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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
8 December 1979
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: WJ Cope, And RA French
Match Result: England won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Julien Wiener | b Ian Botham | 7 | 22 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 2. Bruce Laird | lbw b Graham Dilley | 7 | 24 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | c Peter Willey b Graham Dilley | 29 | 54 | 75 | 1 | 1 |
| *4. Greg Chappell | c Graham Gooch b Peter Willey | 92 | 115 | 170 | 10 | - |
| 5. Kim Hughes | st David Bairstow b Graham Gooch | 23 | 24 | 29 | 3 | - |
| 6. Doug Walters | c Derek Randall b Graham Gooch | 12 | 22 | 26 | 1 | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c David Bairstow b Peter Willey | 14 | 23 | 27 | - | - |
| 8. Ray Bright | c Graham Gooch b Peter Willey | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | not out | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | c Mike Brearley b Derek Underwood | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Jeff Thomson |
| FOW | 1-15 (Bruce Laird), 2-15 (Julien Wiener), 3-73 (Allan Border), 4-114 (Kim Hughes), 5-145 (Doug Walters), 6-184 (Rod Marsh), 7-193 (Greg Chappell), 8-193 (Ray Bright), 9-207 (Rodney Hogg). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 2 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 8 | 0 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Derek Randall | lbw b Ray Bright | 28 | 69 | 85 | 2 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c Dennis Lillee b Rodney Hogg | 68 | 85 | 134 | 7 | - |
| 3. Peter Willey | c Rod Marsh b Rodney Hogg | 37 | 54 | 60 | 2 | - |
| 4. David Gower | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 17 | 24 | 53 | - | 1 |
| 5. Graham Gooch | run out | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Doug Walters b Rodney Hogg | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - |
| *7. Mike Brearley | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 27 | 39 | 44 | 2 | - |
| +8. David Bairstow | not out | 15 | 15 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 9. Graham Dilley | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-71 (Derek Randall), 2-134 (Geoff Boycott), 3-137 (Peter Willey), 4-138 (Graham Gooch), 5-148 (Ian Botham), 6-183 (David Gower), 7-205 (Mike Brearley). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49 ovs) 209 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 2 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Doug Walters | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Julien Wiener, Bruce Laird, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Doug Walters, Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Jeff Thomson