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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 5th test
Adelaide, 27/01/1979 - 01/02/1979

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache, MG O'Connell
Result: England won by 205 runs

England
G Boycott             c Wright           b Hurst                  6
*JM Brearley          c Wright           b Hogg                   2
DW Randall            c Carlson          b Hurst                  4
GA Gooch              c Hughes           b Hogg                   1
DI Gower              lbw                b Hurst                  9
IT Botham             c Wright           b Higgs                 74
G Miller              lbw                b Hogg                  31
+RW Taylor            run out                                     4
JE Emburey                               b Higgs                  4
RGD Willis            c Darling          b Hogg                  24
M Hendrick            not out                                     0
Extras                b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 2                       10
Total                 all out                                   169

Fall Of Wickets
1-10 (Boycott)                2-12 (Brearley)               
3-16 (Gooch)                  4-18 (Randall)                
5-27 (Gower)                  6-80 (Miller)                 
7-113 (Taylor)                8-136 (Emburey)               
9-147 (Botham)                10-169 (Willis)               

Bowling
Hogg                10.4    1    26     4
Hurst               14      1    65     3
Carlson              9      1    34     0
Yardley              4      0    25     0
Higgs                3      1     9     2

Australia
WM Darling            c Willis           b Botham                15
GM Wood               c Randall          b Emburey               35
KJ Hughes             c Emburey          b Hendrick               4
*GN Yallop                               b Hendrick               0
AR Border             c Taylor           b Botham                11
PH Carlson            c Taylor           b Botham                 0
B Yardley                                b Botham                28
+KJ Wright            lbw                b Emburey               29
RM Hogg                                  b Willis                 0
JD Higgs              run out                                    16
AG Hurst              not out                                    17
Extras                b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 5                        9
Total                 all out                                   164

Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Hughes)                  2-10 (Yallop)                 
3-22 (Border)                 4-24 (Carlson)                
5-72 (Yardley)                6-94 (Darling)                
7-114 (Wood)                  8-116 (Hogg)                  
9-133 (Wright)                10-164 (Higgs)                

Bowling
Willis              11      1    55     1
Hendrick            19      1    45     2
Botham              11.4    0    42     4
Emburey             12      7    13     2

England
G Boycott             c Hughes           b Hurst                 49
*JM Brearley          lbw                b Carlson                9
DW Randall            c Yardley          b Hurst                 15
GA Gooch                                 b Carlson               18
DI Gower              lbw                b Higgs                 21
IT Botham             c Yardley          b Hurst                  7
G Miller              c Wright           b Hurst                 64
+RW Taylor            c Wright           b Hogg                  97
JE Emburey                               b Hogg                  42
RGD Willis            c Wright           b Hogg                  12
M Hendrick            not out                                     3
Extras                b 1, lb 16, w 2, nb 4                      23
Total                 all out                                   360

Fall Of Wickets
1-31 (Brearley)               2-57 (Randall)                
3-97 (Gooch)                  4-106 (Boycott)               
5-130 (Botham)                6-132 (Gower)                 
7-267 (Miller)                8-336 (Taylor)                
9-347 (Emburey)               10-360 (Willis)               

Bowling
Hogg                27.6    7    59     3
Hurst               37      9    97     4
Carlson             27      8    41     2
Yardley             20      6    60     0
Higgs               28      4    75     1
Border               3      2     5     0

Australia
WM Darling                               b Botham                18
GM Wood               run out                                     9
KJ Hughes             c Gower            b Hendrick              46
*GN Yallop                               b Hendrick              36
AR Border                                b Willis                 1
PH Carlson            c Gower            b Hendrick              21
B Yardley             c Brearley         b Willis                 0
+KJ Wright            c Emburey          b Miller                 0
RM Hogg                                  b Miller                 2
JD Higgs              not out                                     3
AG Hurst                                 b Willis                13
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 10                      11
Total                 all out                                   160

Fall Of Wickets
1-31 (Darling)                2-36 (Wood)                   
3-115 (Yallop)                4-120 (Hughes)                
5-121 (Border)                6-121 (Yardley)               
7-124 (Wright)                8-130 (Hogg)                  
9-147 (Carlson)               10-160 (Hurst)                

Bowling
Willis              12      3    41     3
Hendrick            14      6    19     3
Botham              14      4    37     1
Emburey              9      5    16     0
Miller              18      3    36     2