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Australia v Pakistan, 1978/1979, 1st test
Melbourne (MCG), 10/03/1979 - 15/03/1979

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache, CE Harvey
Result: Pakistan won by 71 runs

Pakistan
Majid Khan            c Wright           b Hogg                   1
Mohsin Khan           c Hilditch         b Hogg                  14
Zaheer Abbas                             b Hogg                  11
Javed Miandad                            b Hogg                  19
Asif Iqbal            c Wright           b Clark                  9
*Mushtaq Mohammad     c Wright           b Hurst                 36
Wasim Raja                               b Hurst                 13
Imran Khan            c Wright           b Hurst                 33
Sarfraz Nawaz         c Wright           b Sleep                 35
+Wasim Bari           run out                                     0
Sikander Bakht        not out                                     5
Extras                b 2, lb 7, w 1, nb 10                      20
Total                 all out                                   196

Fall Of Wickets
1-2 (Majid Khan)              2-22 (Mohsin Khan)            
3-28 (Zaheer Abbas)           4-40 (Asif Iqbal)             
5-83 (Javed Miandad)          6-99 (Wasim Raja)             
7-122 (Mushtaq Mohammad)      8-173 (Imran Khan)            
9-177 (Wasim Bari)            10-196 (Sarfraz Nawaz)        

Bowling
Hogg                17      4    49     4
Hurst               20      4    55     3
Clark               17      4    56     1
Sleep                7.7    2    16     1

Australia
GM Wood               not out                                     5
AMJ Hilditch          c Javed Miandad    b Imran Khan             3
AR Border                                b Imran Khan            20
*GN Yallop                               b Imran Khan            25
KJ Hughes             run out                                    19
DF Whatmore           lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz         43
PR Sleep              c Wasim Bari       b Imran Khan            10
+KJ Wright            c Imran Khan       b Wasim Raja             9
WM Clark              c Mushtaq Mohammad b Wasim Raja             9
RM Hogg               run out                                     9
AG Hurst                             c & b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
Extras                b 1, lb 5, w 2, nb 8                       16
Total                 all out                                   168

Fall Of Wickets
1-11 (Hilditch)               2-53 (Border)                 
3-63 (Yallop)                 4-97 (Hughes)                 
5-109 (Sleep)                 6-140 (Wright)                
7-152 (Clark)                 8-167 (Hogg)                  
9-167 (Hurst)                 10-168 (Whatmore)             

Bowling
Imran Khan          18      8    26     4
Sarfraz Nawaz       21.6    6    39     2
Sikander Bakht      10      1    29     0
Mushtaq Mohammad     7      0    35     0
Wasim Raja           5      0    23     2

Pakistan
Majid Khan                               b Border               108
Mohsin Khan                          c & b Hogg                  14
Zaheer Abbas                             b Hogg                  59
Javed Miandad         c Wright           b Border                16
Asif Iqbal            lbw                b Hogg                  44
*Mushtaq Mohammad     c                  b Sleep                 28
Wasim Raja            c Wright           b Hurst                 28
Imran Khan            c Clark            b Hurst                 28
Sarfraz Nawaz         lbw                b Hurst                  1
+Wasim Bari           not out                                     8
Extras                b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 9                       19
Total                 for 9 wickets                             353

Fall Of Wickets
1-30 (Mohsin Khan)            2-165 (Zaheer Abbas)          
3-204 (Majid Khan)            4-209 (Javed Miandad)         
5-261 (Mushtaq Mohammad)      6-299 (Asif Iqbal)            
7-330 (Wasim Raja)            8-332 (Sarfraz Nawaz)         
9-353 (Imran Khan)            

Bowling
Hogg                19      2    75     3
Hurst               19.5    1   115     3
Clark               21      6    47     0
Sleep                8      0    62     1
Border              14      5    35     2

Australia
DF Whatmore                              b Sarfraz Nawaz         15
AMJ Hilditch                             b Sarfraz Nawaz         62
AR Border                                b Sarfraz Nawaz        105
*GN Yallop            run out                                     8
KJ Hughes             c Mohsin Khan      b Sarfraz Nawaz         84
GM Wood               c Wasim Bari       b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
PR Sleep                                 b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
+KJ Wright            not out                                     1
WM Clark                                 b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
RM Hogg               lbw                b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
AG Hurst              c Wasim Bari       b Sarfraz Nawaz          0
Extras                b 13, lb 13, w 0, nb 9                     35
Total                 all out                                   310

Fall Of Wickets
1-49 (Whatmore)               2-109 (Hilditch)              
3-128 (Yallop)                4-305 (Border)                
5-305 (Wood)                  6-306 (Sleep)                 
7-308 (Hughes)                8-309 (Clark)                 
9-310 (Hogg)                  10-310 (Hurst)                

Bowling
Imran Khan          27      9    73     0
Sarfraz Nawaz       35.4    7    86     9
Sikander Bakht       7      0    29     0
Mushtaq Mohammad    11      0    42     0
Wasim Raja           3      0    11     0
Majid Khan           9      1    34     0