England v Australia @ Lord's, London
9 June 1979
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Match Result: England won by 6 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | b Geoff Boycott | 47 | 108 | 136 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Rick Darling | lbw b Bob Willis | 25 | 61 | 82 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | c Bob Taylor b Phil Edmonds | 34 | 74 | 87 | 4 | - | |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c Mike Hendrick b Geoff Boycott | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Graham Yallop | run out | 10 | 20 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Gary Cosier | run out | 6 | 20 | 19 | - | - | |
| 7. Trevor Laughlin | run out | 8 | 22 | 40 | - | - | |
| +8. Kevin Wright | lbw b Chris Old | 6 | 15 | 20 | - | - | |
| 9. Rodney Hogg | run out | 0 | 5 | 24 | - | - | |
| 10. Alan Hurst | not out | 3 | 10 | 4 | - | - | |
| 11. Geoff Dymock | not out | 4 | 12 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-56 (Rick Darling), 2-97 (Andrew Hilditch), 3-111 (Kim Hughes), 4-131 (Allan Border), 5-132 (Graham Yallop), 6-137 (Gary Cosier), 7-150 (Kevin Wright), 8-153 (Trevor Laughlin), 9-153 (Rodney Hogg). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 60 ovs) 159 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 11 | 2 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 12 | 2 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 11 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Boycott | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Mike Brearley | c Kevin Wright b Trevor Laughlin | 44 | 147 | 169 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 1 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| 3. Derek Randall | c Kevin Wright b Alan Hurst | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 4. Graham Gooch | lbw b Trevor Laughlin | 53 | 96 | 131 | 6 | - | |
| 5. David Gower | not out | 22 | 30 | 44 | 2 | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | not out | 18 | 14 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Phil Edmonds | |||||||
| +8. Bob Taylor | |||||||
| 9. Chris Old | |||||||
| 10. Mike Hendrick | |||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-4 (Geoff Boycott), 2-5 (Derek Randall), 3-113 (Graham Gooch), 4-124 (Mike Brearley). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 0w, 11nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 160 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 9 | 1 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Hurst | 10 | 3 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 11 | 2 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Laughlin | 9.1 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
England: Mike Brearley, Geoff Boycott, Derek Randall, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Ian Botham, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, Chris Old, Mike Hendrick, Bob Willis
Australia: Andrew Hilditch, Rick Darling, Allan Border, Kim Hughes, Graham Yallop, Gary Cosier, Trevor Laughlin, Kevin Wright, Rodney Hogg, Alan Hurst, Geoff Dymock
