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173-5
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172
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Overs: 48.4 RR: 3.55 vs spin: 2.70
vs seam: 3.34
Overs: 49.2 RR: 3.49 vs spin: 3.40
vs seam: 3.22
Fri 06/12/96 Australia v West Indies, Carlton and United Series, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 5 wickets
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West Indies - 1st Inns 172 (49.2; RR: 3.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SL Campbell c Healy b Gillespie 31 57 0 0 54.39
RG Samuels c Waugh b Gillespie 7 15 1 0 46.67
BC Lara c Warne b Moody 5 21 0 0 23.81
S Chanderpaul c Healy b Blewett 54 100 1 0 54.00
CL Hooper run out 7 17 1 0 41.18
JC Adams lbw b Moody 5 15 0 0 33.33
JR Murray c Blewett b Warne 24 32 2 0 75.00
NAM McLean c & b Waugh 7 20 0 0 35.00
KCG Benjamin b Warne 8 13 0 0 61.54
CEL Ambrose run out 2 2 0 0 100.00
CA Walsh not out 8 8 1 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 10lb, 1w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 172 all out (49.2 overs; RR: 3.49)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (RG Samuels 0.0 ov), 38-2 (BC Lara 0.0 ov), 64-3 (SL Campbell 0.0 ov), 73-4 (CL Hooper 0.0 ov), 81-5 (JC Adams 0.0 ov), 120-6 (JR Murray 0.0 ov), 135-7 (NAM McLean 0.0 ov), 150-8 (KCG Benjamin 0.0 ov), 153-9 (CEL Ambrose 0.0 ov), 172-10 (S Chanderpaul 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PR Reiffel 10.0 2 26 0 2.60 0 3
JN Gillespie 10.0 0 39 2 3.90 0 0
TM Moody 10.0 1 25 2 2.50 0 0
GS Blewett 6.2 0 27 1 4.50 0 0
SK Warne 10.0 0 34 2 3.40 1 0
ME Waugh 3.0 0 11 1 3.67 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 173-5 (48.4; RR: 3.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor b McLean 29 67 1 0 43.28
ME Waugh c Murray b Benjamin 27 56 2 0 48.21
RT Ponting lbw b McLean 5 27 0 0 18.52
GS Blewett not out 57 90 3 0 63.33
MG Bevan st Murray b Hooper 3 16 0 0 18.75
SG Law b Hooper 21 38 0 0 55.26
TM Moody not out 3 9 0 0 33.33
IA Healy  
PR Reiffel  
SK Warne  
JN Gillespie  
Extras (0b, 17lb, 3w, 8nb) 28  
TOTAL 173-5 (48.4 overs; RR: 3.55)

Fall of wickets

59-1 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 70-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 78-3 (RT Ponting 0.0 ov), 90-4 (MG Bevan 0.0 ov), 161-5 (SG Law 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CEL Ambrose 10.0 3 19 0 1.90 1 2
CA Walsh 9.0 0 34 0 3.78 0 5
KCG Benjamin 9.4 0 43 1 4.78 1 2
NAM McLean 10.0 1 33 2 3.30 1 0
CL Hooper 10.0 0 27 2 2.70 0 1

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Carlton and United Series

Date

Friday December 6, 1996

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

SG Randell, PD Parker

Australia Team

Playing XI

IA Healy, MA Taylor, TM Moody, ME Waugh, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, MG Bevan, GS Blewett, RT Ponting, SG Law, JN Gillespie

West Indies Team

Playing XI

CA Walsh, CL Hooper, CEL Ambrose, BC Lara, JC Adams, KCG Benjamin, JR Murray, S Chanderpaul, SL Campbell, RG Samuels, NAM McLean