1979 World Cup, Match 4 - England beat Australia by 6 wickets. Graham Gooch was awarded man of the match for his well played half century.


1979 World Cup, Match 4 - 9th June 1979, Australia vs England at Headingley in Leeds, Scorecard


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⇒ 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 (England)

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Australia Batting


⇒ 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)

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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

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England Batting


⇒ 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
⇒ Did not bat - Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor (WK), Chris Old, Mike Hendrick, Bob Willis

Extras : 21 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 11 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10)

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Total : 160/4 (Overs: 47.1)

Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Boycott), 2-5 (Randall), 3-113 (Gooch), 4-124 (Brearley)

Australia Bowling


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⇒ 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

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