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Australia v England, 1979/1980, 3rd test
Melbourne (MCG), 01/02/1980 - 06/02/1980

Toss: England
Umpires: RC Bailhache, PM Cronin
Result: Australia won by 8 wickets

England
GA Gooch              run out                                    99
G Boycott             c Mallett          b Dymock                44
W Larkins             c Chappell         b Pascoe                25
DI Gower              lbw                b Lillee                 0
P Willey              lbw                b Pascoe                 1
IT Botham             c Marsh            b Lillee                 8
*JM Brearley          not out                                    60
+RW Taylor                               b Lillee                23
DL Underwood          c Chappell         b Lillee                 3
JK Lever                                 b Lillee                22
RGD Willis            c Chappell         b Lillee                 4
Extras                b 1, lb 2, w 0, nb 14                      17
Total                 all out                                   306

Fall Of Wickets
1-116 (Boycott)               2-170 (Larkins)               
3-175 (Gooch)                 4-177 (Gower)                 
5-177 (Willey)                6-192 (Botham)                
7-238 (Taylor)                8-242 (Underwood)             
9-296 (Lever)                 10-306 (Willis)               

Bowling
Lillee              33.1    9    60     6
Dymock              28      6    54     1
Mallett             35      9   104     0
Pascoe              32      7    71     2

Australia
RB McCosker           c Botham           b Underwood             33
BM Laird              c Gower            b Underwood             74
IM Chappell                          c & b Underwood             75
KJ Hughes             c Underwood        b Botham                15
AR Border                            c & b Lever                 63
*GS Chappell          c Larkins          b Lever                114
+RW Marsh             c Botham           b Lever                 17
DK Lillee             c Willey           b Lever                  8
G Dymock                                 b Botham                19
AA Mallett            lbw                b Botham                25
LS Pascoe             not out                                     1
Extras                b 13, lb 12, w 1, nb 7                     33
Total                 all out                                   477

Fall Of Wickets
1-52 (McCosker)               2-179 (Laird)                 
3-196 (Chappell)              4-219 (Hughes)                
5-345 (Border)                6-411 (Marsh)                 
7-421 (Chappell)              8-432 (Lillee)                
9-465 (Dymock)                10-477 (Mallett)              

Bowling
Lever               53     15   111     4
Botham              39.5   15   105     3
Willis              21      4    61     0
Underwood           53     19   131     3
Willey              13      2    36     0

England
GA Gooch                                 b Mallett               51
G Boycott                                b Lillee                 7
W Larkins             lbw                b Pascoe                 3
DI Gower                                 b Lillee                11
P Willey              c Marsh            b Lillee                 2
*JM Brearley          c Border           b Pascoe                10
IT Botham             not out                                   119
+RW Taylor            c Border           b Lillee                32
DL Underwood                             b Pascoe                 0
JK Lever              c Marsh            b Lillee                12
RGD Willis            c Chappell         b Pascoe                 2
Extras                b 2, lb 12, w 0, nb 10                     24
Total                 all out                                   273

Fall Of Wickets
1-25 (Boycott)                2-46 (Larkins)                
3-64 (Gower)                  4-67 (Willey)                 
5-88 (Gooch)                  6-92 (Brearley)               
7-178 (Taylor)                8-179 (Underwood)             
9-268 (Lever)                 10-273 (Willis)               

Bowling
Lillee              33      6    78     5
Dymock              11      2    30     0
Mallett             14      1    45     1
Pascoe              29.5    3    80     4
Border               4      0    16     0

Australia
RB McCosker           lbw                b Botham                 2
BM Laird              c Boycott          b Underwood             25
IM Chappell           not out                                    26
*GS Chappell          not out                                    40
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 2                       10
Total                 for 2 wickets                             103

Fall Of Wickets
1-20 (McCosker)               2-42 (Laird)                  

Bowling
Lever                7.4    3    18     0
Botham              12      5    18     1
Willis               5      3     8     0
Underwood           14      2    49     1