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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 24th January 1979 (40-over match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | AR Crafter, CE Harvey |
| Player of the Match | M Hendrick |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GM Wood | c Gower b Edmonds | 28 | 66 | 94 | 4 | - | 42.42 |
| AMJ Hilditch | c Bairstow b Botham | 10 | 39 | 59 | 1 | - | 25.64 |
| AR Border | c Willis b Hendrick | 11 | 18 | 25 | 2 | - | 61.11 |
| *GN Yallop | run out | 9 | 36 | 43 | - | - | 25.00 |
| KJ Hughes | lbw b Hendrick | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| PH Carlson | c Randall b Willis | 11 | 27 | 38 | 2 | - | 40.74 |
| TJ Laughlin | c Willis b Hendrick | 6 | 26 | 41 | 1 | - | 23.08 |
| +JA Maclean | c Edmonds b Botham | 11 | 33 | 38 | 2 | - | 33.33 |
| RM Hogg | c Botham b Hendrick | 4 | 6 | 17 | - | - | 66.67 |
| G Dymock | c and b Botham | 1 | 14 | 17 | - | - | 7.14 |
| AG Hurst | not out | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 33.5 overs) | 101 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Hilditch), 2-52 (Border), 3-54 (Wood), 4-55 (Hughes), 5-76 (Yallop), 6-78 (Carlson), 7-94 (Laughlin), 8-99 (Hogg), 9-101 (Maclean), 10-101 (Dymock) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Willis | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | - | - | 64.00 | 1.88 |
| Lever | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.40 |
| Hendrick | 8 | 1 | 25 | 4 | - | - | 16.00 | 3.12 |
| Botham | 4.5 | 2 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 12.33 | 3.46 |
| Edmonds | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 56.00 | 3.71 |
| Gooch | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.00 |
| England innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| G Boycott | not out | 39 | 107 | 154 | 3 | - | 36.45 |
| *JM Brearley | b Hogg | 0 | 12 | 14 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DW Randall | c Yallop b Dymock | 12 | 37 | 38 | - | - | 32.43 |
| GA Gooch | b Carlson | 23 | 45 | 55 | 2 | - | 51.11 |
| DI Gower | not out | 19 | 29 | 43 | 3 | - | 65.52 |
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| PH Edmonds | did not bat | ||||||
| +DL Bairstow | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 28.2 overs) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Brearley), 2-29 (Randall), 3-69 (Gooch) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Hogg | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 3.33 |
| Dymock | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 2.67 |
| Laughlin | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.60 |
| Carlson | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 40.00 | 4.20 |
| Hurst | 5.2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.67 |
| Border | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.00 |
Notes
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut in ODI matches
--> RM Hogg made his debut in ODI matches
--> DL Bairstow made his debut in ODI matches
--> JA Maclean made his last appearance in List A matches
--> JA Maclean made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> GM Wood passed his previous highest score of 24 in ODI matches
--> RM Hogg made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> AMJ Hilditch made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> DL Bairstow made his debut for England in List A matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> TJ Laughlin made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> DL Bairstow made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> IT Botham achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-39)
--> M Hendrick achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed TJ Laughlin in the Australia innings (previous best was 2-34)
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