English national cricket team in Australia in the 1979/80 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Australia in the 1979/80 season took place from November 21, 1979 to February 6, 1980. The international cricket tour was part of the 1979/80 international cricket season and included three tests . Australia won the series 3–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in India , for England it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1978/79 season in Australia .

Stages

Perth (WACA) Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	1st test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

test
Australia	England
Allan Border Ray Bright Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Geoff Dymock Jim Higgs Merv Hughes Bruce Laird Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Rick McCosker Len Pascoe Jeff Thomson Peter Toohey Julien Wiener	Ian Botham Geoff Boycott Mike Brearley Graham Dilley Graham Gooch David Gower Wayne Larkins John Lever Geoff Miller Derek Randall Paul Taylor Derek Underwood Peter Willey Bob Willis

Tour matches

November 12-14 Scorecard	Brisbane	England XI 176 (60.5) & 226-5d (90)	-	Queensland 219-9d (82) & 97-1 (27.1)
		draw

December 28th - 31st scorecard	Brisbane	England XI 324 (103.4) & 274-8d (70)	-	Queensland 237 (76) & 223 (86.2)
		England XI wins with 138 runs

Testing

First test in Perth

December 14-19 Scorecard	Perth	Australia 244 (100) & 337 (141.5)	-	England 228 (91.1) & 215 (90.2)
		Australia wins with 138 runs

Second test in Sydney

January 4-8 Scorecard	Sydney	England 123 (44.3) & 237 (96.3)	-	Australia 145 (58.2) & 219-4 (85.3)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Third test in Melbourne

February 1-6 scorecard	Melbourne	England 306 (128.1) & 273 (91.5)	-	Australia 477 (179.5) & 103-2 (38.4)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo