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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bowl
356 & 258-8
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292 & 321
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Overs: 111.7 RR: 2.30 vs spin: 1.53
vs seam: 6.00
Overs: 95.7 RR: 3.34 vs spin: 2.12
vs seam: 2.72
Fri 10/02/61 Australia v West Indies, 5th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 2 wickets
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West Indies - 1st Inns 292 (89.7; RR: 3.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CW Smith c O'Neill b Misson 11 21 1 0 52.38
CC Hunte c Simpson b Davidson 31 84 4 0 36.90
RB Kanhai c Harvey b Benaud 38 65 7 0 58.46
GS Sobers c Grout b Simpson 64 179 5 0 35.75
FMM Worrell c Grout b Martin 10 27 0 0 37.04
PD Lashley c Misson b Benaud 41 107 4 0 38.32
FCM Alexander c McDonald b Misson 11 36 1 0 30.56
JS Solomon run out 45 143 3 0 31.47
LR Gibbs c Burge b Misson 11 13 1 0 84.62
WW Hall b Misson 21 40 1 0 52.50
AL Valentine not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 4lb, 1w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 292 all out (89.7 overs; RR: 3.24)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 75-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 81-3 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 107-4 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 200-5 (PD Lashley 0.0 ov), 204-6 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 221-7 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 235-8 (LR Gibbs 0.0 ov), 290-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 292-10 (JS Solomon 89.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 27.0 4 89 1 3.30 0 0
FM Misson 14.0 3 58 4 4.14 0 0
KD Mackay 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
R Benaud 21.7 5 55 2 2.62 0 0
JW Martin 8.0 0 29 1 3.63 0 0
RB Simpson 18.0 3 51 1 2.83 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 356 (121.4; RR: 2.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB Simpson c Gibbs b Sobers 75 237 5 0 31.65
CC McDonald lbw b Sobers 91 175 6 0 52.00
NCL O'Neill b Gibbs 10 31 0 0 32.26
PJP Burge c Sobers b Gibbs 68 194 7 0 35.05
KD Mackay c Alexander b Hall 19 109 1 0 17.43
RN Harvey c Alexander b Sobers 5 22 0 0 22.73
AK Davidson c Alexander b Sobers 24 57 1 0 42.11
R Benaud b Gibbs 3 20 0 0 15.00
JW Martin c Kanhai b Sobers 15 54 1 0 27.78
FM Misson not out 12 61 1 0 19.67
ATW Grout c Hunte b Gibbs 14 23 0 0 60.87
Extras (4b, 8lb, 0w, 8nb) 20  
TOTAL 356 all out (121.4 overs; RR: 2.93)

Fall of wickets

146-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 181-2 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 181-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 244-4 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 260-5 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 309-6 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 309-7 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 319-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 335-9 (JW Martin 0.0 ov), 356-10 (ATW Grout 121.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 15.0 1 56 1 3.73 0 0
FMM Worrell 11.0 2 44 0 4.00 0 0
GS Sobers 44.0 7 120 5 2.73 0 0
LR Gibbs 38.4 18 74 4 1.95 0 0
AL Valentine 13.0 3 42 0 3.23 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 321 (95.7; RR: 3.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CW Smith lbw b Davidson 37 63 5 1 58.73
CC Hunte c Grout b Davidson 52 166 4 0 31.33
RB Kanhai c Misson b Benaud 31 41 4 0 75.61
JS Solomon run out 36 175 3 0 20.57
GS Sobers c Grout b Simpson 21 50 1 0 42.00
FCM Alexander c Mackay b Davidson 73 126 5 0 57.94
FMM Worrell c Grout b Davidson 7 27 1 0 25.93
PD Lashley lbw b Martin 18 44 1 0 40.91
LR Gibbs c O'Neill b Simpson 8 36 1 0 22.22
WW Hall c Grout b Davidson 21 29 2 0 72.41
AL Valentine not out 3 12 0 0 25.00
Extras (5b, 8lb, 1w, 0nb) 14  
TOTAL 321 all out (95.7 overs; RR: 3.34)

Fall of wickets

54-1 (CW Smith 0.0 ov), 103-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 135-3 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 173-4 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 201-5 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 218-6 (FMM Worrell 0.0 ov), 262-7 (PD Lashley 0.0 ov), 295-8 (LR Gibbs 0.0 ov), 304-9 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 321-10 (WW Hall 95.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 24.7 4 84 5 3.50 0 0
FM Misson 10.0 1 58 0 5.80 0 0
RB Simpson 18.0 4 55 2 3.06 0 0
R Benaud 23.0 4 53 1 2.30 0 0
KD Mackay 10.0 2 21 0 2.10 0 0
JW Martin 10.0 1 36 1 3.60 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 258-8 (111.7; RR: 2.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RB Simpson b Gibbs 92 231 10 0 39.83
CC McDonald c Smith b Gibbs 11 52 0 0 21.15
R Benaud b Valentine 6 36 0 0 16.67
NCL O'Neill c Alexander b Worrell 48 197 5 0 24.37
PJP Burge b Valentine 53 195 8 0 27.18
RN Harvey c Smith b Worrell 12 49 1 0 24.49
AK Davidson c Sobers b Worrell 12 58 1 0 20.69
KD Mackay not out 3 51 0 0 5.88
ATW Grout c Smith b Valentine 5 25 0 0 20.00
JW Martin not out 1 5 0 0 20.00
FM Misson  
Extras (3b, 9lb, 0w, 3nb) 15  
TOTAL 258-8 (111.7 overs; RR: 2.30)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 75-2 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 154-3 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 176-4 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 200-5 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 236-6 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 248-7 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 256-8 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WW Hall 5.0 0 40 0 8.00 0 0
GS Sobers 13.0 2 32 0 2.46 0 0
FMM Worrell 31.0 16 43 3 1.39 0 0
AL Valentine 21.7 4 60 3 2.86 0 0
LR Gibbs 41.0 19 68 2 1.66 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 10, 1961

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

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, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, RB Simpson, NCL O'Neill, JW Martin, FM Misson

West Indies Team

Playing XI

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