England v South Australia at Adeliade, 22-24 Dec 1978

England in Australia, 1978/79
South Australia v England XI
Adelaide Oval
22,23,24 December 1978 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

Day 1: Day 2: South Australia 1st innings JE Nash c Tolchard b Old 10 WM Darling c Tolchard b Old 19 IR McLean c Tolchard b Gooch 7 BL Causby b Old 87 RJ Parker c & b Edmonds 51 *RK Blewett c Old b Emburey 19 PR Sleep not out 31 +SR Gentle lbw b Lever 1 AT Sincock not out 12 Extras (lb 3, nb 1) 4 Total (7 wickets declared, 74 overs) 241 DNB: GR Attenborough, DA Johnston. FoW: 1-25, 2-36, 3-38, 4-129, 5-174, 6-220, 7-221. Bowling O M R W Lever 16 1 63 1 Old 18 2 55 3 Gooch 6 1 16 1 Emburey 17 3 48 1 Edmonds 17 3 55 1 England XI 1st innings G Boycott c Gentle b Sincock 4 GA Gooch st Gentle b Causby 20 CT Radley c Gentle b Attenborough 60 +RW Tolchard run out 72 DW Randall c Gentle b Attenborough 47 *JM Brearley not out 18 G Miller not out 2 Extras (b 3, lb 4, nb 4) 11 Total (5 wickets declared, 53 overs) 234 DNB: CM Old, PH Edmonds, JE Emburey, JK Lever. FoW: 1-26, 2-32, 3-138, 4-186, 5-231. Bowling O M R W Attenborough 13 5 41 2 Johnston 8 2 21 0 Sincock 5 0 27 1 Causby 6 0 34 1 Sleep 12 1 58 0 Blewett 8 1 41 0 Nash 1 0 1 0 South Australia 2nd innings JE Nash lbw b Emburey 25 WM Darling not out 41 IR McLean c & b Emburey 25 BL Causby c Randall b Emburey 7 RJ Parker c Randall b Emburey 42 *RK Blewett c Brearley b Emburey 51 PR Sleep c Tolchard b Old 18 +SR Gentle not out 21 Extras (lb 1) 1 Total (6 wickets declared, 78 overs) 231 DNB: AT Sincock, GR Attenborough, DA Johnston. FoW: 1-45, 2-57, 3-58, 4-96, 5-140, 6-184. Bowling O M R W Lever 10 1 33 0 Old 5 0 21 1 Gooch 4 0 11 0 Emburey 26 3 67 5 Edmonds 28 9 91 0 Miller 4 1 6 0 Boycott 1 0 1 0 England XI 2nd innings (target: 239 runs) GA Gooch st Gentle b Blewett 64 CT Radley lbw b Attenborough 1 +RW Tolchard lbw b Johnston 6 DW Randall c Blewett b Johnston 45 *JM Brearley c Parker b Johnston 26 G Miller not out 68 CM Old b Attenborough 2 PH Edmonds lbw b Blewett 2 JE Emburey b Blewett 0 JK Lever c Darling b Attenborough 11 G Boycott not out 7 Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 3) 6 Total (9 wickets, 37 overs) 238 FoW: 1-65, 2-68, 3-74, 4-91, 5-180, 6-187, 7-196, 8-202, 9-223. Bowling O M R W Attenborough 16 1 92 3 Johnston 7 0 44 3 Sincock 5 0 39 0 Sleep 2 0 22 0 Blewett 7 0 35 3