Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
26 December 1979
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: PM Cronin, RC Isherwood
Match Result: England won by 4 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Bruce Laird | b Ian Botham | 6 | 27 | 42 | - | - | |
| 2. Julien Wiener | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 2 | 14 | 14 | - | - | |
| 3. Allan Border | c David Gower b Graham Gooch | 22 | 53 | 74 | 2 | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | run out | 52 | 82 | 118 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | b Bob Willis | 23 | 39 | 47 | - | 1 | |
| 6. Ian Chappell | not out | 60 | 50 | 60 | 6 | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c David Bairstow b Graham Dilley | 10 | 13 | 26 | - | 1 | |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | not out | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| 9. Rodney Hogg | |||||||
| 10. Geoff Dymock | |||||||
| 11. Len Pascoe |
| FOW | 1-5 (Julien Wiener), 2-21 (Bruce Laird), 3-50 (Allan Border), 4-109 (Kim Hughes), 5-135 (Greg Chappell), 6-179 (Rod Marsh). |
| Extras | 3b, 10lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 47 ovs) 194 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 29 | 35 | 45 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | not out | 86 | 134 | 206 | 6 | - | |
| 3. Peter Willey | b Len Pascoe | 51 | 77 | 104 | 5 | - | |
| 4. David Gower | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 2 | 12 | 9 | - | - | |
| 5. Derek Randall | c Greg Chappell b Len Pascoe | 1 | 5 | 13 | - | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 6 | 10 | 9 | - | 1 | |
| *7. Mike Brearley | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| +8. David Bairstow | not out | 7 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| 9. Graham Dilley | |||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | |||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-41 (Graham Gooch), 2-152 (Peter Willey), 3-157 (David Gower), 4-170 (Derek Randall), 5-179 (Ian Botham), 6-179 (Mike Brearley). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 11nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 45.1 ovs) 195 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 5.1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Bruce Laird, Julien Wiener, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Ian Chappell, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Geoff Dymock, Len Pascoe
England: Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Peter Willey, David Gower, Derek Randall, Ian Botham, Mike Brearley, David Bairstow, Graham Dilley, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis
