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Sun, 09 Dec 1979 - 00:00 – 4th • Melbourne Cricket Ground
West Indies won by 80 runs
Australia
271/2 (48.00)
West Indies
191/8 (48.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
West Indies innigs
191/8 (48.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Gordon Greenidge
c †Marsh b Lillee
11
20
35
1
0
55.00
In 1979
Career
Desmond Haynes
c †Marsh b Thomson
80
122
181
5
0
65.57
In 1979
Career
Viv Richards
not out
153
130
173
16
1
117.69
In 1979
Career
Alvin Kallicharran
not out
16
17
26
2
0
94.11
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 10)
11
Total
271/2 48 Ov (RR: 5.64)
5149
5491
0
456
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
10.00
1
48
1
4.80
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
10.00
1
50
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell
4.00
0
24
0
6.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Jeff Thomson
8.00
0
43
1
5.37
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ray Bright
6.00
0
29
0
4.83
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
David Hookes
1.00
0
10
0
10.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
7.00
0
40
0
5.71
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Julien Wiener
2.00
0
16
0
8.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Australia innigs
271/2 (48.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bruce Laird
b Holding
7
15
28
1
0
46.66
In 1979
Career
Julien Wiener
c & b Parry
27
64
67
2
0
42.18
In 1979
Career
Allan Border
run out
44
58
90
2
0
75.86
In 1979
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
c Richards b King
31
21
25
3
0
147.61
In 1979
Career
Kim Hughes
b Holding
12
16
13
1
0
75.00
In 1979
Career
David Hookes
c †Murray b Roberts
9
27
33
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c Rowe b Roberts
13
11
13
0
1
118.18
In 1979
Career
Ray Bright
not out
19
43
51
1
0
44.18
In 1979
Career
Dennis Lillee
b King
19
24
28
0
0
79.16
In 1979
Career
Rodney Hogg
not out
3
9
10
0
0
33.33
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 6)
7
Total
191/8 48 Ov (RR: 3.97)
3629
5472
0
190
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Andy Roberts
8.00
1
33
2
4.12
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Michael Holding
10.00
2
29
2
2.90
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Joel Garner
10.00
1
26
0
2.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Collis King
10.00
0
40
2
4.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Derick Parry
10.00
0
56
1
5.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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