Australia vs West Indies, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 28, 1996, West Indies tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Ambrose | 7 | 40 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | |||
| c Hooper b Ambrose | 5 | 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26.31 | |||
| run out (Adams) | 12 | 20 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 60.00 | |||
| lbw b Ambrose | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Murray b Bishop | 58 | 131 | 163 | 4 | 0 | 44.27 | |||
| run out (sub [AFG Griffith]) | 62 | 154 | 223 | 4 | 0 | 40.25 | |||
| c Hooper b Ambrose | 36 | 47 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 76.59 | |||
| c Samuels b Benjamin | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Campbell b Bishop | 10 | 28 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 | |||
| not out | 4 | 23 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 17.39 | |||
| c Hooper b Ambrose | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 8, nb 17) | 25 | |||||||
| Total | 74.5 Ov (RR: 2.92, 334 Mins) | 219 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Matthew Hayden), 2-26 (Mark Taylor), 3-26 (Mark Waugh), 4-27 (Justin Langer), 5-129 (Steve Waugh), 6-195 (Ian Healy), 7-200 (Paul Reiffel), 8-203 (Greg Blewett), 9-217 (Shane Warne), 10-219 (Glenn McGrath) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.5 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 2.21 | - | - | - | 0 | 12 | |
| 11 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 2.81 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 19 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 3.36 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 3.07 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.80 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
West Indies 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b McGrath | 7 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22.58 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 17 | 82 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 20.73 | |||
| c & b McGrath | 58 | 147 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 39.45 | |||
| c Warne b McGrath | 2 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |||
| run out (McGrath) | 7 | 25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | |||
| not out | 74 | 188 | 249 | 5 | 0 | 39.36 | |||
| c Reiffel b McGrath | 53 | 117 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 45.29 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Warne | 8 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 42.10 | |||
| b Reiffel | 11 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 84.61 | |||
| c ME Waugh b Warne | 4 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23.52 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, nb 3) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | 109.1 Ov (RR: 2.33, 441 Mins) | 255 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-62 (Robert Samuels), 3-71 (Brian Lara), 4-86 (Carl Hooper), 5-107 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 6-197 (Junior Murray), 7-197 (Ian Bishop), 8-215 (Curtly Ambrose), 9-230 (Kenny Benjamin), 10-255 (Courtney Walsh) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 1.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 8 | 76 | 1 | 2.62 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 28.1 | 3 | 72 | 3 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2.20 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Ambrose | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Hooper b Walsh | 10 | 48 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 20.83 | |||
| c Hooper b Ambrose | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Walsh | 19 | 54 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 35.18 | |||
| b Benjamin | 37 | 87 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 42.52 | |||
| c †Murray b Walsh | 7 | 17 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 41.17 | |||
| b Benjamin | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b Benjamin | 8 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |||
| c Adams b Ambrose | 18 | 28 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 64.28 | |||
| lbw b Ambrose | 2 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |||
| not out | 5 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 11, w 1) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 45.5 Ov (RR: 2.66, 224 Mins) | 122 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Hayden), 2-3 (Justin Langer), 3-28 (Mark Taylor), 4-47 (Mark Waugh), 5-64 (Greg Blewett), 6-65 (Ian Healy), 7-76 (Paul Reiffel), 8-107 (Shane Warne), 9-113 (Jason Gillespie), 10-122 (Steve Waugh) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 2.60 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | |
| 12.5 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 2.64 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 3.72 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 |
West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 87 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Hayden b McGrath | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 13 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 | |||
| b Reiffel | 40 | 82 | 97 | 3 | 0 | 48.78 | |||
| c Hayden b McGrath | 2 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| not out | 27 | 36 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (nb 4) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 23.5 Ov (RR: 3.65) | 87/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-25 (Robert Samuels), 3-32 (Brian Lara), 4-82 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 4.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1.77 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.58 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 29/1 (Robert Samuels 10*, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 11*)
Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 233/9 (Jimmy Adams 54*, Courtney Walsh 2*)
Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 87/4 (23.5 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- Aggregate 3-day crowd: 131,671
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1996/97 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 1346 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
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West Indies Innings
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