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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bowl
190 & 161 Series badge ENG
309 & 208 ENG flag
Overs: 46.1 RR: 3.49 vs spin: 2.25
vs seam: 2.47
 Overs: 66.3 RR: 3.13 vs seam: 2.28
Fri 15/12/78 Australia v England, 2nd Test, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
ENGLAND WIN England won by 166 runs
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England - 1st Inns 309 (117.5; RR: 2.62)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott lbw b Hurst 77 337 1 0 22.85
GA Gooch c Maclean b Hogg 1 10 0 0 10.00
DW Randall c Wood b Hogg 0 3 0 0 0.00
JM Brearley c Maclean b Dymock 17 104 1 0 16.35
DI Gower b Hogg 102 221 9 0 46.15
IT Botham lbw b Hurst 11 28 1 0 39.29
G Miller b Hogg 40 104 4 0 38.46
RW Taylor c Hurst b Yardley 12 59 1 0 20.34
JK Lever c Cosier b Hurst 14 40 0 0 35.00
RGD Willis c Yallop b Hogg 2 20 0 0 10.00
M Hendrick not out 7 25 1 0 28.00
Extras (6b, 9lb, 3w, 8nb) 26  
TOTAL 309 all out (117.5 overs; RR: 2.62)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 3-2 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 41-3 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 199-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 219-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 224-6 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 253-7 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 295-8 (JK Lever 0.0 ov), 300-9 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 309-10 (RGD Willis 117.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 30.5 9 65 5 2.17 0 0
G Dymock 34.0 4 72 1 2.12 0 0
AG Hurst 26.0 7 70 3 2.69 0 0
B Yardley 23.0 1 62 1 2.70 0 0
GJ Cosier 4.0 2 14 0 3.50 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 190 (66.5; RR: 2.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood lbw b Lever 5 12 0 0 41.67
WM Darling run out 25 63 1 0 39.68
KJ Hughes b Willis 16 44 1 0 36.36
GN Yallop b Willis 3 17 0 0 17.65
PM Toohey not out 81 184 6 0 44.02
GJ Cosier c Gooch b Willis 4 24 0 0 16.67
JA Maclean c Gooch b Miller 0 2 0 0 0.00
B Yardley c Taylor b Hendrick 12 44 0 0 27.27
RM Hogg c Taylor b Willis 18 67 2 0 26.87
G Dymock b Hendrick 11 72 0 0 15.28
AG Hurst c Taylor b Willis 5 6 1 0 83.33
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb) 10  
TOTAL 190 all out (66.5 overs; RR: 2.84)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 34-2 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 38-3 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 60-4 (WM Darling 0.0 ov), 78-5 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 79-6 (JA Maclean 0.0 ov), 100-7 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 128-8 (RM Hogg 0.0 ov), 185-9 (G Dymock 0.0 ov), 190-10 (AG Hurst 66.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JK Lever 7.0 0 20 1 2.86 0 0
IT Botham 11.0 2 46 0 4.18 0 0
RGD Willis 18.5 5 44 5 2.44 0 0
M Hendrick 14.0 1 39 2 2.79 0 0
G Miller 16.0 6 31 1 1.94 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 208 (66.3; RR: 3.13)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott lbw b Hogg 23 103 0 0 22.33
GA Gooch lbw b Hogg 43 131 5 0 32.82
DW Randall c Cosier b Yardley 45 65 3 0 69.23
JM Brearley c Maclean b Hogg 0 1 0 0 0.00
DI Gower c Maclean b Hogg 12 47 0 0 25.53
IT Botham c Wood b Yardley 30 39 4 0 76.92
G Miller c Toohey b Yardley 25 42 3 0 59.52
JK Lever c Maclean b Hurst 10 54 0 0 18.52
RW Taylor c Maclean b Hogg 2 33 0 0 6.06
RGD Willis not out 3 21 0 0 14.29
M Hendrick b Dymock 1 5 0 0 20.00
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 8nb) 14  
TOTAL 208 all out (66.3 overs; RR: 3.13)

Fall of wickets

58-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 93-2 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 93-3 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 135-4 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 151-5 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 176-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 201-7 (JK Lever 0.0 ov), 201-8 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 206-9 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 208-10 (M Hendrick 66.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RM Hogg 17.0 2 57 5 3.35 0 0
G Dymock 16.3 2 53 1 3.31 0 0
AG Hurst 17.0 5 43 1 2.53 0 0
B Yardley 16.0 1 41 3 2.56 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 161 (46.1; RR: 3.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GM Wood c Taylor b Lever 64 168 3 0 38.10
WM Darling c Boycott b Lever 5 9 1 0 55.56
KJ Hughes c Gooch b Willis 12 45 1 0 26.67
GN Yallop c Taylor b Hendrick 3 23 0 0 13.04
PM Toohey c Taylor b Hendrick 0 1 0 0 0.00
GJ Cosier lbw b Miller 47 74 4 0 63.51
JA Maclean c Brearley b Miller 1 16 0 0 6.25
B Yardley c Botham b Lever 7 19 1 0 36.84
RM Hogg b Miller 0 8 0 0 0.00
G Dymock not out 6 9 1 0 66.67
AG Hurst b Lever 5 5 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 4w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 161 all out (46.1 overs; RR: 3.49)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (WM Darling 0.0 ov), 36-2 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 58-3 (GN Yallop 0.0 ov), 58-4 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 141-5 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 143-6 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 143-7 (JA Maclean 0.0 ov), 147-8 (RM Hogg 0.0 ov), 151-9 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 161-10 (AG Hurst 46.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 12.0 1 36 1 3.00 0 0
JK Lever 8.1 2 28 4 3.50 0 0
IT Botham 11.0 1 54 0 4.91 0 0
M Hendrick 8.0 3 11 2 1.38 0 0
G Miller 7.0 4 21 3 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Perth, 2nd Test

Date

Friday December 15, 1978

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

3:00am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Umpires

RC Bailhache, TF Brooks

Australia Team

Playing XI

G Dymock, AG Hurst, GJ Cosier, GN Yallop, KJ Hughes, PM Toohey, WM Darling, GM Wood, B Yardley, RM Hogg, JA Maclean

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, M Hendrick, GA Gooch, JM Brearley, G Miller, JK Lever, DW Randall, IT Botham, DI Gower