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Geoff Boycott: 99* [285 balls; 337 minutes; 4x8]. Kim Hughes's 195-ball 99 helped Australia score 244 with England all-rounder Ian Botham taking 6-78 at the WACA in Perth. Dennis Lillee (4-73) and Geoff Dymock (3-52) then bundled out England for 228; Australia were all out for 337 in their second innings thanks to Allan Border's 115 even as Botham took 5-98. England needed 354 runs to win, but only Boycott, who carried his bat put up any resistance as the visitors were bundled over for 215 with Dymock taking 6-34.