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England v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
28 November 1979
Toss: West Indies (field)
Umpires: CE Harvey, AG Watson
Match Result: England won by 2 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Derek Randall | c Derick Parry b Joel Garner | 49 | 80 | 94 | 2 | - |
| *2. Mike Brearley | c Gordon Greenidge b Derick Parry | 25 | 63 | 81 | 2 | - |
| 3. David Gower | b Colin Croft | 44 | 58 | 71 | 4 | - |
| 4. Graham Gooch | c & b Derick Parry | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 5. Peter Willey | not out | 58 | 67 | 92 | 3 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | b Joel Garner | 11 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - |
| +7. David Bairstow | c Deryck Murray b Joel Garner | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Geoff Miller | b Andy Roberts | 4 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 9. Graham Dilley | run out | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-79 (Mike Brearley), 2-88 (Derek Randall), 3-91 (Graham Gooch), 4-160 (David Gower), 5-195 (Ian Botham), 6-195 (David Bairstow), 7-210 (Geoff Miller), 8-211 (Graham Dilley). |
| Extras | 4b, 13lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 211 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 10 | 0 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Bob Willis b Geoff Miller | 42 | 52 | 70 | 6 | 1 |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | b Graham Dilley | 4 | 24 | 27 | - | - |
| 3. Lawrence Rowe | lbw b Bob Willis | 60 | 89 | 147 | 5 | - |
| 4. Alvin Kallicharran | run out | 44 | 67 | 100 | 3 | - |
| *5. Clive Lloyd | c Mike Brearley b Bob Willis | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - |
| +6. Deryck Murray | c David Gower b Derek Underwood | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| 7. Derick Parry | b Derek Underwood | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Andy Roberts | c Derek Randall b Derek Underwood | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 9. Joel Garner | not out | 8 | 13 | 21 | - | 1 |
| 10. Michael Holding | c David Gower b Derek Underwood | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 11. Colin Croft | b Ian Botham | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-19 (Desmond Haynes), 2-68 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-132 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-143 (Clive Lloyd), 5-148 (Deryck Murray), 6-155 (Derick Parry), 7-177 (Lawrence Rowe), 8-186 (Andy Roberts), 9-186 (Michael Holding), 196 (Colin Croft). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47 ovs) 196 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 6 | 2 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 10 | 0 | 44 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Willis | 6 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Derek Randall, Mike Brearley, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Peter Willey, Ian Botham, David Bairstow, Geoff Miller, Graham Dilley, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis