- Test no. 766 | 1975/76 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27,28,30 December 1975 (5-day match)
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | c McCosker b Thomson | 59 | 142 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 51.30 | |
| CG Greenidge | c †Marsh b Thomson | 3 | 35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| LG Rowe | c IM Chappell b Thomson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AI Kallicharran | c †Marsh b Thomson | 20 | 86 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| IVA Richards | b Lillee | 41 | 85 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 75.92 | |
| CH Lloyd* | c GS Chappell b Thomson | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| DL Murray† | c Walker b Lillee | 24 | 48 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| BD Julien | c Mallett b Lillee | 18 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| VA Holder | b Walker | 24 | 72 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 51.06 | |
| AME Roberts | c †Marsh b Lillee | 6 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1, nb 22) | 27 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 47 overs; 287 mins) | 224 | (3.57 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Greenidge), 2-22 (Rowe), 3-91 (Kallicharran), 4-103 (Fredericks), 5-108 (Lloyd), 6-167 (Murray), 7-172 (Richards), 8-199 (Julien), 9-218 (Roberts), 10-224 (Holder) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 14 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 3.00 | (4nb) | ||
| JR Thomson | 11 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 4.22 | (13nb, 1w) | ||
| MHN Walker | 13 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 2.65 | (6nb) | ||
| GJ Cosier | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.81 | |||
| AA Mallett | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.70 | (1nb) |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IR Redpath | b Roberts | 102 | 320 | 258 | 10 | 0 | 39.53 | |
| A Turner | b Roberts | 21 | 94 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 44.68 | |
| RB McCosker | c †Murray b Julien | 4 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| IM Chappell | c Kallicharran b Gibbs | 35 | 149 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| GS Chappell* | c †Murray b Julien | 52 | 193 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 40.94 | |
| GJ Cosier | c Kallicharran b Roberts | 109 | 254 | 186 | 13 | 0 | 58.60 | |
| RW Marsh† | c & b Gibbs | 56 | 143 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 51.37 | |
| MHN Walker | c †Murray b Roberts | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| DK Lillee | c Richards b Holder | 25 | 85 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 36.23 | |
| JR Thomson | lbw b Julien | 44 | 79 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 93.61 | |
| AA Mallett | not out | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 6, nb 22) | 33 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 118.3 overs; 683 mins) | 485 | (3.07 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-49 (Turner), 2-61 (McCosker), 3-151 (IM Chappell), 4-188 (Redpath), 5-302 (GS Chappell), 6-390 (Cosier), 7-392 (Walker), 8-415 (Marsh), 9-471 (Lillee), 10-485 (Thomson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AME Roberts | 32 | 2 | 126 | 4 | 2.95 | (6nb) | ||
| VA Holder | 27 | 2 | 123 | 1 | 3.41 | (12nb) | ||
| BD Julien | 28.3 | 5 | 120 | 3 | 3.17 | (8nb) | ||
| LR Gibbs | 30 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 2.02 | |||
| IVA Richards | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | b GS Chappell | 26 | 59 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 59.09 | |
| CG Greenidge | c †Marsh b Walker | 8 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 34.78 | |
| LG Rowe | c †Marsh b Lillee | 8 | 41 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |
| AI Kallicharran | c †Marsh b Lillee | 32 | 141 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 27.35 | |
| IVA Richards | c †Marsh b Thomson | 36 | 68 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| CH Lloyd* | c Lillee b Mallett | 102 | 206 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 84.29 | |
| DL Murray† | c †Marsh b Lillee | 22 | 75 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 26.82 | |
| BD Julien | b Walker | 27 | 53 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 48.21 | |
| VA Holder | run out | 15 | 39 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 48.38 | |
| AME Roberts | c Mallett b IM Chappell | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| LR Gibbs | not out | 5 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 4, nb 14) | 26 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69.2 overs; 372 mins) | 312 | (3.37 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-14 (Greenidge), 2-48 (Fredericks), 3-48 (Rowe), 4-99 (Richards), 5-151 (Kallicharran), 6-229 (Murray), 7-278 (Julien), 8-288 (Lloyd), 9-297 (Roberts), 10-312 (Holder) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DK Lillee | 15 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 3.50 | (6nb) | ||
| MHN Walker | 19 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 2.92 | (4nb) | ||
| GS Chappell | 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2.46 | (1nb) | ||
| IM Chappell | 5.2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1.00 | |||
| JR Thomson | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 4.25 | (7nb) | ||
| AA Mallett | 14 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 3.26 | (2nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 52 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB McCosker | not out | 22 | 52 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 68.75 | |
| A Turner | b Roberts | 7 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| IR Redpath | c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| IM Chappell | not out | 13 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 92.85 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 3) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 8.7 overs) | 55 | (4.64 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat GS Chappell*, GJ Cosier, RW Marsh†, MHN Walker, DK Lillee, JR Thomson, AA Mallett |
| Fall of wickets1-23 (Turner), 2-36 (Redpath) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AME Roberts | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | (4nb) | ||
| BD Julien | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | |||
| CG Greenidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| LG Rowe | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| AI Kallicharran | 0.7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11.14 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Australia led the 6-match series 2-1 |
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Test debut
GJ Cosier
(Australia) Player of the match JR Thomson (Australia) |
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Umpires
RC Bailhache and JR Collins |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 38/0 (IR Redpath 16*, A Turner 16*) 27 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 270/4 (GS Chappell 42*, GJ Cosier 44*) 28 Dec day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 92/3 (AI Kallicharran 9*, IVA Richards 34*) 29 Dec rest day 30 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 55/2 (8.7 ov) - end of match |
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