Format: CricInfo Version 1t
Test # 846 (839/236)
The Ashes, 1978/79, 6th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
10,11,12,14 February 1979 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 9 wickets
England wins the 6-Test series 5-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and DG Weser
Test Debuts: AMJ Hilditch (Aus).
Man of the match: GN Yallop
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 198, England 24/0 (Boycott 6*, Brearley 18*)
Day 2: England 216/4 (Gower 47*, Botham 17*)
Day 3: England 308, Australia 70/5 (Yallop 13*, Yardley 16*)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Botham b Hendrick 15 30 25 2 0
AMJ Hilditch run out 3 18 8 0 0
KJ Hughes c Botham b Willis 16 99 86 2 0
*GN Yallop c Gower b Botham 121 267 212 13 0
PM Toohey c Taylor b Botham 8 46 37 0 0
PH Carlson c Gooch b Botham 2 6 5 0 0
B Yardley b Emburey 7 14 15 1 0
+KJ Wright st Taylor b Emburey 3 9 11 0 0
RM Hogg c Emburey b Miller 9 47 46 1 0
JD Higgs not out 9 52 45 1 0
AG Hurst b Botham 0 1 1 0 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
Total (all out, 60.7 overs) 198
FoW: 1-18 (Hilditch), 2-19 (Wood), 3-67 (Hughes), 4-101 (Toohey),
5-109 (Carlson), 6-116 (Yardley), 7-124 (Wright),
8-159 (Hogg), 9-198 (Yallop), 10-198 (Hurst).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 11 4 48 1
Hendrick 12 2 21 1
Botham 9.7 1 57 4
Emburey 18 3 48 2
Miller 9 3 13 1
Boycott 1 0 6 0
England 1st innings R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Hilditch b Hurst 19 91 80 1 0
*JM Brearley c Toohey b Higgs 46 200 148 3 0
DW Randall lbw b Hogg 7 14 9 1 0
GA Gooch st Wright b Higgs 74 148 136 7 1
DI Gower c Wright b Higgs 65 141 111 6 0
IT Botham c Carlson b Yardley 23 54 53 2 0
G Miller lbw b Hurst 18 89 84 2 0
+RW Taylor not out 36 160 118 2 0
JE Emburey c Hilditch b Hurst 0 20 18 0 0
RGD Willis b Higgs 10 70 63 0 0
M Hendrick c & b Yardley 0 3 7 0 0
Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 2) 10
Total (all out, 103 overs) 308
FoW: 1-37 (Boycott), 2-46 (Randall), 3-115 (Brearley),
4-182 (Gooch), 5-233 (Botham), 6-247 (Gower),
7-270 (Miller), 8-280 (Emburey), 9-306 (Willis),
10-308 (Hendrick).
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 18 6 42 1
Hurst 20 4 58 3
Yardley 25 2 105 2
Carlson 10 1 24 0
Higgs 30 8 69 4
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
GM Wood c Willis b Miller 29 96 78 3 0
AMJ Hilditch c Taylor b Hendrick 1 19 17 0 0
KJ Hughes c Gooch b Emburey 7 26 16 1 0
*GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 17 107 120 0 0
PM Toohey c Gooch b Emburey 0 3 2 0 0
PH Carlson c Botham b Emburey 0 1 2 0 0
B Yardley not out 61 160 147 3 0
+KJ Wright c Boycott b Miller 5 55 62 0 0
RM Hogg b Miller 7 24 25 0 0
JD Higgs c Botham b Emburey 2 5 4 0 0
AG Hurst c & b Miller 4 16 17 1 0
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 61.1 overs) 143
FoW: 1-8 (Hilditch), 2-28 (Hughes), 3-48 (Wood), 4-48 (Toohey),
5-48 (Carlson), 6-82 (Yallop), 7-114 (Wright), 8-130 (Hogg),
9-136 (Higgs), 10-143 (Hurst).
Bowling O M R W
Willis 3 0 15 0
Hendrick 7 3 22 1
Emburey 24 4 52 4
Miller 27.1 6 44 5
England 2nd innings (target: 34 runs) R M B 4 6
G Boycott c Hughes b Higgs 13 35 52 0 0
*JM Brearley not out 20 39 30 2 0
DW Randall not out 0 2 2 0 0
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (1 wicket, 10.2 overs) 35
DNB: GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, +RW Taylor,
JE Emburey, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
FoW: 1-31 (Boycott).
Bowling O M R W
Yardley 5.2 0 21 0
Higgs 5 1 12 1
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