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Australia vs West Indies, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 24 1988 - Full Scorecard

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3rd Test, Melbourne, December 24 - 29, 1988, West Indies tour of Australia

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West Indies

280 & 361/9d

Australia

(T:400) 242 & 114

West Indies won by 285 runs

Player Of The Match

Curtly Ambrose

, WI

44, 4/60 & 2/21

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	c †Healy b Alderman	49	83	111	5	0	59.03
Desmond Haynes	c Boon b McDermott	17	69	108	0	0	24.63
Richie Richardson	c Taylor b Alderman	26	40	58	2	0	65.00
Carl Hooper	c Border b McDermott	38	86	113	2	0	44.18
Viv Richards (c)	c Border b Waugh	12	25	36	2	0	48.00
Gus Logie	lbw b Alderman	10	35	58	0	0	28.57
Jeff Dujon †	c †Healy b Waugh	26	60	72	3	0	43.33
Malcolm Marshall	c Jones b Waugh	7	15	22	1	0	46.66
Curtly Ambrose	lbw b McDermott	44	65	97	6	0	67.69
Courtney Walsh	not out	30	72	106	0	0	41.66
Patrick Patterson	lbw b Alderman	13	15	20	2	0	86.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 3)	8
Total	93.1 Ov (RR: 3.00)	280
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Desmond Haynes), 2-68 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-114 (Richie Richardson), 4-137 (Viv Richards), 5-147 (Carl Hooper), 6-166 (Gus Logie), 7-185 (Malcolm Marshall), 8-199 (Jeff Dujon), 9-256 (Curtly Ambrose), 10-280 (Patrick Patterson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Merv Hughes	14	3	52	0	3.71	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	32.1	9	68	4	2.11	-	-	-
Craig McDermott	19	3	62	3	3.26	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	21	3	77	3	3.66	-	-	-
Peter Taylor	7	3	16	0	2.28	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Boon	run out	23	48	63	2	0	47.91
Geoff Marsh	b Patterson	36	122	182	4	0	29.50
Dean Jones	b Ambrose	28	106	151	2	0	26.41
Graeme Wood	c Haynes b Patterson	12	76	130	0	0	15.78
Allan Border (c)	b Ambrose	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	c Greenidge b Ambrose	42	105	141	1	0	40.00
Ian Healy †	lbw b Patterson	4	6	14	0	0	66.66
Peter Taylor	c Greenidge b Ambrose	14	31	49	1	0	45.16
Craig McDermott	c Marshall b Patterson	28	44	67	1	0	63.63
Merv Hughes	not out	21	37	67	1	0	56.75
Terry Alderman	b Walsh	3	8	11	0	0	37.50
Extras	(b 2, lb 14, nb 15)	31
Total	94.3 Ov (RR: 2.56)	242
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (David Boon), 2-103 (Geoff Marsh), 3-117 (Dean Jones), 4-117 (Allan Border), 5-155 (Graeme Wood), 6-161 (Ian Healy), 7-186 (Steve Waugh), 8-190 (Peter Taylor), 9-234 (Craig McDermott), 10-242 (Terry Alderman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Malcolm Marshall	30	8	68	0	2.26	-	-	-
Curtly Ambrose	27	7	60	4	2.22	-	-	-
Courtney Walsh	17.3	3	49	1	2.80	-	-	-
Patrick Patterson	20	2	49	4	2.45	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	not out	36	129	157	3	0	27.90
Desmond Haynes	lbw b Alderman	23	51	75	2	0	45.09
Richie Richardson	c & b Waugh	122	287	391	14	0	42.50
Carl Hooper	lbw b Alderman	4	42	51	0	0	9.52
Jeff Dujon †	c Wood b Alderman	46	89	130	3	0	51.68
Viv Richards (c)	lbw b Waugh	63	70	108	5	2	90.00
Malcolm Marshall	c Alderman b Waugh	19	23	34	2	1	82.60
Curtly Ambrose	c Marsh b McDermott	5	7	14	0	0	71.42
Courtney Walsh	c Marsh b Waugh	6	15	18	0	0	40.00
Gus Logie	c Border b Waugh	17	21	39	1	0	80.95
Patrick Patterson	not out	3	4	10	0	0	75.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 16)	17
Total	120 Ov (RR: 3.00)	361/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Desmond Haynes), 1-69* (Gordon Greenidge, retired not out), 2-92 (Carl Hooper), 3-191 (Jeff Dujon), 4-284 (Viv Richards), 5-317 (Malcolm Marshall), 6-324 (Curtly Ambrose), 7-324 (Richie Richardson), 8-335 (Courtney Walsh), 9-356 (Gus Logie)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Merv Hughes	24	8	71	0	2.95	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	36	12	78	3	2.16	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	24	5	92	5	3.83	-	-	-
Craig McDermott	26	3	78	1	3.00	-	-	-
Allan Border	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Peter Taylor	9	1	41	0	4.55	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 400 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David Boon	lbw b Marshall	20	26	40	4	0	76.92
Geoff Marsh	b Patterson	1	12	16	0	0	8.33
Dean Jones	c sub (RA Harper) b Ambrose	18	48	88	1	0	37.50
Graeme Wood	c Ambrose b Walsh	7	33	50	1	0	21.21
Allan Border (c)	c Haynes b Patterson	20	111	157	0	0	18.01
Steve Waugh	c sub (RA Harper) b Ambrose	3	14	25	0	0	21.42
Ian Healy †	c Hooper b Walsh	8	20	27	1	0	40.00
Peter Taylor	not out	18	73	109	1	0	24.65
Craig McDermott	c sub (KLT Arthurton) b Patterson	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Merv Hughes	c †Dujon b Patterson	4	8	9	0	0	50.00
Terry Alderman	c †Dujon b Patterson	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 6)	15
Total	57.1 Ov (RR: 1.99)	114
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Geoff Marsh), 2-30 (David Boon), 3-56 (Graeme Wood), 4-58 (Dean Jones), 5-64 (Steve Waugh), 6-75 (Ian Healy), 7-104 (Allan Border), 8-104 (Craig McDermott), 9-114 (Merv Hughes), 10-114 (Terry Alderman)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Malcolm Marshall	9	3	12	1	1.33	-	-	-
Patrick Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	2.57	-	-	-
Curtly Ambrose	13	5	21	2	1.61	-	-	-
Courtney Walsh	16	7	21	2	1.31	-	-	-
Viv Richards	4	1	12	0	3.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 24 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 246/8 (Curtly Ambrose 37*, Courtney Walsh 16*)

Sun, 25 Dec - rest day

Mon, 26 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 121/4 (Graeme Wood 4*, Steve Waugh 4*)

Tue, 27 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 69/1 (Gordon Greenidge 25*, Richie Richardson 17*)

Wed, 28 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 361/9 (Gordon Greenidge 36*, Patrick Patterson 3*)

Thu, 29 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 114 (57.1 ov) - end of match

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General

sub # KLT Arthurton
CG Greenidge (2) retired hurt on 25* from 69/1 to 335/8

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1988/89
Player Of The Match	Curtly Ambrose
Series result	West Indies led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 1112
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Peter McConnell Tony Crafter

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AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES 1988-89

At Melbourne, December 24, 26, 27, 28, 29

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
DC Boon	lbw	20	26
GR Marsh	bowled	1	12
DM Jones	caught	18	48
GM Wood	caught	7	33
AR Border	caught	20	111
SR Waugh	caught	3	14
IA Healy	caught	8	20
PL Taylor	not out	18	73
CJ McDermott	caught	0	2
MG Hughes	caught	4	8
TM Alderman	caught	0	2
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 6)
Total	114(10 wkts; 57.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MD Marshall	9	3	12	1	1.33
BP Patterson	15.1	3	39	5	2.57
CEL Ambrose	13	5	21	2	1.61
CA Walsh	16	7	21	2	1.31
IVA Richards	4	1	12	0	3

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	David Boon	Geoff Marsh
2nd	23	Dean Jones	David Boon
3rd	26	Graeme Wood	Dean Jones
4th	2	Allan Border	Dean Jones
5th	6	Allan Border	Steve Waugh
6th	11	Allan Border	Ian Healy
7th	29	Allan Border	Peter Taylor
8th	0	Craig McDermott	Peter Taylor
9th	10	Merv Hughes	Peter Taylor
10th	0	Terry Alderman	Peter Taylor

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