f32945 t872	Australia v England
	England in Australia and India 1979/80 (3rd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th February 1980 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, PM Cronin
Close of play day 1	England (1) 231/6 (Brearley 19*, Taylor 21*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 155/1 (Laird 63*, IM Chappell 53*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 399/5 (GS Chappell 99*, Marsh 13*)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 157/6 (Botham 30*, Taylor 28*)
Player of the Match	DK Lillee

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	run out	99	193	238	10	-
G Boycott	c Mallett b Dymock	44	124	147	2	-
W Larkins	c GS Chappell b Pascoe	25	62	79	2	-
DI Gower	lbw b Lillee	0	18	19	-	-
P Willey	lbw b Pascoe	1	9	16	-	-
IT Botham	c Marsh b Lillee	8	21	29	1	-
*JM Brearley	not out	60	186	233	2	-
+RW Taylor	b Lillee	23	75	85	1	-
DL Underwood	c IM Chappell b Lillee	3	18	14	-	-
JK Lever	b Lillee	22	68	90	1	-
RGD Willis	c GS Chappell b Lillee	4	10	13	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 14 nb)	17
Total	(all out, 489 minutes, 128.1 overs)	306
Fall of wickets:
1-116 (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, 128.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	33.1	9	60	6	-	-
Dymock	28	6	54	1	-	-
Mallett	35	9	104	0	-	-
Pascoe	32	7	71	2	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	c Botham b Underwood	33	73	88	2	-
BM Laird	c Gower b Underwood	74	216	259	7	-
IM Chappell	c and b Underwood	75	151	194	6	-
KJ Hughes	c Underwood b Botham	15	49	68	2	-
AR Border	c and b Lever	63	153	208	6	-
*GS Chappell	c Larkins b Lever	114	212	288	14	-
+RW Marsh	c Botham b Lever	17	75	92	2	-
DK Lillee	c Willey b Lever	8	29	55	1	-
G Dymock	b Botham	19	74	91	-	-
AA Mallett	lbw b Botham	25	54	74	4	-
LS Pascoe	not out	1	4	8	-	-
Extras	(13 b, 12 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	33
Total	(all out, 719 minutes, 179.5 overs)	477
Fall of wickets:
1-52 (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, 179.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	53	15	111	4	-	-
Botham	39.5	15	105	3	-	-
Willis	21	4	61	0	-	-
Underwood	53	19	131	3	-	-
Willey	13	2	36	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	b Mallett	51	113	126	6	-
G Boycott	b Lillee	7	35	37	-	-
W Larkins	lbw b Pascoe	3	14	24	-	-
DI Gower	b Lillee	11	15	19	1	-
P Willey	c Marsh b Lillee	2	5	7	-	-
*JM Brearley	c Border b Pascoe	10	31	40	1	-
IT Botham	not out	119	213	224	15	-
+RW Taylor	c Border b Lillee	32	62	90	3	-
DL Underwood	b Pascoe	0	3	3	-	-
JK Lever	c Marsh b Lillee	12	65	105	1	-
RGD Willis	c GS Chappell b Pascoe	2	8	11	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 12 lb, 10 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 352 minutes, 91.5 overs)	273
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (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, 91.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	33	6	78	5	-	-
Dymock	11	2	30	0	-	-
Pascoe	29.5	3	80	4	-	-
Mallett	14	1	45	1	-	-
Border	4	0	16	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	lbw b Botham	2	34	49	-	-
BM Laird	c Boycott b Underwood	25	95	96	1	-
IM Chappell	not out	26	62	99	-	-
*GS Chappell	not out	40	43	52	6	-
KJ Hughes	did not bat
AR Border	did not bat
+RW Marsh	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
G Dymock	did not bat
AA Mallett	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(2 wickets, 150 minutes, 38.4 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (McCosker), 2-42 (Laird)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	5	3	8	0	-	-
Botham	12	5	18	1	-	-
Underwood	14	2	49	1	-	-
Lever	7.4	3	18	0	-	-

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Notes
--> W Larkins made his debut in Test matches
--> RB McCosker made his last appearance in Test matches
--> IM Chappell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GA Gooch (1) 50 in 99 balls, 118 minutes
--> GA Gooch (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in Test matches
--> GA Gooch (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> JM Brearley (1) 50 in 162 balls, 206 minutes
--> BM Laird (1) 50 in 148 balls, 193 minutes
--> IM Chappell (1) 50 in 102 balls, 126 minutes
--> AR Border (1) 50 in 125 balls, 161 minutes
--> GS Chappell (1) 50 in 109 balls, 139 minutes
--> GS Chappell (1) 100 in 182 balls, 254 minutes
--> GS Chappell (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 88
--> GA Gooch (2) 50 in 108 balls, 128 minutes with 6 fours
--> IT Botham (2) 50 in 97 balls, 112 minutes
--> IT Botham (2) 100 in 188 balls, 199 minutes
--> IT Botham (2) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> RW Taylor (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> W Larkins made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> DK Lillee reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed JK Lever, his 5th wicket in the England first innings
--> LS Pascoe equalled his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England second innings

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