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England vs Australia 3rd Match Cricket World Cup 1979 Scorecard
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Series:
Cricket World Cup 1979
Schedule:
England vs Australia 3rd Match Cricket World Cup 1979
Result:
England won by 6 wickets
Venue:
Lord's Cricket Ground, London
Player of the match:
Graham Gooch (
England )
Toss :
England, Decided to Field
Date:
1979-06-09
Australia First Innings
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Andrew Hilditch
b Geoff Boycott
47
108
2
0
43.500
Rick Darling
lbw b Bob Willis
25
61
3
0
41.000
Allan Border
c Bob Taylor b Phil Edmonds
34
74
4
0
45.900
Kim Hughes
c Mike Hendrick b Geoff Boycott
6
13
1
0
46.200
Graham Yallop
run out
10
20
1
0
50.000
Gary Cosier
run out
6
20
0
0
30.000
Trevor Laughlin
run out
8
22
0
0
36.400
Kevin Wright
lbw b Chris Old
6
15
0
0
40.000
Rodney Hogg
run out
0
5
0
0
0.000
Alan Hurst
not out
3
10
0
0
30.000
Geoff Dymock
not out
4
12
0
0
33.300
Total (60 overs)
149 + 10 (extra) = 159/9
360
11
0
Extra : (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 0, penalty 0)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Bob Willis
11.0
2
20
1
1.820
Mike Hendrick
12.0
2
24
0
2.000
Chris Old
12.0
2
33
1
2.750
Ian Botham
8.0
0
32
0
4.000
Phil Edmonds
11.0
1
25
1
2.270
Geoff Boycott
6.0
0
15
2
2.500
Fall of Wickets
1
/56(
Rick Darling
,
0.0)
2
/97(
Andrew Hilditch
,
0.0)
3
/111(
Kim Hughes
,
0.0)
4
/131(
Allan Border
,
0.0)
5
/132(
Graham Yallop
,
0.0)
6
/137(
Gary Cosier
,
0.0)
7
/150(
Kevin Wright
,
0.0)
8
/153(
Trevor Laughlin
,
0.0)
9
/153(
Rodney Hogg
,
0.0)
England Second Innings
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mike Brearley
c Kevin Wright b Trevor Laughlin
44
147
2
0
29.900
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Rodney Hogg
1
5
0
0
20.000
Derek Randall
c Kevin Wright b Alan Hurst
1
3
0
0
33.300
Graham Gooch
lbw b Trevor Laughlin
53
96
6
0
55.200
David Gower
not out
22
30
2
0
73.300
Ian Botham
not out
18
14
2
0
128.600
Total (47.1 overs)
139 + 21 (extra) = 160/4
295
12
0
Extra : (b 0, lb 10, w 0, nb 11, penalty 0)
Did not bat
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor
,
Chris Old
,
Mike Hendrick
,
Bob Willis
,
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Rodney Hogg
9.0
1
25
1
2.778
Alan Hurst
10.0
3
33
1
3.300
Geoff Dymock
11.0
2
19
0
1.727
Gary Cosier
8.0
1
24
0
3.000
Trevor Laughlin
9.1
0
38
2
4.145
Fall of Wickets
1
/4(
Geoff Boycott
,
0.0)
2
/5(
Derek Randall
,
0.0)
3
/113(
Graham Gooch
,
0.0)
4
/124(
Mike Brearley
,
0.0)
Match Details
Series Status
(Or Points)
England-4, Australia-0
Umpire
Barrie Meyer
, David Constant
TV Umpire
Match Referee
Reserve Umpire
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