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Australia vs West Indies, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 29 1979 - Full Scorecard

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2nd Test, Melbourne, December 29, 1979 - January 01, 1980, West Indies tour of Australia

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Australia

156 & 259

West Indies

(T:19) 397 & 22/0

West Indies won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match

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Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

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Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener	lbw b Garner	40	90	126	3	0	44.44
Bruce Laird	c Lloyd b Holding	16	41	69	0	0	39.02
Allan Border	c Richards b Garner	17	64	99	1	0	26.56
Greg Chappell (c)	c †Murray b Garner	19	46	58	2	0	41.30
Kim Hughes	c Rowe b Holding	4	9	22	0	0	44.44
Peter Toohey	c Roberts b Holding	10	16	28	1	0	62.50
Rod Marsh †	c Kallicharran b Holding	0	8	15	0	0	0.00
Dennis Lillee	c Lloyd b Croft	12	21	22	0	0	57.14
Geoff Dymock	c Kallicharran b Croft	7	14	29	0	0	50.00
Rodney Hogg	c Greenidge b Croft	14	25	27	2	0	56.00
Jim Higgs	not out	0	7	16	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 2, w 2)	17
Total	56.3 Ov (RR: 2.76)	156
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Bruce Laird), 2-69 (Julien Wiener), 3-97 (Allan Border), 4-108 (Greg Chappell), 5-112 (Kim Hughes), 6-118 (Rod Marsh), 7-123 (Peter Toohey), 8-133 (Dennis Lillee), 9-143 (Geoff Dymock), 10-156 (Rodney Hogg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	14	1	39	0	2.78	-	-	-
Michael Holding	14	3	40	4	2.85	-	-	-
Colin Croft	13.3	4	27	3	2.00	-	-	-
Joel Garner	15	7	33	3	2.20	-	-	-

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	c Higgs b Dymock	48	94	137	5	0	51.06
Desmond Haynes	c Hughes b Lillee	29	24	32	4	0	120.83
Viv Richards	c Toohey b Dymock	96	110	160	9	1	87.27
Alvin Kallicharran	c Laird b Higgs	39	63	88	4	0	61.90
Lawrence Rowe	b Lillee	26	68	64	2	0	38.23
Clive Lloyd (c)	c †Marsh b Dymock	40	113	143	2	0	35.39
Deryck Murray †	b Dymock	24	80	85	1	0	30.00
Andy Roberts	lbw b Lillee	54	88	89	6	0	61.36
Joel Garner	c Dymock b Higgs	29	38	54	5	0	76.31
Michael Holding	not out	1	7	18	0	0	14.28
Colin Croft	lbw b Higgs	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 7)	11
Total	112.4 Ov (RR: 3.52)	397
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Desmond Haynes), 2-156 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-215 (Viv Richards), 4-226 (Alvin Kallicharran), 5-250 (Lawrence Rowe), 6-305 (Deryck Murray), 7-320 (Clive Lloyd), 8-390 (Joel Garner), 9-396 (Andy Roberts), 10-397 (Colin Croft)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	36	7	96	3	2.66	-	-	-
Rodney Hogg	6	0	59	0	9.83	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	31	2	106	4	3.41	-	-	-
Jim Higgs	34.4	4	122	3	3.51	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	5	2	3	0	0.60	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Julien Wiener	c †Murray b Croft	24	47	69	1	0	51.06
Bruce Laird	c Garner b Holding	69	176	277	3	0	39.20
Allan Border	lbw b Holding	15	51	72	2	0	29.41
Greg Chappell (c)	c †Murray b Roberts	22	19	32	1	0	115.78
Kim Hughes	lbw b Roberts	70	102	160	6	0	68.62
Peter Toohey	c †Murray b Croft	7	26	28	1	0	26.92
Rod Marsh †	b Croft	7	21	34	0	0	33.33
Dennis Lillee	c & b Roberts	0	9	15	0	0	0.00
Geoff Dymock	c Lloyd b Garner	17	35	52	3	0	48.57
Rodney Hogg	c Holding b Garner	11	38	42	0	0	28.94
Jim Higgs	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 5)	17
Total	86.4 Ov (RR: 2.98)	259
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Julien Wiener), 2-88 (Allan Border), 3-121 (Greg Chappell), 4-187 (Bruce Laird), 5-205 (Peter Toohey), 6-228 (Kim Hughes), 7-228 (Rod Marsh), 8-233 (Dennis Lillee), 9-258 (Geoff Dymock), 10-259 (Rodney Hogg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	21	1	64	3	3.04	-	-	-
Michael Holding	23	7	61	2	2.65	-	-	-
Colin Croft	22	2	61	3	2.77	-	-	-
Joel Garner	20.4	2	56	2	2.70	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 19 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	not out	9	21	26	0	0	42.85
Desmond Haynes	not out	9	24	26	0	0	37.50
Extras	(lb 4)	4
Total	7.2 Ov (RR: 3.00)	22/0
Did not bat: Viv Richards, Alvin Kallicharran, Lawrence Rowe, Clive Lloyd (c), Deryck Murray †, Andy Roberts, Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	3	0	9	3.00	-	-	-
Geoff Dymock	3	0	5	1.66	-	-	-
Kim Hughes	1	1	0	0.00	-	-	-
Peter Toohey	0.2	0	4	12.00	-	-	-

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Sat, 29 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 103/1 (Gordon Greenidge 26*, Viv Richards 45*)

Sun, 30 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 336/7 (Andy Roberts 13*, Joel Garner 12*)

Mon, 31 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 167/3 (Bruce Laird 63*, Kim Hughes 33*)

Tue, 01 Jan - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 22/0 (7.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1979/80
Player Of The Match	Viv Richards
Series result	West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 867
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Mick Harvey Tony Crafter

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At Melbourne, December 29, 30, 31, January 1

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West Indies Innings

Player Name		R	B
CG Greenidge	not out	9	21
DL Haynes	not out	9	24
Extras	(lb 4)
Total	22(0 wkts; 7.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
DK Lillee	3	0	9	3
G Dymock	3	0	5	1.66
KJ Hughes	1	1	0	0
PM Toohey	0.2	0	4	12

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	Gordon Greenidge	Desmond Haynes

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