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244 & 337 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlENG
228 & 215 ENG flag
Overs: 141.5 RR: 2.38 vs spin: 3.36
vs seam: 2.16
 Overs: 90.2 RR: 2.38 vs spin: 1.79
vs seam: 2.69
Fri 14/12/79 Australia v England, 1st Test, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 138 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 244 (100.0; RR: 2.44)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Wiener run out 11 34 0 0 32.35
BM Laird lbw b Botham 0 4 0 0 0.00
AR Border lbw b Botham 4 24 0 0 16.67
GS Chappell c Boycott b Botham 19 77 2 0 24.68
KJ Hughes c Brearley b Underwood 99 195 10 0 50.77
PM Toohey c Underwood b Dilley 19 35 3 0 54.29
RW Marsh c Taylor b Dilley 42 112 3 1 37.50
RJ Bright c Taylor b Botham 17 46 2 0 36.96
DK Lillee c Taylor b Botham 18 39 1 0 46.15
G Dymock b Botham 5 35 0 0 14.29
JR Thomson not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 244 all out (100.0 overs; RR: 2.44)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (BM Laird 0.0 ov), 17-2 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 20-3 (JM Wiener 0.0 ov), 88-4 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 127-5 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 186-6 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 219-7 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 219-8 (RJ Bright 0.0 ov), 243-9 (G Dymock 0.0 ov), 244-10 (DK Lillee 100.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GR Dilley 18.0 1 47 2 2.61 0 0
IT Botham 35.0 9 78 6 2.23 0 0
RGD Willis 23.0 7 47 0 2.04 0 0
DL Underwood 13.0 4 33 1 2.54 0 0
G Miller 11.0 2 30 0 2.73 0 0

England - 1st Inns 228 (91.1; RR: 2.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DW Randall c Hughes b Lillee 0 3 0 0 0.00
G Boycott lbw b Lillee 0 20 0 0 0.00
P Willey c Chappell b Dymock 9 18 1 0 50.00
DI Gower c Marsh b Lillee 17 26 2 0 65.38
G Miller c Hughes b Thomson 25 53 2 0 47.17
JM Brearley c Marsh b Lillee 64 184 6 0 34.78
IT Botham c Toohey b Thomson 15 16 2 0 93.75
RW Taylor b Chappell 14 44 2 0 31.82
GR Dilley not out 38 157 4 0 24.20
DL Underwood lbw b Dymock 13 24 1 0 54.17
RGD Willis b Dymock 11 19 1 0 57.89
Extras (0b, 7lb, 0w, 15nb) 22  
TOTAL 228 all out (91.1 overs; RR: 2.50)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 12-2 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 14-3 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 41-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 74-5 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 90-6 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 123-7 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 185-8 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 203-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 228-10 (RGD Willis 91.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 28.0 11 73 4 2.61 0 0
G Dymock 29.1 14 52 3 1.79 0 0
GS Chappell 11.0 6 5 1 0.45 0 0
JR Thomson 21.0 3 70 2 3.33 0 0
RJ Bright 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 337 (141.5; RR: 2.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JM Wiener c Randall b Underwood 58 105 6 1 55.24
BM Laird c Taylor b Underwood 33 115 3 0 28.70
AR Border c Taylor b Willis 115 296 13 0 38.85
GS Chappell st Taylor b Underwood 43 95 4 0 45.26
KJ Hughes c Miller b Botham 4 13 0 0 30.77
PM Toohey c Taylor b Botham 3 15 0 0 20.00
RW Marsh c Gower b Botham 4 19 0 0 21.05
RJ Bright lbw b Botham 12 32 1 0 37.50
DK Lillee c Willey b Dilley 19 105 1 0 18.10
G Dymock not out 20 39 2 0 51.28
JR Thomson b Botham 8 25 1 0 32.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 2w, 7nb) 18  
TOTAL 337 all out (141.5 overs; RR: 2.38)

Fall of wickets

91-1 (JM Wiener 0.0 ov), 100-2 (BM Laird 0.0 ov), 168-3 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 183-4 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 191-5 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 204-6 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 225-7 (RJ Bright 0.0 ov), 303-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov), 323-9 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 337-10 (JR Thomson 141.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 45.5 14 98 5 2.18 0 0
GR Dilley 18.0 3 50 1 2.78 0 0
RGD Willis 26.0 7 52 1 2.00 0 0
G Miller 10.0 0 36 0 3.60 0 0
DL Underwood 41.0 14 82 3 2.00 0 0
P Willey 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 215 (90.2; RR: 2.38)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DW Randall lbw b Dymock 1 9 0 0 11.11
G Boycott not out 99 285 8 0 34.74
P Willey lbw b Dymock 12 18 1 0 66.67
DI Gower c Thomson b Dymock 23 42 3 0 54.76
G Miller c Chappell b Thomson 8 19 1 0 42.11
IT Botham c Marsh b Lillee 18 44 1 0 40.91
JM Brearley c Marsh b Bright 11 24 1 0 45.83
RW Taylor b Lillee 15 44 2 0 34.09
GR Dilley c Marsh b Dymock 16 61 1 0 26.23
DL Underwood c Wiener b Dymock 0 3 0 0 0.00
RGD Willis c Chappell b Dymock 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 8nb) 12  
TOTAL 215 all out (90.2 overs; RR: 2.38)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (DW Randall 0.0 ov), 26-2 (P Willey 0.0 ov), 64-3 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 75-4 (G Miller 0.0 ov), 115-5 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 141-6 (JM Brearley 0.0 ov), 182-7 (RW Taylor 0.0 ov), 211-8 (GR Dilley 0.0 ov), 211-9 (DL Underwood 0.0 ov), 215-10 (RGD Willis 90.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 23.0 5 74 2 3.22 0 0
G Dymock 17.2 4 34 6 2.00 0 0
GS Chappell 6.0 4 6 0 1.00 0 0
JR Thomson 11.0 3 30 1 2.73 0 0
RJ Bright 23.0 11 30 1 1.30 0 0
JM Wiener 8.0 3 22 0 2.75 0 0
AR Border 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Perth, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 14, 1979

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

3:00am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

Umpires

MG O'Connell, DG Weser

Australia Team

Playing XI

RW Marsh, GS Chappell, DK Lillee, JR Thomson, G Dymock, RJ Bright, KJ Hughes, PM Toohey, AR Border, BM Laird, JM Wiener

England Team

Playing XI

G Boycott, DL Underwood, RGD Willis, RW Taylor, JM Brearley, P Willey, G Miller, DW Randall, IT Botham, DI Gower, GR Dilley