a2578 o79	Australia v England
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1979/80
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 11th December 1979 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 72 runs
Points	Australia 0; England 2
Umpires	JR Collins, LJ Stevens
Player of the Match	G Boycott

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DW Randall	run out	42	76	88	5	-	55.26
G Boycott	b Lillee	105	124	194	7	-	84.68
P Willey	c Walker b Chappell	64	58	74	8	-	110.34
DI Gower	c Wiener b Lillee	7	16	18	-	-	43.75
GA Gooch	b Thomson	11	9	17	1	-	122.22
IT Botham	c Walters b Lillee	5	4	3	1	-	125.00
+DL Bairstow	c sub (DW Hookes) b Lillee	18	10	10	1	1	180.00
*JM Brearley	not out	2	2	7	-	-	100.00
GR Dilley	did not bat
DL Underwood	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 49 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-78 (Randall), 2-196 (Boycott), 3-220 (Gower), 4-236 (Willey), 5-242 (Botham), 6-245 (Gooch), 7-264 (Bairstow)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lillee	10	0	56	4	-	-	15.00	5.60
Thomson	9	0	53	1	-	-	54.00	5.89
Walker	10	1	30	0	-	-	-	3.00
Laughlin	8	0	39	0	-	-	-	4.88
Border	4	0	24	0	-	-	-	6.00
Chappell	5	0	28	1	-	-	30.00	5.60
Walters	3	0	24	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JM Wiener	st Bairstow b Willey	14	38	52	1	-	36.84
WM Darling	c Randall b Willis	20	34	38	2	-	58.82
AR Border	b Willey	1	4	5	-	-	25.00
*GS Chappell	run out	0	6	13	-	-	0.00
KJ Hughes	c Bairstow b Willis	1	5	2	-	-	20.00
KD Walters	c Bairstow b Botham	34	40	72	1	-	85.00
+RW Marsh	b Dilley	12	20	23	-	-	60.00
TJ Laughlin	c Gooch b Randall	74	97	113	4	-	76.29
DK Lillee	b Botham	14	14	27	2	-	100.00
JR Thomson	run out	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
MHN Walker	not out	9	29	36	-	-	31.03
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(all out, 47.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Darling), 2-36 (Wiener), 3-36 (Border), 4-38 (Chappell), 5-39 (Hughes), 6-63 (Marsh), 7-115 (Walters), 8-146 (Lillee), 9-147 (Thomson), 10-192 (Laughlin)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dilley	9	0	29	1	-	-	54.00	3.22
Botham	10	1	36	2	-	-	30.00	3.60
Willis	10	1	32	2	-	-	30.00	3.20
Willey	5	0	18	2	-	-	15.00	3.60
Underwood	6	1	29	0	-	-	-	4.83
Gooch	7	0	33	0	-	-	-	4.71
Randall	0.2	0	2	1	-	-	2.00	6.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced to 49 overs per side
--> TJ Laughlin made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> DW Randall passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 32
--> G Boycott passed his previous highest score of 68 in ODI matches
--> G Boycott made his first century in ODI matches
--> P Willey passed his previous highest score of 58 in ODI matches
--> DL Bairstow passed his previous highest score of 15 in ODI matches
--> TJ Laughlin passed his previous highest score of 15 in ODI matches
--> TJ Laughlin passed his previous highest score of 48 in List A matches
--> P Willey reached 150 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed AR Border, his 2nd wicket in the Australia innings

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