- Test no. 872 | 1979/80 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 1,2,3,5,6 February 1980 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | run out | 99 | 238 | 193 | 10 | 0 | 51.29 | |
| G Boycott | c Mallett b Dymock | 44 | 147 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 35.48 | |
| W Larkins | c GS Chappell b Pascoe | 25 | 79 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 40.32 | |
| DI Gower | lbw b Lillee | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Willey | lbw b Pascoe | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| IT Botham | c †Marsh b Lillee | 8 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.09 | |
| JM Brearley* | not out | 60 | 233 | 186 | 2 | 0 | 32.25 | |
| RW Taylor† | b Lillee | 23 | 85 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 30.66 | |
| DL Underwood | c IM Chappell b Lillee | 3 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| JK Lever | b Lillee | 22 | 90 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 32.35 | |
| RGD Willis | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 14) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 128.1 overs) | 306 | (2.38 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-116 (Boycott), 2-170 (Larkins), 3-175 (Gooch), 4-177 (Gower), 5-177 (Willey), 6-192 (Botham), 7-238 (Taylor), 8-242 (Underwood), 9-296 (Lever), 10-306 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 33.1 | 9 | 60 | 6 | 1.80 | |||
| G Dymock | 28 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 1.92 | |||
| AA Mallett | 35 | 9 | 104 | 0 | 2.97 | |||
| LS Pascoe | 32 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 2.21 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | c Botham b Underwood | 33 | 88 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 45.20 | |
| BM Laird | c Gower b Underwood | 74 | 259 | 216 | 7 | 0 | 34.25 | |
| IM Chappell | c & b Underwood | 75 | 194 | 151 | 6 | 0 | 49.66 | |
| KJ Hughes | c Underwood b Botham | 15 | 68 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 30.61 | |
| AR Border | c & b Lever | 63 | 208 | 153 | 6 | 0 | 41.17 | |
| GS Chappell* | c Larkins b Lever | 114 | 288 | 212 | 14 | 0 | 53.77 | |
| RW Marsh† | c Botham b Lever | 17 | 92 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 22.66 | |
| DK Lillee | c Willey b Lever | 8 | 55 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 27.58 | |
| G Dymock | b Botham | 19 | 91 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 25.67 | |
| AA Mallett | lbw b Botham | 25 | 74 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 46.29 | |
| LS Pascoe | not out | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 13, lb 12, w 1, nb 7) | 33 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 179.5 overs) | 477 | (2.65 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-52 (McCosker), 2-179 (Laird), 3-196 (IM Chappell), 4-219 (Hughes), 5-345 (Border), 6-411 (Marsh), 7-421 (GS Chappell), 8-432 (Lillee), 9-465 (Dymock), 10-477 (Mallett) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JK Lever | 53 | 15 | 111 | 4 | 2.09 | |||
| IT Botham | 39.5 | 15 | 105 | 3 | 2.63 | |||
| RGD Willis | 21 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 2.90 | |||
| DL Underwood | 53 | 19 | 131 | 3 | 2.47 | |||
| P Willey | 13 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 2.76 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch | b Mallett | 51 | 126 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 45.13 | |
| G Boycott | b Lillee | 7 | 37 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| W Larkins | lbw b Pascoe | 3 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| DI Gower | b Lillee | 11 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.33 | |
| P Willey | c †Marsh b Lillee | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| JM Brearley* | c Border b Pascoe | 10 | 40 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 32.25 | |
| IT Botham | not out | 119 | 224 | 213 | 15 | 0 | 55.86 | |
| RW Taylor† | c Border b Lillee | 32 | 90 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 51.61 | |
| DL Underwood | b Pascoe | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JK Lever | c †Marsh b Lillee | 12 | 105 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 18.46 | |
| RGD Willis | c GS Chappell b Pascoe | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 12, nb 10) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 91.5 overs) | 273 | (2.97 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-25 (Boycott), 2-46 (Larkins), 3-64 (Gower), 4-67 (Willey), 5-88 (Gooch), 6-92 (Brearley), 7-178 (Taylor), 8-179 (Underwood), 9-268 (Lever), 10-273 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 33 | 6 | 78 | 5 | 2.36 | |||
| G Dymock | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | |||
| AA Mallett | 14 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 3.21 | |||
| LS Pascoe | 29.5 | 3 | 80 | 4 | 2.68 | |||
| AR Border | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 103 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | lbw b Botham | 2 | 49 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |
| BM Laird | c Boycott b Underwood | 25 | 96 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 | |
| IM Chappell | not out | 26 | 99 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 41.93 | |
| GS Chappell* | not out | 40 | 52 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 93.02 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 38.4 overs) | 103 | (2.66 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KJ Hughes, AR Border, RW Marsh†, DK Lillee, G Dymock, AA Mallett, LS Pascoe |
| Fall of wickets1-20 (McCosker), 2-42 (Laird) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JK Lever | 7.4 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2.34 | |||
| IT Botham | 12 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| RGD Willis | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.60 | |||
| DL Underwood | 14 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 |
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Test debut
W Larkins
(England) Player of the match DK Lillee (Australia) Player of the series DK Lillee (Australia) |
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Umpires
RC Bailhache and PM Cronin |
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Close of play 1 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 231/6 (JM Brearley 19*, RW Taylor 21*) 2 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 155/1 (BM Laird 63*, IM Chappell 53*) 3 Feb day 3 - Australia 1st innings 399/5 (GS Chappell 99*, RW Marsh 13*) 4 Feb rest day 5 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 157/6 (IT Botham 30*, RW Taylor 28*) 6 Feb day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 103/2 (38.4 ov) - end of match |
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