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Australia v West Indies

West Indies won by 80 runs

9 December 1979Melbourne

Australia

191/848 ov

West Indieswon by 80 runs

271/248 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

West Indies innings

271/248 ov

West Indies batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	caught	11	20	35	1	0	55.0
Desmond Haynes	caught	80	122	181	5	0	65.6
Viv Richards	not out	153*	130	173	16	1	117.7
Alvin Kallicharran	not out	16*	17	26	2	0	94.1
Extras	b 1, lb 10	11
Total	2 wickets, 48 overs	271

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-28 Gordon Greenidge2-233 Desmond Haynes

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

Australia innings chasing 272

191/848 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	bowled	7	15	28	1	0	46.7
Julien Wiener	caught	27	64	67	2	0	42.2
Allan Border	run out	44	58	90	2	0	75.9
Greg Chappell	caught	31	21	25	3	0	147.6
Kim Hughes	bowled	12	16	13	1	0	75.0
David Hookes	caught	9	27	33	0	0	33.3
Rod Marsh	caught	13	11	13	0	1	118.2
Ray Bright	not out	19*	43	51	1	0	44.2
Dennis Lillee	bowled	19	24	28	0	0	79.2
Rodney Hogg	not out	3*	9	10	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 1, lb 6	7
Total	8 wickets, 48 overs	191

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280

1-16 Bruce Laird2-54 Julien Wiener3-102 Greg Chappell4-119 Kim Hughes5-128 Allan Border6-147 Rod Marsh7-151 David Hookes8-185 Dennis Lillee

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Andy Roberts	8	1	33	2	4.13
Michael Holding	10	2	29	2	2.90
Joel Garner	10	1	26	0	2.60
Collis King	10	0	40	2	4.00
Derick Parry	10	0	56	1	5.60

ODIs in December 1979

6 matches

ODIScorecardAustralia207/950England209/749England won by 3 wicketsMelbourne, 8 December ODIScorecardWest Indies271/248Australia191/848West Indies won by 80 runsMelbourne, 9 December ODIScorecardEngland264/749Australia19247.2England won by 72 runsSydney, 11 December ODIScorecardAustralia176/650West Indies16942.5Australia won by 7 runsSydney, 21 December ODIScorecardEngland217/850West Indies218/146.5West Indies won by 9 wicketsBrisbane, 23 December ODIScorecardAustralia194/647England195/645.1England won by 4 wicketsSydney, 26 December

Match facts

Format: ODI No. 78
Dates: 9 December 1979
Ground: Melbourne
Result: West Indies won by 80 runs
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1979-12-09-australia-v-west-indies/scorecard200

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  "coverage": "scorecard",
  "balls_per_over": 6,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "west-indies", "runs": 271,
    "batting": [{"player": "Viv Richards", "dismissal": "not out",
      "runs": 153, "balls": 130, "minutes": 173, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Dennis Lillee", "overs": "10", "wickets": 1, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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