Format: CricInfo Version 1t
Test # 838 (836/233)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 3rd Test
Australia v England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
29,30 December 1978, 1,2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)
Result: Australia won by 103 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 2-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: AR Border (Aus).
Man of the Match: GM Wood
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 243/4 (Wood 100*, Border 25*)
Day 2: Australia 258, England 107/8 (Miller 3*, Willis 3*)
Day 3: England 143, Australia 163/7 (Maclean 10*, Dymock 3*)
Day 4: Australia 167, England 171/8 (Emburey 2*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Emburey b Miller 100 392 283 6 0
WM Darling run out 33 93 71 2 0
KJ Hughes c Taylor b Botham 0 2 1 0 0
*GN Yallop c Hendrick b Botham 41 83 98 4 0
PM Toohey c Randall b Miller 32 79 70 1 0
AR Border c Brearley b Hendrick 29 105 115 4 0
+JA Maclean b Botham 8 68 47 0 0
RM Hogg c Randall b Miller 0 2 5 0 0
G Dymock b Hendrick 0 13 14 0 0
AG Hurst b Hendrick 0 1 2 0 0
JD Higgs not out 1 24 15 0 0
Extras (lb 8, nb 6) 14
Total (all out, 89.1 overs) 258
FoW: 1-65 (Darling), 2-65 (Hughes), 3-126 (Yallop),
4-189 (Toohey), 5-247 (Border), 6-250 (Wood), 7-250 (Hogg),
8-251 (Dymock), 9-252 (Hurst), 10-258 (Maclean).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 13 2 47 0
Botham 20.1 4 68 3
Hendrick 23 3 50 3
Emburey 14 1 44 0
Miller 19 6 35 3
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
G Boycott b Hogg 1 12 13 0 0
*JM Brearley lbw b Hogg 1 16 8 0 0
DW Randall lbw b Hurst 13 88 53 1 0
GA Gooch c Border b Dymock 25 110 91 1 0
DI Gower lbw b Dymock 29 59 48 4 0
IT Botham c Darling b Higgs 22 83 80 3 0
G Miller b Hogg 7 123 101 0 0
+RW Taylor b Hogg 1 3 4 0 0
JE Emburey b Hogg 0 12 14 0 0
RGD Willis c Darling b Dymock 19 87 76 0 0
M Hendrick not out 6 31 33 1 0
Extras (b 6, lb 4, nb 9) 19
Total (all out, 63.6 overs) 143
FoW: 1-2 (Boycott), 2-3 (Brearley), 3-40 (Randall), 4-52 (Gooch),
5-81 (Gower), 6-100 (Botham), 7-101 (Taylor),
8-101 (Emburey), 9-120 (Miller), 10-143 (Willis).
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 17 7 30 5
Hurst 12 2 24 1
Dymock 15.6 4 38 3
Higgs 19 9 32 1
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood b Botham 34 136 107 0 0
WM Darling c Randall b Miller 21 100 86 0 0
KJ Hughes c Gower b Botham 48 153 142 4 1
*GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 16 41 46 1 0
PM Toohey c Botham b Emburey 20 33 30 1 0
AR Border run out 0 9 12 0 0
+JA Maclean c Hendrick b Emburey 10 91 77 1 0
RM Hogg b Botham 1 20 21 0 0
G Dymock c Brearley b Hendrick 6 41 39 0 0
JD Higgs st Taylor b Emburey 0 10 7 0 0
AG Hurst not out 0 4 4 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11
Total (all out, 71.2 overs) 167
FoW: 1-55 (Darling), 2-81 (Wood), 3-101 (Yallop), 4-136 (Toohey),
5-136 (Border), 6-152 (Hughes), 7-157 (Hogg),
8-167 (Maclean), 9-167 (Dymock), 10-167 (Higgs).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 7 0 21 0
Botham 15 4 41 3
Hendrick 14 4 25 1
Miller 14 5 39 2
Emburey 21.2 12 30 3
England 2nd innings (target: 283 runs) R M B 4 6
G Boycott lbw b Hurst 38 197 155 1 0
*JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 0 7 3 0 0
DW Randall lbw b Hogg 2 5 8 0 0
GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 40 95 87 5 0
DI Gower lbw b Dymock 49 167 128 3 0
IT Botham c Maclean b Higgs 10 76 62 0 0
G Miller c Hughes b Higgs 1 17 12 0 0
+RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 5 34 40 0 0
JE Emburey not out 7 44 33 0 0
RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 3 20 12 0 0
M Hendrick b Hogg 0 1 2 0 0
Extras (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 24
Total (all out, 67 overs) 179
FoW: 1-1 (Brearley), 2-6 (Randall), 3-71 (Gooch),
4-122 (Boycott), 5-163 (Botham), 6-163 (Gower),
7-167 (Miller), 8-171 (Taylor), 9-179 (Willis),
10-179 (Hendrick).
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 17 5 36 5
Dymock 18 4 37 2
Hurst 11 1 39 1
Higgs 16 2 29 2
Border 5 0 14 0
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