- ODI no. 44 | 1977 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 6 June 1977 (55-over match)
| England innings (55 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JM Brearley* | st †Robinson b O'Keeffe | 78 | 128 | 113 | 11 | 0 | 69.02 | |
| DL Amiss | b Pascoe | 108 | 183 | 146 | 7 | 0 | 73.97 | |
| DW Randall | c & b Bright | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| GD Barlow | run out | 2 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| AW Greig | c †Robinson b Thomson | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| APE Knott† | c †Robinson b Pascoe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| G Miller | c †Robinson b Pascoe | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| CM Old | c Thomson b Chappell | 20 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| JK Lever | b Thomson | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| DL Underwood | c Pascoe b Dymock | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2, nb 6) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 54.2 overs) | 242 | (4.45 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-161 (Brearley), 2-168 (Randall), 3-179 (Barlow), 4-196 (Greig), 5-203 (Knott), 6-207 (Miller), 7-217 (Amiss), 8-227 (Lever), 9-241 (Underwood), 10-242 (Old) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JR Thomson | 11 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 4.63 | |||
| G Dymock | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3.90 | |||
| LS Pascoe | 11 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 4.00 | |||
| KJ O'Keeffe | 11 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 3.90 | |||
| RJ Bright | 11 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 5.09 | |||
| GS Chappell | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Australia innings (target: 243 runs from 55 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | lbw b Old | 11 | 41 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 30.55 | |
| RD Robinson† | c Brearley b Willis | 70 | 160 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 63.06 | |
| GS Chappell* | not out | 125 | 181 | 137 | 11 | 0 | 91.24 | |
| KJ Hughes | lbw b Willis | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| KD Walters | c Brearley b Underwood | 12 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| DW Hookes | b Lever | 3 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| RJ Bright | c Randall b Old | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KJ O'Keeffe | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JR Thomson | run out | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| G Dymock | not out | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 14, w 1, nb 1) | 17 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 53.2 overs) | 246 | (4.61 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat LS Pascoe |
| Fall of wickets 1-33 (McCosker), 2-181 (Robinson), 3-186 (Hughes), 4-209 (Walters), 5-225 (Hookes), 6-228 (Bright), 7-228 (O'Keeffe), 8-237 (Thomson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 11 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 4.45 | |||
| JK Lever | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4.30 | |||
| CM Old | 10.2 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5.41 | |||
| DL Underwood | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1.90 | |||
| G Miller | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | |||
| AW Greig | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to field Series England won the 3-match series 2-1 |
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ODI debut
G Miller
(England) Player of the match GS Chappell (Australia) Players of the series DL Amiss (England) and GS Chappell (Australia) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and KE Palmer |
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