- Test no. 770 | 1975/76 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 31 January, 1,2,4,5 February 1976 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IR Redpath | c Holding b Gibbs | 101 | 325 | 230 | 11 | 0 | 43.91 | |
| A Turner | c Gibbs b Holder | 30 | 59 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 65.21 | |
| RB McCosker | b Boyce | 21 | 57 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 47.72 | |
| IM Chappell | b Holder | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| GS Chappell* | c Boyce b Fredericks | 68 | 135 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 50.37 | |
| GN Yallop | c Holding b Boyce | 57 | 180 | 168 | 6 | 0 | 33.92 | |
| RW Marsh† | b Holding | 7 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 35.00 | |
| GJ Gilmour | lbw b Gibbs | 9 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| AA Mallett | lbw b Boyce | 16 | 48 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| JR Thomson | lbw b Holder | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DK Lillee | not out | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 158.33 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, nb 7) | 22 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 90.2 overs) | 351 | (2.91 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-44 (Turner), 2-92 (McCosker), 3-96 (IM Chappell), 4-220 (GS Chappell), 5-250 (Redpath), 6-261 (Marsh), 7-277 (Gilmour), 8-317 (Mallett), 9-323 (Thomson), 10-351 (Yallop) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Boyce | 17.2 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 3.26 | |||
| MA Holding | 16 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 2.39 | |||
| VA Holder | 20 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 3.22 | |||
| CH Lloyd | 7 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 2.14 | |||
| RC Fredericks | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3.62 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 24 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 2.12 |
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | c Thomson b Gilmour | 22 | 45 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 59.45 | |
| IVA Richards | c †Marsh b Lillee | 50 | 98 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 92.59 | |
| L Baichan | c GS Chappell b Gilmour | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| AI Kallicharran | b Gilmour | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| CH Lloyd* | c Redpath b Lillee | 37 | 91 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 80.43 | |
| LG Rowe | c †Marsh b Gilmour | 6 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| DL Murray† | c †Marsh b Lillee | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| KD Boyce | lbw b Gilmour | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MA Holding | b Lillee | 9 | 48 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| VA Holder | not out | 14 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 | |
| LR Gibbs | c †Marsh b Lillee | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 1, nb 6) | 12 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 30.3 overs) | 160 | (3.95 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-44 (Fredericks), 2-49 (Baichan), 3-53 (Kallicharran), 4-99 (Richards), 5-110 (Rowe), 6-113 (Murray), 7-118 (Boyce), 8-140 (Lloyd), 9-151 (Holding), 10-160 (Gibbs) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JR Thomson | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 4.25 | |||
| DK Lillee | 11.3 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 4.15 | |||
| GJ Gilmour | 10 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 2.55 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IR Redpath | c sub (CG Greenidge) b Holder | 70 | 152 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| A Turner | lbw b Boyce | 21 | 59 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 40.38 | |
| RB McCosker | not out | 109 | 249 | 267 | 7 | 0 | 40.82 | |
| IM Chappell | c Holder b Boyce | 31 | 58 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 43.05 | |
| GS Chappell* | not out | 54 | 96 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 49.54 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 9, nb 1) | 15 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets dec; 78 overs) | 300 | (2.88 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat GN Yallop, RW Marsh†, GJ Gilmour, AA Mallett, JR Thomson, DK Lillee |
| Fall of wickets1-53 (Turner), 2-132 (Redpath), 3-190 (IM Chappell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Boyce | 19 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 2.92 | |||
| MA Holding | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| VA Holder | 18 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 3.37 | |||
| CH Lloyd | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.62 | |||
| RC Fredericks | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| LR Gibbs | 26 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 1.78 | |||
| IVA Richards | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4.07 |
| West Indies 2nd innings (target: 492 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RC Fredericks | b Thomson | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| IVA Richards | c GS Chappell b Lillee | 98 | 170 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 95.14 | |
| L Baichan | b Thomson | 20 | 45 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 51.28 | |
| AI Kallicharran | c McCosker b Lillee | 44 | 107 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 48.88 | |
| CH Lloyd* | not out | 91 | 140 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 103.40 | |
| LG Rowe | c Redpath b Mallett | 6 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| DL Murray† | c †Marsh b Lillee | 5 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| KD Boyce | c GS Chappell b Mallett | 11 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| MA Holding | c Gilmour b Mallett | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| VA Holder | b Thomson | 22 | 67 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 34.92 | |
| LR Gibbs | c †Marsh b Thomson | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 10, nb 3) | 19 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 54.5 overs) | 326 | (4.47 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-6 (Fredericks), 2-53 (Baichan), 3-170 (Kallicharran), 4-175 (Richards), 5-186 (Rowe), 6-199 (Murray), 7-226 (Boyce), 8-238 (Holding), 9-326 (Holder), 10-326 (Gibbs) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JR Thomson | 12.5 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 4.75 | |||
| DK Lillee | 18 | 1 | 112 | 3 | 4.66 | |||
| GJ Gilmour | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.78 | |||
| GS Chappell | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.25 | |||
| IM Chappell | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| AA Mallett | 13 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 4.21 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 6-match series 5-1 |
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Player of the match
IR Redpath (Australia) |
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Umpires
TF Brooks and MG O'Connell |
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Close of play 31 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 263/6 (GN Yallop 21*, GJ Gilmour 1*) 1 Feb day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 32/0 (RC Fredericks 19*, IVA Richards 11*) 2 Feb day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 163/2 (RB McCosker 50*, IM Chappell 11*) 3 Feb rest day 4 Feb day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 248/8 (CH Lloyd 42*, VA Holder 0*) 5 Feb day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 326 (54.5 ov) - end of match |
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