- Test no. 868 | 1979/80 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 4,5,6,8 January 1980 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | b Lillee | 18 | 87 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| G Boycott | b Dymock | 8 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| DW Randall | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Willey | c Wiener b Dymock | 8 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| JM Brearley* | c Pascoe b Dymock | 7 | 64 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 15.55 | |
| DI Gower | b GS Chappell | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| IT Botham | c GS Chappell b Pascoe | 27 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 122.72 | |
| RW Taylor† | c †Marsh b Lillee | 10 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| GR Dilley | not out | 22 | 52 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 48.88 | |
| RGD Willis | c Wiener b Dymock | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| DL Underwood | c Border b Lillee | 12 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 | |
| Extras | (nb 5) | 5 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 44.3 overs) | 123 | (2.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Boycott), 2-13 (Randall), 3-31 (Willey), 4-38 (Gooch), 5-41 (Gower), 6-74 (Botham), 7-75 (Brearley), 8-90 (Taylor), 9-98 (Willis), 10-123 (Underwood) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 13.3 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2.96 | |||
| G Dymock | 17 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 2.47 | |||
| LS Pascoe | 9 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.55 | |||
| GS Chappell | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | |||
| JD Higgs | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | c Gower b Willis | 1 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| JM Wiener | run out | 22 | 66 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 44.00 | |
| IM Chappell | c Brearley b Gooch | 42 | 105 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| GS Chappell* | c †Taylor b Underwood | 3 | 35 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| KJ Hughes | c †Taylor b Botham | 18 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 | |
| AR Border | c Gooch b Botham | 15 | 79 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| RW Marsh† | c Underwood b Gooch | 7 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | |
| DK Lillee | c Brearley b Botham | 5 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| G Dymock | c †Taylor b Botham | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| LS Pascoe | not out | 10 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| JD Higgs | b Underwood | 2 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 12, w 2) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 58.2 overs) | 145 | (2.48 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-18 (McCosker), 2-52 (Wiener), 3-71 (GS Chappell), 4-92 (IM Chappell), 5-100 (Hughes), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-121 (Lillee), 8-129 (Dymock), 9-132 (Border), 10-145 (Higgs) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 17 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 1.70 | |||
| RGD Willis | 11 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2.72 | |||
| DL Underwood | 13.2 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2.92 | |||
| GR Dilley | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | |||
| P Willey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| GA Gooch | 11 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1.45 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | c GS Chappell b Dymock | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| G Boycott | c McCosker b Pascoe | 18 | 59 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| P Willey | b Pascoe | 3 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10.71 | |
| JM Brearley* | c †Marsh b Pascoe | 19 | 116 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 22.35 | |
| DL Underwood | c Border b Dymock | 43 | 135 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 38.73 | |
| DW Randall | c †Marsh b GS Chappell | 25 | 103 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 35.21 | |
| DI Gower | not out | 98 | 184 | 141 | 13 | 0 | 69.50 | |
| IT Botham | c Wiener b GS Chappell | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RW Taylor† | b Lillee | 8 | 57 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| GR Dilley | b Dymock | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| RGD Willis | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 1 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 2) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 96.3 overs) | 237 | (2.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Gooch), 2-21 (Willey), 3-29 (Boycott), 4-77 (Brearley), 5-105 (Underwood), 6-156 (Randall), 7-174 (Botham), 8-211 (Taylor), 9-218 (Dilley), 10-237 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 24.3 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 2.57 | |||
| G Dymock | 28 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 1.71 | |||
| LS Pascoe | 23 | 3 | 76 | 3 | 3.30 | |||
| GS Chappell | 21 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 1.71 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 216 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JM Wiener | b Underwood | 13 | 55 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 27.08 | |
| RB McCosker | c †Taylor b Underwood | 41 | 174 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 30.59 | |
| IM Chappell | c Botham b Underwood | 9 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| GS Chappell* | not out | 98 | 236 | 202 | 10 | 0 | 48.51 | |
| KJ Hughes | c Dilley b Willis | 47 | 137 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 48.45 | |
| AR Border | not out | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, w 1) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets; 85.3 overs) | 219 | (2.56 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RW Marsh†, DK Lillee, G Dymock, LS Pascoe, JD Higgs |
| Fall of wickets1-31 (Wiener), 2-51 (IM Chappell), 3-98 (McCosker), 4-203 (Hughes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 23.3 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1.82 | |||
| RGD Willis | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2.16 | |||
| DL Underwood | 26 | 6 | 71 | 3 | 2.73 | |||
| GR Dilley | 12 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2.75 | |||
| P Willey | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | |||
| GA Gooch | 8 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
GS Chappell (Australia) |
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Umpires
RC Bailhache and WJ Copeland |
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Close of play 4 Jan day 1 - England 1st innings 90/7 (RW Taylor 10*, GR Dilley 5*) 5 Jan day 2 - England 2nd innings 38/3 (JM Brearley 3*, DL Underwood 8*) 6 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 25/0 (JM Wiener 8*, RB McCosker 14*) 7 Jan rest day 8 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 219/4 (85.3 ov) - end of match |
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Jan 8, 1980 
Mike Brearley and Greg Chappell © Getty Images |
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