English cricket team in Australia in 1978–79

The England cricket team toured Australia in the 1978-79 season to play a six-match Test series against Australia for The Ashes. England won the series 5-1, thereby retaining The Ashes.

This series was often over shadowed by Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket which meant many players from both sides were absent, including Greg Chappell. Australia were more handicapped which opened the way for England and their captain Mike Brearley.^[1]

1 Test series summary
2 External sources
3 Annual reviews
4 References
5 Further reading

Test series summary

1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – England won by 7 wickets
2nd Test at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth – England won by 166 runs
3rd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 103 runs
4th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by 93 runs
5th Test at Adelaide Oval – England won by 205 runs
6th Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – England won by 9 wickets

External sources

CricketArchive tour itinerary

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1979
Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1979

References

^ The Ashes by Dean Haynes

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Non-Ashes Australia v England Test series

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International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003

England	1861–62 · 1863–64 · 1873–74 · 1876–77 · 1878–79 · 1881–82 · 1882–83 · 1884–85 · 1886–87 · 1887–88 · 1891–92 · 1894–95 · 1897–98 · 1901–02 · 1902–03 · 1903–04 · 1907–08 · 1911–12 · 1920–21 · 1924–25 · 1928–29 · 1932–33 · 1936–37 · 1946–47 · 1950–51 · 1954–55 · 1958–59 · 1962–63 · 1965–66 · 1970–71 · 1974–75 · 1976–77 · 1978–79 · 1979–80 · 1982–83 · 1986–87 · 1987–88 · 1990–91 · 1994–95 · 1998–99 · 2002–03 · 2006–07 · 2010–11

India	1947–48 · 1967–68 · 1977–78 · 1980–81 · 1985–86 · 1991–92 · 1999–2000 · 2003–04 · 2007–08 · 2011-12

New Zealand	1973–74 · 1980–81 · 1982–83 · 1985–86 · 1987–88 · 1989–90 · 1990–91 · 1993–94 · 1997–98 · 2001–02 · 2004–05 · 2008–09 · 2011-12

Pakistan	1964–65 · 1972–73 · 1976–77 · 1978–79 · 1981–82 · 1983–84 · 1988–89 · 1989–90 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 1999–2000 · 2002 · 2004–05 · 2009–10

South Africa	1910–11 · 1931–32 · 1952–53 · 1963–64 · 1993–94 · 1997–98 · 2001–02 · 2005–06 · 2008–09

Sri Lanka	1982–83 · 1984–85 · 1987–88 · 1989–90 · 1995–96 · 1998–99 · 2002–03 · 2004 · 2005–06 · 2007–08 · 2010–11

West Indies	1930–31 · 1951–52 · 1960–61 · 1968–69 · 1975–76 · 1979–80 · 1981–82 · 1984–85 · 1986–87 · 1988–89 · 1991–92 · 1992–93 · 1995–96 · 1996–97 · 2000–01 · 2004–05 · 2005–06 · 2009–10

Zimbabwe	1994–95 · 2000–01 · 2003–04

Other tours

Rest of the World	1971–72 · 2005–06

English cricket team in Australia in 1978–79

Contents

Test series summary

External sources

Annual reviews

References

Further reading