West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 1979-80 season

The tour of the West Indies cricket team to Australia in the 1979/80 season took place from December 1, 1979 to January 30, 1980. The international cricket tour was part of the 1979/80 international cricket season and included three tests . The West Indies won the Test Series 2-0.

prehistory

Both teams played alongside England in a three-nation tournament . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1977/78 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	3rd test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2nd test

Squad lists

test
Australia	West Indies
Allan Border Ray Bright Greg Chappell Ian Chappell Geoff Dymock Jim Higgs Rodney Hogg David Hookes Merv Hughes Bruce Laird Dennis Lillee Ashley Mallett Geoff Marsh Rick McCosker Len Pascoe Jeff Thomson Peter Toohey Julien Wiener	Colin Croft Joel Garner Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Michael Holding Alvin Kallicharran Collis King Clive Lloyd Junior Murray Viv Richards Andy Roberts Lawrence Rowe

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 1-5 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 268 (86.1) & 448-6d (166)	-	West Indies 441 (132.1) & 40-3 (14)
		draw

Second test in Melbourne

December 29th - January 1st scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 156 (56.3) & 259 (86.4)	-	West Indies 397 (112.4) & 22-0 (7.2)
		West Indies wins with 10 wickets

Third test in Adelaide

January 26th - 30th scorecard	Adelaide	West Indies 328 (91.3) & 448 (126.5)	-	Australia 203 (73.5) & 165 (50)
		West Indies wins with 408 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo