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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 840 (837/234)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 4th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
6,7,8,10,11 January 1979 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 93 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 3-1

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RA French
Man of the Match: DW Randall

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 152, Australia 56/1 (Darling 35*, Hughes 15*)
  • Day 2: Australia 248/7 (Border 31*, Dymock 0*)
  • Day 3: Australia 294, England 133/2 (Randall 65*, Gooch 6*)
  • Day 4: England 304/6 (Miller 16*, Taylor 3*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Border           b Hurst                8  54  40  0 0
    *JM Brearley                             b Hogg                17  96  80  0 0
    DW Randall            c Wood             b Hurst                0   1   2  0 0
    GA Gooch              c Toohey           b Higgs               18 102  81  1 0
    DI Gower              c Maclean          b Hurst                7  24  10  0 0
    IT Botham             c Yallop           b Hogg                59 138 108  7 0
    G Miller              c Maclean          b Hurst                4   4   5  1 0
    +RW Taylor            c Border           b Higgs               10  33  28  1 0
    JE Emburey            c Wood             b Higgs                0   9  11  0 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   7  62  43  0 0
    M Hendrick                               b Hurst               10  19  24  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8)                   12
    Total                 (all out, 52.6 overs)                   152
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Boycott), 2-18 (Randall), 3-35 (Brearley),
         4-51 (Gower), 5-66 (Gooch), 6-70 (Miller), 7-94 (Taylor),
         8-98 (Emburey), 9-141 (Botham), 10-152 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hogg                        11      3     36      2
    Dymock                      13      1     34      0
    Hurst                       10.6    2     28      5
    Higgs                       18      4     42      3
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood                                  b Willis               0   3   5  0 0
    WM Darling            c Botham           b Miller              91 276 200  9 0
    KJ Hughes             c Emburey          b Willis              48 184 167  6 0
    *GN Yallop            c Botham           b Hendrick            44 141 136  5 0
    PM Toohey             c Gooch            b Botham               1   5   4  0 0
    AR Border             not out                                  60 245 203  4 0
    +JA Maclean           lbw                b Emburey             12  63  58  1 0
    RM Hogg               run out                                   6  13  17  1 0
    G Dymock                                 b Botham               5  66  54  0 0
    JD Higgs              c Botham           b Hendrick            11  40  32  0 0
    AG Hurst              run out                                   0   5   2  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 3, nb 11)                       16
    Total                 (all out, 108 overs)                    294
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Wood), 2-126 (Hughes), 3-178 (Darling), 4-179 (Toohey),
         5-210 (Yallop), 6-235 (Maclean), 7-245 (Hogg),
         8-276 (Dymock), 9-290 (Higgs), 10-294 (Hurst).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                       9      2     33      2
    Botham                      28      3     87      2
    Hendrick                    24      4     50      2
    Miller                      13      2     37      1
    Emburey                     29     10     57      1
    Gooch                        5      1     14      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             lbw                b Hogg                 0   1   1  0 0
    *JM Brearley                             b Border              53 216 195  2 0
    DW Randall            lbw                b Hogg               150 582 498 13 0
    GA Gooch              c Wood             b Higgs               22 128  98  1 0
    DI Gower              c Maclean          b Hogg                34  98  68  3 0
    IT Botham             c Wood             b Higgs                6  90  88  0 0
    G Miller              lbw                b Hogg                17  96  80  1 0
    +RW Taylor            not out                                  21 110 113  1 0
    JE Emburey            c Darling          b Higgs               14  49  39  1 0
    RGD Willis            c Toohey           b Higgs                0   1   1  0 0
    M Hendrick            c Toohey           b Higgs                7   8  11  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 3, nb 14)                       22
    Total                 (all out, 146.6 overs)                  346
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Boycott), 2-111 (Brearley), 3-169 (Gooch),
         4-237 (Gower), 5-267 (Botham), 6-292 (Randall),
         7-307 (Miller), 8-334 (Emburey), 9-334 (Willis),
         10-346 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hogg                        28     10     67      4
    Dymock                      17      4     35      0
    Hurst                       19      3     43      0
    Higgs                       59.6   15    148      5
    Border                      23     11     31      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 205 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               run out                                  27  75  64  2 0
    WM Darling            c Gooch            b Hendrick            13  51  37  1 0
    KJ Hughes             c Emburey          b Miller              15  55  40  1 0
    *GN Yallop                           c & b Hendrick             1   8  12  0 0
    PM Toohey                                b Miller               5  50  50  0 0
    AR Border             not out                                  45 101 115  9 0
    +JA Maclean           c Botham           b Miller               0   7  11  0 0
    G Dymock                                 b Emburey              0   9  12  0 0
    RM Hogg               c Botham           b Emburey              0   5   4  0 0
    JD Higgs              lbw                b Emburey              3  24  29  0 0
    AG Hurst                                 b Emburey              0  20  21  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                              2
    Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                   111
    
    FoW: 1-38 (Darling), 2-44 (Wood), 3-45 (Yallop), 4-59 (Hughes),
         5-74 (Toohey), 6-76 (Maclean), 7-85 (Dymock), 8-85 (Hogg),
         9-105 (Higgs), 10-111 (Hurst).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                       2      0      8      0
    Hendrick                    10      3     17      2
    Emburey                     17.2    7     46      4
    Miller                      20      7     38      3
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, JM Brearley, DW Randall, GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, RW Taylor, JE Emburey, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, WM Darling, KJ Hughes, GN Yallop, PM Toohey, AR Border, JA Maclean, RM Hogg, G Dymock, JD Higgs, AG Hurst.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, RA French.

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