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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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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, AMJ Hilditch, KJ Hughes, GN Yallop, PM Toohey, PH Carlson, B Yardley, KJ Wright, RM Hogg, JD Higgs, AG Hurst.

    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.

    Match Officials' Pages: AR Crafter, DG Weser.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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