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ENG flag ENGWon toss. Elected to bat
436 Series badge AUS
103 & 248 AUS flag
Overs: 155.4 RR: 2.80 vs spin: 2.54
vs seam: 2.56
 Overs: 89.5 RR: 2.76 vs seam: 2.25
Thu 11/08/77 England v Australia, 4th Test, Headingley, Leeds
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 85 runs
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England - 1st Inns 436 (155.4; RR: 2.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Brearley c Marsh b Thomson 0 3 0 0 0.00
G Boycott c Chappell b Pascoe 191 471 23 0 40.55
RA Woolmer c Chappell b Thomson 37 100 6 0 37.00
DW Randall lbw b Pascoe 20 26 3 0 76.92
AW Greig b Thomson 43 80 4 1 53.75
GRJ Roope c Walters b Thomson 34 92 4 0 36.96
APE Knott lbw b Bright 57 135 7 0 42.22
IT Botham b Bright 0 3 0 0 0.00
DL Underwood c Bright b Pascoe 6 25 1 0 24.00
M Hendrick c Robinson b Pascoe 4 12 1 0 33.33
RGD Willis not out 5 12 0 0 41.67
Extras (5b, 9lb, 3w, 22nb) 39  
TOTAL 436 all out (155.4 overs; RR: 2.80)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 82-2 (RA Woolmer 0.0 ov), 105-3 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 201-4 (AW Greig 0.0 ov), 275-5 (GRJ Roope 0.0 ov), 398-6 (APE Knott 0.0 ov), 398-7 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 412-8 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 422-9 (M Hendrick 0.0 ov), 436-10 (G Boycott 155.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JR Thomson 34.0 7 113 4 3.32 0 0
MHN Walker 48.0 21 97 0 2.02 0 0
LS Pascoe 34.4 10 91 4 2.68 0 0
KD Walters 3.0 1 5 0 1.67 0 0
RJ Bright 26.0 9 66 2 2.54 0 0
GS Chappell 10.0 2 25 0 2.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 103 (31.3; RR: 3.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB McCosker run out 27 39 3 1 69.23
IC Davis lbw b Hendrick 0 2 0 0 0.00
GS Chappell c Brearley b Hendrick 4 11 0 0 36.36
DW Hookes lbw b Botham 24 26 4 0 92.31
KD Walters c Hendrick b Botham 4 18 0 0 22.22
RD Robinson c Greig b Hendrick 20 41 3 0 48.78
RW Marsh c Knott b Botham 2 16 0 0 12.50
RJ Bright not out 9 22 1 0 40.91
MHN Walker c Knott b Botham 7 8 1 0 87.50
JR Thomson b Botham 0 3 0 0 0.00
LS Pascoe b Hendrick 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 103 all out (31.3 overs; RR: 3.27)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (IC Davis 0.0 ov), 26-2 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 52-3 (RB McCosker 0.0 ov), 57-4 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 66-5 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 77-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 87-7 (RD Robinson 0.0 ov), 100-8 (MHN Walker 0.0 ov), 100-9 (JR Thomson 0.0 ov), 103-10 (LS Pascoe 31.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 5.0 0 35 0 7.00 0 0
M Hendrick 15.3 2 41 4 2.73 0 0
IT Botham 11.0 3 21 5 1.91 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 248 (89.5; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB McCosker c Knott b Greig 12 48 0 0 25.00
IC Davis c Knott b Greig 19 33 4 0 57.58
GS Chappell c Greig b Willis 36 146 4 0 24.66
DW Hookes lbw b Hendrick 21 35 1 0 60.00
KD Walters lbw b Woolmer 15 32 2 0 46.88
RD Robinson b Hendrick 20 96 2 0 20.83
RW Marsh c Randall b Hendrick 63 87 9 0 72.41
RJ Bright c Greig b Hendrick 5 18 1 0 27.78
MHN Walker b Willis 30 54 4 0 55.56
JR Thomson b Willis 0 2 0 0 0.00
LS Pascoe not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 4lb, 4w, 18nb) 27  
TOTAL 248 all out (89.5 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (IC Davis 0.0 ov), 35-2 (RB McCosker 0.0 ov), 63-3 (DW Hookes 0.0 ov), 97-4 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 130-5 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 167-6 (RD Robinson 0.0 ov), 179-7 (RJ Bright 0.0 ov), 244-8 (MHN Walker 0.0 ov), 245-9 (JR Thomson 0.0 ov), 248-10 (RW Marsh 89.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 14.0 7 32 3 2.29 0 0
M Hendrick 22.5 6 54 4 2.45 0 0
AW Greig 20.0 7 64 2 3.20 0 0
IT Botham 17.0 3 47 0 2.76 0 0
RA Woolmer 8.0 4 8 1 1.00 0 0
DL Underwood 8.0 3 16 0 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v Australia at Leeds, 4th Test

Date

Thursday August 11, 1977

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Headingley, Leeds

Umpires

WE Alley, WL Budd

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, DL Underwood, APE Knott, RGD Willis, AW Greig, GRJ Roope, M Hendrick, RA Woolmer, JM Brearley, DW Randall, IT Botham

Australia Team

Playing XI

KD Walters, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, JR Thomson, MHN Walker, IC Davis, RB McCosker, DW Hookes, LS Pascoe, RD Robinson, RJ Bright