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| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 26th December 1979 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 4 wickets |
| Points | Australia 0; England 2 |
| Umpires | PM Cronin, RC Isherwood |
| Player of the Match | G Boycott |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BM Laird | b Botham | 6 | 27 | 42 | - | - | 22.22 |
| JM Wiener | c Bairstow b Botham | 2 | 14 | 14 | - | - | 14.29 |
| AR Border | c Gower b Gooch | 22 | 53 | 74 | 2 | - | 41.51 |
| *GS Chappell | run out | 52 | 82 | 118 | 3 | - | 63.41 |
| KJ Hughes | b Willis | 23 | 39 | 47 | - | 1 | 58.97 |
| IM Chappell | not out | 60 | 50 | 60 | 6 | - | 120.00 |
| +RW Marsh | c Bairstow b Dilley | 10 | 13 | 26 | - | 1 | 76.92 |
| DK Lillee | not out | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | - | 50.00 |
| RM Hogg | did not bat | ||||||
| G Dymock | did not bat | ||||||
| LS Pascoe | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 10 lb, 4 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 47 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Wiener), 2-21 (Laird), 3-50 (Border), 4-109 (Hughes), 5-135 (GS Chappell), 6-179 (Marsh) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Dilley | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.20 |
| Botham | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 3.67 |
| Willis | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.80 |
| Underwood | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.60 |
| Gooch | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 48.00 | 4.75 |
| England innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GA Gooch | lbw b Hogg | 29 | 35 | 45 | 4 | - | 82.86 |
| G Boycott | not out | 86 | 134 | 206 | 6 | - | 64.18 |
| P Willey | b Pascoe | 51 | 77 | 104 | 5 | - | 66.23 |
| DI Gower | c Marsh b Hogg | 2 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 16.67 |
| DW Randall | c GS Chappell b Pascoe | 1 | 5 | 13 | - | - | 20.00 |
| IT Botham | lbw b Hogg | 6 | 10 | 9 | - | 1 | 60.00 |
| *JM Brearley | c Marsh b Hogg | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| +DL Bairstow | not out | 7 | 8 | 12 | - | - | 87.50 |
| GR Dilley | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 11 nb, 1 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 45.1 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41 (Gooch), 2-152 (Willey), 3-157 (Gower), 4-170 (Randall), 5-179 (Botham), 6-179 (Brearley) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lillee | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.70 |
| Pascoe | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.80 |
| Hogg | 10 | 0 | 46 | 4 | - | - | 15.00 | 4.60 |
| Dymock | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.80 |
| GS Chappell | 5.1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.45 |