Ashes Tour 1978/79

The Ashes Tour 1978/79 was the tour of the England national cricket team , which included the 50th edition of the Ashes , and was carried out between December 1, 1978 and February 14, 1979. The Ashes Series 1978/79 itself was played in the form of six test matches between Australia and England. The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in the winter of 1978/79 . The test series was won by England with 5–1, the ODI series also carried out over 5 games was won by Australia with 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1977 season .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth (WACA) Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	053,583	5th test
The gabba	Brisbane	042,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test; 1st & 3rd - 5th ODI
WACA Ground	Perth	020,000	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	048,000	4th & 6th test; 2. ODI

Squad lists

The following cadres were named.

test		ODI
Australia	England	Australia	England
Allan Border Phil Carlson Gary Cosier Rick darling Geoff Dymock Jim Higgs Andrew Hilditch Rodney Hogg Merv Hughes Alan Hurst Trevor Laughlin John Maclean Peter Toohey Graeme Wood Kevin Wright Graham Yallop Bruce Yardley	Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Mike Brearley Phil Edmonds John Emburey Graham Gooch David Gower Mike Hendrick John Lever Geoff Miller Chris Old Derek Randall Paul Taylor Bob Willis	Allan Border Phil Carlson Gary Cosier Rick darling Geoff Dymock Andrew Hilditch Rodney Hogg Merv Hughes Alan Hurst Trevor Laughlin John Maclean Peter Toohey Graeme Wood Kevin Wright Graham Yallop	David Bairstow Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Mike Brearley Phil Edmonds Graham Gooch David Gower Mike Hendrick John Lever Chris Old Derek Randall Roger Tolchard Bob Willis

Tour matches

England played ten tour matches.

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 1-6 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 116 (37.7) & 339 (116.6)	-	England 286 (95.4) & 170-3 (53.3)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second test in Perth

December 15-20 scorecard	Perth	England 309 (117.5) & 208 (66.3)	-	Australia 190 (66.5) & 161 (46.1)
		England wins with 166 runs

Third test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 3rd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 258 (89.1) & 167 (71.2)	-	England 143 (63.6) & 179 (67)
		Australia wins with 103 runs

Fourth test in Sydney

January 6-11 Scorecard	Sydney	England 152 (52.6) & 346 (146.6)	-	Australia 294 (108) & 111 (49.2)
		England wins with 93 runs

Fifth test in Adelaide

January 27th - February 1st scorecard	Adelaide	England 169 (40.4) & 360 (142.6)	-	Australia 164 (53.4) & 160 (67)
		England wins with 205 runs

Sixth test in Sydney

February 10-14 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 198 (60.7) & 143 (61.1)	-	England 308 (103) & 35-1 (10.2)
		England wins with 9 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Melbourne

December 26th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia	-	England
		Called off

Second ODI in Sydney

January 13th scorecard	Sydney	Australia 17-1 (7.2)	-	England
		No result

Third ODI in Melbourne

January 24th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 101 (33.5)	-	England 102-3 (28.2)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Fourth ODI in Melbourne

February 4th scorecard	Melbourne	England 212-6 (40/40)	-	Australia 215-6 (38.6 / 40)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Fifth ODI in Melbourne

February 7th scorecard	Melbourne	England 94 (31.7)	-	Australia 95-4 (21.5)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo