- Test no. 500 | 1960/61 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 30,31 December 1960, 2,3 January 1961 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CC McDonald | c Watson b Hall | 15 | 45 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 57.69 | |
| RB Simpson | c †Alexander b Hall | 49 | 103 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 72.05 | |
| RN Harvey | c Sobers b Worrell | 12 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| NC O'Neill | c Sobers b Worrell | 40 | 90 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 60.60 | |
| LE Favell | c Nurse b Sobers | 51 | 102 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 58.62 | |
| KD Mackay | b Ramadhin | 74 | 172 | 136 | 4 | 0 | 54.41 | |
| AK Davidson | b Hall | 35 | 39 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 68.62 | |
| R Benaud* | b Hall | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| ATW Grout† | b Watson | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| JW Martin | b Valentine | 55 | 82 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 82.08 | |
| FM Misson | not out | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 1, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 66.1 overs) | 348 | (3.94 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-35 (McDonald), 2-60 (Harvey), 3-105 (Simpson), 4-155 (O'Neill), 5-189 (Favell), 6-242 (Davidson), 7-244 (Benaud), 8-251 (Grout), 9-348 (Mackay), 10-348 (Martin) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WW Hall | 12 | 2 | 51 | 4 | 3.18 | |||
| CD Watson | 12 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 4.56 | |||
| GS Sobers | 17 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 3.88 | |||
| FMM Worrell | 9 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 4.16 | |||
| AL Valentine | 11.1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 3.70 | |||
| S Ramadhin | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.15 |
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CC Hunte | c Simpson b Misson | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| JS Solomon | c †Grout b Davidson | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SM Nurse | c †Grout b Davidson | 70 | 305 | 259 | 1 | 0 | 27.02 | |
| RB Kanhai | c Harvey b Davidson | 84 | 164 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 50.90 | |
| GS Sobers | c Simpson b Benaud | 9 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| FMM Worrell* | b Misson | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| FCM Alexander† | c Favell b Davidson | 5 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 17.85 | |
| S Ramadhin | b Davidson | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| WW Hall | b Davidson | 5 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| CD Watson | c McDonald b Benaud | 4 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| AL Valentine | not out | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| Extras | (nb 2) | 2 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69.2 overs) | 181 | (1.96 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Solomon), 2-1 (Hunte), 3-124 (Kanhai), 4-139 (Sobers), 5-142 (Worrell), 6-160 (Alexander), 7-160 (Ramadhin), 8-166 (Hall), 9-177 (Nurse), 10-181 (Watson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AK Davidson | 22 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 1.80 | |||
| FM Misson | 11 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 2.45 | |||
| R Benaud | 27.2 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 1.59 | |||
| JW Martin | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| RB Simpson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| West Indies 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CC Hunte | c †Grout b O'Neill | 110 | 270 | 249 | 9 | 0 | 44.17 | |
| JS Solomon | hit wicket b Benaud | 4 | 69 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 7.84 | |
| SM Nurse | run out | 3 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.64 | |
| RB Kanhai | c Misson b Martin | 25 | 50 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| GS Sobers | c Simpson b Martin | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| FMM Worrell* | c Simpson b Martin | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| FCM Alexander† | c †Grout b Davidson | 72 | 194 | 214 | 7 | 0 | 33.64 | |
| S Ramadhin | st †Grout b Benaud | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| WW Hall | b Davidson | 4 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| CD Watson | run out | 5 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| AL Valentine | not out | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 80.4 overs) | 233 | (2.17 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-40 (Solomon), 2-51 (Nurse), 3-97 (Kanhai), 4-99 (Sobers), 5-99 (Worrell), 6-186 (Hunte), 7-193 (Ramadhin), 8-206 (Hall), 9-222 (Watson), 10-233 (Alexander) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AK Davidson | 15.4 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 2.46 | |||
| FM Misson | 12 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| R Benaud | 20 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 1.83 | |||
| JW Martin | 20 | 3 | 56 | 3 | 2.10 | |||
| RB Simpson | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| NC O'Neill | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1.50 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 67 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CC McDonald | c Sobers b Hall | 13 | 39 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 54.16 | |
| RB Simpson | not out | 27 | 112 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 43.54 | |
| RN Harvey | c †Alexander b Hall | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| NC O'Neill | lbw b Watson | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| LE Favell | not out | 24 | 60 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 45.28 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 1) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets; 18.4 overs) | 70 | (2.83 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat KD Mackay, AK Davidson, R Benaud*, ATW Grout†, JW Martin, FM Misson |
| Fall of wickets1-27 (McDonald), 2-27 (Harvey), 3-30 (O'Neill) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WW Hall | 9.4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 2.52 | |||
| CD Watson | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2.66 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
JW Martin and
FM Misson
(Australia) |
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Umpires
CJ Egar and C Hoy |
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Close of play 30 Dec day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 1/1 (CC Hunte 1*) 31 Dec day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 108/2 (SM Nurse 35*, RB Kanhai 70*) 1 Jan rest day 2 Jan day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 129/5 (CC Hunte 74*, FCM Alexander 19*) 3 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 70/3 (18.4 ov) - end of match |
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