Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
14 January 1980
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: RC Isherwood, RV Whitehead
Match Result: England won by 2 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Julien Wiener | st David Bairstow b John Emburey | 33 | 80 | 91 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Rick McCosker | c Mike Brearley b Peter Willey | 41 | 67 | 82 | 2 | - | |
| 3. Ian Chappell | c Derek Randall b John Emburey | 8 | 15 | 15 | - | - | |
| *4. Greg Chappell | c Derek Randall b Graham Stevenson | 34 | 55 | 84 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Kim Hughes | c Wayne Larkins b John Lever | 34 | 42 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Allan Border | c David Bairstow b John Lever | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c David Bairstow b Graham Stevenson | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 8. Dennis Lillee | lbw b Graham Stevenson | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 9. Geoff Dymock | run out | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | - | |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | not out | 3 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| 11. Len Pascoe | b Graham Stevenson | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-74 (Rick McCosker), 2-82 (Julien Wiener), 3-89 (Ian Chappell), 4-148 (Kim Hughes), 5-149 (Allan Border), 6-150 (Rod Marsh), 7-150 (Dennis Lillee), 8-152 (Geoff Dymock), 9-155 (Greg Chappell), 163 (Len Pascoe). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.4 ovs) 163 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Lever | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Stevenson | 9.4 | 0 | 33 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Rick McCosker b Len Pascoe | 69 | 123 | 160 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Wayne Larkins | c Jeff Thomson b Dennis Lillee | 5 | 31 | 47 | - | - | |
| 3. Peter Willey | lbw b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| 4. David Gower | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 3 | 7 | 17 | - | - | |
| *5. Mike Brearley | b Greg Chappell | 5 | 19 | 20 | - | - | |
| 6. Derek Randall | c Len Pascoe b Greg Chappell | 0 | 11 | 9 | - | - | |
| 7. Ian Botham | b Dennis Lillee | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| +8. David Bairstow | not out | 21 | 68 | 98 | - | - | |
| 9. John Emburey | c Greg Chappell b Geoff Dymock | 18 | 22 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| 10. Graham Stevenson | not out | 28 | 18 | 20 | 3 | - | |
| 11. John Lever |
| FOW | 1-31 (Wayne Larkins), 2-31 (Peter Willey), 3-40 (David Gower), 4-51 (Mike Brearley), 5-56 (Derek Randall), 6-61 (Ian Botham), 7-105 (Graham Gooch), 8-129 (John Emburey). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 1w, 9nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 48.5 ovs) 164 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jeff Thomson | 9.5 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 9 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Len Pascoe | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 10 | 3 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Julien Wiener, Rick McCosker, Ian Chappell, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Rod Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Geoff Dymock, Jeff Thomson, Len Pascoe
England: Graham Gooch, Wayne Larkins, Peter Willey, David Gower, Mike Brearley, Derek Randall, Ian Botham, David Bairstow, John Emburey, Graham Stevenson, John Lever
