The Ashes, 1978/79, 6th Test
Australia v England
Sydney Cricket Ground
10,11,12,14 February 1979 (5-day match)
Result: England won by 9 wickets
England wins the 6-Test series 5-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter and DG Weser
Test Debuts: AMJ Hilditch (Aus).
Balls per over: 8
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 198, England 24/0 (Boycott 6*, Brearley 18*)
Day 2: England 216/4 (Gower 47*, Botham 17*)
Day 3: England 308, Australia 70/5 (Yallop 13*, Yardley 16*)
Australia 1st innings
GM Wood c Botham b Hendrick 15
AMJ Hilditch run out 3
KJ Hughes c Botham b Willis 16
*GN Yallop c Gower b Botham 121
PM Toohey c Taylor b Botham 8
PH Carlson c Gooch b Botham 2
B Yardley b Emburey 7
+KJ Wright st Taylor b Emburey 3
RM Hogg c Emburey b Miller 9
JD Higgs not out 9
AG Hurst b Botham 0
Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5
Total (all out, 60.7 overs) 198
FoW: 1-18, 2-19, 3-67, 4-101, 5-109,
6-116, 7-124, 8-159, 9-198, 10-198.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 11 4 48 1
Hendrick 12 2 21 1
Botham 9.7 1 57 4
Emburey 18 3 48 2
Miller 9 3 13 1
Boycott 1 0 6 0
England 1st innings
G Boycott c Hilditch b Hurst 19
*JM Brearley c Toohey b Higgs 46
DW Randall lbw b Hogg 7
GA Gooch st Wright b Higgs 74
DI Gower c Wright b Higgs 65
IT Botham c Carlson b Yardley 23
G Miller lbw b Hurst 18
+RW Taylor not out 36
JE Emburey c Hilditch b Hurst 0
RGD Willis b Higgs 10
M Hendrick c & b Yardley 0
Extras (b 3, lb 5, nb 2) 10
Total (all out, 103 overs) 308
FoW: 1-37, 2-46, 3-115, 4-182, 5-233,
6-247, 7-270, 8-280, 9-306, 10-308.
Bowling O M R W
Hogg 18 6 42 1
Hurst 20 4 58 3
Yardley 25 2 105 2
Carlson 10 1 24 0
Higgs 30 8 69 4
Australia 2nd innings
GM Wood c Willis b Miller 29
AMJ Hilditch c Taylor b Hendrick 1
KJ Hughes c Gooch b Emburey 7
*GN Yallop c Taylor b Miller 17
PM Toohey c Gooch b Emburey 0
PH Carlson c Botham b Emburey 0
B Yardley not out 61
+KJ Wright c Boycott b Miller 5
RM Hogg b Miller 7
JD Higgs c Botham b Emburey 2
AG Hurst c & b Miller 4
Extras (b 3, lb 6, nb 1) 10
Total (all out, 61.1 overs) 143
FoW: 1-8, 2-28, 3-48, 4-48, 5-48,
6-82, 7-114, 8-130, 9-136, 10-143.
Bowling O M R W
Willis 3 0 15 0
Hendrick 7 3 22 1
Emburey 24 4 52 4
Miller 27.1 6 44 5
England 2nd innings (target: 34 runs)
G Boycott c Hughes b Higgs 13
*JM Brearley not out 20
DW Randall not out 0
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (1 wicket, 10.2 overs) 35
DNB: GA Gooch, DI Gower, IT Botham, G Miller, +RW Taylor,
JE Emburey, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
FoW: 1-31.
Bowling O M R W
Yardley 5.2 0 21 0
Higgs 5 1 12 1
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