| f32829 | |
| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 4th, 5th, 6th December 1979 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | G McLeod, MG O'Connell |
| Close of play day 1 | South Australia (1) 46/0 (Darling 25*, Nash 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England XI (2) 67/3 (Bairstow 7*, Taylor 0*) |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c and b Sleep | 110 | |||||
| *JM Brearley | c Nash b Sleep | 81 | |||||
| P Willey | not out | 32 | |||||
| G Miller | not out | 26 | |||||
| W Larkins | did not bat | ||||||
| DI Gower | did not bat | ||||||
| +DL Bairstow | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Taylor | did not bat | ||||||
| IT Botham | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Stevenson | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 84 overs) | 252 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-174, 2-199 | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Prior | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| McLellan | 17 | 2 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Attenborough | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 26 | 7 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Chappell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 12 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Darling | lbw b Miller | 45 | |||||
| JE Nash | hit wkt b Botham | 48 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | c Bairstow b Botham | 0 | |||||
| JJ Crowe | not out | 78 | |||||
| PR Sleep | c Boycott b Stevenson | 29 | |||||
| JR Hammond | not out | 17 | |||||
| +TJ Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| RM McLellan | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| W Prior | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 87 overs) | 226 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-93, 2-93, 3-93, 4-153 | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 22 | 7 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Botham | 16 | 4 | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stevenson | 13 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 21 | 7 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Willey | 11 | 4 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Willey | c Robertson b Prior | 13 | |||||
| W Larkins | c sub b Mallett | 19 | |||||
| DI Gower | lbw b Sleep | 27 | |||||
| +DL Bairstow | lbw b Prior | 12 | |||||
| RW Taylor | c Nash b Mallett | 0 | |||||
| IT Botham | lbw b Prior | 4 | |||||
| G Miller | c Darling b Sleep | 71 | |||||
| G Boycott | not out | 63 | |||||
| GB Stevenson | not out | 15 | |||||
| *JM Brearley | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 88.5 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-54, 3-64, 4-72, 5-76, 6-76, 7-207 | |||||||
| South Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Prior | 13 | 3 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| McLellan | 9 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Attenborough | 12 | 2 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mallett | 22 | 7 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sleep | 22.5 | 8 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hammond | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Darling | not out | 75 | |||||
| JE Nash | c +Taylor b Lever | 0 | |||||
| *IM Chappell | b Stevenson | 19 | |||||
| JJ Crowe | b Willey | 55 | |||||
| PR Sleep | not out | 30 | |||||
| JR Hammond | did not bat | ||||||
| +TJ Robertson | did not bat | ||||||
| GR Attenborough | did not bat | ||||||
| RM McLellan | did not bat | ||||||
| AA Mallett | did not bat | ||||||
| W Prior | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 49 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-41, 3-112 | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 11 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Botham | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stevenson | 10 | 2 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Willey | 16 | 0 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RM McLellan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> G Boycott (1) passed 36000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 107
--> JJ Crowe (1) passed his previous highest score of 73 in First-Class matches
--> DI Gower (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> DL Bairstow (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> GB Stevenson made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
Bairstow kept wicket in 1st innings, Taylor in 2nd innings
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