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106-3
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105
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Overs: 26.0 RR: 4.08 vs spin: 5.00
vs seam: 3.73
Overs: 33.2 RR: 3.15 vs seam: 2.82
Sat 16/06/79 Australia v Canada, Prudential World Cup, Group A, Edgbaston, Birmingham
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 wickets
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Canada - 1st Inns 105 (33.2; RR: 3.15)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GR Sealy c Porter b Dymock 25 30 4 0 83.33
CJD Chappell lbw b Hurst 19 42 2 0 45.24
FA Dennis lbw b Hurst 1 8 0 0 12.50
Tariq Javed c Wright b Porter 8 30 1 0 26.67
S Baksh b Hurst 0 6 0 0 0.00
JCB Vaughan b Porter 29 43 4 0 67.44
BM Mauricette c Hilditch b Cosier 5 22 0 0 22.73
JM Patel b Cosier 2 4 0 0 50.00
RG Callender c Wright b Hurst 0 2 0 0 0.00
CC Henry c Hughes b Hurst 5 11 1 0 45.45
JN Valentine not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 1w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 105 all out (33.2 overs; RR: 3.15)

Fall of wickets

44-1 (GR Sealy 0.0 ov), 50-2 (FA Dennis 0.0 ov), 51-3 (CJD Chappell 0.0 ov), 51-4 (S Baksh 0.0 ov), 78-5 (Tariq Javed 0.0 ov), 97-6 (JCB Vaughan 0.0 ov), 97-7 (BM Mauricette 0.0 ov), 98-8 (RG Callender 0.0 ov), 104-9 (CC Henry 0.0 ov), 105-10 (JM Patel 33.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 2.0 0 26 0 13.00 0 0
AG Hurst 10.0 3 21 5 2.10 0 0
G Dymock 8.0 2 17 1 2.13 0 0
GD Porter 6.0 2 13 2 2.17 0 0
GJ Cosier 7.2 2 17 2 2.43 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 106-3 (26.0; RR: 4.08)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AMJ Hilditch c Valentine b Henry 24 30 3 0 80.00
WM Darling lbw b Valentine 13 16 2 0 81.25
AR Border b Henry 25 53 4 0 47.17
KJ Hughes not out 27 40 2 0 67.50
GN Yallop not out 13 20 0 0 65.00
GJ Cosier  
KJ Wright  
GD Porter  
RM Hogg  
G Dymock  
AG Hurst  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb) 4  
TOTAL 106-3 (26.0 overs; RR: 4.08)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (WM Darling 0.0 ov), 53-2 (AMJ Hilditch 0.0 ov), 72-3 (AR Border 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JN Valentine 3.0 0 28 1 9.33 0 0
RG Callender 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 0
CC Henry 10.0 0 27 2 2.70 0 0
JCB Vaughan 6.0 0 15 0 2.50 0 0
JM Patel 4.0 0 20 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Canada at Birmingham, Prudential World Cup, Group A

Date

Saturday June 16, 1979

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

JG Langridge, DJ Constant

Australia Team

Playing XI

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

Canada Team

Playing XI

CJD Chappell, GR Sealy, FA Dennis, JCB Vaughan, BM Mauricette, Tariq Javed, JM Patel, CC Henry, JN Valentine, RG Callender, S Baksh