a2326 o59	Australia v England
	England in Australia 1978/79 (4th ODI)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 4th February 1979 (40-over match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 4 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, DG Weser
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australia), GGA Saulez (England)
Player of the Match	DI Gower

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
G Boycott	lbw b Laughlin	33	86	117	1	-	38.37
*JM Brearley	c Wright b Dymock	0	2	6	-	-	0.00
DW Randall	lbw b Dymock	4	14	14	-	-	28.57
GA Gooch	c Hurst b Carlson	19	50	63	2	-	38.00
DI Gower	not out	101	100	120	9	-	101.00
IT Botham	c Wood b Hurst	31	41	46	3	-	75.61
+DL Bairstow	run out	1	4	4	-	-	25.00
CM Old	not out	16	24	37	-	-	66.67
RGD Willis	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 40 overs)	212
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Brearley), 2-7 (Randall), 3-50 (Gooch), 4-89 (Boycott), 5-153 (Botham), 6-158 (Bairstow)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Hurst	8	1	36	1	-	-	64.00	4.50
Dymock	8	1	31	2	-	-	32.00	3.88
Carlson	8	1	27	1	-	-	64.00	3.38
Cosier	8	0	48	0	-	-	-	6.00
Laughlin	8	0	63	1	-	-	64.00	7.88

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GM Wood	b Old	23	54	85	2	-	42.59
WM Darling	c Old b Willis	7	12	14	1	-	58.33
KJ Hughes	c Boycott b Lever	50	99	114	4	-	50.51
*GN Yallop	c Gower b Hendrick	31	66	94	1	-	46.97
PM Toohey	not out	54	55	100	2	-	98.18
GJ Cosier	b Lever	28	14	24	2	1	200.00
PH Carlson	c Boycott b Lever	0	3	3	-	-	0.00
TJ Laughlin	not out	15	11	21	1	1	136.36
+KJ Wright	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
AG Hurst	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(6 wickets, 38.6 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Darling), 2-55 (Wood), 3-90 (Hughes), 4-145 (Yallop), 5-185 (Cosier), 6-185 (Carlson)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Willis	8	1	21	1	-	-	64.00	2.62
Lever	7	1	51	3	-	-	18.67	7.29
Hendrick	8	0	47	1	-	-	64.00	5.88
Old	8	1	31	1	-	-	64.00	3.88
Botham	7.6	0	58	0	-	-	-	7.48

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Notes
--> KJ Wright made his debut in ODI matches
--> DI Gower passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> GN Yallop passed his previous highest score of 12 in ODI matches
--> PM Toohey passed his previous highest score of 30 in ODI matches
--> PM Toohey passed his previous highest score of 43 in List A matches
--> KJ Wright made his debut for Australia in List A matches

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