Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Lara b Ambrose	23	43	61	2	1	53.48
Matthew Elliott	c †Jacobs b Walsh	9	34	48	2	0	26.47
Justin Langer	b Hooper	51	84	137	5	0	60.71
Mark Waugh	b Ambrose	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh (c)	lbw b Perry	199	376	509	20	1	52.92
Ricky Ponting	c Hooper b Perry	104	290	376	10	0	35.86
Ian Healy †	lbw b Walsh	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	c Lara b Perry	13	15	25	1	1	86.66
Jason Gillespie	not out	23	72	72	1	0	31.94
Stuart MacGill	run out (Ambrose)	17	29	45	2	1	58.62
Glenn McGrath	c Joseph b Hooper	3	10	7	0	0	30.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 34)	48
Total	153.4 Ov (RR: 3.18, 648 Mins)	490
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Matthew Elliott, 10.6 ov), 2-36 (Michael Slater, 13.3 ov), 3-36 (Mark Waugh, 13.5 ov), 4-144 (Justin Langer, 41.1 ov), 5-425 (Ricky Ponting, 132.3 ov), 6-427 (Ian Healy, 133.1 ov), 7-429 (Steve Waugh, 134.1 ov), 8-446 (Shane Warne, 138.2 ov), 9-483 (Stuart MacGill, 151.2 ov), 10-490 (Glenn McGrath, 153.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Curtly Ambrose	31.3	7	93	2	2.95	-	-	-	13
Courtney Walsh	38	8	121	2	3.18	-	-	-	14
Nehemiah Perry	33	5	102	3	3.09	-	-	-	0
Pedro Collins	35.3	7	110	0	3.09	-	-	-	7
Carl Hooper	15.4	4	50	2	3.19	-	-	-	0

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	c SR Waugh b Gillespie	105	271	368	16	0	38.74
Adrian Griffith	run out (Ponting)	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Dave Joseph	lbw b McGrath	26	51	69	4	0	50.98
Pedro Collins	lbw b McGrath	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Brian Lara (c)	c †Healy b Gillespie	8	17	24	1	0	47.05
Carl Hooper	c Warne b McGrath	25	44	55	5	0	56.81
Jimmy Adams	c ME Waugh b McGrath	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Ridley Jacobs †	c ME Waugh b Ponting	68	126	163	9	0	53.96
Nehemiah Perry	lbw b Gillespie	24	46	64	2	0	52.17
Curtly Ambrose	not out	28	47	71	4	0	59.57
Courtney Walsh	c Slater b Warne	12	31	45	1	0	38.70
Extras	(b 10, lb 3, nb 20)	33
Total	103.5 Ov (RR: 3.16, 440 Mins)	329
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Adrian Griffith, 0.3 ov), 2-50 (Dave Joseph, 15.2 ov), 3-50 (Pedro Collins, 15.3 ov), 4-64 (Brian Lara, 20.2 ov), 5-98 (Carl Hooper, 33.1 ov), 6-98 (Jimmy Adams, 35.2 ov), 7-251 (Ridley Jacobs, 79.4 ov), 8-265 (Sherwin Campbell, 88.4 ov), 9-291 (Nehemiah Perry, 94.2 ov), 10-329 (Courtney Walsh, 103.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	33	5	128	4	3.87	-	-	-	14
Jason Gillespie	28	14	48	3	1.71	-	-	-	3
Shane Warne	15.5	2	70	1	4.42	-	-	-	1
Stuart MacGill	20	5	47	0	2.35	-	-	-	2
Ricky Ponting	4	1	12	1	3.00	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Elliott	c †Jacobs b Walsh	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Slater	run out (Campbell)	26	49	73	4	0	53.06
Justin Langer	lbw b Ambrose	1	17	26	0	0	5.88
Jason Gillespie	b Ambrose	14	43	64	1	0	32.55
Mark Waugh	lbw b Walsh	3	22	36	0	0	13.63
Steve Waugh (c)	b Collins	11	32	52	0	1	34.37
Ricky Ponting	c Griffith b Walsh	22	76	141	1	0	28.94
Ian Healy †	c †Jacobs b Collins	3	16	20	0	0	18.75
Shane Warne	lbw b Walsh	32	48	66	4	0	66.66
Stuart MacGill	c Campbell b Walsh	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Glenn McGrath	not out	8	8	8	2	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 19, w 1)	25
Total	50.1 Ov (RR: 2.91, 251 Mins)	146
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Elliott, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Justin Langer, 5.5 ov), 3-35 (Michael Slater, 15.3 ov), 4-46 (Jason Gillespie, 19.3 ov), 5-48 (Mark Waugh, 22.3 ov), 6-73 (Steve Waugh, 29.5 ov), 7-81 (Ian Healy, 34.4 ov), 8-134 (Shane Warne, 46.5 ov), 9-137 (Stuart MacGill, 48.3 ov), 10-146 (Ricky Ponting, 50.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Courtney Walsh	17.1	3	39	5	2.27	-	-	-	0	6
Curtly Ambrose	20	2	60	2	3.00	-	-	-	0	8
Pedro Collins	9	0	31	2	3.44	-	-	-	1	4
Nehemiah Perry	4	0	11	0	2.75	-	-	-	0	1

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 308 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	lbw b McGrath	33	100	138	7	0	33.00
Adrian Griffith	lbw b Gillespie	35	153	218	1	0	22.87
Dave Joseph	lbw b MacGill	1	16	24	0	0	6.25
Pedro Collins	lbw b McGrath	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Brian Lara (c)	not out	153	256	355	19	1	59.76
Carl Hooper	c †Healy b Gillespie	6	13	17	1	0	46.15
Jimmy Adams	b McGrath	38	125	170	5	0	30.40
Ridley Jacobs †	lbw b McGrath	5	12	17	1	0	41.66
Nehemiah Perry	lbw b McGrath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Curtly Ambrose	c Elliott b Gillespie	12	39	82	2	0	30.76
Courtney Walsh	not out	0	5	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 13, nb 5, w 2)	28
Total	120.1 Ov (RR: 2.58, 525 Mins)	311/9
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Sherwin Campbell, 32.6 ov), 2-77 (Dave Joseph, 39.3 ov), 3-78 (Pedro Collins, 40.4 ov), 4-91 (Adrian Griffith, 51.2 ov), 5-105 (Carl Hooper, 55.3 ov), 6-238 (Jimmy Adams, 96.6 ov), 7-248 (Ridley Jacobs, 100.4 ov), 8-248 (Nehemiah Perry, 100.5 ov), 9-302 (Curtly Ambrose, 118.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	44	13	92	5	2.09	-	-	-	1	0
Jason Gillespie	26.1	8	62	3	2.36	-	-	-	0	4
Shane Warne	24	4	69	0	2.87	-	-	-	0	1
Stuart MacGill	21	6	48	1	2.28	-	-	-	0	0
Steve Waugh	5	0	19	0	3.80	-	-	-	1	0

Close of Play

Fri, 26 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 322/4 (Steve Waugh 141*, Ricky Ponting 65*, 90 ov)

Sat, 27 Mar - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 80/4 (Sherwin Campbell 23*, Carl Hooper 13*, 24 ov)

Sun, 28 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 18/2 (Michael Slater 14*, Jason Gillespie 1*, 8 ov)

Mon, 29 Mar - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 85/3 (Adrian Griffith 35*, Brian Lara 2*, 47 ov)

Tue, 30 Mar - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 311/9 (120.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

CEL Ambrose failed to complete his 5th over after splitting his shoe, the balance was completed by Collins
Australia 1st innings: 1x5-ball over (24th over of the innings, bowled by Ambrose, called by Nicholls)
Lunch: Australia 78/3 (Langer 22*, SR Waugh 18*, 26 ov)
SR Waugh 1x5
Rain stopped play for all of 5 minutes from 1:18pm
SR Waugh 50 off 80 balls, 123 minutes, 4x4 0x6
JL Langer 50 off 80 balls, 130 mins, 5x4 0x6
Tea: Australia 195/4 (SR Waugh 87*, Ponting 16*, 54 overs)
SR Waugh 100 off 149 balls, 207 mins, 10x4 0x6
RT Ponting 50 off 142 balls, 5x4 0x6

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Match Details

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of West Indies
Season	1998/99
Player Of The Match	Brian Lara
Series result	West Indies led the 4-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1453
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	David Orchard Eddie Nicholls
TV Umpire	HA Moore
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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West Indies Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	44	13	92	5	2.09
JN Gillespie	26.1	8	62	3	2.36 (4 nb)
SK Warne	24	4	69	0	2.87 (1 nb)
SCG MacGill	21	6	48	1	2.28
SR Waugh	5	0	19	0	3.8

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