Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
21 December 1979
Toss: West Indies (field)
Umpires: RA French, AG Watson
Match Result: Australia won by 7 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Julien Wiener | c Clive Lloyd b Michael Holding | 7 | 22 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Bruce Laird | c Lawrence Rowe b Andy Roberts | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | c Deryck Murray b Joel Garner | 17 | 40 | 51 | - | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | c Clive Lloyd b Sir Viv Richards | 24 | 83 | 96 | - | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | c Andy Roberts b Collis King | 13 | 19 | 14 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Ian Chappell | not out | 63 | 65 | 114 | 6 | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | run out | 33 | 54 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | not out | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Len Pascoe | |||||||
| 10. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 11. Geoff Dymock |
| FOW | 1-1 (Bruce Laird), 2-11 (Julien Wiener), 3-28 (Allan Border), 4-44 (Kim Hughes), 5-94 (Greg Chappell), 6-160 (Rod Marsh). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 176 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Collis King | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 10 | 2 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clive Lloyd | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 33 | 53 | 74 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c Ian Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 5 | 11 | - | - | |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | c Rodney Hogg b Geoff Dymock | 62 | 79 | 116 | 5 | - | |
| 4. Alvin Kallicharran | b Len Pascoe | 19 | 38 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Lawrence Rowe | c Allan Border b Greg Chappell | 5 | 18 | 34 | - | - | |
| *6. Clive Lloyd | c Julien Wiener b Geoff Dymock | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 7. Collis King | c Rod Marsh b Greg Chappell | 9 | 17 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| +8. Deryck Murray | not out | 17 | 25 | 43 | 3 | - | |
| 9. Andy Roberts | lbw b Len Pascoe | 8 | 20 | 18 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Joel Garner | c Greg Chappell b Dennis Lillee | 2 | 7 | 14 | - | - | |
| 11. Michael Holding | b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Desmond Haynes), 2-74 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-112 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-124 (Sir Viv Richards), 5-126 (Clive Lloyd), 6-139 (Lawrence Rowe), 7-144 (Collis King), 8-158 (Andy Roberts), 9-169 (Joel Garner), 169 (Michael Holding). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 42.5 ovs) 169 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 8.5 | 0 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 3 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Julien Wiener, Bruce Laird, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Ian Chappell, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Len Pascoe, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock
West Indies: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Sir Viv Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Lawrence Rowe, Clive Lloyd, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding
