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Australia v England, 1978/1979, 6th test
Sydney (SCG), 10/02/1979 - 14/02/1979

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AR Crafter, DG Weser
Result: England won by 9 wickets

Australia
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                b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 2                        5
Total                 all out                                   198

Fall Of Wickets
1-18 (Hilditch)               2-19 (Wood)                   
3-67 (Hughes)                 4-101 (Toohey)                
5-109 (Carlson)               6-116 (Yardley)               
7-124 (Wright)                8-159 (Hogg)                  
9-198 (Yallop)                10-198 (Hurst)                

Bowling
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
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, w 0, nb 2                       10
Total                 all out                                   308

Fall Of Wickets
1-37 (Boycott)                2-46 (Randall)                
3-115 (Brearley)              4-182 (Gooch)                 
5-233 (Botham)                6-247 (Gower)                 
7-270 (Miller)                8-280 (Emburey)               
9-306 (Willis)                10-308 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
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
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, w 0, nb 1                       10
Total                 all out                                   143

Fall Of Wickets
1-8 (Hilditch)                2-28 (Hughes)                 
3-48 (Wood)                   4-48 (Toohey)                 
5-48 (Carlson)                6-82 (Yallop)                 
7-114 (Wright)                8-130 (Hogg)                  
9-136 (Higgs)                 10-143 (Hurst)                

Bowling
Willis               3      0    15     0
Hendrick             7      3    22     1
Emburey             24      4    52     4
Miller              27.1    6    44     5

England
G Boycott             c Hughes           b Higgs                 13
*JM Brearley          not out                                    20
DW Randall            not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 2                        2
Total                 for 1 wickets                              35

Fall Of Wickets
1-31 (Boycott)                

Bowling
Yardley              5.2    0    21     0
Higgs                5      1    12     1