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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
348 & 70-3 Series badge WI
181 & 233 WI flag
Overs: 18.4 RR: 3.75 vs spin: 3.53
vs seam: 2.59
 Overs: 80.4 RR: 2.89 vs spin: 2.02
vs seam: 2.37
Fri 30/12/60 Australia v West Indies, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 348 (66.1; RR: 5.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Watson b Hall 15 26 1 0 57.69
RB Simpson c Alexander b Hall 49 68 4 0 72.06
RN Harvey c Sobers b Worrell 12 19 2 0 63.16
NCL O'Neill c Sobers b Worrell 40 66 3 0 60.61
LE Favell c Nurse b Sobers 51 87 5 0 58.62
KD Mackay b Ramadhin 74 136 4 0 54.41
AK Davidson b Hall 35 51 4 1 68.63
R Benaud b Hall 2 3 0 0 66.67
ATW Grout b Watson 5 5 0 0 100.00
JW Martin b Valentine 55 67 4 1 82.09
FM Misson not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb) 10  
TOTAL 348 all out (66.1 overs; RR: 5.26)

Fall of wickets

35-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 60-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 105-3 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 155-4 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 189-5 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 242-6 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 244-7 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 251-8 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 348-9 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 348-10 (JW Martin 66.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 12.0 2 51 4 4.25 0 0
CD Watson 12.0 1 73 1 6.08 0 0
GS Sobers 17.0 1 88 1 5.18 0 0
FMM Worrell 9.0 0 50 2 5.56 0 0
AL Valentine 11.1 1 55 1 5.00 0 0
S Ramadhin 5.0 0 21 1 4.20 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 181 (69.2; RR: 2.61)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Simpson b Misson 1 5 0 0 20.00
JS Solomon c Grout b Davidson 0 4 0 0 0.00
SM Nurse c Grout b Davidson 70 259 1 0 27.03
RB Kanhai c Harvey b Davidson 84 165 13 0 50.91
GS Sobers c Simpson b Benaud 9 36 0 0 25.00
FMM Worrell b Misson 0 8 0 0 0.00
FCM Alexander c Favell b Davidson 5 28 0 0 17.86
S Ramadhin b Davidson 0 8 0 0 0.00
WW Hall b Davidson 5 16 0 0 31.25
CD Watson c McDonald b Benaud 4 22 0 0 18.18
AL Valentine not out 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 2nb) 2  
TOTAL 181 all out (69.2 overs; RR: 2.61)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 1-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 124-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 139-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 142-5 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 160-6 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 160-7 (S Ramadhin 0.0 ov), 166-8 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 177-9 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 181-10 (CD Watson 69.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 22.0 4 53 6 2.41 0 0
FM Misson 11.0 0 36 2 3.27 0 0
R Benaud 27.2 10 58 2 2.15 0 0
JW Martin 8.0 1 32 0 4.00 0 0
RB Simpson 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 233 (80.4; RR: 2.89)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Grout b O'Neill 110 249 9 0 44.18
JS Solomon hit wicket b Benaud 4 51 0 0 7.84
SM Nurse run out 3 17 0 0 17.65
RB Kanhai c Misson b Martin 25 65 3 0 38.46
GS Sobers c Simpson b Martin 0 4 0 0 0.00
FMM Worrell c Simpson b Martin 0 2 0 0 0.00
FCM Alexander c Grout b Davidson 72 214 7 0 33.64
S Ramadhin st Grout b Benaud 3 11 0 0 27.27
WW Hall b Davidson 4 18 0 0 22.22
CD Watson run out 5 10 0 0 50.00
AL Valentine not out 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 2lb, 1w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 233 all out (80.4 overs; RR: 2.89)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 51-2 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 97-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 99-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 99-5 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 186-6 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 193-7 (S Ramadhin 0.0 ov), 206-8 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 222-9 (CD Watson 0.0 ov), 233-10 (FCM Alexander 80.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 15.4 2 51 2 3.40 0 0
FM Misson 12.0 3 36 0 3.00 0 0
R Benaud 20.0 3 49 2 2.45 0 0
JW Martin 20.0 3 56 3 2.80 0 0
RB Simpson 8.0 0 24 0 3.00 0 0
NCL O'Neill 5.0 1 10 1 2.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 70-3 (18.4; RR: 3.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Sobers b Hall 13 24 1 0 54.17
RB Simpson not out 27 62 1 0 43.55
RN Harvey c Alexander b Hall 0 2 0 0 0.00
NCL O'Neill lbw b Watson 0 8 0 0 0.00
LE Favell not out 24 53 1 0 45.28
KD Mackay  
AK Davidson  
R Benaud  
ATW Grout  
JW Martin  
FM Misson  
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 6  
TOTAL 70-3 (18.4 overs; RR: 3.75)

Fall of wickets

27-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 27-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 30-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 9.4 0 32 2 3.56 0 0
CD Watson 9.0 1 32 1 3.56 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test

Date

Friday December 30, 1960

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

CJ Egar, C Hoy

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, CC McDonald, AK Davidson, LE Favell, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, RB Simpson, NCL O'Neill, JW Martin, FM Misson

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, FCM Alexander, CC Hunte, WW Hall, JS Solomon, CD Watson, SM Nurse