AUS vs ENG 3rd Test, 29 Dec 1978 Fantasy AI Predictions

England

Melbourne

Melbourne Cricket Ground

AUS

258/10 (89.1)

Australia chose to BAT

ENG

143/10 (63.6)

Australia won by 103 runs

The Ashes AUS vs ENG players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Geoff Dymock	AUS	BOWL	✅	21	LHB	32	7	236	31	9.44		0	23	LFM	35	78	26.4	27.12	2.28	71	9	7/67	1							9	0	0	0	✅	4	134	6	124	0
Mike Brearley	ENG	WK	✅	39	RHB	66	3	1442	91	22.88	29.79	9	131	RM	0	0					0	-	52							2	0	0	0		22	17	-3	0	16
Peter Toohey	AUS	BAT	✅	15	RHB	29	1	893	122	31.89		8	85		1	0	0.3		12		0	-	9							5	0	0	0		13	72	68	0	0
Bob Willis	ENG	BOWL	✅	90	RHB	128	55	840	28	11.5	32.63	0	80	RF	165	325	17.5	25.2	2.83	53.4	28	8/43	39							10	0	0	0		21	26	22	0	0
Rodney Hogg	AUS	BOWL	✅	38	RHB	58	13	439	52	9.75		1	46	RF	66	123	19.3	28.47	2.75	62	13	6/74	7							8	0	0	0	✅	1	281	1	276	0
Rick Darling	AUS	BAT	✅	14	RHB	27	1	697	91	26.8		6	62		0	0					0	-	5							2	0	0	0	✅	10	90	70	0	16
Jim Higgs	AUS	BOWL	✅	22	RHB	36	16	111	16	5.55		0	6	LBG	36	66	22	31.16	2.59	72	7	7/143	3							11	0	0	0		14	65	1	60	0
John Maclean	AUS	WK	✅	4	RHB	8	1	79	33	11.28	22.12	0	5		0	0					0	-	18							7	0	0	0	✅	18	50	22	0	24
Geoff Boycott	ENG	BAT	✅	108	RHB	193	23	8114	246	47.72		64	8	RM	20	7	7.9	54.57	2.42	134.8	0	3/47	33							1	0	0	0		17	51	47	0	0
Derek Randall	ENG	BAT	✅	47	RHB	79	5	2470	174	33.37	43.91	19	259	RM	2	0	1.3		1.5		0	-	31							3	0	0	0		19	47	19	0	24
Graham Yallop	AUS	BAT	✅	39	LHB	70	3	2756	268	41.13		17	277	LM	10	1	3.2	116	3.62	192	0	1/21	23							4	0	0	0	✅	9	97	85	0	8
Graeme Wood	AUS	BAT	✅	59	LHB	112	6	3374	172	31.83		22	324	RM	0	0					0	-	41							1	0	0	0	✅	3	182	178	0	0
Kim Hughes	AUS	BAT	✅	70	RHB	124	6	4415	213	37.41		31	471	RM	6	0	2.4		1.97		0	-	50							3	0	0	0		11	82	70	0	8
Geoff Miller	ENG	ALL	✅	34	RHB	51	4	1213	98	25.8	35.5	7	119	OB	50	60	17.2	30.98	2.16	85.8	2	5/44	17							7	0	0	0	✅	7	120	8	108	0
Mike Hendrick	ENG	BOWL	✅	30	RHB	35	15	128	15	6.4	29.83	0	17	RFM	54	87	19.2	25.83	2.17	71.3	5	4/28	25							11	0	0	0	✅	6	130	10	100	16
Alan Hurst	AUS	BOWL	✅	12	RHB	20	3	102	26	6	52.04	0	11	RF	21	43	24.2	27.9	2.35	71	5	5/28	3							10	0	0	0		15	60	0	56	0
Graham Gooch	ENG	BAT	✅	118	RHB	215	6	8900	333	42.58	49.23	66	1104	RM	66	23	6.7	46.47	2.41	115.4	0	3/39	103							4	0	0	0	✅	8	101	97	0	0
Allan Border	AUS	BAT	✅	156	LHB	265	44	11174	205	50.56		90	1189	SLA	98	39	6.8	39.1	2.28	102.7	3	7/46	156							6	0	0	0		16	57	45	0	8
John Emburey	ENG	BOWL	✅	64	RHB	96	20	1713	75	22.53	35.6	10	201	OB	103	147	24.9	38.4	2.2	104.7	11	7/78	34							9	0	0	0		12	79	7	60	8
Ian Botham	ENG	ALL	✅	102	RHB	161	6	5200	208	33.54	60.71	36	688	RFM	168	383	21.6	28.4	2.99	56.9	44	8/34	120							6	0	0	0	✅	2	216	48	156	8
Bob Taylor	ENG	WK	✅	57	RHB	83	12	1156	97	16.28	27.13	3	101	RM	1	0	2		3		0	-	174							8	0	0	0		20	38	6	0	28
David Gower	ENG	BAT	✅	117	LHB	204	18	8231	215	44.25	50.59	57	989	OB	5	1	1.2	20	3.33	36	0	1/1	74							5	0	0	0	✅	5	130	118	0	8

Completed matches of Australia
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs ENG	01 Dec - 05:30 AM	Brisbane	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	116/10 (37.7)	286/10 (95.4)	England England won by 7 wickets
ENG vs AUS	15 Dec - 08:00 AM	Perth	Australia	ENGEngland	AUS	309/10 (117.5)	190/10 (66.5)	England England won by 166 runs
AUS vs ENG	29 Dec - 05:30 AM	Melbourne	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	258/10 (89.1)	143/10 (63.6)	Australia Australia won by 103 runs
ENG vs AUS	06 Jan - 05:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	152/10 (52.6)	294/10 (108.0)	England England won by 93 runs
ENG vs AUS	27 Jan - 06:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	ENGEngland	AUS	169/10 (40.4)	164/10 (53.4)	England England won by 205 runs
AUS vs ENG	10 Feb - 05:30 AM	Sydney	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	198/10 (60.7)	308/10 (103.0)	England England won by 9 wickets

Completed matches of England
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs ENG	01 Dec - 05:30 AM	Brisbane	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	116/10 (37.7)	286/10 (95.4)	England England won by 7 wickets
ENG vs AUS	15 Dec - 08:00 AM	Perth	Australia	ENGEngland	AUS	309/10 (117.5)	190/10 (66.5)	England England won by 166 runs
AUS vs ENG	29 Dec - 05:30 AM	Melbourne	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	258/10 (89.1)	143/10 (63.6)	Australia Australia won by 103 runs
ENG vs AUS	06 Jan - 05:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	152/10 (52.6)	294/10 (108.0)	England England won by 93 runs
ENG vs AUS	27 Jan - 06:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	ENGEngland	AUS	169/10 (40.4)	164/10 (53.4)	England England won by 205 runs
AUS vs ENG	10 Feb - 05:30 AM	Sydney	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	198/10 (60.7)	308/10 (103.0)	England England won by 9 wickets

Completed matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs ENG	29 Dec - 05:30 AM	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	258/10 (89.1)	143/10 (63.6)	Australia Australia won by 103 runs

Top batting performance for AUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
AUS vs ENG	5	Kim Hughes	caught	129	411	8	2	31.38
AUS vs ENG	4	Graham Yallop	caught	121	212	13	0	57.07
AUS vs ENG	4	Graham Yallop	caught	102	307	8	0	33.22
AUS vs ENG	1	Graeme Wood	caught	100	283	6	0	35.33
ENG vs AUS	2	Rick Darling	caught	91	200	9	0	45.5
ENG vs AUS	5	Peter Toohey	not out	81	184	6	0	44.02
ENG vs AUS	1	Graeme Wood	caught	64	168	3	0	38.09
AUS vs ENG	7	Bruce Yardley	not out	61	147	3	0	41.49
ENG vs AUS	6	Allan Border	not out	60	203	4	0	29.55
ENG vs AUS	3	Kim Hughes	caught	48	167	6	0	28.74
AUS vs ENG	3	Kim Hughes	caught	48	142	4	1	33.8
ENG vs AUS	6	Gary Cosier	lbw	47	74	4	0	63.51
ENG vs AUS	3	Kim Hughes	caught	46	176	4	0	26.13
ENG vs AUS	6	Allan Border	not out	45	115	9	0	39.13
ENG vs AUS	4	Graham Yallop	caught	44	136	5	0	32.35
AUS vs ENG	4	Graham Yallop	caught	41	98	4	0	41.83
ENG vs AUS	4	Graham Yallop	bowled	36	176	3	0	20.45
AUS vs ENG	9	Rodney Hogg	caught	36	67	5	0	53.73
ENG vs AUS	2	Graeme Wood	caught	35	117	1	0	29.91
AUS vs ENG	1	Graeme Wood	bowled	34	107	0	0	31.77

Top bowling performance for AUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Rodney Hogg	28	8	74	6	1.98
ENG vs AUS	Jim Higgs	59.6	15	148	5	1.85
ENG vs AUS	Alan Hurst	10.6	2	28	5	1.95
AUS vs ENG	Rodney Hogg	17	7	30	5	1.32
AUS vs ENG	Rodney Hogg	17	5	36	5	1.58
ENG vs AUS	Rodney Hogg	30.5	9	65	5	1.59
ENG vs AUS	Rodney Hogg	17	2	57	5	2.51
AUS vs ENG	Jim Higgs	30	8	69	4	1.72
ENG vs AUS	Alan Hurst	37	9	97	4	1.96
ENG vs AUS	Rodney Hogg	10.4	1	26	4	1.85
ENG vs AUS	Rodney Hogg	28	10	67	4	1.79
AUS vs ENG	Alan Hurst	27.4	6	93	4	2.53
AUS vs ENG	Alan Hurst	20	4	58	3	2.17
ENG vs AUS	Rodney Hogg	27.6	7	59	3	1.59
ENG vs AUS	Alan Hurst	14	1	65	3	3.48
ENG vs AUS	Jim Higgs	18	4	42	3	1.75
AUS vs ENG	Geoff Dymock	15.6	4	38	3	1.8
ENG vs AUS	Bruce Yardley	16	1	41	3	1.92
ENG vs AUS	Alan Hurst	26	7	70	3	2.01
AUS vs ENG	Bruce Yardley	25	2	105	2	3.15

Top batting performance for ENG
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ENG vs AUS	3	Derek Randall	lbw	150	498	13	0	30.12
ENG vs AUS	5	David Gower	bowled	102	221	9	0	46.15
ENG vs AUS	8	Bob Taylor	caught	97	300	6	0	32.33
ENG vs AUS	1	Geoff Boycott	lbw	77	337	1	0	22.84
AUS vs ENG	3	Derek Randall	caught	75	196	10	1	38.26
AUS vs ENG	4	Graham Gooch	stumped	74	136	7	1	54.41
ENG vs AUS	6	Ian Botham	caught	74	97	6	2	76.28
AUS vs ENG	3	Derek Randall	not out	74	175	5	0	42.28
AUS vs ENG	5	David Gower	caught	65	111	6	0	58.55
ENG vs AUS	7	Geoff Miller	caught	64	203	5	0	31.52
ENG vs AUS	6	Ian Botham	caught	59	108	7	0	54.62
ENG vs AUS	2	Mike Brearley	bowled	53	195	2	0	27.17
ENG vs AUS	1	Geoff Boycott	caught	49	212	2	0	23.11
AUS vs ENG	5	David Gower	lbw	49	128	3	0	38.28
AUS vs ENG	7	Ian Botham	caught	49	73	5	0	67.12
AUS vs ENG	5	David Gower	not out	48	90	4	0	53.33
AUS vs ENG	2	Mike Brearley	caught	46	148	3	0	31.08
ENG vs AUS	3	Derek Randall	caught	45	65	3	0	69.23
AUS vs ENG	6	David Gower	caught	44	90	5	0	48.88
ENG vs AUS	2	Graham Gooch	lbw	43	131	5	0	32.82

Top bowling performance for ENG
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Geoff Miller	27.1	6	44	5	1.21
ENG vs AUS	Bob Willis	18.5	5	44	5	1.77
AUS vs ENG	John Emburey	24	4	52	4	1.62
AUS vs ENG	Ian Botham	9.7	1	57	4	4.32
ENG vs AUS	Ian Botham	11.4	0	42	4	2.73
ENG vs AUS	John Emburey	17.2	7	46	4	2
ENG vs AUS	John Lever	8.1	2	28	4	2.58
AUS vs ENG	Bob Willis	14	2	44	4	2.35
ENG vs AUS	Bob Willis	12	3	41	3	2.56
ENG vs AUS	Mike Hendrick	14	6	19	3	1.01
ENG vs AUS	Geoff Miller	20	7	38	3	1.42
AUS vs ENG	Ian Botham	20.1	4	68	3	2.53
AUS vs ENG	Geoff Miller	19	6	35	3	1.38
AUS vs ENG	Mike Hendrick	23	3	50	3	1.63
AUS vs ENG	John Emburey	21.2	12	30	3	1.05
AUS vs ENG	Ian Botham	15	4	41	3	2.05
ENG vs AUS	Geoff Miller	7	4	21	3	2.25
AUS vs ENG	Bob Willis	27.6	3	69	3	1.86
AUS vs ENG	Ian Botham	26	5	95	3	2.74
AUS vs ENG	Ian Botham	12	1	40	3	2.5

Australia vs England, 3rd Test