	54	3	38.89	lbw b Higgs
Sir Ian Botham	7	29	1	24.14	c Yardley b Hurst
Geoff Miller	64	203	5	31.53	c Wright b Hurst
Bob Taylor	97	300	6	32.33	c Wright b Hogg
John Emburey	42	132	4	31.82	b Hogg
Bob Willis	12	18	1	66.67	c Wright b Hogg
Mike Hendrick	3	10	0	30.00	not out

Fall of Wickets

31-1 (M Brearley, 0), 57-2 (D Randall, 0), 97-3 (G Gooch, 0), 106-4 (G Boycott, 0), 130-5 (I Botham, 0), 132-6 (D Gower, 0), 267-7 (G Miller, 0), 336-8 (B Taylor, 0), 347-9 (J Emburey, 0), 360-10 (B Willis, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	2.14
Alan Hurst	37	9	97	4	2.62
Phil Carlson	27	8	41	2	1.52
Bruce Yardley	20	6	60	0	3.00
Jim Higgs	28	4	75	1	2.68
Allan Border	3	2	5	0	1.67

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Australia 2nd Innings - 160/10 (67 overs)

Extras: 11(w 0, nb 10, lb 1, b 0)

Run Rate: 1.79

Batting

Batsman	Runs	Balls	4s	SR	Dismissal
Rick Darling	18	37	2	48.65	b Botham
Graeme Wood	9	41	0	21.95	run out
Kim Hughes	46	176	4	26.14	c Gower b Hendrick
Graham Yallop	36	176	3	20.45	b Hendrick
Allan Border	1	19	0	5.26	b Willis
Phil Carlson	21	51	2	41.18	c Gower b Hendrick
Bruce Yardley	0	2	0	0.00	c Brearley b Willis
Kevin Wright	0	16	0	0.00	c Emburey b Miller
Rodney Hogg	2	7	0	28.57	b Miller
Jim Higgs	3	10	0	30.00	not out
Alan Hurst	13	13	2	100.00	b Willis

Fall of Wickets

31-1 (R Darling, 0), 36-2 (G Wood, 0), 115-3 (G Yallop, 0), 120-4 (K Hughes, 0), 121-5 (A Border, 0), 121-6 (B Yardley, 0), 124-7 (K Wright, 0), 130-8 (R Hogg, 0), 147-9 (P Carlson, 0), 160-10 (A Hurst, 0)

Bowling

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	12	3	41	3	3.42
Mike Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.36
Sir Ian Botham	14	4	37	1	2.64
Geoff Miller	18	3	36	2	2.00
John Emburey	9	5	16	0	1.78

Partnerships

Partners	Runs	Balls

Match Officials

Umpires

Robin Bailhache (AUS)

Max OConnell (AUS)

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Stadium Details

Name: Adelaide Oval

Location: Adelaide, Australia

Capacity: 53,583 (including standing room)

Established: 1871