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366 & 273-9
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393 & 432-6d
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Overs: 120.0 RR: 2.28 vs spin: 1.25
vs seam: 3.52
Overs: 92.0 RR: 4.70 vs spin: 2.98
vs seam: 3.34
Fri 27/01/61 Australia v West Indies, 4th Test, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
match drawn Match Drawn
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West Indies - 1st Inns 393 (88.5; RR: 4.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte lbw b Hoare 6 0 1 0
CW Smith c & b Benaud 28 0 3 0
RB Kanhai c Simpson b Benaud 117 0 14 2
GS Sobers b Benaud 1 0 0 0
FMM Worrell c Misson b Hoare 71 0 10 0
SM Nurse c & b Misson 49 0 3 0
JS Solomon c & b Benaud 22 0 0 0
FCM Alexander not out 63 0 5 0
LR Gibbs b Misson 18 0 1 0
WW Hall c Hoare b Benaud 5 0 0 0
AL Valentine lbw b Misson 0 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 3lb, 5w, 2nb) 13  
TOTAL 393 all out (88.5 overs; RR: 4.42)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 83-2 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 91-3 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 198-4 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 271-5 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 288-6 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 316-7 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 375-8 (LR Gibbs 0.0 ov), 392-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 393-10 (AL Valentine 88.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DE Hoare 16.0 0 68 2 4.25 0 0
FM Misson 17.5 2 79 3 4.65 0 0
KD Mackay 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
R Benaud 27.0 5 96 5 3.56 0 0
LF Kline 21.0 3 109 0 5.19 0 0
RB Simpson 5.0 0 17 0 3.40 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 366 (109.6; RR: 3.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald c Hunte b Gibbs 71 0 4 0
LE Favell c Alexander b Worrell 1 0 0 0
NCL O'Neill c Alexander b Sobers 11 0 0 0
RB Simpson c Alexander b Hall 85 0 4 0
PJP Burge b Sobers 45 0 5 0
R Benaud c Solomon b Gibbs 77 0 7 0
KD Mackay lbw b Gibbs 29 0 2 0
ATW Grout c Sobers b Gibbs 0 0 0 0
FM Misson b Gibbs 0 0 0 0
DE Hoare b Sobers 35 0 2 0
LF Kline not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (2b, 3lb, 0w, 7nb) 12  
TOTAL 366 all out (109.6 overs; RR: 3.33)

Fall of wickets

9-1 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 45-2 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 119-3 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 213-4 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 221-5 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 281-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 281-7 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 281-8 (FM Misson 0.0 ov), 366-9 (DE Hoare 0.0 ov), 366-10 (R Benaud 109.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 22.0 3 85 1 3.86 0 0
FMM Worrell 7.0 0 34 1 4.86 0 0
GS Sobers 24.0 3 64 3 2.67 0 0
LR Gibbs 35.6 4 97 5 2.77 0 0
AL Valentine 21.0 4 74 0 3.52 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 432-6 (92.0; RR: 4.70)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte run out 79 0 6 0
CW Smith c Hoare b Mackay 46 0 10 0
RB Kanhai lbw b Benaud 115 0 12 0
GS Sobers run out 20 0 1 0
FMM Worrell c Burge b Mackay 53 0 8 0
SM Nurse c Simpson b Benaud 5 0 1 0
FCM Alexander not out 87 0 10 0
JS Solomon not out 16 0 1 0
LR Gibbs  
WW Hall  
AL Valentine  
Extras (2b, 6lb, 2w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 432-6 (92.0 overs; RR: 4.70)

Fall of wickets

66-1 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 229-2 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 263-3 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 270-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 275-5 (SM Nurse 0.0 ov), 388-6 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DE Hoare 13.0 0 88 0 6.77 0 0
FM Misson 28.0 3 106 0 3.79 0 0
R Benaud 27.0 3 107 2 3.96 0 0
KD Mackay 12.0 0 72 2 6.00 0 0
LF Kline 12.0 2 48 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 273-9 (120.0; RR: 2.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald run out 2 0 0 0
LE Favell c Alexander b Hall 4 0 1 0
NCL O'Neill c & b Sobers 65 0 8 0
RB Simpson c Alexander b Hall 3 0 0 0
PJP Burge c Alexander b Valentine 49 0 5 0
R Benaud c & b Sobers 17 0 2 0
KD Mackay not out 62 0 6 0
ATW Grout lbw b Worrell 42 0 5 0
FM Misson c Solomon b Worrell 1 0 0 0
DE Hoare b Worrell 0 0 0 0
LF Kline not out 15 0 2 0
Extras (9b, 1lb, 0w, 3nb) 13  
TOTAL 273-9 (120.0 overs; RR: 2.28)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 7-2 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 31-3 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 113-4 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 129-5 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 144-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 203-7 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 207-8 (FM Misson 0.0 ov), 207-9 (DE Hoare 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 13.0 4 61 2 4.69 0 0
GS Sobers 39.0 11 87 2 2.23 0 0
LR Gibbs 28.0 13 44 0 1.57 0 0
AL Valentine 20.0 7 40 1 2.00 0 0
JS Solomon 3.0 2 1 0 0.33 0 0
FMM Worrell 17.0 9 27 3 1.59 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 4th Test

Date

Friday January 27, 1961

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:30am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

CJ Egar, C Hoy

Australia Team

Playing XI

R Benaud, CC McDonald, LE Favell, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, LF Kline, RB Simpson, NCL O'Neill, FM Misson, DE Hoare

West Indies Team

Playing XI

FMM Worrell, AL Valentine, GS Sobers, RB Kanhai, FCM Alexander, CC Hunte, LR Gibbs, WW Hall, JS Solomon, SM Nurse, CW Smith