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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th, 30th, 31st December 1979, 1st January 1980 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | West Indies won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | AR Crafter, CE Harvey |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 103/1 (Greenidge 26*, Richards 45*) |
| Close of play day 2 | West Indies (1) 336/7 (Roberts 13*, Garner 12*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 167/3 (Laird 63*, Hughes 33*) |
| Player of the Match | IVA Richards |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Wiener | lbw b Garner | 40 | 90 | 126 | 3 | - | |
| BM Laird | c Lloyd b Holding | 16 | 41 | 69 | - | - | |
| AR Border | c Richards b Garner | 17 | 64 | 99 | 1 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Murray b Garner | 19 | 46 | 58 | 2 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | c Rowe b Holding | 4 | 9 | 22 | - | - | |
| PM Toohey | c Roberts b Holding | 10 | 16 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | c Kallicharran b Holding | 0 | 8 | 15 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c Lloyd b Croft | 12 | 21 | 22 | - | - | |
| G Dymock | c Kallicharran b Croft | 7 | 14 | 29 | - | - | |
| RM Hogg | c Greenidge b Croft | 14 | 25 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| JD Higgs | not out | 0 | 7 | 16 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 265 minutes, 56.3 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38 (Laird), 2-69 (Wiener), 3-97 (Border), 4-108 (Chappell), 5-112 (Hughes), 6-118 (Marsh), 7-123 (Toohey), 8-133 (Lillee), 9-143 (Dymock), 10-156 (Hogg, 56.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 14 | 1 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Holding | 14 | 3 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Croft | 13.3 | 4 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| Garner | 15 | 7 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CG Greenidge | c Higgs b Dymock | 48 | 94 | 137 | 5 | - | |
| DL Haynes | c Hughes b Lillee | 29 | 24 | 32 | 4 | - | |
| IVA Richards | c Toohey b Dymock | 96 | 110 | 160 | 9 | 1 | |
| AI Kallicharran | c Laird b Higgs | 39 | 63 | 88 | 4 | - | |
| LG Rowe | b Lillee | 26 | 68 | 64 | 2 | - | |
| *CH Lloyd | c Marsh b Dymock | 40 | 113 | 143 | 2 | - | |
| +DL Murray | b Dymock | 24 | 80 | 85 | 1 | - | |
| AME Roberts | lbw b Lillee | 54 | 88 | 89 | 6 | - | |
| J Garner | c Dymock b Higgs | 29 | 38 | 54 | 5 | - | |
| MA Holding | not out | 1 | 7 | 18 | - | - | |
| CEH Croft | lbw b Higgs | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 7 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 446 minutes, 112.4 overs) | 397 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Haynes), 2-156 (Greenidge), 3-215 (Richards), 4-226 (Kallicharran), 5-250 (Rowe), 6-305 (Murray), 7-320 (Lloyd), 8-390 (Garner), 9-396 (Roberts), 10-397 (Croft, 112.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 36 | 7 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hogg | 6 | 0 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dymock | 31 | 2 | 106 | 4 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 34.4 | 4 | 122 | 3 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JM Wiener | c Murray b Croft | 24 | 47 | 69 | 1 | - | |
| BM Laird | c Garner b Holding | 69 | 176 | 277 | 3 | - | |
| AR Border | lbw b Holding | 15 | 51 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| *GS Chappell | c Murray b Roberts | 22 | 19 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| KJ Hughes | lbw b Roberts | 70 | 102 | 160 | 6 | - | |
| PM Toohey | c Murray b Croft | 7 | 26 | 28 | 1 | - | |
| +RW Marsh | b Croft | 7 | 21 | 34 | - | - | |
| DK Lillee | c and b Roberts | 0 | 9 | 15 | - | - | |
| G Dymock | c Lloyd b Garner | 17 | 35 | 52 | 3 | - | |
| RM Hogg | c Holding b Garner | 11 | 38 | 42 | - | - | |
| JD Higgs | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 10 lb, 5 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 399 minutes, 86.4 overs) | 259 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Wiener), 2-88 (Border), 3-121 (Chappell), 4-187 (Laird), 5-205 (Toohey), 6-228 (Hughes), 7-228 (Marsh), 8-233 (Lillee), 9-258 (Dymock), 10-259 (Hogg, 86.4 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 21 | 1 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Holding | 23 | 7 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Croft | 22 | 2 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| Garner | 20.4 | 2 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CG Greenidge | not out | 9 | 21 | 26 | - | - | |
| DL Haynes | not out | 9 | 24 | 26 | - | - | |
| IVA Richards | did not bat | ||||||
| AI Kallicharran | did not bat | ||||||
| LG Rowe | did not bat | ||||||
| *CH Lloyd | did not bat | ||||||
| +DL Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| AME Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| J Garner | did not bat | ||||||
| MA Holding | did not bat | ||||||
| CEH Croft | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 26 minutes, 7.2 overs) | 22 | |||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lillee | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dymock | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Toohey | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> PM Toohey made his last appearance in Test matches
--> IVA Richards (1) 50 in 51 balls, 51 minutes
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 14500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> AI Kallicharran (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> AME Roberts (1) passed his previous highest score of 35 in Test matches
--> AME Roberts (1) 50 in 84 balls, 86 minutes
--> AME Roberts (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> BM Laird (2) 50 in 113 balls, 163 minutes
--> KJ Hughes (2) 50 in 74 balls, 118 minutes
--> JD Higgs reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed J Garner, his 2nd wicket in the West Indies first innings
--> CEH Croft reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JM Wiener, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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