The Ashes, 1978/79, 4th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
6,7,8,10,11 January 1979 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 93 runs
England leads the 6-Test series 3-1
Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RA French
Man of the Match: DW Randall
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: England 152, Australia 56/1 (Darling 35*, Hughes 15*)
Day 2: Australia 248/7 (Border 31*, Dymock 0*)
Day 3: Australia 294, England 133/2 (Randall 65*, Gooch 6*)
Day 4: England 304/6 (Miller 16*, Taylor 3*)
England 1st innings
G Boycott c Border b Hurst 8
*JM Brearley b Hogg 17
DW Randall c Wood b Hurst 0
GA Gooch c Toohey b Higgs 18
DI Gower c Maclean b Hurst 7
IT Botham c Yallop b Hogg 59
G Miller c Maclean b Hurst 4
+RW Taylor c Border b Higgs 10
JE Emburey c Wood b Higgs 0
RGD Willis not out 7
M Hendrick b Hurst 10
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 8) 12
Total (all out, 52.6 overs) 152
FoW: 1-18, 2-18, 3-35, 4-51, 5-66,
6-70, 7-94, 8-98, 9-141, 10-152.
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 11 3 36 2
Dymock 13 1 34 0
Hurst 10.6 2 28 5
Higgs 18 4 42 3
Australia 1st innings
GM Wood b Willis 0
WM Darling c Botham b Miller 91
KJ Hughes c Emburey b Willis 48
*GN Yallop c Botham b Hendrick 44
PM Toohey c Gooch b Botham 1
AR Border not out 60
+JA Maclean lbw b Emburey 12
RM Hogg run out 6
G Dymock b Botham 5
JD Higgs c Botham b Hendrick 11
AG Hurst run out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 11) 16
Total (all out, 108 overs) 294
FoW: 1-1, 2-126, 3-178, 4-179, 5-210,
6-235, 7-245, 8-276, 9-290, 10-294.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 9 2 33 2
Botham 28 3 87 2
Hendrick 24 4 50 2
Miller 13 2 37 1
Emburey 29 10 57 1
Gooch 5 1 14 0
England 2nd innings
G Boycott lbw b Hogg 0
*JM Brearley b Border 53
DW Randall lbw b Hogg 150
GA Gooch c Wood b Higgs 22
DI Gower c Maclean b Hogg 34
IT Botham c Wood b Higgs 6
G Miller lbw b Hogg 17
+RW Taylor not out 21
JE Emburey c Darling b Higgs 14
RGD Willis c Toohey b Higgs 0
M Hendrick c Toohey b Higgs 7
Extras (b 5, lb 3, nb 14) 22
Total (all out, 146.6 overs) 346
FoW: 1-0, 2-111, 3-169, 4-237, 5-267,
6-292, 7-307, 8-334, 9-334, 10-346.
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 28 10 67 4
Dymock 17 4 35 0
Hurst 19 3 43 0
Higgs 59.6 15 148 5
Border 23 11 31 1
Australia 2nd innings (target: 205 runs)
GM Wood run out 27
WM Darling c Gooch b Hendrick 13
KJ Hughes c Emburey b Miller 15
*GN Yallop c & b Hendrick 1
PM Toohey b Miller 5
AR Border not out 45
+JA Maclean c Botham b Miller 0
G Dymock b Emburey 0
RM Hogg c Botham b Emburey 0
JD Higgs lbw b Emburey 3
AG Hurst b Emburey 0
Extras (lb 1, nb 1) 2
Total (all out, 49.2 overs) 111
FoW: 1-38, 2-44, 3-45, 4-59, 5-74,
6-76, 7-85, 8-85, 9-105, 10-111.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 2 0 8 0
Hendrick 10 3 17 2
Emburey 17.2 7 46 4
Miller 20 7 38 3
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