Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1981 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1981, West Indies tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c †Murray b Holding | 4 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
c †Murray b Roberts | 3 | 28 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 10.71 | |||
c †Murray b Holding | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
c †Murray b Holding | 4 | 43 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 9.30 | |||
not out | 100 | 200 | 266 | 11 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
c sub (AL Logie) b Croft | 17 | 37 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 45.94 | |||
c Richards b Garner | 21 | 43 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 48.83 | |||
b Garner | 21 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 123.52 | |||
c Gomes b Holding | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
b Holding | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |||
c †Murray b Croft | 10 | 26 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |||
Extras | (b 1, lb 6, nb 8) | 15 | |||||||
Total | 68.1 Ov (RR: 2.90) | 198 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bruce Laird), 2-4 (Greg Chappell), 3-8 (Graeme Wood), 4-26 (Allan Border), 5-59 (Dirk Wellham), 6-115 (Rod Marsh), 7-149 (Bruce Yardley), 8-153 (Dennis Lillee), 9-155 (Geoff Lawson), 10-198 (Terry Alderman) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
15 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 2.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
20 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
16.1 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 2.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
West Indies 1st Innings
Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c Border b Lillee | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |||
c Wood b Alderman | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |||
lbw b Lillee | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
b Lillee | 2 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
c Alderman b Yardley | 29 | 81 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 35.80 | |||
c Chappell b Lillee | 55 | 108 | 175 | 4 | 0 | 50.92 | |||
c Hughes b Lillee | 41 | 48 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 85.41 | |||
not out | 32 | 70 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 45.71 | |||
c †Marsh b Lillee | 18 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 78.26 | |||
c & b Alderman | 2 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
c Laird b Lillee | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 | |||
Extras | (b 1, lb 3, nb 9) | 13 | |||||||
Total | 62.3 Ov (RR: 3.21) | 201 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-5 (Desmond Haynes), 3-6 (Colin Croft), 4-10 (Viv Richards), 5-62 (Clive Lloyd), 6-134 (Jeff Dujon), 7-147 (Larry Gomes), 8-174 (Andy Roberts), 9-183 (Michael Holding), 10-201 (Joel Garner) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26.3 | 3 | 83 | 7 | 3.13 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
18 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
lbw b Croft | 64 | 146 | 210 | 5 | 0 | 43.83 | |||
c †Murray b Garner | 46 | 86 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 53.48 | |||
c †Murray b Garner | 6 | 21 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
b Holding | 66 | 136 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 48.52 | |||
b Holding | 8 | 48 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
lbw b Holding | 2 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
c †Murray b Holding | 2 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
b Garner | 13 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 76.47 | |||
c †Murray b Holding | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
not out | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
b Holding | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
Extras | (b 5, lb 4, nb 4, w 1) | 14 | |||||||
Total | 82.3 Ov (RR: 2.69) | 222 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Graeme Wood), 2-106 (Greg Chappell), 3-139 (Bruce Laird), 4-184 (Kim Hughes), 5-190 (Dirk Wellham), 6-199 (Rod Marsh), 7-215 (Bruce Yardley), 8-218 (Allan Border), 9-220 (Dennis Lillee), 10-222 (Terry Alderman) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21.3 | 5 | 62 | 6 | 2.88 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
18 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 1.72 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
18 | 5 | 37 | 3 | 2.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
20 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 3.05 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 220 runs)
Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
c Lillee b Yardley | 28 | 121 | 182 | 3 | 0 | 23.14 | |||
lbw b Alderman | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
b Alderman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
c Border b Lawson | 19 | 36 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 52.77 | |||
b Yardley | 24 | 48 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
c †Marsh b Yardley | 43 | 163 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 26.38 | |||
c †Marsh b Yardley | 10 | 28 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |||
lbw b Lillee | 10 | 40 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | |||
lbw b Lillee | 7 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |||
lbw b Lillee | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
not out | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Extras | (b 1, lb 10, nb 9) | 20 | |||||||
Total | 74.1 Ov (RR: 2.17) | 161 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-4 (Viv Richards), 3-38 (Clive Lloyd), 4-80 (Larry Gomes), 5-88 (Desmond Haynes), 6-116 (David Murray), 7-150 (Jeff Dujon), 8-154 (Andy Roberts), 9-154 (Joel Garner), 10-161 (Michael Holding) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
27.1 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1.61 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
9 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
17 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
21 | 7 | 38 | 4 | 1.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 10/4 (Clive Lloyd 2*)
Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 187/9 (David Murray 26*, Joel Garner 0*)
Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 217/7 (Allan Border 65*, Dennis Lillee 0*)
Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 154/9 (Michael Holding 4*)
Wed, 30 Dec - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 161 (74.1 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- Australia's win ended a West Indies sequence of 15 Tests without defeat since February 1980
- At 2.55pm on December 27, Lillee induced an edged stroke from Gomes to pass the world record of 309 wickets held by LR Gibbs (WI).
- Lillee achieved his best bowling figures in Tests with 7/83.
- Lillee equalled the record (held by SF Barnes and CV Grimmett) for most 10 wickets in a match when he completed the feat for the 7th time.
- Lillee took the record for most wickets in a calender year with 85 wickets in 1981 (previously 74 wickets by Kapil Dev in 1979).
- Holding's match figures of 11/107 is a record for West Indies v Australia
- Murray's 9 catches in the match is a West Indian record
Match Details
Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 1981/82 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
Match number | Test no. 915 |
Match days | day (5-day match) |
Test debut | |
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