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Australia vs West Indies Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 9 December, 1979, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Series Cup | December 9, 1979, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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West Indies
West Indies

*271/2 (48.0 ov)

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Australia

*191/8 (48.0 ov)

Australia

West Indies won by 80 runs

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Player of the Match

Sir Viv Richards - West Indies

West Indies Inning Inning

271/2 (48.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Gordon Greenidge
c †Marsh b Lillee
11 20 1 0 55.00
Desmond Haynes
c †Marsh b Thomson
80 122 5 0 65.57
153 130 16 1 117.69
16 17 2 0 94.12
EXTRAS ( b 1, lb 10, w 0, nb 0, p 0) 11
TOTAL (5.65 RUNS PER OVER) 271/2 (48.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

28-1 (Gordon Greenidge, 0 ov), 233-2 (Desmond Haynes, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Lawrence Rowe, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Derick Parry, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Dennis Lillee 10 1 48 1 0 0 0 4.80
Rodney Hogg 10 1 50 0 0 0 0 5.00
Greg Chappell 4 0 24 0 0 0 0 6.00
Jeff Thomson 8 0 43 1 0 0 0 5.38
Ray Bright 6 0 29 0 0 0 0 4.83
David Hookes 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 10.00
Allan Border 7 0 40 0 0 0 0 5.71
Julien Wiener 2 0 16 0 0 0 0 8.00

Australia (target runs off 48.0 overs) Inning Inning

191/8 (48.0 ov)
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Match Information

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DATE & TIME

Sunday, December 09, 1979 - 07:30 PM

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TOSS

Toss Australia won the toss and elected to field

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VENUE

Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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