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The Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a cricket tournament held in Australia from 27 November 1979 to 22 January 1980. It was a tri-nations series featuring Australia, England and the West Indies, with all of the matches being played as One Day Internationals (ODI). The series was part of the English and West Indian tour and was the first official tri-nations series after World Series Cricket.
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ODI The series was part of the English and West Indian tour and was the first official tri nations series after World Series Cricket Benson amp Hedges World Series CupDate27 November 1979 22 January 1980LocationAustraliaResultWon by West Indies2 0 in final seriesTeams Australia England West IndiesCaptainsGreg ChappellMike BrearleyClive LloydMost runsGreg Chappell 309 Kim Hughes 162 Geoff Boycott 425 Peter Willey 301 Vivian Richards 485 Gordon Greenidge 405 Most wicketsDennis Lillee 20 Ian Botham 12 Andy Roberts 19 1980 81 After the round robin matches which were played at four venues in Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne and Sydney England and the West Indies reached the final where the West Indies won the final series 2 0 The red ball was used and the white pads were worn for the matches in Adelaide Brisbane and Melbourne and the white ball was used and the coloured pads were worn for the matches in Sydney England and West Indies would not contest the tri series again until the 1986 87 season Contents 1 Points Table 2 Fixtures 2 1 1st Match 2 2 2nd Match 2 3 3rd Match 2 4 4th Match 2 5 5th Match 2 6 6th Match 2 7 7th Match 2 8 8th Match 2 9 9th Match 2 10 10th Match 2 11 11th Match 2 12 12th Match 3 Best of 3 finals series 3 1 1st Final 3 2 2nd Final 4 ReferencesPoints Table editTeam P W L T NR Pts NRR nbsp England 8 5 2 0 1 11 nbsp West Indies 8 3 4 0 1 7 nbsp Australia 8 3 5 0 0 6Fixtures edit1st Match edit 27 November 1979 D N ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 193 49 3 overs v nbsp Australia196 5 47 1 overs Alvin Kallicharran 49 94 Len Pascoe 4 29 9 3 overs Greg Chappell 74 100 Colin Croft 2 30 10 overs Australia won by 5 wicketsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Mick Harvey Aus and Richard Harris Aus Player of the match Greg Chappell Aus Australia won the toss and elected to field Bruce Laird Aus made his ODI debut White ball used Coloured pads worn First official D N ODI after World Series Cricket 2nd Match edit 28 November 1979 D N ScorecardEngland nbsp 211 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies196 47 overs Peter Willey 58 67 Joel Garner 3 31 10 overs Lawrence Rowe 60 89 Derek Underwood 4 44 10 overs England won by 2 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Mick Harvey Aus and Arthur Watson Aus Player of the match Peter Willey Eng West Indies won the toss and elected to field West Indies were set a revised target of 199 runs in 47 overs due to rain Graham Dilley Eng made his ODI debut White ball used Coloured pads worn Mike Brearley ordered his players including wicket keeper David Bairstow back to the boundary before the last ball was bowled 3rd Match edit 8 December 1979 ScorecardAustralia nbsp 207 9 50 overs v nbsp England209 7 49 overs Greg Chappell 92 115 Peter Willey 3 33 8 overs Geoff Boycott 68 85 Rodney Hogg 3 36 10 overs England won by 3 wicketsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires William Copeland Aus and Dick French Aus Player of the match Greg Chappell Aus England won the toss and elected to field Julien Wiener Aus made his ODI debut Red ball used White pads worn 4th Match edit 9 December 1979 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 271 2 48 overs v nbsp Australia191 8 48 overs Sir Vivian Richards 153 130 Jeff Thomson 1 43 8 overs Allan Border 44 58 Michael Holding 2 29 10 overs West Indies won by 80 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires Kevin Carmody Aus and Rex Whitehead Aus Player of the match Sir Vivian Richards WI Australia won the toss and elected to field Match was reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain Red ball used White pads worn 5th Match edit 11 December 1979 D N ScorecardEngland nbsp 264 7 49 overs v nbsp Australia192 47 2 overs Geoff Boycott 105 124 Dennis Lillee 4 56 10 overs Trevor Laughlin 74 97 Peter Willey 2 18 5 overs England won by 72 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Lyndon Stevens Aus and Jack Collins Aus Player of the match Geoff Boycott Eng England won the toss and elected to bat Match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to rain White ball used Coloured pads worn 6th Match edit 21 December 1979 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 176 6 50 overs v nbsp West Indies169 42 5 overs Ian Chappell 63 65 Sir Andy Roberts 1 28 10 overs Sir Vivian Richards 62 79 Dennis Lillee 4 28 8 5 overs Australia won by 7 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Dick French Aus and Arthur Watson Aus Player of the match Ian Chappell Aus West Indies won the toss and elected to field White ball used Coloured pads worn 7th Match edit 23 December 1979 ScorecardEngland nbsp 217 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies218 1 46 5 overs Geoff Boycott 68 114 Sir Andy Roberts 3 26 10 overs Sir Vivian Richards 85 77 Graham Gooch 1 38 3 5 overs West Indies won by 9 wicketsBrisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Umpires Mick Harvey Aus and Mel Johnson Aus Player of the match Gordon Greenidge WI West Indies won the toss and elected to field First ever One Day International in Brisbane Red ball used White pads worn 8th Match edit 26 December 1979 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 194 6 47 overs v nbsp England195 6 45 1 overs Ian Chappell 60 50 Ian Botham 2 33 9 overs Geoff Boycott 86 134 Rodney Hogg 4 46 10 overs England won by 4 wicketsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Peter Cronin Aus and Raymond Isherwood Aus Player of the match Geoff Boycott Eng Australia won the toss and elected to bat White ball used Coloured pads worn The next ODI to be played on Boxing Day would be in 1989 in Melbourne 9th Match edit 12 January 1980 ScorecardEngland nbsp v nbsp West IndiesMatch AbandonedMelbourne Cricket Ground MelbourneNo toss Match Abandoned without a ball being bowled due to heavy rain Red ball used White pads worn 10th Match edit 14 January 1980 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 163 48 4 overs v nbsp England164 8 48 5 overs Rick McCosker 41 67 Graham Stevenson 4 33 9 4 overs Graham Gooch 69 123 Dennis Lillee 4 12 10 overs England won by 2 wicketsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Raymond Isherwood Aus and Rex Whitehead Aus Player of the match Dennis Lillee Aus England won the toss and elected to field John Emburey and Graham Stevenson Eng both made their ODI debuts White ball used Coloured pads worn 11th Match edit 16 January 1980 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 246 5 50 overs v nbsp England139 42 5 overs Sir Vivian Richards 88 95 Ian Botham 2 35 10 overs Wayne Larkins 24 58 Sir Andy Roberts 5 22 10 overs West Indies won by 107 runsAdelaide Oval Adelaide Umpires Peter Cronin Aus and Gary Duperouzel Aus Player of the match Sir Andy Roberts WI England won the toss and elected to field Red ball used White pads worn 12th Match edit 18 January 1980 D N ScorecardAustralia nbsp 190 48 3 overs v nbsp West Indies181 49 1 overs Rick McCosker 95 135 Michael Holding 4 17 9 3 overs Alvin Kallicharran 66 74 Dennis Lillee 3 17 10 overs Australia won by 9 runsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Arthur Watson Aus and Kevin Carmody Aus Player of the match Rick McCosker Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Dav Whatmore Aus made his ODI debut White ball used Coloured pads worn Best of 3 finals series edit1st Final edit 20 January 1980 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 215 8 50 overs v nbsp England213 7 50 overs Gordon Greenidge 80 132 Ian Botham 3 33 10 overs Peter Willey 51 91 Sir Andy Roberts 3 30 10 overs West Indies won by 2 runsMelbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Umpires Mick Harvey Aus and Robin Bailhache Aus England won the toss and elected to field Red ball used White pads worn 2nd Final edit 22 January 1980 D N ScorecardEngland nbsp 208 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies209 2 47 3 overs Geoff Boycott 63 92 Sir Andy Roberts 2 31 10 overs Gordon Greenidge 98 155 Ian Botham 1 28 10 overs West Indies won by 8 wicketsSydney Cricket Ground Sydney Umpires Tony Crafter Aus and Max O Connell Aus Player of the match Gordon Greenidge WI England won the toss and elected to bat White ball used Coloured pads worn References edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 80 Australia Tri Nation Series amp oldid 1186077737, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
