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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
219 & 122 Series badge WI
255 & 87-4 WI flag
Overs: 45.5 RR: 2.66 vs spin: 3.00
vs seam: 2.57
 Overs: 23.5 RR: 3.65 vs spin: 5.67
vs seam: 3.36
Thu 26/12/96 Australia v West Indies, 3rd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 6 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 219 (74.5; RR: 2.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor b Ambrose 7 40 0 0 17.50
ML Hayden c Hooper b Ambrose 5 19 0 0 26.32
JL Langer run out 12 20 0 1 60.00
ME Waugh lbw b Ambrose 0 1 0 0 0.00
SR Waugh c Murray b Bishop 58 131 4 0 44.27
GS Blewett run out 62 154 4 0 40.26
IA Healy c Hooper b Ambrose 36 47 4 0 76.60
PR Reiffel c Samuels b Benjamin 0 4 0 0 0.00
SK Warne c Campbell b Bishop 10 28 0 0 35.71
JN Gillespie not out 4 23 0 0 17.39
GD McGrath c Hooper b Ambrose 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 8lb, 0w, 17nb) 25  
TOTAL 219 all out (74.5 overs; RR: 2.93)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (ML Hayden 0.0 ov), 26-2 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 26-3 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 27-4 (JL Langer 0.0 ov), 129-5 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 195-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 200-7 (PR Reiffel 0.0 ov), 203-8 (GS Blewett 0.0 ov), 217-9 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 219-10 (GD McGrath 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CEL Ambrose 24.5 7 55 5 2.29 0 12
IR Bishop 11.0 1 31 2 2.82 0 2
KCG Benjamin 19.0 2 64 1 3.37 0 2
CA Walsh 14.0 0 43 0 3.07 0 5
JC Adams 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
CL Hooper 5.0 1 14 0 2.80 0 0

West Indies - 1st Inns 255 (109.1; RR: 2.34)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SL Campbell lbw b McGrath 7 31 0 0 22.58
RG Samuels c Taylor b Warne 17 82 2 0 20.73
S Chanderpaul c & b McGrath 58 147 4 0 39.46
BC Lara c Warne b McGrath 2 18 0 0 11.11
CL Hooper run out 7 25 0 0 28.00
JC Adams not out 74 188 5 0 39.36
JR Murray c Reiffel b McGrath 53 117 3 0 45.30
IR Bishop lbw b McGrath 0 3 0 0 0.00
CEL Ambrose b Warne 8 19 1 0 42.11
KCG Benjamin b Reiffel 11 13 2 0 84.62
CA Walsh c Waugh b Warne 4 17 0 0 23.53
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 255 all out (109.1 overs; RR: 2.34)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (SL Campbell 0.0 ov), 62-2 (RG Samuels 0.0 ov), 71-3 (BC Lara 0.0 ov), 86-4 (CL Hooper 0.0 ov), 107-5 (S Chanderpaul 0.0 ov), 197-6 (JR Murray 0.0 ov), 197-7 (IR Bishop 0.0 ov), 215-8 (CEL Ambrose 0.0 ov), 230-9 (KCG Benjamin 0.0 ov), 255-10 (CA Walsh 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 30.0 11 50 5 1.67 0 0
PR Reiffel 29.0 8 76 1 2.62 0 5
SK Warne 28.1 3 72 3 2.57 0 0
JN Gillespie 3.0 2 5 0 1.67 0 0
GS Blewett 9.0 3 19 0 2.11 0 0
SR Waugh 10.0 5 22 0 2.20 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 122 (45.5; RR: 2.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ML Hayden b Ambrose 0 5 0 0 0.00
MA Taylor c Hooper b Walsh 10 48 1 0 20.83
JL Langer c Hooper b Ambrose 0 7 0 0 0.00
ME Waugh lbw b Walsh 19 54 1 0 35.19
SR Waugh b Benjamin 37 87 2 0 42.53
GS Blewett c Murray b Walsh 7 17 1 0 41.18
IA Healy b Benjamin 0 5 0 0 0.00
PR Reiffel lbw b Benjamin 8 11 1 0 72.73
SK Warne c Adams b Ambrose 18 28 4 0 64.29
JN Gillespie lbw b Ambrose 2 20 0 0 10.00
GD McGrath not out 5 9 0 0 55.56
Extras (0b, 4lb, 1w, 11nb) 16  
TOTAL 122 all out (45.5 overs; RR: 2.66)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (ML Hayden 0.0 ov), 3-2 (JL Langer 0.0 ov), 28-3 (MA Taylor 0.0 ov), 47-4 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 64-5 (GS Blewett 0.0 ov), 65-6 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 76-7 (PR Reiffel 0.0 ov), 107-8 (SK Warne 0.0 ov), 113-9 (JN Gillespie 0.0 ov), 122-10 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CEL Ambrose 12.0 4 17 4 1.42 0 5
IR Bishop 10.0 2 26 0 2.60 1 3
KCG Benjamin 12.5 5 34 3 2.83 0 2
CA Walsh 11.0 4 41 3 3.73 0 5

West Indies - 2nd Inns 87-4 (23.5; RR: 3.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SL Campbell c Hayden b McGrath 0 4 0 0 0.00
RG Samuels lbw b McGrath 13 12 2 0 108.33
S Chanderpaul b Reiffel 40 82 3 0 48.78
BC Lara c Hayden b McGrath 2 9 0 0 22.22
CL Hooper not out 27 36 2 0 75.00
JC Adams not out 1 3 0 0 33.33
JR Murray  
IR Bishop  
CEL Ambrose  
KCG Benjamin  
CA Walsh  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 4nb) 4  
TOTAL 87-4 (23.5 overs; RR: 3.65)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (SL Campbell 0.0 ov), 25-2 (RG Samuels 0.0 ov), 32-3 (BC Lara 0.0 ov), 82-4 (S Chanderpaul 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 9.0 1 41 3 4.56 0 0
PR Reiffel 9.0 2 16 1 1.78 0 4
SK Warne 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0
GS Blewett 2.5 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday December 26, 1996

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

S Venkataraghavan, PD Parker

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, JL Langer, GD McGrath, ML Hayden, GS Blewett, JN Gillespie

West Indies Team

Playing XI

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