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Tour of
Australia & India 1979-80 Captain : Mike Brearley
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England’s
sixtieth Test tour
(November 1979 -
February 1980)
31st Test-playing tour
of Australia by England
(previous tour 1978-79)
Eighth Test-playing tour
of India by England
(previous tour 1976-77)
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The tour was arranged in haste once the settlement was made with
Kerry Packer and details not finalised before
England arrived. Willis missed the first tour match while accompanying
George Mann, the TCCB Chairman, to complete arrangements at a meeting in
Melbourne.
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Other England
tours
Previous Test
tour
Australia 1978-79
Next Test tour
West Indies 1980-81
Next tour
of Australia
1982-83
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Members of the
Test tour party (16 + 2)
Opening batsmen: Geoff Boycott, Mike Brearley,
Wayne Larkins
Middle-order batsmen Graham Gooch,
David Gower, Peter Willey, Derek Randall
Wicket-keepers: Bob Taylor,
David Bairstow
All-rounder: Ian Botham
Slow bowlers: Derek
Underwood, Geoff Miller (replaced by John Emburey)
Fast bowlers: Bob Willis,
John Lever, Graham Dilley, Mike Hendrick (replaced by Graham Stevenson).
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D L Bairstow
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Yo
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28
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second WK
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I T Botham
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Sm
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24
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RHB RFM
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G Boycott
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Yo
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39
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RHB opener
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J M Brearley
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Mx
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37
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RHB opener captain
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G R Dilley
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Kt
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20
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RFM
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G A Gooch
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Ex
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26
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RHB
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D I Gower
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Le
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22
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LHB
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M Hendrick
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Dy
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31
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RFM
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W N Larkins
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Nth
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26
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RHB opener
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J K Lever
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Ex
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30
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LFM
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G Miller
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Dy
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27
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OB
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D W Randall
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Nt
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28
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RHB
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R W Taylor
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Dy
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38
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WK
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D L Underwood
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Kt
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34
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LM
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P Willey
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Nth
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30
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RHB OB
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R G D Willis
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Wk
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30
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RF vice-captain
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County representation:
Dy – Derbyshire (3)
Ex - Essex (2)
Kt -
Kent (2)
Le -
Leicestershire (1)
Mx - Middlesex (1)
Nth - Northamptonshire (2)
Nt - Nottinghamshire (1)
Sm - Somerset (1)
Wk - Warwickshire (1)
Yo - Yorkshire (2)
Average age of
team at time of first Test match
(14 December 1979) :
29
years 9 months
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Test Appearances
made before the tour
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Boycott 84,
Underwood 74, Willis 50, Brearley
31, Hendrick
25, Randall 25, Miller 23, Taylor 22, Botham 21, Gooch 17,
Gower 16, Lever 15, Emburey 5, Willey 3,
Bairstow 1, Dilley 0,
Larkins 0, Stevenson 0.
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Tour Officials
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Alec Bedser
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Tour manager
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Ken Barrington
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Assistant
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Bernard Thomas
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Physiotherapist
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Geoffrey Saulez
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Scorer
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Selectors
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Alec Bedser (chairman), Ken Barrington, Mike Brearley, Donald
Carr,
Brian Close, Charlie Elliott
and Peter May chose the team at a
seven-hour meeting at Lord's.
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Selection
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The
manager was appointed on 16 August and the captain on 29 August.
Selection
of the team was delayed by pay negotiations, from 4 September, the last day
of the final Test against India, until 10 September.
Unavailable : Chris Old.
Tour party announced : 10 September 1979.
Not selected : Mike Gatting, Phil
Edmonds
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Time between selection and departure from England
55 days
(10 September - 4 November)
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Travel
London Q Sydney
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On 4
November 1979 the team flew from London, via Bahrain and Singapore, and
arrived in Sydney on 6 November, the same day as the West Indians.
At his
press conference Brearley expressed reservations
about the experimental playing conditions like fielding circles, which the
press reported as 'Moaning Brearley flies in'.
After four days of settling in, the team flew to Brisbane.
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Time spent in Australia
94 days
(6 November
- 8 February)
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On-tour
selection panel
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Mike Brearley (captain), Ken Barrington (assistant
manager), Alec Bedser (manager), Bob Willis (vice-captain), Ian Botham
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Reinforcements
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Graham Stevenson flew out from
England on 26 November to cover for Mike Hendrick
who had felt shoulder pains since the first playing day of the tour. Hendrick returned home a week later on 3 December.
Tony Pigott (Sussex), on a Whitbread scholarship with a
grade team in Sydney, helped out at practice sessions when Mike Hendrick was unfit.
John Emburey was playing cricket for St Kilda in Melbourne, and was brought
in for Geoff Miller who returned home from Sydney on 28 December
with fibrositis.
The other
tour reserve not called upon was Paul Parker (Sussex)
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Fixtures/Results
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a
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Brisbane
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Queensland
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Drawn
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†Newcastle
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Northern NSW Country
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Won 9 w
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†Newcastle
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Northern NSW Country
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Won 32 r
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†Adelaide
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Combined Universities
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Drawn
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§ Sydney
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West Indies (1st ODI)
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Won 2 w
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Hobart
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Tasmania
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Won 100 r
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Adelaide
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South Australia
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Drawn
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§ Melbourne
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Australia (2nd ODI)
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Won 3 w
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§ Sydney
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Australia (3rd ODI)
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Won 72 r
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PERTH
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AUSTRALIA First Test
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LOST 138 r
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§ Brisbane
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West Indies (4th ODI)
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Lost 9 w
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Australia (5th ODI)
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Won 4 w
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Brisbane
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Queensland
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Won 138 r
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SYDNEY
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AUSTRALIA Second Test
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LOST 6 w
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West Indies (6th ODI)
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Abandoned
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§ Sydney
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Australia (7th ODI)
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Won 2 w
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§ Adelaide
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West Indies (8th ODI)
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Lost 107 r
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§ Melbourne
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West Indies (ODI final)
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Lost 2 r
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West Indies (ODI final)
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Lost 8 w
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Canberra
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New South Wales
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Won 8 w
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MELBOURNE
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AUSTRALIA Third Test
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LOST 8 w
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BOMBAY
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INDIA Jubilee Test
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WON 10 w
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†not first-class
§ one-day internationals
(Benson & Hedges World
Series Cup)
Time
spent in Australia before First Test:
38 days
(6
November - 14 December)
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Test appearances
on tour
v Australia 1979-80
v India 1979-80
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4 - Botham, Boycott,
Brearley,
Gower, Taylor, Underwood.
3 -
Gooch, Willey, Willis.
2 -
Dilley, Larkins, Lever,
Randall.
1 -
Miller.
0 - Bairstow,
Hendrick.
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Match
appearances
T Test match
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international
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played for opposition
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N no result A abandoned
u unknown result
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R E S
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Highlights
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Tour Summary
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F
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Aban
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Test Matches
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4
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1
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0
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Other
first-class matches
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†Minor matches
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§ One-day internationals
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10
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All Matches
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22
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11
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7
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3
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F Fixtures W
Won L Lost
D Drawn T Tied
Canc Cancelled
Aban abandoned
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Return to
England
Bombay Q London
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The team arrived in Bombay for the Jubilee celebrations and
Test match on 9 February ; and flew home after the
Test match on 20 February 1980. The team arrived home at Heathrow Airport
on 21 February.
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Time away from England
108 days
(4 November - 20 February)
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Finances
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Accounts of the
tour
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"Cricket Contest: The Post-Packer Tests" by Christopher
Martin-Jenkins (Queen Anne Press, 1980)
"War or Peace" by Frank Tyson (Garry Sparke &
Associates, 1980)
"Deadly Down Under" by Derek Underwood (Littlehampton, 1980)
"Opening Up" by Geoffrey Boycott (Arthur Barker, 1980)
“Frindall’s Scorebook :
Australia v West Indies and England: Volume 6 †Bill Frindall (Queen Anne Press 1980)
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Postscript
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On landing at
Heathrow, tour manager Alec Bedser was asked in
his capacity as chairman of selectors about Ian Botham becoming England
captain and replied “His cricketing talents are
a bit like Keith Miller’s but he was a terrible captain.â€
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Other tours in
1979-80
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Australians in
India 1979-80 - captain Kim Hughes
West Indians to Australia
& New Zealand 1979-80 -
captain Clive Lloyd
Pakistanis in India 1979-80 - captain
Asif Iqbal
Australians in
Pakistan 1979-80 - captain Greg Chappell
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