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Tue, 27 Nov 1979 - 00:00 – 1st • Sydney Cricket Ground
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
Australia
193/10 (47.00)
West Indies
196/5 (47.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
West Indies innigs
196/5 (47.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Gordon Greenidge
b Lillee
5
19
17
0
0
26.31
In 1979
Career
Desmond Haynes
b Border
29
51
100
2
0
56.86
In 1979
Career
Viv Richards
lbw b Lillee
9
8
8
1
0
112.50
In 1979
Career
Alvin Kallicharran
c & b Border
49
94
83
4
0
52.12
In 1979
Career
Clive Lloyd (c)
c †Marsh b Border
16
24
27
0
0
66.66
In 1979
Career
Collis King
b Pascoe
29
32
43
2
0
90.62
In 1979
Career
Deryck Murray (WK)
b Pascoe
27
52
54
1
0
51.92
In 1979
Career
Andy Roberts
b Pascoe
16
16
29
1
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Joel Garner
run out
5
4
6
0
0
125.00
In 1979
Career
Michael Holding
c McCosker b Pascoe
2
2
2
0
0
100.00
In 1979
Career
Colin Croft
not out
0
0
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 3)
6
Total
193 49.3 Ov (RR: 3.89)
3667
5738
0
209
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
6.00
2
10
2
1.66
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Len Pascoe
9.30
1
29
4
3.05
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ray Bright
5.00
0
26
0
5.20
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
10.00
0
49
0
4.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
10.00
0
36
3
3.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell
9.00
0
37
0
4.11
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
193/10 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bruce Laird
b Croft
20
38
53
2
0
52.63
In 1979
Career
Rick McCosker
lbw b Holding
1
7
5
0
0
14.28
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
c †Murray b Croft
17
59
61
0
0
28.81
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
not out
74
100
149
6
0
74.00
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
b Richards
52
60
67
3
1
86.66
In 1979
Career
David Hookes
b Richards
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
not out
18
22
38
0
0
81.81
In 1979
Career
Extras
(lb 14)
14
Total
196/5 47.1 Ov (RR: 4.15)
3724
5472
0
209
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Andy Roberts
9.00
1
35
0
3.88
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Michael Holding
8.10
2
28
1
3.42
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Colin Croft
10.00
0
30
2
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Joel Garner
10.00
2
42
0
4.20
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Viv Richards
10.00
0
47
2
4.70
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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