Australia vs West Indies World Series Cup 1979/80 Game 1 Channel Nine Highlights

It’s Game 1 of the 1979/80 World Series Cup between Australia and the West Indies at the SCG this is history in the making it’s the 1st ever offical Day/Night Match and it’s the Opening Match of the World Series Cup of 1979/80 between Australia, England and West Indies and it’s the 1st Tri-Series after World Series Cricket it’s 12 matches, Best of 3 Finals, 1 winner the teams for this match are for Australia it’s Bruce Laird, Rick McCosker, Allan Border, Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, David Hookes, Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg and Len Pascoe the 12th Man for Australia is Geoff Dymock for the West Indies it’s Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Viv Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Clive Lloyd, Collis King, Deryck Murray, Andy Roberts Joel Garner, Michael Holding and Colin Croft the 12th Man for the West Indies is Lawrence Rowe in perfect conditions at the SCG and in front of a huge crowd of 30,000 fans Australian captain Greg Chappell won the toss and decided to bowl first on a great pitch this is Australia vs West Indies it’s Game 1 of the 1979/80 World Series Cupon Nine's Wide World Of Sports enjoy the video.

Commentary by Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Tony Grieg, Ian Chappell, Keith Stackpole, Tony Cozier and Fred Trueman

Taken from Six Of The Best 2004 DVD

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