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Played at
Sydney Cricket Ground on 29,30 November, 1,2,3 December 1996 (5-day match)
Result Australia won by 124 runs
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Taylor c Chanderpaul b Bishop
27 106
90
2
0
30.00
MTG Elliott c Lara b Bishop
29 78
45
5
0
64.44
RT Ponting c Samuels b Walsh
9 42
28
1
0
32.14
ME Waugh c Lara b Walsh
19 68
43
2
0
44.18
MG Bevan c Hooper b Benjamin
16 122
92
1
0
17.39
GS Blewett c Adams b Walsh
69 239
169
8
0
40.82
IA Healy c Lara b Walsh
44 137
107
4
0
41.12
SK Warne c
28 74
45
2
0
62.22
MS Kasprowicz c Campbell b Walsh
21 31
25
1
1
84.00
JN Gillespie not out
16 70
49
1
0
32.65
GD McGrath lbw b Adams
24 57
44
0
0
54.54
Extras
(lb 10, w 1, nb 18)
29
Total
(all out; 119.5 overs)
331 (2.76 runs per over)
West Indies 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SL Campbell b Blewett
77 199
155
13
0
49.67
RG Samuels lbw b McGrath
35 142
115
3
0
30.43
BC Lara c
2 20
13
0
0
15.38
CL Hooper lbw b Warne
27 109
86
4
0
31.39
S Chanderpaul c & b Warne
48 196
136
6
0
35.29
JC Adams c Bevan b McGrath
30 97
89
3
0
33.70
CO Browne c Blewett b McGrath
0 4
4
0
0
0.00
IR Bishop c Elliott b Warne
48 95
79
6
0
60.75
CEL Ambrose b Gillespie
9 49
17
1
0
52.94
KCG Benjamin b Gillespie
6 24
18
1
0
33.33
CA Walsh not out
2 10
5
0
0
40.00
Extras
(b 4, lb 6, nb 10)
20
Total
(all out; 117.2 overs)
304 (2.59 runs per over)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MTG Elliott retired hurt
78 244
162
9
0
48.14
MA Taylor c Lara b Bishop
16 73
54
1
0
29.62
RT Ponting c
4 29
22
0
0
18.18
ME Waugh c
67 235
159
6
0
42.13
MG Bevan c
52 166
154
5
0
33.76
GS Blewett not out
47 102
62
5
0
75.80
IA Healy not out
22 36
32
4
0
68.75
Extras
(b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 9)
26
Total
(4 wickets dec; 106 overs)
312 (2.94 runs per over)
West Indies 2nd innings (target: 340 runs)R M B 4s 6s SR
SL Campbell lbw b McGrath
15 53
49
1
0
30.61
RG Samuels b Warne
16 56
46
2
0
34.78
BC Lara c
1 14
10
0
0
10.00
CL Hooper c Taylor b Bevan
57 165
124
6
0
45.96
S Chanderpaul b Warne
71 95
68
10
0
104.41
JC Adams c Blewett b McGrath
5 24
20
1
0
25.00
CO Browne not out
25 77
64
5
0
39.06
IR Bishop run out (Ponting)
0 1
2
0
0
0.00
CEL Ambrose b Bevan
0 6
5
0
0
0.00
KCG Benjamin c Taylor b Warne
4 11
11
0
0
36.36
CA Walsh c McGrath b Warne
18 19
17
2
1
105.88
Extras
(lb 2, nb 1)
3
Total
(all out; 69.4 overs)
215 (3.08 runs per over)
Toss Australia, who chose to bat firstSeries Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Test debut
JN Gillespie
(Australia)Player of the match
GD McGrath (Australia)
Umpires
DB Hair and DR Shepherd (England)TV umpire
SJA Taufel Match referee
PL van der Merwe (South Africa)
Close of play 29 Nov day 1 - Australia 1st innings 224/5 (GS Blewett 58* , IA Healy 44* )30 Nov day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 156/3 (CL Hooper 27* , S Chanderpaul 3* )1 Dec day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 77/2 (MTG Elliott 45* , ME Waugh 2* )2 Dec day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 27/0 (SL Campbell 13* , RG Samuels 12* )3 Dec day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 215 (69.4 ov ) - end of match
Match notes
Day 1
Lunch: Aus 73/2
Tea: Aus 131/4
Crowd: 17,637
Day 2
Lunch: Aus 322/9
Tea: WI 60/0
Crowd: 19,210
Day 3
Lunch: 223/4
Tea taken 2 minutes early upon the WI side being dismissed
Crowd: 22,960
Day 4
During over 55, ME Waugh and MTG Elliott collided mid-pitch while taking a run. Elliott sustained a serious knee injury and was carried from the ground.
MTG Elliott retired hurt at 143/2
Lunch: Aus 144/2
Tea: Aus 224/3
ME Waugh opened the bowling with slow off-spinners
Crowd: 11,345
Day 5
Lunch: WI 152/4
Crowd: 8,429
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