England v South Australia at Adelaide, 3-6 Nov 1978

England in Australia, 1978/79
South Australia v England XI
Adelaide Oval
3,4,5,6 November 1978 (4-day match)

Result: South Australia won by 32 runs

Toss:
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: South Australia 1st innings JE Nash lbw b Miller 124 WM Darling c Miller b Willis 17 IR McLean c Taylor b Edmonds 30 BL Causby c Brearley b Miller 20 JN Langley st Taylor b Edmonds 1 *RK Blewett c Taylor b Willis 22 PR Sleep c Taylor b Lever 45 +TJ Robertson c Taylor b Willis 2 RM Hogg b Lever 11 GR Attenborough lbw b Miller 19 AT Sincock not out 14 Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 2) 6 Total (all out, 85.4 overs) 311 FoW: 1-31, 2-133, 3-195, 4-196, 5-200, 6-245, 7-261, 8-272, 9-281, 10-311. Bowling O M R W Willis 11 1 61 3 Lever 16 1 67 2 Old 18 2 78 0 Miller 18.4 5 41 3 Edmonds 21 5 53 2 Gooch 1 0 5 0 England XI 1st innings G Boycott lbw b Hogg 62 GA Gooch c Robertson b Hogg 4 CT Radley hit wicket b Hogg 4 DI Gower lbw b Attenborough 73 *JM Brearley b Sincock 27 G Miller c Langley b Hogg 0 +RW Taylor c Blewett b Sleep 6 PH Edmonds not out 38 JK Lever c & b Sleep 1 CM Old c Darling b Sleep 4 RGD Willis absent hurt - Extras (lb 5, nb 8) 13 Total (all out, 63.5 overs) 232 FoW: 1-9, 2-15, 3-148, 4-148, 5-149, 6-179, 7-215, 8-222, 9-232. Bowling O M R W Hogg 12 2 43 4 Sincock 9 0 42 1 Attenborough 15 1 49 1 Sleep 17.5 3 72 3 Blewett 10 4 13 0 South Australia 2nd innings JE Nash st Taylor b Miller 33 WM Darling c Edmonds b Old 1 IR McLean c sub b Miller 52 BL Causby c & b Edmonds 4 JN Langley st Taylor b Edmonds 0 *RK Blewett b Edmonds 12 PR Sleep c Taylor b Edmonds 3 +TJ Robertson b Edmonds 24 RM Hogg run out 16 GR Attenborough run out 3 AT Sincock not out 1 Extras 0 Total (all out, 51 overs) 149 FoW: 1-11, 2-55, 3-64, 4-64, 5-84, 6-90, 7-112, 8-144, 9-146, 10-149. Bowling O M R W Lever 9 0 40 0 Old 5 1 20 1 Miller 16 2 37 2 Edmonds 21 3 52 5 England XI 2nd innings (target: 229 runs) G Boycott lbw b Hogg 6 GA Gooch b Sleep 23 CT Radley c Sleep b Sincock 3 DI Gower c Blewett b Sincock 50 *JM Brearley run out 25 G Miller lbw b Sincock 5 +RW Taylor c Langley b Attenborough 4 PH Edmonds c Robertson b Attenborough 0 JK Lever b Hogg 28 CM Old c McLean b Sleep 40 RGD Willis not out 0 Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 7) 12 Total (all out, 51.1 overs) 196 FoW: 1-19, 2-22, 3-67, 4-100, 5-108, 6-117, 7-117, 8-124, 9-192, 10-196. Bowling O M R W Hogg 12.4 1 39 2 Sincock 10 2 28 3 Attenborough 11 2 49 2 Sleep 12.5 1 49 2 Blewett 5 1 19 0