- Test no. 1343 | 1996/97 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 29,30 November, 1,2,3 December 1996 (5-day match)
| 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 †Browne b Bishop | 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 119.5 overs) | 331 | (2.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-54 (Elliott), 2-68 (Taylor), 3-73 (Ponting), 4-94 (Waugh), 5-131 (Bevan), 6-224 (Healy), 7-245 (Blewett), 8-283 (Kasprowicz), 9-288 (Warne), 10-331 (McGrath) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CEL Ambrose | 25 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 2.92 | (6nb) | ||
| CA Walsh | 30 | 6 | 98 | 5 | 3.26 | (4nb) | ||
| KCG Benjamin | 22 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 3.13 | (3nb) | ||
| CL Hooper | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1.07 | |||
| IR Bishop | 23 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 2.39 | (5nb, 1w) | ||
| JC Adams | 5.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.88 |
| 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 †Healy b McGrath | 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 117.2 overs) | 304 | (2.59 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-92 (Samuels), 2-108 (Lara), 3-136 (Campbell), 4-166 (Hooper), 5-229 (Adams), 6-229 (Browne), 7-243 (Chanderpaul), 8-286 (Ambrose), 9-298 (Benjamin), 10-304 (Bishop) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 31 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 2.64 | (11nb) | ||
| MS Kasprowicz | 13 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 2.84 | |||
| SK Warne | 35.2 | 13 | 65 | 3 | 1.83 | |||
| JN Gillespie | 23 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 2.69 | (1nb) | ||
| MG Bevan | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.18 | |||
| GS Blewett | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 |
| 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 †Browne b Bishop | 4 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| ME Waugh | c †Browne b Ambrose | 67 | 235 | 159 | 6 | 0 | 42.13 | |
| MG Bevan | c †Browne b Benjamin | 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 106 overs) | 312 | (2.94 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-51 (Taylor), 2-67 (Ponting), 2-143* (Elliott, retired not out), 3-209 (Waugh), 4-274 (Bevan) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CEL Ambrose | 20 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 3.30 | (4nb) | ||
| CA Walsh | 19 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 1.89 | (3nb) | ||
| IR Bishop | 20 | 6 | 54 | 2 | 2.70 | (1nb, 3w) | ||
| KCG Benjamin | 16 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 2.87 | (3nb) | ||
| JC Adams | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | |||
| CL Hooper | 27 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 2.77 |
| 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 †Healy b McGrath | 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 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 69.4 overs) | 215 | (3.08 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-33 (Campbell), 2-33 (Samuels), 3-35 (Lara), 4-152 (Chanderpaul), 5-157 (Adams), 6-176 (Hooper), 7-176 (Bishop), 8-176 (Ambrose), 9-183 (Benjamin), 10-215 (Walsh) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 17 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2.11 | (1nb) | ||
| ME Waugh | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| JN Gillespie | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 3.85 | |||
| SK Warne | 27.4 | 5 | 95 | 4 | 3.43 | |||
| MG Bevan | 14 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 2.85 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debut
JN Gillespie
(Australia) Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia) |
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Umpires
DB Hair and DR Shepherd (England) TV umpire SJA Taufel Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa) |
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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 |
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Jason Gillespie celebrates his first Test wicket © Shaun Botterill/Allsport |
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