West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1979–80
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. West Indies won their first test series on Australian Soil. It also marks the official beginning of West Indies dominance in World Cricket who remained unbeatun for next 15 years (1980-1995) till eventually losing to Mark Taylor's Australia in 1995.
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West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1979–80
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. West Indies won their first test series on Australian Soil. It also marks the official beginning of West Indies dominance in World Cricket who remained unbeatun for next 15 years (1980-1995) till eventually losing to Mark Taylor's Australia in 1995.
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November 1979 –January 1980
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notes
BM Laird made his Test debut.
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place
Australia
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Rain
The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
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report
result
Match drawn
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West Indians won by 260 runs
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West Indians won by 9 wicket
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West Indies won by 10 wickets
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West Indies won by 408 runs
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West Indies won the 3-test series 2-0
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Western Australia won by 8 wickets
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runs-team1-inns
AI Kallicharran 106
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BM Laird 92
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CH Lloyd 121
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Collis King 92
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David Hookes 67
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Derick Parry 32
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JM Wiener 40
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KJ Hughes 130*
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KJ Hughes 70
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Larry Gomes 64
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runs-team2-inns
AI Kallicharran 10*
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AR Border 54
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BM Laird 36
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CG Greenidge 9*
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DL Haynes 9*
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Deryck Murray 103
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Desmond Haynes 18*
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IVA Richards 140
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IVA Richards 96
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series
Frank Worrell Trophy 1979-80
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toss
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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Australia won the toss and elected to field.
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Tasmania Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bowl first
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West Indians won the toss and elected to bowl.
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West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
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Western Australia won the toss and elected to field first
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umpires
AR Crafter and CE Harvey
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James D'Arcy-Evans and Donald Weser
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MW Johnson and MG O'Connell
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Max O'Connell and Tony Crafter
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RC Bailhache and AR Crafter
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wickets-team1-inns
Andy Roberts 4/25
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CEH Croft 3/61
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DK Lillee 5/78
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G Dymock 5/104
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J Garner 2/75
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J Garner 4/55
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MA Holding 4/40
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Michael Holding 4/27
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Phillip Blizzard 2/32
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Phillip Blizzard 3/65
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wickets-team2-inns
CEH Croft 4/57
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Colin Croft 5/49
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DK Lillee 4/104
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G Dymock 4/106
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Jeff Hammond 1/14
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Joel Garner 4/59
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MA Holding 4/40
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Malcolm Marshall 1/21
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Malcolm Marshall 3/66
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RM Hogg 2/11
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