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RESULT • CPL • T20 • Providence

125

GAW

(14.3/20 ov, T:126) 126/5

Amazon won by 5 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)

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AUS

186/7

INDIA

(19.5/20 ov, T:187) 187/4

India won by 6 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

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RESULT

1st Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1981, West Indies tour of Australia

Australia

198 & 222

West Indies

(T:220) 201 & 161

Australia won by 58 runs

Player Of The Match

Kim Hughes, AUS

100*

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Match Details

Australia 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	c †Murray b Holding	4	18	16	0	0	22.22
Graeme Wood	c †Murray b Roberts	3	28	49	0	0	10.71
Greg Chappell (c)	c †Murray b Holding	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Allan Border	c †Murray b Holding	4	43	61	0	0	9.30
Kim Hughes	not out	100	200	266	11	0	50.00
Dirk Wellham	c sub (AL Logie) b Croft	17	37	54	2	0	45.94
Rod Marsh †	c Richards b Garner	21	43	74	1	0	48.83
Bruce Yardley	b Garner	21	17	35	2	0	123.52
Dennis Lillee	c Gomes b Holding	1	4	11	0	0	25.00
Geoff Lawson	b Holding	2	3	2	0	0	66.66
Terry Alderman	c †Murray b Croft	10	26	56	1	0	38.46
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 8)	15
TOTAL	68.1 Ov (RR: 2.90)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Bruce Laird), 2-4 (Greg Chappell), 3-8 (Graeme Wood), 4-26 (Allan Border), 5-59 (Dirk Wellham), 6-115 (Rod Marsh), 7-149 (Bruce Yardley), 8-153 (Dennis Lillee), 9-155 (Geoff Lawson), 10-198 (Terry Alderman)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Holding	17	3	45	5	2.64	-	-	-
Andy Roberts	15	6	40	1	2.66	-	-	-
Joel Garner	20	6	59	2	2.95	-	-	-
Colin Croft	16.1	3	39	2	2.41	-	-	-

West Indies 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Desmond Haynes	c Border b Lillee	1	14	20	0	0	7.14
Faoud Bacchus	c Wood b Alderman	1	8	13	0	0	12.50
Colin Croft	lbw b Lillee	0	10	16	0	0	0.00
Viv Richards	b Lillee	2	8	14	0	0	25.00
Clive Lloyd (c)	c Alderman b Yardley	29	81	106	1	0	35.80
Larry Gomes	c Chappell b Lillee	55	108	175	4	0	50.92
Jeff Dujon	c Hughes b Lillee	41	48	58	6	0	85.41
David Murray †	not out	32	70	90	0	0	45.71
Andy Roberts	c †Marsh b Lillee	18	23	37	3	0	78.26
Michael Holding	c & b Alderman	2	7	14	0	0	28.57
Joel Garner	c Laird b Lillee	7	10	17	1	0	70.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 9)	13
TOTAL	62.3 Ov (RR: 3.21)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-5 (Desmond Haynes), 3-6 (Colin Croft), 4-10 (Viv Richards), 5-62 (Clive Lloyd), 6-134 (Jeff Dujon), 7-147 (Larry Gomes), 8-174 (Andy Roberts), 9-183 (Michael Holding), 10-201 (Joel Garner)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	26.3	3	83	7	3.13	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	18	3	54	2	3.00	-	-	-
Geoff Lawson	9	2	28	0	3.11	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	2	2	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	7	2	23	1	3.28	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	lbw b Croft	64	146	210	5	0	43.83
Graeme Wood	c †Murray b Garner	46	86	118	5	0	53.48
Greg Chappell (c)	c †Murray b Garner	6	21	35	0	0	28.57
Allan Border	b Holding	66	136	190	2	0	48.52
Kim Hughes	b Holding	8	48	74	0	0	16.66
Dirk Wellham	lbw b Holding	2	5	11	0	0	40.00
Rod Marsh †	c †Murray b Holding	2	14	18	0	0	14.28
Bruce Yardley	b Garner	13	17	15	0	0	76.47
Dennis Lillee	c †Murray b Holding	0	9	20	0	0	0.00
Geoff Lawson	not out	0	7	17	0	0	0.00
Terry Alderman	b Holding	1	10	9	0	0	10.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)	14
TOTAL	82.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)	222
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Graeme Wood), 2-106 (Greg Chappell), 3-139 (Bruce Laird), 4-184 (Kim Hughes), 5-190 (Dirk Wellham), 6-199 (Rod Marsh), 7-215 (Bruce Yardley), 8-218 (Allan Border), 9-220 (Dennis Lillee), 10-222 (Terry Alderman)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Michael Holding	21.3	5	62	6	2.88	-	-	-
Andy Roberts	18	4	31	0	1.72	-	-	-
Joel Garner	18	5	37	3	2.05	-	-	-
Colin Croft	20	2	61	1	3.05	-	-	-
Viv Richards	5	0	17	0	3.40	-	-	-

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 220 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Desmond Haynes	c Lillee b Yardley	28	121	182	3	0	23.14
Faoud Bacchus	lbw b Alderman	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Viv Richards	b Alderman	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Clive Lloyd (c)	c Border b Lawson	19	36	52	2	0	52.77
Larry Gomes	b Yardley	24	48	85	1	0	50.00
Jeff Dujon	c †Marsh b Yardley	43	163	163	1	0	26.38
David Murray †	c †Marsh b Yardley	10	28	51	1	0	35.71
Andy Roberts	lbw b Lillee	10	40	85	0	1	25.00
Michael Holding	lbw b Lillee	7	11	15	1	0	63.63
Joel Garner	lbw b Lillee	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Colin Croft	not out	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 9)	20
TOTAL	74.1 Ov (RR: 2.17)	161
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Faoud Bacchus), 2-4 (Viv Richards), 3-38 (Clive Lloyd), 4-80 (Larry Gomes), 5-88 (Desmond Haynes), 6-116 (David Murray), 7-150 (Jeff Dujon), 8-154 (Andy Roberts), 9-154 (Joel Garner), 10-161 (Michael Holding)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	27.1	8	44	3	1.61	-	-	-
Terry Alderman	9	3	23	2	2.55	-	-	-
Geoff Lawson	17	3	36	1	2.11	-	-	-
Bruce Yardley	21	7	38	4	1.80	-	-	-

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MATCH DETAILS

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1981/82
Player Of The Match	Kim Hughes
Series result	Australia led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 915
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Jeff Dujon
Umpires	Robin Bailhache Tony Crafter

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 26 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 10/4 (Clive Lloyd 2*)

Sun, 27 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 187/9 (David Murray 26*, Joel Garner 0*)

Mon, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 217/7 (Allan Border 65*, Dennis Lillee 0*)

Tue, 29 Dec - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 154/9 (Michael Holding 4*)

Wed, 30 Dec - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 161 (74.1 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

Australia's win ended a West Indies sequence of 15 Tests without defeat since February 1980
At 2.55pm on December 27, Lillee induced an edged stroke from Gomes to pass the world record of 309 wickets held by LR Gibbs (WI).
Lillee achieved his best bowling figures in Tests with 7/83.
Lillee equalled the record (held by SF Barnes and CV Grimmett) for most 10 wickets in a match when he completed the feat for the 7th time.
Lillee took the record for most wickets in a calender year with 85 wickets in 1981 (previously 74 wickets by Kapil Dev in 1979).
Holding's match figures of 11/107 is a record for West Indies v Australia
Murray's 9 catches in the match is a West Indian record

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West Indies Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
DL Haynes	caught	28	121
SFAF Bacchus	lbw	0	3
IVA Richards	bowled	0	2
CH Lloyd	caught	19	36
HA Gomes	bowled	24	48
PJL Dujon	caught	43	163
DA Murray	caught	10	28
AME Roberts	lbw	10	40
MA Holding	lbw	7	11
J Garner	lbw	0	1
CEH Croft	not out	0	2
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 9)
Total	161(10 wkts; 74.1 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	27.1	8	44	3	1.61
TM Alderman	9	3	23	2	2.55
GF Lawson	17	3	36	1	2.11
B Yardley	21	7	38	4	1.8

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	4	Desmond Haynes	Faoud Bacchus
2nd	0	Viv Richards	Desmond Haynes
3rd	34	Clive Lloyd	Desmond Haynes
4th	42	Larry Gomes	Desmond Haynes
5th	8	Desmond Haynes	Jeff Dujon
6th	28	David Murray	Jeff Dujon
7th	34	Andy Roberts	Jeff Dujon
8th	4	Andy Roberts	Michael Holding
9th	0	Michael Holding	Joel Garner
10th	7	Michael Holding	Colin Croft

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