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505 & 232 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
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Overs: 68.7 RR: 3.35 vs spin: 2.33
vs seam: 2.64
 Overs: 92.6 RR: 3.05 vs spin: 1.80
vs seam: 2.38
Fri 09/12/60 Australia v West Indies, 1st Test, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
match tied Match Tied
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West Indies - 1st Inns 453 (100.6; RR: 4.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Benaud b Davidson 24 0 4 0
CW Smith c Grout b Davidson 7 0 0 0
RB Kanhai c Grout b Davidson 15 0 3 0
GS Sobers c Kline b Meckiff 132 0 21 0
FMM Worrell c Grout b Davidson 65 0 8 0
JS Solomon hit wicket b Simpson 65 0 8 0
PD Lashley c Grout b Kline 19 0 2 1
FCM Alexander c Davidson b Kline 60 0 5 0
S Ramadhin c Harvey b Davidson 12 0 2 0
WW Hall st Grout b Kline 50 0 8 0
AL Valentine not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 453 all out (100.6 overs; RR: 4.49)

Fall of wickets

23-1 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 42-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 65-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 239-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 243-5 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 283-6 (PD Lashley 0.0 ov), 347-7 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 366-8 (S Ramadhin 0.0 ov), 452-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 453-10 (FCM Alexander 100.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 30.0 2 135 5 4.50 0 0
I Meckiff 18.0 0 129 1 7.17 0 0
KD Mackay 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
R Benaud 24.0 3 93 0 3.88 0 0
RB Simpson 8.0 0 25 1 3.13 0 0
LF Kline 17.6 6 52 3 3.06 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 505 (130.3; RR: 3.87)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Hunte b Sobers 57 0 6 0
RB Simpson b Ramadhin 92 0 7 0
RN Harvey b Valentine 15 0 0 0
NCL O'Neill c Valentine b Hall 181 0 22 0
LE Favell run out 45 0 1 2
KD Mackay b Sobers 35 0 4 0
AK Davidson c Alexander b Hall 44 0 4 0
R Benaud lbw b Hall 10 0 0 0
ATW Grout lbw b Hall 4 0 1 0
I Meckiff run out 4 0 0 0
LF Kline not out 3 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 8lb, 1w, 4nb) 15  
TOTAL 505 all out (130.3 overs; RR: 3.87)

Fall of wickets

84-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 138-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 194-3 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 278-4 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 381-5 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 469-6 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 484-7 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 489-8 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 496-9 (I Meckiff 0.0 ov), 505-10 (NCL O'Neill 130.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 29.3 1 140 4 4.83 0 0
FMM Worrell 30.0 0 93 0 3.10 0 0
GS Sobers 32.0 0 115 2 3.59 0 0
AL Valentine 24.0 6 82 1 3.42 0 0
S Ramadhin 15.0 1 60 1 4.00 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 284 (92.6; RR: 3.05)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Simpson b Mackay 39 0 5 0
CW Smith c O'Neill b Davidson 6 0 0 0
RB Kanhai c Grout b Davidson 54 0 7 0
GS Sobers b Davidson 14 0 2 0
FMM Worrell c Grout b Davidson 65 0 8 0
JS Solomon lbw b Simpson 47 0 2 0
PD Lashley b Davidson 0 0 0 0
FCM Alexander b Benaud 5 0 0 0
S Ramadhin c Harvey b Simpson 6 0 1 0
WW Hall b Davidson 18 0 1 0
AL Valentine not out 7 0 0 0
Extras (14b, 7lb, 2w, 0nb) 23  
TOTAL 284 all out (92.6 overs; RR: 3.05)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 88-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 114-3 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 127-4 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 210-5 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 210-6 (PD Lashley 0.0 ov), 241-7 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 250-8 (S Ramadhin 0.0 ov), 253-9 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 284-10 (WW Hall 92.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 24.6 4 87 6 3.63 0 0
I Meckiff 4.0 1 19 0 4.75 0 0
R Benaud 31.0 6 69 1 2.23 0 0
KD Mackay 21.0 7 52 1 2.48 0 0
LF Kline 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0
RB Simpson 7.0 2 18 2 2.57 0 0
NCL O'Neill 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 232 (68.7; RR: 3.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Worrell 16 0 0 0
RB Simpson c b Hall 0 0 0 0
RN Harvey c Sobers b Hall 5 0 1 0
NCL O'Neill c Alexander b Hall 26 0 4 0
LE Favell c Solomon b Hall 7 0 1 0
KD Mackay b Ramadhin 28 0 2 0
AK Davidson run out 80 0 8 0
R Benaud c Alexander b Hall 52 0 6 0
ATW Grout run out 2 3 0 0 66.67
I Meckiff run out 2 3 0 0 66.67
LF Kline not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 9lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 232 all out (68.7 overs; RR: 3.35)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 7-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 49-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 49-4 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 57-5 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 92-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 226-7 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 228-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 232-9 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 232-10 (I Meckiff 68.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 17.7 3 63 5 3.71 0 0
FMM Worrell 16.0 3 41 1 2.56 0 0
GS Sobers 8.0 0 30 0 3.75 0 0
AL Valentine 10.0 4 27 0 2.70 0 0
S Ramadhin 17.0 3 57 1 3.35 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 9, 1960

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Umpires

CJ Egar, C Hoy

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, CC McDonald, AK Davidson, LE Favell, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, LF Kline, I Meckiff, RB Simpson, NCL O'Neill

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, S Ramadhin, AL Valentine, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, FCM Alexander, CC Hunte, WW Hall, JS Solomon, PD Lashley, CW Smith