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Australia vs West Indies, 1st Test at Brisbane, Dec 01 1979 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Brisbane, December 01 - 05, 1979, West Indies tour of Australia

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Australia

268 & 448/6d

West Indies

(T:276) 441 & 40/3

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Viv Richards

, WI

140

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	c †Murray b Garner	92	185	303	10	0	49.72
Rick McCosker	c Kallicharran b Croft	14	26	32	1	0	53.84
Allan Border	c †Murray b Garner	1	16	21	0	0	6.25
Greg Chappell (c)	c King b Roberts	74	115	150	10	0	64.34
Kim Hughes	b Croft	3	23	28	0	0	13.04
David Hookes	c Holding b Croft	43	67	85	4	0	64.17
Rod Marsh †	c †Murray b Garner	3	24	35	0	0	12.50
Ray Bright	b Holding	13	42	64	2	0	30.95
Dennis Lillee	lbw b Garner	0	7	9	0	0	0.00
Rodney Hogg	b Roberts	8	26	37	1	0	30.76
Jeff Thomson	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 12)	17
Total	86.1 Ov (RR: 3.11)	268
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rick McCosker), 2-26 (Allan Border), 3-156 (Greg Chappell), 4-174 (Kim Hughes), 5-228 (Bruce Laird), 6-242 (David Hookes), 7-246 (Rod Marsh), 8-252 (Dennis Lillee), 9-268 (Ray Bright), 10-268 (Rodney Hogg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	18.1	5	50	2	2.75	-	-	-
Michael Holding	16	3	53	1	3.31	-	-	-
Colin Croft	25	6	80	3	3.20	-	-	-
Joel Garner	22	5	55	4	2.50	-	-	-
Collis King	5	1	13	0	2.60	-	-	-

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	c †Marsh b Lillee	34	55	72	5	0	61.81
Desmond Haynes	c †Marsh b Thomson	42	59	91	6	0	71.18
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Lillee	140	259	329	20	0	54.05
Alvin Kallicharran	c †Marsh b Thomson	38	92	121	3	0	41.30
Lawrence Rowe	b Chappell	50	109	145	7	0	45.87
Collis King	c †Marsh b Lillee	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Deryck Murray (c)†	c McCosker b Thomson	21	40	70	2	0	52.50
Andy Roberts	run out	7	22	41	1	0	31.81
Joel Garner	lbw b Lillee	60	83	113	3	4	72.28
Michael Holding	b Bright	11	24	23	2	0	45.83
Colin Croft	not out	2	73	80	0	0	2.73
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 28)	36
Total	132.1 Ov (RR: 3.33)	441
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-93 (Desmond Haynes), 3-198 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-317 (Lawrence Rowe), 5-317 (Collis King), 6-341 (Viv Richards), 7-365 (Deryck Murray), 8-366 (Andy Roberts), 9-385 (Michael Holding), 10-441 (Joel Garner)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	29.1	8	104	4	3.56	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	25	6	55	0	2.20	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	24	4	90	3	3.75	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	12	2	25	1	2.08	-	-	-
Ray Bright	32	9	97	1	3.03	-	-	-
Allan Border	5	1	19	0	3.80	-	-	-
David Hookes	5	2	15	0	3.00	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	b Holding	33	53	59	4	0	62.26
Bruce Laird	c sub (MD Marshall) b Garner	75	218	302	8	0	34.40
Allan Border	c Richards b Garner	7	28	33	0	0	25.00
Greg Chappell (c)	b Croft	124	299	376	12	0	41.47
Kim Hughes	not out	130	244	378	17	1	53.27
David Hookes	b Roberts	37	75	104	3	0	49.33
Rod Marsh †	c Kallicharran b King	19	76	87	2	0	25.00
Ray Bright	not out	2	11	10	0	0	18.18
Extras	(b 2, lb 11, nb 6, w 2)	21
Total	166 Ov (RR: 2.69)	448/6d
Did not bat: Dennis Lillee, Rodney Hogg, Jeff Thomson
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Rick McCosker), 2-55 (Allan Border), 3-179 (Bruce Laird), 4-297 (Greg Chappell), 5-371 (David Hookes), 6-442 (Rod Marsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	27	5	70	1	2.59	-	-	-
Michael Holding	30	4	94	1	3.13	-	-	-
Colin Croft	28	3	106	1	3.78	-	-	-
Joel Garner	41	13	75	2	1.82	-	-	-
Collis King	22	6	50	1	2.27	-	-	-
Alvin Kallicharran	18	0	32	0	1.77	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 276 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	c McCosker b Thomson	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Desmond Haynes	lbw b Hogg	4	16	29	0	0	25.00
Lawrence Rowe	b Hogg	3	18	19	0	0	16.66
Alvin Kallicharran	not out	10	32	36	1	0	31.25
Collis King	not out	8	22	33	1	0	36.36
Extras	(b 5, nb 9, w 1)	15
Total	14 Ov (RR: 2.85)	40/3
Did not bat: Viv Richards, Deryck Murray (c)†, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-15 (Lawrence Rowe), 3-16 (Desmond Haynes)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	2	0	3	0	1.50	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	5	2	11	2	2.20	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	3	2	3	1	1.00	-	-	-
Ray Bright	4	3	8	0	2.00	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 01 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 229/5 (David Hookes 33*, Rod Marsh 1*)

Sun, 02 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 233/3 (Viv Richards 80*, Lawrence Rowe 14*)

Mon, 03 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 30/0 (Rick McCosker 25*, Bruce Laird 5*)

Tue, 04 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 240/3 (Greg Chappell 97*, Kim Hughes 16*)

Wed, 05 Dec - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 40/3 (14 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss	West Indies, elected to field first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1979/80
Player Of The Match	Viv Richards
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 862
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Bruce Laird
Umpires	Robin Bailhache Tony Crafter

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West Indies Innings

Player Name		R	B
CG Greenidge	caught	0	7
DL Haynes	lbw	4	16
LG Rowe	bowled	3	18
AI Kallicharran	not out	10	32
CL King	not out	8	22
Extras	(b 5, nb 9, w 1)
Total	40(3 wkts; 14 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	2	0	3	0	1.5
RM Hogg	5	2	11	2	2.2
JR Thomson	3	2	3	1	1
RJ Bright	4	3	8	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Gordon Greenidge	Desmond Haynes
2nd	13	Lawrence Rowe	Desmond Haynes
3rd	1	Alvin Kallicharran	Desmond Haynes
4th	24	Alvin Kallicharran	Collis King

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