Australia vs England
1978-79
| Date | Venue | Captains | Scores | Result | Player of the Match |
| 1 Dec 1978 | Brisbane |
GN Yallop (Aus)
JM Brearley (Eng) |
Aus 116 & 339
Eng 286 & 170-3 |
England 7 wickets |
|
| 15 Dec 1978 | Perth WACA |
GN Yallop (Aus)
JM Brearley (Eng) |
Eng 309 & 208
Aus 190 & 161 |
England 166 runs |
|
| 29 Dec 1978 | Melbourne |
GN Yallop (Aus)
JM Brearley (Eng) |
Aus 258 & 167
Eng 143 & 179 |
Australia 103 runs |
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| 6 Jan 1979 | Sydney |
GN Yallop (Aus)
JM Brearley (Eng) |
Eng 152 & 346
Aus 294 & 111 |
England 93 runs |
|
| 27 Jan 1979 | Adelaide |
GN Yallop (Aus)
JM Brearley (Eng) |
Eng 169 & 360
Aus 164 & 160 |
England 205 runs |
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| KJ Hughes | 5 | 10 | 0 | 322 | 32.20 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 30.38 | 26/3 | 4 |
| GM Wood | 5 | 10 | 0 | 300 | 30.00 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 34.21 | 13 | 6 |
| GN Yallop | 5 | 10 | 0 | 253 | 25.30 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 29.45 | 21 | 3 |
| WM Darling | 4 | 8 | 0 | 221 | 27.62 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 41.23 | 17/1 | 4 |
| AR Border | 3 | 6 | 2 | 146 | 36.50 | 1 | 0 | 60* | 30.29 | 18 | 3 |
| PM Toohey | 4 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 20.14 | 1 | 0 | 81* | 39.17 | 8 | 4 |
| B Yardley | 3 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 32.00 | 8 | 3 |
| RM Hogg | 5 | 10 | 0 | 79 | 7.90 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34.05 | 9 | 0 |
| JA Maclean | 4 | 8 | 1 | 79 | 11.28 | 0 | 0 | 33* | 22.13 | 5 | 18 |
| GJ Cosier | 2 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 51.49 | 4 | 2 |
| AG Hurst | 5 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 | 17* | 40.82 | 3 | 1 |
| JD Higgs | 4 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21.47 | 0 | 0 |
| KJ Wright | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 34.12 | 2 | 6 |
| G Dymock | 3 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 5.60 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14.00 | 1 | 0 |
| PH Carlson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37.50 | 2 | 1 |
| TJ Laughlin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 63.64 | 0 | 2 |
| AMJ Hilditch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| RM Hogg | 199.4 | 54 | 485 | 40 | 12.12 | 6/74 | 1.82 | 5/2 | 0 | 0 |
| AG Hurst | 184.2 | 40 | 519 | 22 | 23.59 | 5/28 | 2.11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JD Higgs | 161.6 | 38 | 387 | 14 | 27.64 | 5/148 | 1.79 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G Dymock | 114.1 | 19 | 269 | 7 | 38.42 | 3/38 | 1.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Yardley | 83 | 10 | 263 | 5 | 52.60 | 3/41 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PH Carlson | 36 | 9 | 75 | 2 | 37.50 | 2/41 | 1.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AR Border | 31 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 50.00 | 1/31 | 1.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GJ Cosier | 12 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | 2.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Laughlin | 25 | 6 | 60 | 0 | - | - | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England Batting and Fielding
| Mat | Inn | no | Runs | Avg | 50 | 100 | HS | S/R | 4s/6s | Ct/St | |
| DW Randall | 5 | 10 | 1 | 378 | 42.00 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 35.56 | 34/1 | 4 |
| DI Gower | 5 | 10 | 1 | 355 | 39.44 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 46.16 | 32 | 3 |
| IT Botham | 5 | 9 | 0 | 268 | 29.77 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 44.37 | 27/2 | 7 |
| G Boycott | 5 | 10 | 0 | 231 | 23.10 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 22.41 | 5 | 1 |
| G Miller | 5 | 9 | 0 | 216 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 30.59 | 18 | 0 |
| RW Taylor | 5 | 9 | 1 | 172 | 21.50 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 24.12 | 9 | 15/1 |
| GA Gooch | 5 | 10 | 0 | 172 | 17.20 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 27.39 | 15 | 6 |
| JM Brearley | 5 | 10 | 0 | 118 | 11.80 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 22.10 | 5 | 5 |
| RGD Willis | 5 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 11.14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 33.77 | 5/1 | 2 |
| JE Emburey | 3 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 13.40 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 26.80 | 5 | 5 |
| M Hendrick | 4 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28.57 | 3 | 3 |
| CM Old | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | - | 0 | 0 | 29* | 28.43 | 2 | 0 |
| JK Lever | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25.53 | 0 | 0 |
| PH Edmonds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.11 | 0 | 1 |
England Bowling
| Ov | M | R | Wkt | Avg | BBi | Econ | 5/10 | nb | wd | |
| RGD Willis | 126.3 | 19 | 398 | 19 | 20.94 | 5/44 | 2.36 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| IT Botham | 148.5 | 24 | 510 | 19 | 26.84 | 4/42 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Hendrick | 126 | 25 | 256 | 17 | 15.05 | 3/19 | 1.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G Miller | 141 | 45 | 289 | 17 | 17.00 | 3/21 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JE Emburey | 102.4 | 42 | 206 | 10 | 20.60 | 4/46 | 1.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JK Lever | 15.1 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 9.60 | 4/28 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CM Old | 26.7 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 21.00 | 2/24 | 2.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GA Gooch | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PH Edmonds | 13 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 1.56 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Avg | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100+ | Best | Test | Batsmen | ||
| Australia | |||||||||
| 1st | 21.3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | 65 | 3(1) | Wood & Darling | |
| 2nd | 22.6 | 6 | 3 | - | 1 | 125 | 4(1) | Hughes & Darling | |
| 3rd | 30.7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | 79 | 5(2) | Hughes & Yallop | |
| 4th | 32.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 170 | 1(2) | Hughes & Yallop | |
| 5th | 26.5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 83 | 2(2) | Wood & Cosier | |
| 6th | 10.6 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 33 | 1(2) | Hughes & Maclean | |
| 7th | 14.4 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 49 | 1(2) | Hughes & Yardley | |
| 8th | 17.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 60 | 1(1) | Maclean & Hogg | |
| 9th | 13.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 57 | 2(1) | Toohey & Dymock | |
| 10th | 7.8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | 31 | 5(1) | Hurst & Higgs | |
| 53 | 36 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
| England | |||||||||
| 1st | 14.1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 58 | 2(2) | Boycott & Gooch | |
| 2nd | 23.7 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 111 | 4(2) | Randall & Brearley | |
| 3rd | 36.9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 73 | 1(1) | Taylor & Randall | |
| 4th | 51.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 158 | 2(1) | Boycott & Gower | |
| 5th | 20.4 | 2 | 7 | - | - | 41 | 3(2) | Botham & Gower | |
| 6th | 25.3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | 95 | 1(1) | Botham & Gower | |
| 7th | 30.0 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | 135 | 5(2) | Miller & Taylor | |
| 8th | 19.6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 69 | 5(2) | Emburey & Taylor | |
| 9th | 15.8 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 43 | 4(1) | Willis & Botham | |
| 10th | 12.4 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 23 | 3(1) | Hendrick & Willis | |
| 36 | 45 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
Overall Summary
| Aus | Eng | ||
| Runs Scored | 1960 | 2322 | |
| Wickets lost | 100 | 93 | |
| Overs faced | 705.4 | 846.5 | |
| Runs per wicket | 19.60 | 24.97 | |
| Runs per over | 2.78 | 2.74 | |
| Innings | 110 | 104 | |
| Ducks | 23 | 9 | |
| Fifties | 4 | 8 | |
| Centuries | 3 | 2 | |
| 5 w/inn | 7 | 1 | |
| 10 w/mat | 2 | 0 |
Note: ball overs in this series.
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