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England in Australia, 1979-80 
South Australia v England XI 
Adelaide Oval 
4,5,6 December 1979 (3-day match) 
Result: Match drawn 
Toss: 
Umpires: G McLeod and MG O'Connell
 
Close of play:
  Day 1:
 Day 2:
England XI 1st innings
G Boycott                            c & b Sleep             110
*JM Brearley          c Nash             b Sleep              81
P Willey              not out                                 32
G Miller              not out                                 26
Extras                (lb 2, nb 1)                             3
Total                 (2 wickets declared, 84 overs)         252
DNB: W Larkins, DI Gower, +DL Bairstow, RW Taylor, IT Botham,
     GB Stevenson, JK Lever.
FoW: 1-174, 2-199.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Prior                       11      2     34      0
McLellan                    17      2     61      0
Hammond                     11      2     15      0
Attenborough                 6      0     30      0
Sleep                       26      7     82      2
Chappell                     1      1      0      0
Mallett                     12      3     27      0
South Australia 1st innings
WM Darling            lbw                b Miller             45
JE Nash               hit wicket         b Botham             48
*IM Chappell          c Bairstow         b Botham              0
JJ Crowe              not out                                 78
PR Sleep              c Boycott          b Stevenson          29
JR Hammond            not out                                 17
Extras                (lb 9)                                   9
Total                 (4 wickets declared, 87 overs)         226
DNB: +TJ Robertson, GR Attenborough, RM McLellan, AA Mallett,
     W Prior.
FoW: 1-93, 2-93, 3-93, 4-153.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       22      7     44      0
Botham                      16      4     43      2
Stevenson                   13      2     41      1
Miller                      21      7     42      1
Willey                      11      4     36      0
Larkins                      4      0     11      0
England XI 2nd innings
P Willey              c Robertson        b Prior              13
W Larkins             c sub              b Mallett            19
DI Gower              lbw                b Sleep              27
+DL Bairstow          lbw                b Prior              12
RW Taylor             c Nash             b Mallett             0
IT Botham             lbw                b Prior               4
G Miller              c Darling          b Sleep              71
G Boycott             not out                                 63
GB Stevenson          not out                                 15
Extras                (b 3)                                    3
Total                 (7 wickets declared, 88.5 overs)       227
DNB: *JM Brearley, JK Lever.
FoW: 1-16, 2-54, 3-64, 4-72, 5-76,
     6-76, 7-207.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Prior                       13      3     27      3
McLellan                     9      4     24      0
Hammond                     10      2     27      0
Attenborough                12      2     39      0
Sleep                       22.5    8     62      2
Mallett                     22      7     45      2
South Australia 2nd innings (target: 254)
WM Darling            not out                                 75
JE Nash               c Taylor           b Lever               0
*IM Chappell                             b Stevenson          19
JJ Crowe                                 b Willey             55
PR Sleep              not out                                 30
Extras                (lb 1, nb 1)                             2
Total                 (3 wickets, 49 overs)                  181
DNB: JR Hammond, +TJ Robertson, GR Attenborough, RM McLellan,
     AA Mallett, W Prior.
FoW: 1-1, 2-41, 3-112.
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       11      0     53      1
Botham                       4      1     12      0
Stevenson                   10      2     31      1
Miller                       6      1     19      0
Willey                      16      0     60      1
Larkins                      2      0      4      0
 
-  Bairstow kept wicket in the first innings, Taylor in the second
   
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Tour Index
 
Team Pages:
England XI.
 
Ground Page:
Adelaide Oval
 
England XI Player Pages:
G Boycott,
JM Brearley,
P Willey,
G Miller,
W Larkins,
DI Gower,
DL Bairstow,
RW Taylor,
IT Botham,
GB Stevenson,
JK Lever.
 
South Australia Player Pages:
WM Darling,
JE Nash,
IM Chappell,
JJ Crowe,
PR Sleep,
JR Hammond,
TJ Robertson,
GR Attenborough,
RM McLellan,
AA Mallett,
W Prior.
 
Match Officials' Pages:
G McLeod,
MG O'Connell.
 
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