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| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th November 1979 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | AR Crafter, PM Cronin |
| Close of play day 1 | Australian Universities (1) 4/0 (Davies 2*, Whitehead 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England XI (2) 40/1 (Gooch 20*, Willey 5*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England XI (2) 411/8 (Taylor 66*, Underwood 3*) |
| England XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Wellham b Burnett | 12 | |||||
| W Larkins | b Hearne | 26 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Beatty b Kirkwood | 61 | |||||
| GA Gooch | c Burnett b Clough | 18 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Hearne b Kirkwood | 8 | |||||
| *JM Brearley | c Kirkwood b Clough | 1 | |||||
| P Willey | c Wellham b Burnett | 28 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | c and b Kirkwood | 11 | |||||
| JK Lever | b Kirkwood | 2 | |||||
| DL Underwood | c Burnett b Kirkwood | 4 | |||||
| RGD Willis | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60.3 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Boycott), 2-47 (Larkins), 3-84 (Gooch), 4-92 (Botham), 5-94 (Brearley), 6-144 (Willey), 7-162 (Randall), 8-164, 9-174, 10-179 (60.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australian Universities bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clough | 18 | 4 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burnett | 14 | 3 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 10 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kirkwood | 16.3 | 5 | 52 | 5 | - | - | |
| Beatty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australian Universities first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PJ Davies | c Boycott b Botham | 4 | |||||
| PD Whitehead | c Larkins b Underwood | 24 | |||||
| DM Wellham | c Botham b Underwood | 21 | |||||
| *JG Robson | lbw b Underwood | 0 | |||||
| C Beatty | c and b Underwood | 53 | |||||
| M Burgess | c Taylor b Botham | 5 | |||||
| +P Timms | c Larkins b Underwood | 4 | |||||
| G Kirkwood | c Willey b Underwood | 37 | |||||
| J Hearne | not out | 12 | |||||
| IK Burnett | b Underwood | 0 | |||||
| PM Clough | c Taylor b Underwood | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81.5 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Davies), 2-49, 3-49, 4-52, 5-57, 6-66, 7-140, 8-167, 9-167, 10-168 (81.5 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Botham | 15 | 4 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lever | 18 | 6 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 23.5 | 8 | 41 | 8 | - | - | |
| Willey | 11 | 4 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| England XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Boycott | c Clough b Kirkwood | 41 | |||||
| *JM Brearley | c Timms b Clough | 11 | |||||
| GA Gooch | c Timms b Burnett | 124 | |||||
| P Willey | c Wellham b Kirkwood | 34 | |||||
| IT Botham | c Davies b Clough | 76 | |||||
| W Larkins | b Kirkwood | 14 | |||||
| DW Randall | c Timms b Kirkwood | 0 | |||||
| +RW Taylor | not out | 66 | |||||
| JK Lever | b Hearne | 37 | |||||
| DL Underwood | not out | 3 | |||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 106 overs) | 411 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Brearley), 2-86, 3-221, 4-261, 5-286, 6-287, 7-306, 8-402 | |||||||
| Australian Universities bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Burnett | 23 | 2 | 105 | 1 | - | - | |
| Clough | 26 | 6 | 72 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hearne | 25 | 4 | 104 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kirkwood | 22 | 3 | 96 | 4 | - | - | |
| Beatty | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australian Universities second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PD Whitehead | c Gooch b Underwood | 20 | |||||
| PJ Davies | lbw b Willis | 57 | |||||
| DM Wellham | c Botham b Boycott | 95 | |||||
| *JG Robson | c Taylor b Underwood | 3 | |||||
| C Beatty | b Underwood | 35 | |||||
| M Burgess | not out | 8 | |||||
| +P Timms | did not bat | ||||||
| G Kirkwood | did not bat | ||||||
| J Hearne | did not bat | ||||||
| IK Burnett | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Clough | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 90.3 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Whitehead), 2-109 (Davies), 3-129 (Robson), 4-200 (Beatty), 5-227 (Wellham, 90.3 ov) | |||||||
| England XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 13 | 4 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Botham | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lever | 14 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 24 | 7 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Willey | 17 | 5 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Larkins | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boycott | 2.3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> G Boycott retired hurt in the England XI second innings having scored 3 (team had lost 0 wickets) - he returned when the score was 221/3
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