Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
11 December 1979
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: JR Collins, LJ Stevens
Match Result: England won by 72 runs
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Derek Randall | run out | 42 | 76 | 88 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | b Dennis Lillee | 105 | 124 | 194 | 7 | - | |
| 3. Peter Willey | c Max Walker b Greg Chappell | 64 | 58 | 74 | 8 | - | |
| 4. David Gower | c Julien Wiener b Dennis Lillee | 7 | 16 | 18 | - | - | |
| 5. Graham Gooch | b Jeff Thomson | 11 | 9 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Doug Walters b Dennis Lillee | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| +7. David Bairstow | c sub b Dennis Lillee | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| *8. Mike Brearley | not out | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Graham Dilley | |||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | |||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-78 (Derek Randall), 2-196 (Peter Willey), 3-220 (David Gower), 4-236 (Geoff Boycott), 5-242 (Ian Botham), 6-245 (Graham Gooch), 7-264 (David Bairstow). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49 ovs) 264 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 0 | 56 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 9 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Max Walker | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Trevor Laughlin | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Julien Wiener | st David Bairstow b Peter Willey | 14 | 38 | 52 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Rick Darling | c Derek Randall b Bob Willis | 20 | 34 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | b Peter Willey | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | run out | 0 | 6 | 13 | - | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | c David Bairstow b Bob Willis | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| 6. Doug Walters | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 34 | 40 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | b Graham Dilley | 12 | 20 | 23 | - | - | |
| 8. Trevor Laughlin | c Graham Gooch b Derek Randall | 74 | 97 | 113 | 4 | - | |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | b Ian Botham | 14 | 14 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 11. Max Walker | not out | 9 | 29 | 36 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-33 (Rick Darling), 2-36 (Allan Border), 3-36 (Julien Wiener), 4-38 (Greg Chappell), 5-39 (Kim Hughes), 6-63 (Rod Marsh), 7-115 (Doug Walters), 8-146 (Dennis Lillee), 9-147 (Jeff Thomson), 192 (Trevor Laughlin). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.2 ovs) 192 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 10 | 1 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 5 | 0 | 18 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Randall | 0.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Julien Wiener, Rick Darling, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Trevor Laughlin, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Max Walker
England: Derek Randall, Geoff Boycott, Peter Willey, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Ian Botham, David Bairstow, Mike Brearley, Graham Dilley, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis
