West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1979–80

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Frank Worrell Trophy 1979-80
DateNovember 1979 –January 1980
LocationAustralia Australia
ResultWest Indies won the 3-test series 2-0
Teams
 Australia  West Indies
Captains
Australia Greg Chappell Cricket West Indies Deryck Murray (First test)
Clive Lloyd (Second and Third test)
Most runs
Bruce Laird (340 at 56.67)
Greg Chappell (270 at 45.00)
Kim Hughes (252 at 50.04)		 Viv Richards (396 at 96.50)
Alvin Kallicharran (202 at 50.40)
Gordon Greenidge (173 at 34.60)
Most wickets
Dennis Lillee (12)
Geoff Dymock (11)		 Colin Croft (16)
Joel Garner (14)
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The West Indies cricket team toured Australia from November 1979 to January 1980 and played a three-match Test series against the Australia national cricket team. The West Indies won the Test series 2–0, retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy.

The series was notable for several major events in cricket history. This was the first time that West Indies played their original "fearsome foursome" of fast bowlers, consisting of Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft, in an official Test match. It was also notable for Viv Richards' dominant batting display of 396 runs in 4 innings at an average of 96.50, with a lowest score of 74. His overall aggregate in that tour in international matches was of 881 runs at astonishing batting average of 97.88. Viv Richards' performance was rated by Australian media as one of the finest ever in Australia.[1][2] The performance of Viv Richards was even more remarkable considering that he was suffering from a groin, leg and back injury thorought the tour. Wisden[3] described Viv's batting as

Very few individuals have so dominated a season as Viv Richards did this one against quality bowling line up. He gathered his runs with the command and range of strokes of the truly great batsmen, scoring freely against bowling of every type. That he has suffering at the time from groin and back trouble so acute that he was often forced to limp painfully emphasised the extraordinary nature of his performance

Wisden on Viv's batting[4]

West Indies won their first Test series on Australian soil. It also marked the beginning of West Indies' dominance in world cricket, as they remained unbeaten for the next 15 years (1980-1995) until eventually losing to Mark Taylor's Australia in 1995.[5][6]

The scheduling of the Test matches was unusual, in that Australia alternated between playing Tests against West Indies and against England. This format was not repeated in subsequent years when two teams toured Australia in the same season.

In addition to the Test series, the teams played in a triangular Limited Overs International (LOI) tournament which also involved the England team. West Indies won this tournament, defeating England in the final.[7]

Squads[]

Tests
 Australia  West Indies

Tour Matches[]

16–18 November 1979
(3-day match)
Scorecard
South Australia
v
 West Indians
202 (42.3 overs)
Rick Darling 88
Michael Holding 4/27 (14 overs)
397 (109.3 overs)
Deryck Murray 103
Rodney Hogg 6/95 (27 overs)
233 (71.3 overs)
David Hookes 67
Andy Roberts 4/25 (10.3 overs)
42/1 (10.4 overs)
Desmond Haynes 18*
Jeff Hammond 1/14 (3 overs)
West Indians won by 9 wicket
Adelaide Oval
Umpires: Max O'Connell (Aus) and Tony Crafter (Aus)
  • West Indians won the toss and elected to bowl.
23–25 November 1979
(3-day match)
Scorecard
 West Indians
v
374/10 (147 overs)
Vivian Richards 127
Phillip Blizzard 3/65 (16 overs)
144/10 (57.3 overs)
Robert Knight 33
Colin Croft 5/49 (19.3 overs)
202/4 (59 overs)
Larry Gomes 64
Phillip Blizzard 2/32 (11 overs)
172/10 (50.2 overs)
Robert Knight 57
Joel Garner 4/59 (14 overs)
West Indians won by 260 runs
Devonport Oval
Umpires: (Aus)
  • Tasmania Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bowl first
5–7 January 1980
(4-day match)
Scorecard
 West Indians
v
169/10 (55.2 overs)
Derick Parry 32
Terry Alderman 5/47 (18 overs)
6/396 (dec) (88 overs)
Robbie Langer 137
Malcolm Marshall 3/66 (18 overs)
10/313 (84 overs)
Collis King 92
Terry Alderman 3/86 (24 overs)
87/2 (26 overs)
Greg Shipperd
Malcolm Marshall 1/21 (9 overs)
Western Australia won by 8 wickets
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
Umpires: James D'Arcy-Evans (Aus) and Donald Weser (Aus)
  • Western Australia won the toss and elected to field first

Test series[]

First Test[]

1–5 December 1979
(5-day match)
Scorecard
Australia 
v
 West Indies
268 (86.1 overs)
BM Laird 92 (185)
J Garner 4/55 (22 overs)
441 (132.1 overs)
IVA Richards 140 (259)
DK Lillee 4/104 (29.1 overs)
448/6d (166 overs)
KJ Hughes 130* (244)
J Garner 2/75 (41 overs)
40/3 (14 overs)
AI Kallicharran 10* (32)
RM Hogg 2/11 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: RC Bailhache and AR Crafter
Player of the match: IVA Richards (WIN)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • BM Laird (AUS) made his Test debut.

Second Test[]

29 December 1979–1 January 1980
(5-day match)
Scorecard
Australia 
v
 West Indies
156 (56.3 overs)
JM Wiener 40 (90)
MA Holding 4/40 (14 overs)
397 (112.4 overs)
IVA Richards 96 (110)
G Dymock 4/106 (31 overs)
259 (86.4 overs)
KJ Hughes 70 (102)
CEH Croft 3/61 (22 overs)
22/0 (7.2 overs)
CG Greenidge 9* (21)
DL Haynes 9* (24)
West Indies won by 10 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and CE Harvey
Player of the match: IVA Richards (WIN)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Third Test[]

26–30 January 1980
(5-day match)
Scorecard
West Indies 
v
 Australia
328 (91.3 overs)
CH Lloyd 121 (156)
DK Lillee 5/78 (24 overs)
203 (73.5 overs)
AR Border 54 (154)
CEH Croft 4/57 (22 overs)
448 (126.5 overs)
AI Kallicharran 106 (176)
G Dymock 5/104 (33.5 overs)
165 (50 overs)
BM Laird 36 (68)
MA Holding 4/40 (13 overs)
West Indies won by 408 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: MW Johnson and MG O'Connell
Player of the match: CH Lloyd (WIN)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup[]

Main article: 1979–80 Australia Tri-Nation Series

The Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a tri-nation (ODI) series held in Australia from 27 November 1979 to 22 January 1980. It was held between Australia, West Indies, England. The tournament was played in Round-robin format in which England and West Indies reached the finals where West Indies won the series 2-0.

Vivian Richards scored the most runs in the tournament with 485 runs (7 innings) at an average of 97.00. His highest score came against Australia where he scored 153* at MCG,[8] While Dennis Lillee topped the bowling list with 20 wickets (8 innings) at an average of 12.70.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "The West Indians in Australia, 1979-80". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "History of Australia v West Indies Tests". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "The West Indians in Australia, 1979-80". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "The West Indians in Australia, 1979-80". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ "How Australia Overtook West Indies To Become The World's Best Test side". Wisden. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Pause, rewind, play: When Taylor's Australia broke West Indies' epic unbeaten run in Test cricket". Scroll.in. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ^ "West Indies in Australia 1979–80". cricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, 1979/80 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, 1979/80 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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