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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 834 (834/231)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 1st Test
Australia v England
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
1,2,3,5,6 December 1978 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 7 wickets
England leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: RM Hogg, JA Maclean (Aus).
Man of the Match: DW Randall

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 116, England 60/2 (Randall 43*, Taylor 2*)
  • Day 2: England 257/8 (Miller 19*, Old 17*)
  • Day 3: England 286, Australia 157/3 (Yallop 74*, Hughes 51*)
  • Day 4: Australia 339, England 16/0 (Boycott 9*, Gooch 2*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Taylor           b Old                  7  45  30  0 0
    GJ Cosier             run out                                   1   3   2  0 0
    PM Toohey                                b Willis               1   9  12  0 0
    *GN Yallop            c Gooch            b Willis               7  59  40  0 0
    KJ Hughes             c Taylor           b Botham               4  34  24  0 0
    TJ Laughlin           c sub (JK Lever)   b Willis               2   8   3  0 0
    +JA Maclean           not out                                  33 135  83  2 0
    B Yardley             c Taylor           b Willis              17  40  40  2 0
    RM Hogg               c Taylor           b Botham              36  78  67  5 0
    AG Hurst              c Taylor           b Botham               0   2   4  0 0
    JD Higgs                                 b Old                  1   5   5  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1, nb 6)                              7
    Total                 (all out, 37.7 overs)                   116
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Cosier), 2-5 (Toohey), 3-14 (Wood), 4-22 (Yallop),
         5-24 (Hughes), 6-26 (Laughlin), 7-53 (Yardley),
         8-113 (Hogg), 9-113 (Hurst), 10-116 (Higgs).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      14      2     44      4
    Old                          9.7    1     24      2
    Botham                      12      1     40      3
    Gooch                        1      0      1      0
    Edmonds                      1      1      0      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Hughes           b Hogg                13  91  67  1 0
    GA Gooch              c Laughlin         b Hogg                 2  18  13  0 0
    DW Randall            c Laughlin         b Hurst               75 223 196 10 1
    +RW Taylor            lbw                b Hurst               20 172 115  0 0
    *JM Brearley          c Maclean          b Hogg                 6  19  13  1 0
    DI Gower              c Maclean          b Hurst               44 111  90  5 0
    IT Botham             c Maclean          b Hogg                49 102  73  5 0
    G Miller              lbw                b Hogg                27  93  70  1 0
    PH Edmonds            c Maclean          b Hogg                 1  15   9  0 0
    CM Old                not out                                  29 113 102  2 0
    RGD Willis            c Maclean          b Hurst                8  44  20  1 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 4, nb 1)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 95.4 overs)                   286
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Gooch), 2-38 (Boycott), 3-111 (Randall),
         4-120 (Brearley), 5-120 (Taylor), 6-215 (Botham),
         7-219 (Gower), 8-226 (Edmonds), 9-266 (Miller),
         10-286 (Willis).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hurst                       27.4    6     93      4
    Hogg                        28      8     74      6
    Laughlin                    22      6     54      0
    Yardley                      7      1     34      0
    Cosier                       5      1     10      0
    Higgs                        6      2      9      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               lbw                b Old                 19  88  50  1 0
    GJ Cosier                                b Willis               0   1   1  0 0
    PM Toohey             lbw                b Botham               1   7   9  0 0
    *GN Yallop                           c & b Willis             102 347 307  8 0
    KJ Hughes             c Edmonds          b Willis             129 481 411  8 2
    TJ Laughlin           lbw                b Old                  5  13   8  0 0
    +JA Maclean           lbw                b Miller              15  63  63  1 0
    B Yardley             c Brearley         b Miller              16  79  70  1 0
    RM Hogg                                  b Botham              16  41  35  1 0
    AG Hurst                                 b Botham               0   1   2  0 0
    JD Higgs              not out                                   0   4   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 5, nb 22)                       36
    Total                 (all out, 116.6 overs)                  339
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Cosier), 2-2 (Toohey), 3-49 (Wood), 4-219 (Yallop),
         5-228 (Laughlin), 6-261 (Maclean), 7-310 (Yardley),
         8-339 (Hogg), 9-339 (Hurst), 10-339 (Hughes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      27.6    3     69      3
    Botham                      26      5     95      3
    Old                         17      1     60      2
    Miller                      34     12     52      2
    Edmonds                     12      1     27      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 170 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             run out                                  16  98  82  0 0
    GA Gooch              c Yardley          b Hogg                 2  53  33  0 0
    DW Randall            not out                                  74 210 175  5 0
    *JM Brearley          c Maclean          b Yardley             13  54  51  1 0
    DI Gower              not out                                  48 109  90  4 0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 3, nb 2)                       17
    Total                 (3 wickets, 53.5 overs)                 170
    
    DNB: +RW Taylor, IT Botham, G Miller, PH Edmonds, CM Old,
         RGD Willis.
    
    FoW: 1-16 (Gooch), 2-37 (Boycott), 3-74 (Brearley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hogg                        12.5    2     35      1
    Hurst                       10      4     17      0
    Yardley                     13      1     41      1
    Laughlin                     3      0      6      0
    Higgs                       12      1     43      0
    Cosier                       3      0     11      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, GJ Cosier, PM Toohey, GN Yallop, KJ Hughes, TJ Laughlin, JA Maclean, B Yardley, RM Hogg, AG Hurst, JD Higgs.

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, GA Gooch, DW Randall, RW Taylor, JM Brearley, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, PH Edmonds, CM Old, RGD Willis.

    Match Officials' Pages: RA French, MG O'Connell.

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