1979 Prudential World Cup3rd Match · ODI
England beat Australia by 6 wickets in the 3rd Match - Match Info
Lord's, London, . England won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 3rd Match, ODI · 1979 Prudential World Cup
- Date
- (Sat 9 Jun, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Lord's, London, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bowl
- Result
- England won by 6 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Graham Gooch
Head to head (ODI)
Played 162 · ENG won 65 · AUS won 92 · Tied 2 · No result 3
Last 5 meetings
- 5th ODI · England tour of Australia · AUS 95/4 v ENG 94Australia won by 6 wickets (with 147 balls remaining)
- 4th ODI · England tour of Australia · AUS 215/6 v ENG 212/6Australia won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- 3rd ODI · England tour of Australia · AUS 101 v ENG 102/3England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
- 2nd ODI · England tour of Australia · AUS 17/1 v ENGNo result
- 3rd ODI · Australia tour of England · ENG 242 v AUS 246/8Australia won by 2 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
Recent results (ODI)
- L vs AUS · AUS 95/4 v ENG 94Australia won by 6 wickets (with 147 balls remaining)
- L vs AUS · AUS 215/6 v ENG 212/6Australia won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- W vs AUS · AUS 101 v ENG 102/3England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
- N vs AUS · AUS 17/1 v ENGNo result
- W vs NZ · ENG 278/5 v NZ 152/9England won by 126 runs
- W vs ENG · AUS 95/4 v ENG 94Australia won by 6 wickets (with 147 balls remaining)
- W vs ENG · AUS 215/6 v ENG 212/6Australia won by 4 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
- L vs ENG · AUS 101 v ENG 102/3England won by 7 wickets (with 94 balls remaining)
- N vs ENG · AUS 17/1 v ENGNo result
- W vs WI · WI 139 v AUS 140/8Australia won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Top players in this fixture
ENG v AUS ODIs, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley ENG | 6 | 163 | 78 | 27.17 | 46.97 |
| Geoff Boycott ENG | 7 | 156 | 41 | 26.00 | 41.38 |
| David Gower ENG | 3 | 123 | 101 | 123.00 | 88.49 |
| Chris Old ENG | 6 | 108 | 35 | 21.60 | 75.00 |
| Graeme Wood AUS | 4 | 87 | 30 | 21.75 | 47.80 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Old ENG | 7 | 13 | 4.09 |
| John Lever ENG | 7 | 11 | 3.88 |
| Bob Willis ENG | 6 | 9 | 2.85 |
| Gary Cosier AUS | 3 | 8 | 3.69 |
| Geoff Dymock AUS | 4 | 6 | 3.57 |
ODIs at Lord's
- Matches
- 4
- Average 1st-innings score
- 271
- Won batting first
- 3
- Won chasing
- 1
- Highest total
- 334/4 by England ()