Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	b Ambrose	7	40	52	0	0	17.50
Matthew Hayden	c Hooper b Ambrose	5	19	27	0	0	26.31
Justin Langer	run out (Adams)	12	20	42	0	1	60.00
Mark Waugh	lbw b Ambrose	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	c †Murray b Bishop	58	131	163	4	0	44.27
Greg Blewett	run out (sub [AFG Griffith])	62	154	223	4	0	40.25
Ian Healy †	c Hooper b Ambrose	36	47	61	4	0	76.59
Paul Reiffel	c Samuels b Benjamin	0	4	8	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	c Campbell b Bishop	10	28	38	0	0	35.71
Jason Gillespie	not out	4	23	39	0	0	17.39
Glenn McGrath	c Hooper b Ambrose	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 17)	25
Total	74.5 Ov (RR: 2.92, 334 Mins)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Matthew Hayden), 2-26 (Mark Taylor), 3-26 (Mark Waugh), 4-27 (Justin Langer), 5-129 (Steve Waugh), 6-195 (Ian Healy), 7-200 (Paul Reiffel), 8-203 (Greg Blewett), 9-217 (Shane Warne), 10-219 (Glenn McGrath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Curtly Ambrose	24.5	7	55	5	2.21	-	-	-	12
Ian Bishop	11	1	31	2	2.81	-	-	-	2
Kenny Benjamin	19	2	64	1	3.36	-	-	-	2
Courtney Walsh	14	0	43	0	3.07	-	-	-	5
Jimmy Adams	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Carl Hooper	5	1	14	0	2.80	-	-	-	0

West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	lbw b McGrath	7	31	27	0	0	22.58
Robert Samuels	c Taylor b Warne	17	82	141	2	0	20.73
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	c & b McGrath	58	147	209	4	0	39.45
Brian Lara	c Warne b McGrath	2	18	26	0	0	11.11
Carl Hooper	run out (McGrath)	7	25	22	0	0	28.00
Jimmy Adams	not out	74	188	249	5	0	39.36
Junior Murray †	c Reiffel b McGrath	53	117	116	3	0	45.29
Ian Bishop	lbw b McGrath	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Curtly Ambrose	b Warne	8	19	29	1	0	42.10
Kenny Benjamin	b Reiffel	11	13	14	2	0	84.61
Courtney Walsh (c)	c ME Waugh b Warne	4	17	32	0	0	23.52
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 3)	14
Total	109.1 Ov (RR: 2.33, 441 Mins)	255
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-62 (Robert Samuels), 3-71 (Brian Lara), 4-86 (Carl Hooper), 5-107 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 6-197 (Junior Murray), 7-197 (Ian Bishop), 8-215 (Curtly Ambrose), 9-230 (Kenny Benjamin), 10-255 (Courtney Walsh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	30	11	50	5	1.66	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	29	8	76	1	2.62	-	-	-	5
Shane Warne	28.1	3	72	3	2.55	-	-	-	0
Jason Gillespie	3	2	5	0	1.66	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	9	3	19	0	2.11	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	10	5	22	0	2.20	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	b Ambrose	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Mark Taylor (c)	c Hooper b Walsh	10	48	78	1	0	20.83
Justin Langer	c Hooper b Ambrose	0	7	12	0	0	0.00
Mark Waugh	lbw b Walsh	19	54	81	1	0	35.18
Steve Waugh	b Benjamin	37	87	145	2	0	42.52
Greg Blewett	c †Murray b Walsh	7	17	25	1	0	41.17
Ian Healy †	b Benjamin	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Paul Reiffel	lbw b Benjamin	8	11	17	1	0	72.72
Shane Warne	c Adams b Ambrose	18	28	36	4	0	64.28
Jason Gillespie	lbw b Ambrose	2	20	18	0	0	10.00
Glenn McGrath	not out	5	9	17	0	0	55.55
Extras	(lb 4, nb 11, w 1)	16
Total	45.5 Ov (RR: 2.66, 224 Mins)	122
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Hayden), 2-3 (Justin Langer), 3-28 (Mark Taylor), 4-47 (Mark Waugh), 5-64 (Greg Blewett), 6-65 (Ian Healy), 7-76 (Paul Reiffel), 8-107 (Shane Warne), 9-113 (Jason Gillespie), 10-122 (Steve Waugh)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Curtly Ambrose	12	4	17	4	1.41	-	-	-	0	5
Ian Bishop	10	2	26	0	2.60	-	-	-	1	3
Kenny Benjamin	12.5	5	34	3	2.64	-	-	-	0	2
Courtney Walsh	11	4	41	3	3.72	-	-	-	0	5

West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 87 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	c Hayden b McGrath	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Robert Samuels	lbw b McGrath	13	12	30	2	0	108.33
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	b Reiffel	40	82	97	3	0	48.78
Brian Lara	c Hayden b McGrath	2	9	17	0	0	22.22
Carl Hooper	not out	27	36	57	2	0	75.00
Jimmy Adams	not out	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(nb 4)	4
Total	23.5 Ov (RR: 3.65)	87/4
Did not bat: Junior Murray †, Ian Bishop, Curtly Ambrose, Kenny Benjamin, Courtney Walsh (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-25 (Robert Samuels), 3-32 (Brian Lara), 4-82 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	9	1	41	3	4.55	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	9	2	16	1	1.77	-	-	-	4
Shane Warne	3	0	17	0	5.66	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	2.5	0	13	0	4.58	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 29/1 (Robert Samuels 10*, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 11*)

Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 233/9 (Jimmy Adams 54*, Courtney Walsh 2*)

Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 87/4 (23.5 ov) - end of match

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Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1996/97
Player Of The Match	Curtly Ambrose
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1346
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Peter Parker Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	Bill Sheahan
Match Referee	Peter van der Merwe

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AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES

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West Indies Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	9	1	41	3	4.55
PR Reiffel	9	2	16	1	1.77 (4 nb)
SK Warne	3	0	17	0	5.66
GS Blewett	2.5	0	13	0	4.58

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