f32451 t846	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (6th Test)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th February 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 9 wickets
Umpires	AR Crafter, DG Weser
Close of play day 1	England (1) 24/0 (Boycott 6*, Brearley 18*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 216/4 (Gower 47*, Botham 17*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 70/5 (Yallop 13*, Yardley 16*)
Player of the Match	GN Yallop

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Botham b Hendrick	15	25	30	2	-
AMJ Hilditch	run out	3	8	18	-	-
KJ Hughes	c Botham b Willis	16	86	99	2	-
*GN Yallop	c Gower b Botham	121	212	267	13	-
PM Toohey	c Taylor b Botham	8	37	46	-	-
PH Carlson	c Gooch b Botham	2	5	6	-	-
B Yardley	b Emburey	7	15	14	1	-
+KJ Wright	st Taylor b Emburey	3	11	9	-	-
RM Hogg	c Emburey b Miller	9	46	47	1	-
JD Higgs	not out	9	45	52	1	-
AG Hurst	b Botham	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb)	5
Total	(all out, 303 minutes, 60.7 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
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, 60.7 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Hilditch b Hurst	19	80	91	1	-
*JM Brearley	c Toohey b Higgs	46	148	200	3	-
DW Randall	lbw b Hogg	7	9	14	1	-
GA Gooch	st Wright b Higgs	74	136	148	7	1
DI Gower	c Wright b Higgs	65	111	141	6	-
IT Botham	c Carlson b Yardley	23	53	54	2	-
G Miller	lbw b Hurst	18	84	89	2	-
+RW Taylor	not out	36	118	160	2	-
JE Emburey	c Hilditch b Hurst	0	18	20	-	-
RGD Willis	b Higgs	10	63	70	-	-
M Hendrick	c and b Yardley	0	7	3	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 505 minutes, 103 overs)	308
Fall of wickets:
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, 103 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
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	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Willis b Miller	29	78	96	3	-
AMJ Hilditch	c Taylor b Hendrick	1	17	19	-	-
KJ Hughes	c Gooch b Emburey	7	16	26	1	-
*GN Yallop	c Taylor b Miller	17	120	107	-	-
PM Toohey	c Gooch b Emburey	0	2	3	-	-
PH Carlson	c Botham b Emburey	0	2	1	-	-
B Yardley	not out	61	147	160	3	-
+KJ Wright	c Boycott b Miller	5	62	55	-	-
RM Hogg	b Miller	7	25	24	-	-
JD Higgs	c Botham b Emburey	2	4	5	-	-
AG Hurst	c and b Miller	4	17	16	1	-
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 1 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 266 minutes, 61.1 overs)	143
Fall of wickets:
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, 61.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	3	0	15	0	-	-
Hendrick	7	3	22	1	-	-
Emburey	24	4	52	4	-	-
Miller	27.1	6	44	5	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Hughes b Higgs	13	52	35	-	-
*JM Brearley	not out	20	30	39	2	-
DW Randall	not out	0	2	2	-	-
GA Gooch	did not bat
DI Gower	did not bat
IT Botham	did not bat
G Miller	did not bat
+RW Taylor	did not bat
JE Emburey	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 39 minutes, 10.2 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Boycott)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Yardley	5.2	0	21	0	-	-
Higgs	5	1	12	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut in Test matches
--> PH Carlson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GN Yallop (1) 50 in 91 balls, 130 minutes
--> GN Yallop (1) 100 in 186 balls, 240 minutes with 10 fours
--> GN Yallop (1) equalled his previous highest score of 121 in Test matches
--> GN Yallop (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 106
--> GN Yallop (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> JM Brearley (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 37
--> GA Gooch (1) 50 in 97 balls, 105 minutes
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 27
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 81 balls, 99 minutes
--> B Yardley (2) 50 in 111 balls, 125 minutes
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> AG Hurst reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JE Emburey, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> G Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed RM Hogg in the Australia second innings (previous best was 3-21)
--> G Miller achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia second innings
--> JD Higgs reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed G Boycott, his 1st wicket in the England second innings

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