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Australia v West Indies @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 December 1979
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: KJ Carmody, RV Whitehead
Match Result: West Indies won by 80 runs
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Rod Marsh b Dennis Lillee | 11 | 20 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c Rod Marsh b Jeff Thomson | 80 | 122 | 181 | 5 | - |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | not out | 153 | 130 | 173 | 16 | 1 |
| 4. Alvin Kallicharran | not out | 16 | 17 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 5. Lawrence Rowe | ||||||
| 6. Collis King | ||||||
| *+7. Deryck Murray | ||||||
| 8. Derick Parry | ||||||
| 9. Andy Roberts | ||||||
| 10. Joel Garner | ||||||
| 11. Michael Holding |
| FOW | 1-28 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-233 (Desmond Haynes). |
| Extras | 1b, 10lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 48 ovs) 271 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dennis Lillee | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 1 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jeff Thomson | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Hookes | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Julien Wiener | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Bruce Laird | b Michael Holding | 7 | 15 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 2. Julien Wiener | c & b Derick Parry | 27 | 64 | 67 | 2 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | run out | 44 | 58 | 90 | 2 | - |
| *4. Greg Chappell | c Sir Viv Richards b Collis King | 31 | 21 | 25 | 3 | - |
| 5. Kim Hughes | b Michael Holding | 12 | 16 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 6. David Hookes | c Deryck Murray b Andy Roberts | 9 | 27 | 33 | - | - |
| +7. Rod Marsh | c Lawrence Rowe b Andy Roberts | 13 | 11 | 13 | - | 1 |
| 8. Ray Bright | not out | 19 | 43 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 9. Dennis Lillee | b Collis King | 19 | 24 | 28 | - | - |
| 10. Rodney Hogg | not out | 3 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 11. Jeff Thomson |
| FOW | 1-16 (Bruce Laird), 2-54 (Julien Wiener), 3-102 (Greg Chappell), 4-119 (Kim Hughes), 5-128 (Allan Border), 6-147 (David Hookes), 7-151 (Rod Marsh), 8-185 (Dennis Lillee). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 48 ovs) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 8 | 1 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 10 | 2 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Collis King | 10 | 0 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derick Parry | 10 | 0 | 56 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Bruce Laird, Julien Wiener, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, David Hookes, Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Jeff Thomson