| a2325 | |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 3rd February 1979 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | England XI won by 3 wickets |
| Umpires | KJ Carmody, RC Isherwood |
| Scorers | MP Ringham (Tasmania), GGA Saulez (England XI) |
| Player of the Match | RJ Sherriff |
| Tasmania innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Norman | c Bairstow b Willis | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GW Goodman | c Willis b Old | 36 | 106 | 118 | 3 | - | 33.96 |
| DA Smith | c Willis b Edmonds | 25 | 70 | 78 | 2 | - | 35.71 |
| JH Hampshire | c Randall b Old | 14 | 42 | 44 | - | - | 33.33 |
| DC Boon | c Randall b Emburey | 8 | 15 | 20 | 1 | - | 53.33 |
| TW Docking | c Bairstow b Willis | 17 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | 89.47 |
| +RD Woolley | not out | 11 | 21 | 29 | 2 | - | 52.38 |
| *J Simmons | not out | 6 | 11 | 12 | - | - | 54.55 |
| GJ Cowmeadow | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Wilson | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Sherriff | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (13 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 169 minutes, 48 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Norman), 2-42 (Smith), 3-79 (Goodman), 4-84 (Hampshire), 5-98 (Boon), 6-114 (Docking) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Willis | 9 | 3 | 20 | 2 | - | 1 | 27.00 | 2.22 |
| Old | 10 | 4 | 17 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 1.70 |
| Lever | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.78 |
| Edmonds | 10 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 1.80 |
| Emburey | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.70 |
| England XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Boycott | c Simmons b Sherriff | 1 | 9 | 14 | - | - | 11.11 |
| GA Gooch | lbw b Simmons | 29 | 90 | 95 | 2 | - | 32.22 |
| CT Radley | b Cowmeadow | 6 | 26 | 46 | - | - | 23.08 |
| DW Randall | b Wilson | 22 | 48 | 58 | 1 | - | 45.83 |
| DI Gower | c Woolley b Cowmeadow | 20 | 33 | 43 | 2 | - | 60.61 |
| +DL Bairstow | b Sherriff | 17 | 35 | 33 | 1 | - | 48.57 |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 14 | 11 | 33 | 2 | - | 127.27 |
| CM Old | c Woolley b Sherriff | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | 33.33 |
| JE Emburey | not out | 0 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| *RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 10 lb, 2 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 173 minutes, 43.3 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Boycott), 2-34 (Radley), 3-62 (Gooch), 4-90 (Randall), 5-107 (Gower), 6-121 (Bairstow), 7-129 (Old) | |||||||
| Tasmania bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Cowmeadow | 10 | 2 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.00 |
| Sherriff | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 1.60 |
| Wilson | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | 2 | 60.00 | 1.90 |
| Simmons | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 2.56 |
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.00 |
| Goodman | 0.3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 8.00 |
Notes
--> The match was reduced to 48 overs per side
--> MJ Norman made his last appearance in List A matches
--> GJ Cowmeadow made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JE Emburey made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> RJ Sherriff achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed CM Old in the England XI innings (previous best was 2-43)
12th Men: GR Whitney (Tasmania) and G Miller (England XI)
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