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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th November 1978 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England XI won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | TF Brooks, A Drake |
| Close of play day 1 | England XI (1) 289/6 (Botham 28*, Taylor 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New South Wales (1) 157/6 (Hughes 24*, Rixon 7*) |
| Close of play day 3 | New South Wales (2) 45/1 (Hilditch 21*, Toohey 17*) |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Border b Lawson | 14 | |||||
| GA Gooch | c Rixon b Border | 66 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Hughes b Clews | 110 | |||||
| CT Radley | c Hughes b Border | 13 | |||||
| DI Gower | b Hourn | 26 | |||||
| G Miller | st Rixon b Hourn | 5 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Toohey b Clews | 56 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | c Hilditch b Lawson | 9 | |||||
| JE Emburey | c Johnston b Lawson | 0 | |||||
| *RGD Willis | not out | 21 | |||||
| M Hendrick | b Border | 20 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 6 lb, 9 nb, 2 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.1 overs) | 374 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-145, 3-173, 4-250, 5-252, 6-276, 7-305, 8-313, 9-336, 10-374 (92.1 ov) | |||||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawson | 17 | 5 | 39 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watson | 18 | 2 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clews | 13 | 1 | 88 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hourn | 32 | 4 | 114 | 2 | - | - | |
| Border | 12.1 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| New South Wales first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Dyson | c Boycott b Miller | 67 | |||||
| *AMJ Hilditch | c Taylor b Willis | 4 | |||||
| PM Toohey | c Gower b Hendrick | 23 | |||||
| AR Border | c Taylor b Miller | 11 | |||||
| DAH Johnston | c Hendrick b Miller | 16 | |||||
| GC Hughes | c Hendrick b Miller | 27 | |||||
| ML Clews | st Taylor b Emburey | 1 | |||||
| +SJ Rixon | c Hendrick b Miller | 10 | |||||
| GG Watson | c Boycott b Emburey | 2 | |||||
| GF Lawson | not out | 0 | |||||
| DW Hourn | c Emburey b Miller | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.4 overs) | 165 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-47, 3-65, 4-107, 5-142, 6-146, 7-162, 8-165, 9-165, 10-165 (57.4 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 8 | 3 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hendrick | 12 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Botham | 9 | 2 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 18.4 | 3 | 56 | 6 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 10 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| New South Wales second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Dyson | c Gooch b Willis | 6 | |||||
| *AMJ Hilditch | b Botham | 93 | |||||
| PM Toohey | c Gooch b Botham | 20 | |||||
| AR Border | c Taylor b Botham | 12 | |||||
| DAH Johnston | c Gooch b Botham | 3 | |||||
| GC Hughes | b Emburey | 11 | |||||
| ML Clews | run out | 5 | |||||
| +SJ Rixon | c Botham b Emburey | 24 | |||||
| GG Watson | not out | 14 | |||||
| GF Lawson | c Miller b Willis | 7 | |||||
| DW Hourn | b Botham | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 4 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.2 overs) | 210 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-57, 3-82, 4-87, 5-119, 6-124, 7-173, 8-192, 9-209, 10-210 (83.2 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 15 | 3 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hendrick | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Botham | 17.2 | 6 | 51 | 5 | - | - | |
| Miller | 24 | 6 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emburey | 22 | 5 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | not out | 4 | |||||
| GA Gooch | not out | 0 | |||||
| DW Randall | did not bat | ||||||
| CT Radley | did not bat | ||||||
| DI Gower | did not bat | ||||||
| G Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| +RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Emburey | did not bat | ||||||
| *RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 0.5 overs) | 4 | |||||
| New South Wales bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lawson | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> AMJ Hilditch (2) passed his previous highest score of 61 in First-Class matches
--> IT Botham made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AR Border achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the England XI first innings (previous best was 2-26)
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