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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 872 (872/239)
Australia v England, 1979/80, 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
1,2,3,5,6 February 1980 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache and PM Cronin
Test Debuts: W Larkins (Eng).
Man of the match: DK Lillee
Man of the series: DK Lillee

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 231/6 (Brearley 19*, Taylor 21*)
  • Day 2: England 306, Australia 155/1 (Laird 63*, IM Chappell 53*)
  • Day 3: Australia 399/5 (GS Chappell 99*, Marsh 13*)
  • Day 4: Australia 477, England 157/6 (Botham 30*, Taylor 28*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch              run out                                  99 238 193 10 0
    G Boycott             c Mallett          b Dymock              44 147 124  2 0
    W Larkins             c GS Chappell      b Pascoe              25  79  62  2 0
    DI Gower              lbw                b Lillee               0  19  18  0 0
    P Willey              lbw                b Pascoe               1  16   9  0 0
    IT Botham             c Marsh            b Lillee               8  29  21  1 0
    *JM Brearley          not out                                  60 233 186  2 0
    +RW Taylor                               b Lillee              23  85  75  1 0
    DL Underwood          c IM Chappell      b Lillee               3  14  18  0 0
    JK Lever                                 b Lillee              22  90  68  1 0
    RGD Willis            c GS Chappell      b Lillee               4  13  10  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 2, nb 14)                       17
    Total                 (all out, 128.1 overs)                  306
    
    FoW: 1-116 (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
    Lillee                      33.1    9     60      6
    Dymock                      28      6     54      1
    Mallett                     35      9    104      0
    Pascoe                      32      7     71      2
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           c Botham           b Underwood           33  88  73  2 0
    BM Laird              c Gower            b Underwood           74 259 216  7 0
    IM Chappell                          c & b Underwood           75 194 151  6 0
    KJ Hughes             c Underwood        b Botham              15  68  49  2 0
    AR Border                            c & b Lever               63 208 153  6 0
    *GS Chappell          c Larkins          b Lever              114 288 212 14 0
    +RW Marsh             c Botham           b Lever               17  92  75  2 0
    DK Lillee             c Willey           b Lever                8  55  29  1 0
    G Dymock                                 b Botham              19  91  74  0 0
    AA Mallett            lbw                b Botham              25  74  54  4 0
    LS Pascoe             not out                                   1   8   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 12, w 1, nb 7)                 33
    Total                 (all out, 179.5 overs)                  477
    
    FoW: 1-52 (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
    Lever                       53     15    111      4
    Botham                      39.5   15    105      3
    Willis                      21      4     61      0
    Underwood                   53     19    131      3
    Willey                      13      2     36      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    GA Gooch                                 b Mallett             51 126 113  6 0
    G Boycott                                b Lillee               7  37  35  0 0
    W Larkins             lbw                b Pascoe               3  24  14  0 0
    DI Gower                                 b Lillee              11  19  15  1 0
    P Willey              c Marsh            b Lillee               2   7   5  0 0
    *JM Brearley          c Border           b Pascoe              10  40  31  1 0
    IT Botham             not out                                 119 224 213 15 0
    +RW Taylor            c Border           b Lillee              32  90  62  3 0
    DL Underwood                             b Pascoe               0   3   3  0 0
    JK Lever              c Marsh            b Lillee              12 105  65  1 0
    RGD Willis            c GS Chappell      b Pascoe               2  11   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 12, nb 10)                      24
    Total                 (all out, 91.5 overs)                   273
    
    FoW: 1-25 (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
    Lillee                      33      6     78      5
    Dymock                      11      2     30      0
    Mallett                     14      1     45      1
    Pascoe                      29.5    3     80      4
    Border                       4      0     16      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 103 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    RB McCosker           lbw                b Botham               2  49  34  0 0
    BM Laird              c Boycott          b Underwood           25  96  95  1 0
    IM Chappell           not out                                  26  99  62  0 0
    *GS Chappell          not out                                  40  52  43  6 0
    Extras                (lb 8, nb 2)                             10
    Total                 (2 wickets, 38.4 overs)                 103
    
    DNB: KJ Hughes, AR Border, +RW Marsh, DK Lillee, G Dymock,
         AA Mallett, LS Pascoe.
    
    FoW: 1-20 (McCosker), 2-42 (Laird).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lever                        7.4    3     18      0
    Botham                      12      5     18      1
    Willis                       5      3      8      0
    Underwood                   14      2     49      1
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, England.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    England Player Pages: GA Gooch, G Boycott, W Larkins, DI Gower, P Willey, IT Botham, JM Brearley, RW Taylor, DL Underwood, JK Lever, RGD Willis.

    Australia Player Pages: RB McCosker, BM Laird, IM Chappell, KJ Hughes, AR Border, GS Chappell, RW Marsh, DK Lillee, G Dymock, AA Mallett, LS Pascoe.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, PM Cronin.

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