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Match Date : June 09, 1979
Venue : Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : DJ Constant and BJ Meyer
Match Result : England won by 6 wkts
Man of the Match : Graham Gooch
Australia (60 Overs Maximum)
Andrew Hilditch b Boycott 47
Rick Darling lbw b Willis 25
Allan Border c Taylor b Edmonds 34
Kim Hughes (C) c Hendrick b Boycott 6
Graham Yallop run out 10
Gary Cosier run out 6
Trevor Laughlin run out 8
Kevin Wright (WK) lbw b Old 6
Rodney Hogg run out 0
Alan Hurst not out 3
Geoff Dymock not out 4
Extras : 10 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 159/9 (Overs: 60.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-56 (Darling), 2-97 (Hilditch), 3-111 (Hughes), 4-131 (Border), 5-132 (Yallop), 6-137 (Cosier), 7-150 (Wright), 8-153 (Laughlin), 9-153 (Hogg)
England Bowling
Willis 11-2-20-1
Hendrick 12-2-24-0
Old 12-2-33-1
Botham 8-0-32-0
Edmonds 11-1-25-1
Boycott 6-0-15-2
England (Target: 160 from 60 Overs)
Mike Brearley (C) c Wright b Laughlin 44
Geoffery Boycott lbw b Hogg 1
Derek Randall c Wright b Hurst 1
Graham Gooch lbw b Laughlin 53
David Gower not out 22
Ian Botham not out 18
Phil Edmonds
Bob Taylor (WK)
Chris Old
Mike Hendrick
Bob Willis
Extras : 21 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 11 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10)
Total : 160/4 (Overs: 47.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Boycott), 2-5 (Randall), 3-113 (Gooch), 4-124 (Brearley)
Australia Bowling
Hogg 9-1-25-1
Hurst 10-3-33-1
Dymock 11-2-19-0
Cosier 8-1-24-0
Laughlin 9.1-0-38-2