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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bowl
160-4
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159-9
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Overs: 47.1 RR: 3.39 vs seam: 2.95
Overs: 60.0 RR: 2.65 vs spin: 2.27
vs seam: 2.53
Sat 09/06/79 England v Australia at Lord's, Prudential World Cup, Group A, Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
ENGLAND WIN England won by 6 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 159-9 (60.0; RR: 2.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AMJ Hilditch b Boycott 47 108 2 0 43.52
WM Darling lbw b Willis 25 61 3 0 40.98
AR Border c Taylor b Edmonds 34 74 4 0 45.95
KJ Hughes c Hendrick b Boycott 6 13 1 0 46.15
GN Yallop run out 10 20 1 0 50.00
GJ Cosier run out 6 20 0 0 30.00
TJ Laughlin run out 8 22 0 0 36.36
KJ Wright lbw b Old 6 15 0 0 40.00
RM Hogg run out 0 5 0 0 0.00
AG Hurst not out 3 10 0 0 30.00
G Dymock not out 4 12 0 0 33.33
Extras (4b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 159-9 (60.0 overs; RR: 2.65)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (WM Darling 0.0 ov), 97-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 111-3 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 131-4 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 132-5 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 137-6 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 150-7 (KJ Wright 0.0 ov), 153-8 (TJ Laughlin 0.0 ov), 153-9 (RM Hogg 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 11.0 2 20 1 1.82 0 0
M Hendrick 12.0 2 24 0 2.00 0 0
CM Old 12.0 2 33 1 2.75 0 0
IT Botham 8.0 0 32 0 4.00 0 0
PH Edmonds 11.0 1 25 1 2.27 0 0
G Boycott 6.0 0 15 2 2.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 160-4 (47.1; RR: 3.39)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley c Wright b Laughlin 44 147 2 0 29.93
G Boycott lbw b Hogg 1 5 0 0 20.00
DW Randall c Wright b Hurst 1 3 0 0 33.33
GA Gooch lbw b Laughlin 53 96 6 0 55.21
DI Gower not out 22 30 2 0 73.33
IT Botham not out 18 14 2 0 128.57
PH Edmonds  
RW Taylor  
CM Old  
M Hendrick  
RGD Willis  
Extras (0b, 10lb, 0w, 11nb) 21  
TOTAL 160-4 (47.1 overs; RR: 3.39)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 5-2 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 113-3 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 124-4 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 9.0 1 25 1 2.78 0 0
AG Hurst 10.0 3 33 1 3.30 0 0
G Dymock 11.0 2 19 0 1.73 0 0
GJ Cosier 8.0 1 24 0 3.00 0 0
TJ Laughlin 9.1 0 38 2 4.22 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Lord's, Prudential World Cup, Group A

Date

Saturday June 9, 1979

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood

Umpires

DJ Constant, BJ Meyer

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, CM Old, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, PH Edmonds, JM Brearley, DW Randall, IT Botham, DI Gower

Australia Team

Playing XI

G Dymock, AG Hurst, GJ Cosier, GN Yallop, KJ Hughes, WM Darling, TJ Laughlin, RM Hogg, AR Border, KJ Wright, AMJ Hilditch