Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
27 November 1979
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: RG Harris, CE Harvey
Match Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | b Dennis Lillee | 5 | 19 | 17 | - | - | |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | b Allan Border | 29 | 51 | 100 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Alvin Kallicharran | c & b Allan Border | 49 | 94 | 83 | 4 | - | |
| *5. Clive Lloyd | c Rod Marsh b Allan Border | 16 | 24 | 27 | - | - | |
| 6. Collis King | b Len Pascoe | 29 | 32 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| +7. Deryck Murray | b Len Pascoe | 27 | 52 | 54 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Andy Roberts | b Len Pascoe | 16 | 16 | 29 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Joel Garner | run out | 5 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 10. Michael Holding | c Rick McCosker b Len Pascoe | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 11. Colin Croft | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-18 (Sir Viv Richards), 3-89 (Desmond Haynes), 4-112 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-117 (Clive Lloyd), 6-164 (Collis King), 7-177 (Deryck Murray), 8-187 (Joel Garner), 9-193 (Michael Holding), 193 (Andy Roberts). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 193 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 9.3 | 1 | 29 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Bruce Laird | b Colin Croft | 20 | 38 | 53 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Rick McCosker | lbw b Michael Holding | 1 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | c Deryck Murray b Colin Croft | 17 | 59 | 61 | - | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | not out | 74 | 100 | 149 | 6 | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | b Sir Viv Richards | 52 | 60 | 67 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6. David Hookes | b Sir Viv Richards | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | not out | 18 | 22 | 38 | - | - | |
| 8. Ray Bright | |||||||
| 9. Dennis Lillee | |||||||
| 10. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 11. Len Pascoe |
| FOW | 1-1 (Rick McCosker), 2-37 (Bruce Laird), 3-52 (Allan Border), 4-144 (Kim Hughes), 5-144 (David Hookes). |
| Extras | 0b, 14lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 196 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 9 | 1 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 8.1 | 2 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 10 | 2 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Bruce Laird, Rick McCosker, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, David Hookes, Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Len Pascoe
West Indies: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft
