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ODI No. 63

1979 Cricket World Cup
1979 season
England vs Australia - 3rd Match, Group A
Saturday June 09, 1979 (60-over match)
Venue : Lord's, London
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by 6 wickets (with 12.5 overs remaining)


Australia innings
(60 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Hilditch b Boycott
47 
108 
2 
0
43.52 
»
 Rick Darling lbw b Willis
25 
61 
3 
0
40.98 
»
 Allan Border c Taylor b Edmonds
34 
74 
4 
0
45.95 
»
 Kim Hughes c Hendrick b Boycott
6 
13 
1 
0
46.15 
»
 Graham Yallop run out
10 
20 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Gary Cosier run out
6 
20 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Trevor Laughlin run out
8 
22 
0 
0
36.36 
»
 Kevin Wright lbw b Old
6 
15 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Rodney Hogg run out
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Alan Hurst Not Out
3 
10 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Geoff Dymock Not Out
4 
12 
0 
0
33.33 
Extras B 4, LB 5, W 1
10
Total : (9 wickets in 60.0 overs)
159
 RR : 2.65

Fall of wickets : 1-56 (Darling), 2-97 (Hilditch), 3-111 (Hughes), 4-131 (Border), 5-132 (Yallop), 6-137 (Cosier), 7-150 (Wright), 8-153 (Laughlin), 9-153 (Hogg)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Bob Willis
11
2 
20 
1
1.82
0
0
»
 Mike Hendrick
12
2 
24 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Chris Old
12
2 
33 
1
2.75
0
0
»
 Sir Ian Botham
8
0 
32 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Phil Edmonds
11
1 
25 
1
2.27
0
0
»
 Geoff Boycott
6
0 
15 
2
2.50
0
0

England innings
(Target: 160 runs in 60 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Mike Brearley c Wright b Laughlin
44 
147 
2 
0
29.93 
»
 Geoff Boycott lbw b Hogg
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Derek Randall c Wright b Hurst
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Graham Gooch lbw b Laughlin
53 
96 
6 
0
55.21 
»
 David Gower Not Out
22 
30 
2 
0
73.33 
»
 Sir Ian Botham Not Out
18 
14 
2 
0
128.57 
Extras LB 10, N 11
21
Total : (4 wickets in 47.1 overs)
160
 RR : 3.39

did not bat: Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, Chris Old, Mike Hendrick, Bob Willis

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Boycott), 2-5 (Randall), 3-113 (Gooch), 4-124 (Brearley)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Rodney Hogg
9
1 
25 
1
2.78
0
0
»
 Alan Hurst
10
3 
33 
1
3.30
0
0
»
 Geoff Dymock
11
2 
19 
0
1.73
0
0
»
 Gary Cosier
8
1 
24 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 Trevor Laughlin
9
 .1
0 
38 
2
4.15
0
0

Match details
Points: England 4, Australia 0
Umpires : DJ Constant and BJ Meyer
Reserve Umpire: GA Gooch (England)

Teams:
England Mike Brearley (Capt.), Geoff Boycott, Derek Randall, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Sir Ian Botham, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor (wk), Chris Old, Mike Hendrick, Bob Willis
Australia Andrew Hilditch, Rick Darling, Allan Border, Kim Hughes (Capt.), Graham Yallop, Gary Cosier, Trevor Laughlin, Kevin Wright (wk), Rodney Hogg, Alan Hurst, Geoff Dymock
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