South Australia v England at Adelaide, 4-6 Dec 1979

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