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Test no. 872
England in Australia Test Series - 3rd Test
Australia v England
1979/80 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 1,2,3,5,6 February 1980 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 8 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch run out 99 238 193 10 0 51.29
G Boycott c Mallett b Dymock 44 147 124 2 0 35.48
W Larkins c GS Chappell b Pascoe 25 79 62 2 0 40.32
DI Gower lbw b Lillee 0 19 18 0 0 0.00
P Willey lbw b Pascoe 1 16 9 0 0 11.11
IT Botham c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 8 29 21 1 0 38.09
captain JM Brearley not out 60 233 186 2 0 32.25
wicketkeeper RW Taylor b Lillee 23 85 75 1 0 30.66
DL Underwood c IM Chappell b Lillee 3 14 18 0 0 16.66
JK Lever b Lillee 22 90 68 1 0 32.35
RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Lillee 4 13 10 0 0 40.00
    Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 14) 17
    Total (all out; 128.1 overs) 306 (2.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-116 (Boycott), 2-170 (Larkins), 3-175 (Gooch), 4-177 (Gower), 5-177 (Willey), 6-192 (Botham), 7-238 (Taylor), 8-242 (Underwood), 9-296 (Lever), 10-306 (Willis)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 33.1 9 60 6 1.80
 G Dymock 28 6 54 1 1.92
 AA Mallett 35 9 104 0 2.97
 LS Pascoe 32 7 71 2 2.21

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker c Botham b Underwood 33 88 73 2 0 45.20
BM Laird c Gower b Underwood 74 259 216 7 0 34.25
IM Chappell c & b Underwood 75 194 151 6 0 49.66
KJ Hughes c Underwood b Botham 15 68 49 2 0 30.61
AR Border c & b Lever 63 208 153 6 0 41.17
captain GS Chappell c Larkins b Lever 114 288 212 14 0 53.77
wicketkeeper RW Marsh c Botham b Lever 17 92 75 2 0 22.66
DK Lillee c Willey b Lever 8 55 29 1 0 27.58
G Dymock b Botham 19 91 74 0 0 25.67
AA Mallett lbw b Botham 25 74 54 4 0 46.29
LS Pascoe not out 1 8 4 0 0 25.00
    Extras (b 13, lb 12, w 1, nb 7) 33
    Total (all out; 179.5 overs) 477 (2.65 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-52 (McCosker), 2-179 (Laird), 3-196 (IM Chappell), 4-219 (Hughes), 5-345 (Border), 6-411 (Marsh), 7-421 (GS Chappell), 8-432 (Lillee), 9-465 (Dymock), 10-477 (Mallett)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JK Lever 53 15 111 4 2.09
 IT Botham 39.5 15 105 3 2.63
 RGD Willis 21 4 61 0 2.90
 DL Underwood 53 19 131 3 2.47
 P Willey 13 2 36 0 2.76

England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch b Mallett 51 126 113 6 0 45.13
G Boycott b Lillee 7 37 35 0 0 20.00
W Larkins lbw b Pascoe 3 24 14 0 0 21.42
DI Gower b Lillee 11 19 15 1 0 73.33
P Willey c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 2 7 5 0 0 40.00
captain JM Brearley c Border b Pascoe 10 40 31 1 0 32.25
IT Botham not out 119 224 213 15 0 55.86
wicketkeeper RW Taylor c Border b Lillee 32 90 62 3 0 51.61
DL Underwood b Pascoe 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
JK Lever c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 12 105 65 1 0 18.46
RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Pascoe 2 11 8 0 0 25.00
    Extras (b 2, lb 12, nb 10) 24
    Total (all out; 91.5 overs) 273 (2.97 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Boycott), 2-46 (Larkins), 3-64 (Gower), 4-67 (Willey), 5-88 (Gooch), 6-92 (Brearley), 7-178 (Taylor), 8-179 (Underwood), 9-268 (Lever), 10-273 (Willis)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 DK Lillee 33 6 78 5 2.36
 G Dymock 11 2 30 0 2.72
 AA Mallett 14 1 45 1 3.21
 LS Pascoe 29.5 3 80 4 2.68
 AR Border 4 0 16 0 4.00

Australia 2nd innings (target: 103 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker lbw b Botham 2 49 34 0 0 5.88
BM Laird c Boycott b Underwood 25 96 95 1 0 26.31
IM Chappell not out 26 99 62 0 0 41.93
captain GS Chappell not out 40 52 43 6 0 93.02
    Extras (lb 8, nb 2) 10
    Total (2 wickets; 38.4 overs) 103 (2.66 runs per over)

Did not bat KJ Hughes, AR Border, wicketkeeperRW Marsh, DK Lillee, G Dymock, AA Mallett, LS Pascoe

Fall of wickets1-20 (McCosker), 2-42 (Laird)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 JK Lever 7.4 3 18 0 2.34
 IT Botham 12 5 18 1 1.50
 RGD Willis 5 3 8 0 1.60
 DL Underwood 14 2 49 1 3.50

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 3-match series 3-0

Test debut W Larkins (England)
Player of the match DK Lillee (Australia)
Player of the series DK Lillee (Australia)

Umpires RC Bailhache and PM Cronin

Close of play
1 Feb day 1 - England 1st innings 231/6 (JM Brearley 19*, RW Taylor 21*)
2 Feb day 2 - Australia 1st innings 155/1 (BM Laird 63*, IM Chappell 53*)
3 Feb day 3 - Australia 1st innings 399/5 (GS Chappell 99*, RW Marsh 13*)
4 Feb rest day
5 Feb day 4 - England 2nd innings 157/6 (IT Botham 30*, RW Taylor 28*)
6 Feb day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 103/2 (38.4 ov) - end of match

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