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England in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test

Australia v England

Australia won by 6 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch b Lillee 18 87 72 0 0 25.00
G Boycott b Dymock 8 15 12 1 0 66.66
DW Randall c GS Chappell b Lillee 0 9 10 0 0 0.00
P Willey c Wiener b Dymock 8 32 24 1 0 33.33
JM Brearley* c Pascoe b Dymock 7 64 45 0 0 15.55
DI Gower b GS Chappell 3 3 3 0 0 100.00
IT Botham c GS Chappell b Pascoe 27 27 22 1 1 122.72
RW Taylor† c †Marsh b Lillee 10 30 20 0 0 50.00
GR Dilley not out 22 52 45 2 0 48.88
RGD Willis c Wiener b Dymock 3 6 8 0 0 37.50
DL Underwood c Border b Lillee 12 19 11 1 0 109.09
Extras (nb 5) 5
Total (all out; 44.3 overs) 123 (2.76 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-10 (Boycott), 2-13 (Randall), 3-31 (Willey), 4-38 (Gooch), 5-41 (Gower), 6-74 (Botham), 7-75 (Brearley), 8-90 (Taylor), 9-98 (Willis), 10-123 (Underwood)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 13.3 4 40 4 2.96
G Dymock 17 6 42 4 2.47
LS Pascoe 9 4 14 1 1.55
GS Chappell 4 1 19 1 4.75
JD Higgs 1 0 3 0 3.00
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB McCosker c Gower b Willis 1 22 16 0 0 6.25
JM Wiener run out 22 66 50 2 0 44.00
IM Chappell c Brearley b Gooch 42 105 84 3 0 50.00
GS Chappell* c †Taylor b Underwood 3 35 27 0 0 11.11
KJ Hughes c †Taylor b Botham 18 44 40 1 0 45.00
AR Border c Gooch b Botham 15 79 60 0 0 25.00
RW Marsh† c Underwood b Gooch 7 21 20 0 0 35.00
DK Lillee c Brearley b Botham 5 17 18 0 0 27.77
G Dymock c †Taylor b Botham 4 7 6 1 0 66.66
LS Pascoe not out 10 29 15 2 0 66.66
JD Higgs b Underwood 2 20 14 0 0 14.28
Extras (b 2, lb 12, w 2) 16
Total (all out; 58.2 overs) 145 (2.48 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-18 (McCosker), 2-52 (Wiener), 3-71 (GS Chappell), 4-92 (IM Chappell), 5-100 (Hughes), 6-114 (Marsh), 7-121 (Lillee), 8-129 (Dymock), 9-132 (Border), 10-145 (Higgs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
IT Botham 17 7 29 4 1.70
RGD Willis 11 3 30 1 2.72
DL Underwood 13.2 3 39 2 2.92
GR Dilley 5 1 13 0 2.60
P Willey 1 0 2 0 2.00
GA Gooch 11 4 16 2 1.45
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GA Gooch c GS Chappell b Dymock 4 7 8 1 0 50.00
G Boycott c McCosker b Pascoe 18 59 42 1 0 42.85
P Willey b Pascoe 3 32 28 0 0 10.71
JM Brearley* c †Marsh b Pascoe 19 116 85 0 0 22.35
DL Underwood c Border b Dymock 43 135 111 1 0 38.73
DW Randall c †Marsh b GS Chappell 25 103 71 1 0 35.21
DI Gower not out 98 184 141 13 0 69.50
IT Botham c Wiener b GS Chappell 0 20 20 0 0 0.00
RW Taylor† b Lillee 8 57 52 0 0 15.38
GR Dilley b Dymock 4 13 12 1 0 33.33
RGD Willis c GS Chappell b Lillee 1 20 12 0 0 8.33
Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 1, nb 2) 14
Total (all out; 96.3 overs) 237 (2.45 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-6 (Gooch), 2-21 (Willey), 3-29 (Boycott), 4-77 (Brearley), 5-105 (Underwood), 6-156 (Randall), 7-174 (Botham), 8-211 (Taylor), 9-218 (Dilley), 10-237 (Willis)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DK Lillee 24.3 6 63 2 2.57
G Dymock 28 8 48 3 1.71
LS Pascoe 23 3 76 3 3.30
GS Chappell 21 10 36 2 1.71
Australia 2nd innings (target: 216 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JM Wiener b Underwood 13 55 48 1 0 27.08
RB McCosker c †Taylor b Underwood 41 174 134 2 0 30.59
IM Chappell c Botham b Underwood 9 30 24 0 0 37.50
GS Chappell* not out 98 236 202 10 0 48.51
KJ Hughes c Dilley b Willis 47 137 97 4 0 48.45
AR Border not out 2 10 8 0 0 25.00
Extras (lb 8, w 1) 9
Total (4 wickets; 85.3 overs) 219 (2.56 runs per over)
Did not bat RW Marsh†, DK Lillee, G Dymock, LS Pascoe, JD Higgs
Fall of wickets 1-31 (Wiener), 2-51 (IM Chappell), 3-98 (McCosker), 4-203 (Hughes)
Bowling O M R W Econ
IT Botham 23.3 12 43 0 1.82
RGD Willis 12 2 26 1 2.16
DL Underwood 26 6 71 3 2.73
GR Dilley 12 0 33 0 2.75
P Willey 4 0 17 0 4.25
GA Gooch 8 2 20 0 2.50
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to field
Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Player of the match GS Chappell (Australia)
Umpires RC Bailhache and WJ Copeland
Close of play
Fri, 4 Jan - day 1 - England 1st innings 90/7 (RW Taylor 10*, GR Dilley 5*)
Sat, 5 Jan - day 2 - England 2nd innings 38/3 (JM Brearley 3*, DL Underwood 8*)
Sun, 6 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 25/0 (JM Wiener 8*, RB McCosker 14*)
Mon, 7 Jan - rest day
Tue, 8 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 219/4 (85.3 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
Australia v England at Melbourne - Feb 1-6, 1980
Australia won by 8 wickets
Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 4-8, 1980
Australia won by 6 wickets
Australia v England at Perth - Dec 14-19, 1979
Australia won by 138 runs
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Photos

Jan 8, 1980

Captains Mike Brearley and Greg Chappell have beer together, Australia v England, second Test, Sydney, 8 January 1980

Mike Brearley and Greg Chappell

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