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England v West Indies @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 January 1980
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, CE Harvey
Match Result: West Indies won by 2 runs
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Wayne Larkins b Ian Botham | 80 | 132 | 163 | 6 | - |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c David Bairstow b Bob Willis | 9 | 20 | 24 | - | - |
| 3. Sir Viv Richards | c David Bairstow b Graham Dilley | 23 | 34 | 50 | 2 | - |
| 4. Alvin Kallicharran | b Ian Botham | 42 | 61 | 79 | 3 | - |
| *5. Clive Lloyd | b Ian Botham | 4 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Collis King | not out | 31 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| +7. Deryck Murray | c David Bairstow b Graham Dilley | 4 | 10 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Andy Roberts | run out | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Joel Garner | run out | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Holding | not out | 5 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Colin Croft |
| FOW | 1-17 (Desmond Haynes), 2-66 (Sir Viv Richards), 3-161 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-168 (Clive Lloyd), 5-168 (Gordon Greenidge), 6-181 (Deryck Murray), 7-183 (Andy Roberts), 8-197 (Joel Garner). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 10 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 2 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Collis King b Michael Holding | 9 | 22 | 21 | - | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c Gordon Greenidge b Andy Roberts | 35 | 66 | 100 | 1 | - |
| 3. Peter Willey | run out | 51 | 91 | 141 | 3 | - |
| 4. David Gower | c Michael Holding b Andy Roberts | 10 | 17 | 15 | - | - |
| 5. Wayne Larkins | run out | 34 | 42 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Clive Lloyd b Andy Roberts | 19 | 31 | 37 | - | - |
| *7. Mike Brearley | not out | 25 | 25 | 37 | 1 | - |
| +8. David Bairstow | run out | 4 | 8 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. John Emburey | ||||||
| 10. Graham Dilley | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-13 (Graham Gooch), 2-74 (Geoff Boycott), 3-96 (David Gower), 4-152 (Peter Willey), 5-164 (Wayne Larkins), 6-190 (Ian Botham), 7-213 (David Bairstow). |
| Extras | 12b, 12lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Andy Roberts | 10 | 1 | 30 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Holding | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Joel Garner | 10 | 1 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Colin Croft | 10 | 1 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Collis King | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Peter Willey, David Gower, Wayne Larkins, Ian Botham, Mike Brearley, David Bairstow, John Emburey, Graham Dilley, Bob Willis