a2574 o77	Australia v England
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1979/80
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8th December 1979 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 3 wickets
Points	Australia 0; England 2
Umpires	WJ Copeland, RA French
Player of the Match	GS Chappell

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
JM Wiener	b Botham	7	22	32	1	-	31.82
BM Laird	lbw b Dilley	7	24	28	1	-	29.17
AR Border	c Willey b Dilley	29	54	75	1	1	53.70
*GS Chappell	c Gooch b Willey	92	115	170	10	-	80.00
KJ Hughes	st Bairstow b Gooch	23	24	29	3	-	95.83
KD Walters	c Randall b Gooch	12	22	26	1	-	54.55
+RW Marsh	c Bairstow b Willey	14	23	27	-	-	60.87
RJ Bright	c Gooch b Willey	1	6	7	-	-	16.67
DK Lillee	not out	13	7	7	2	-	185.71
RM Hogg	c Brearley b Underwood	1	3	5	-	-	33.33
JR Thomson	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	207
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Wiener), 2-15 (Laird), 3-73 (Border), 4-114 (Hughes), 5-145 (Walters), 6-184 (Marsh), 7-193 (Chappell), 8-193 (Bright), 9-207 (Hogg)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Dilley	10	1	30	2	-	-	30.00	3.00
Botham	9	2	27	1	-	-	54.00	3.00
Willis	7	0	28	0	-	-	-	4.00
Gooch	6	0	32	2	-	-	18.00	5.33
Underwood	10	0	49	1	-	-	60.00	4.90
Willey	8	0	33	3	-	-	16.00	4.12

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
DW Randall	lbw b Bright	28	69	85	2	-	40.58
G Boycott	c Lillee b Hogg	68	85	134	7	-	80.00
P Willey	c Marsh b Hogg	37	54	60	2	-	68.52
DI Gower	c Marsh b Lillee	17	24	53	-	1	70.83
GA Gooch	run out	1	2	6	-	-	50.00
IT Botham	c Walters b Hogg	10	10	9	1	-	100.00
*JM Brearley	c Marsh b Lillee	27	39	44	2	-	69.23
+DL Bairstow	not out	15	15	20	2	-	100.00
GR Dilley	not out	0	0	1	-	-	0.00
DL Underwood	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 nb)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 49 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Randall), 2-134 (Boycott), 3-137 (Willey), 4-138 (Gooch), 5-148 (Botham), 6-183 (Gower), 7-205 (Brearley)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lillee	10	1	36	2	-	-	30.00	3.60
Hogg	10	2	26	3	-	-	20.00	2.60
Thomson	10	1	49	0	-	-	-	4.90
Chappell	8	0	40	0	-	-	-	5.00
Bright	9	1	40	1	-	-	54.00	4.44
Walters	2	0	12	0	-	-	-	6.00

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Notes
--> JM Wiener made his debut in ODI matches
--> G Boycott passed his previous highest score of 57 in ODI matches
--> P Willey passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 29
--> JM Wiener made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> P Willey achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed RW Marsh in the Australia innings (previous best was 0-29)
--> RM Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed IT Botham in the England innings (previous best was 2-18)
--> RM Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed P Willey in the England innings (previous best was 1-20)

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