West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1979–80
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Date | November 1979 –January 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | West Indies won the 3-test series 2-0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. It was the first Australian season after the rapprochement between the
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 Cricketers' Almanack (1981)[3]
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
Squads
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Australia | West Indies |
Tour Matches
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- West Indians won the toss and elected to bowl.
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374/10 (147 overs)
Vivian Richards 127 3/65 (16 overs)Phillip Blizzard |
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- Tasmania Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bowl first
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Test series
First Test
Second Test
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22/0 (7.2 overs)
CG Greenidge 9* (21) DL Haynes 9* (24) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
Third Test
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup
The Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a tri-nation (ODI) series held in Australia from 27 November 1979 to 22 January 1980, between
References
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- ^ Keith, Felix (16 November 2020). "Australia-West Indies 90s Test classics: charting the transfer of power of cricket's two greatest dynasties". Wisden. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Pause, rewind, play: When Taylor's Australia broke West Indies' epic unbeaten run in Test cricket". Scroll.in. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2023.