Australia vs West Indies Scorecard 1960/61

RESULT

2nd Test, Melbourne, December 30, 1960 - January 03, 1961, West Indies tour of Australia

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Australia

(T:67) 348 & 70/3

West Indies

(f/o) 181 & 233

Australia won by 7 wickets

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings (Following on)

Australia 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Watson b Hall	15	26	45	1	0	57.69
Bob Simpson	c †Alexander b Hall	49	68	103	4	0	72.05
Neil Harvey	c Sobers b Worrell	12	19	27	2	0	63.15
Norm O'Neill	c Sobers b Worrell	40	66	90	3	0	60.60
Les Favell	c Nurse b Sobers	51	87	102	5	0	58.62
Ken Mackay	b Ramadhin	74	136	172	4	0	54.41
Alan Davidson	b Hall	35	51	39	4	1	68.62
Richie Benaud (c)	b Hall	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
Wally Grout †	b Watson	5	5	6	0	0	100.00
Johnny Martin	b Valentine	55	67	82	4	1	82.08
Frank Misson	not out	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2, w 1)	10
TOTAL	66.1 Ov (RR: 5.26)	348
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Colin McDonald), 2-60 (Neil Harvey), 3-105 (Bob Simpson), 4-155 (Norm O'Neill), 5-189 (Les Favell), 6-242 (Alan Davidson), 7-244 (Richie Benaud), 8-251 (Wally Grout), 9-348 (Ken Mackay), 10-348 (Johnny Martin)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Wes Hall	12	2	51	4	3.18	-	-	-
Chester Watson	12	1	73	1	4.56	-	-	-
Garry Sobers	17	1	88	1	3.88	-	-	-
Frank Worrell	9	0	50	2	4.16	-	-	-
Alf Valentine	11.1	1	55	1	3.70	-	-	-
Sonny Ramadhin	5	0	21	1	3.15	-	-	-

West Indies 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Conrad Hunte	c Simpson b Misson	1	5	8	0	0	20.00
Joe Solomon	c †Grout b Davidson	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Seymour Nurse	c †Grout b Davidson	70	259	305	1	0	27.02
Rohan Kanhai	c Harvey b Davidson	84	165	164	13	0	50.90
Garry Sobers	c Simpson b Benaud	9	36	40	0	0	25.00
Frank Worrell (c)	b Misson	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Gerry Alexander †	c Favell b Davidson	5	28	34	0	0	17.85
Sonny Ramadhin	b Davidson	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Wes Hall	b Davidson	5	16	13	0	0	31.25
Chester Watson	c McDonald b Benaud	4	22	27	0	0	18.18
Alf Valentine	not out	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(nb 2)	2
TOTAL	69.2 Ov (RR: 2.61)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joe Solomon), 2-1 (Conrad Hunte), 3-124 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-139 (Garry Sobers), 5-142 (Frank Worrell), 6-160 (Gerry Alexander), 7-160 (Sonny Ramadhin), 8-166 (Wes Hall), 9-177 (Seymour Nurse), 10-181 (Chester Watson)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	22	4	53	6	1.80	-	-	-
Frank Misson	11	0	36	2	2.45	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	27.2	10	58	2	1.59	-	-	-
Johnny Martin	8	1	32	0	3.00	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Conrad Hunte	c †Grout b O'Neill	110	249	270	9	0	44.17
Joe Solomon	hit wicket b Benaud	4	51	69	0	0	7.84
Seymour Nurse	run out	3	17	15	0	0	17.64
Rohan Kanhai	c Misson b Martin	25	65	50	3	0	38.46
Garry Sobers	c Simpson b Martin	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Frank Worrell (c)	c Simpson b Martin	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Gerry Alexander †	c †Grout b Davidson	72	214	194	7	0	33.64
Sonny Ramadhin	st †Grout b Benaud	3	11	8	0	0	27.27
Wes Hall	b Davidson	4	18	26	0	0	22.22
Chester Watson	run out	5	10	18	0	0	50.00
Alf Valentine	not out	0	5	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 2, w 1)	7
TOTAL	80.4 Ov (RR: 2.89)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Joe Solomon), 2-51 (Seymour Nurse), 3-97 (Rohan Kanhai), 4-99 (Garry Sobers), 5-99 (Frank Worrell), 6-186 (Conrad Hunte), 7-193 (Sonny Ramadhin), 8-206 (Wes Hall), 9-222 (Chester Watson), 10-233 (Gerry Alexander)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Alan Davidson	15.4	2	51	2	2.46	-	-	-
Frank Misson	12	3	36	0	2.25	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	20	3	49	2	1.83	-	-	-
Johnny Martin	20	3	56	3	2.10	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	8	0	24	0	2.25	-	-	-
Norm O'Neill	5	1	10	1	1.50	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 67 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	c Sobers b Hall	13	24	39	1	0	54.16
Bob Simpson	not out	27	62	112	1	0	43.54
Neil Harvey	c †Alexander b Hall	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Norm O'Neill	lbw b Watson	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Les Favell	not out	24	53	60	1	0	45.28
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1)	6
TOTAL	18.4 Ov (RR: 3.78)	70/3
Did not bat: Ken Mackay, Alan Davidson, Richie Benaud (c), Wally Grout †, Johnny Martin, Frank Misson
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Colin McDonald), 2-27 (Neil Harvey), 3-30 (Norm O'Neill)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Wes Hall	9.4	0	32	2	2.52	-	-	-	0	0
Chester Watson	9	1	32	1	2.66	-	-	-	0	0

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CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 30 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 1/1 (Conrad Hunte 1*)

Sat, 31 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 108/2 (Seymour Nurse 35*, Rohan Kanhai 70*)

Sun, 01 Jan - rest day

Mon, 02 Jan - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 129/5 (Conrad Hunte 74*, Gerry Alexander 19*)

Tue, 03 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 70/3 (18.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1960/61
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 500
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Frank Misson Johnny Martin
Umpires	Col Egar Col Hoy

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
CC McDonald	caught	13	24
RB Simpson	not out	27	62
RN Harvey	caught	0	2
NCL O'Neill	lbw	0	8
LE Favell	not out	24	53
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1)
Total	70(3 wkts; 18.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
WW Hall	9.4	0	32	2	2.52
CD Watson	9	1	32	1	2.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	27	Colin McDonald	Bob Simpson
2nd	0	Neil Harvey	Bob Simpson
3rd	3	Bob Simpson	Norm O'Neill
4th	40	Les Favell	Bob Simpson

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