Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	lbw b Gillespie	18	86	101	1	0	20.93
Daren Ganga	b Gillespie	23	51	87	2	0	45.09
Wavell Hinds	c Ponting b Gillespie	27	62	73	3	0	43.54
Brian Lara	c Waugh b Miller	182	235	351	29	1	77.44
Jimmy Adams (c)	c †Gilchrist b Gillespie	49	165	191	4	0	29.69
Mervyn Dillon	c Waugh b Gillespie	9	10	10	1	0	90.00
Marlon Samuels	lbw b Miller	35	92	113	4	0	38.04
Ridley Jacobs †	c Langer b Miller	21	51	63	3	0	41.17
Nixon McLean	lbw b Miller	0	8	12	0	0	0.00
Marlon Black	not out	1	18	27	0	0	5.55
Courtney Walsh	lbw b Miller	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 12, nb 6, pen 5)	26
Total	128.5 Ov (RR: 3.03, 520 Mins)	391
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Daren Ganga, 20.6 ov), 2-52 (Sherwin Campbell, 24.3 ov), 3-86 (Wavell Hinds, 40.4 ov), 4-269 (Jimmy Adams, 88.3 ov), 5-280 (Mervyn Dillon, 90.4 ov), 6-354 (Brian Lara, 112.2 ov), 7-376 (Marlon Samuels, 118.5 ov), 8-382 (Nixon McLean, 122.1 ov), 9-391 (Ridley Jacobs, 128.4 ov), 10-391 (Courtney Walsh, 128.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	36	14	83	0	2.30	184	12	0	0	3
Jason Gillespie	32	9	89	5	2.78	154	10	0	0	2
20.6 to D Ganga, . 45/1 24.3 to SL Campbell, . 52/2 40.4 to WW Hinds, . 86/3 88.3 to JC Adams, . 269/4 90.4 to M Dillon, . 280/5
Colin Miller	35.5	13	81	5	2.26	178	6	0	0	1
112.2 to BC Lara, . 354/6 118.5 to MN Samuels, . 376/7 122.1 to NAM McLean, . 382/8 128.4 to RD Jacobs, . 391/9 128.5 to CA Walsh, . 391/10
Stuart MacGill	24	5	118	0	4.91	101	19	1	0	0
Ricky Ponting	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c sub (RR Sarwan) b Samuels	83	123	182	8	0	67.47
Matthew Hayden	run out (Campbell/†Jacobs)	58	119	165	8	0	48.73
Justin Langer	c Lara b Samuels	6	21	24	1	0	28.57
Mark Waugh	lbw b Dillon	63	142	201	6	0	44.36
Jason Gillespie	lbw b Walsh	4	34	41	0	0	11.76
Ricky Ponting	c †Jacobs b Walsh	92	156	232	10	0	58.97
Damien Martyn	not out	46	126	151	3	0	36.50
Adam Gilchrist (c)†	c †Jacobs b McLean	9	33	34	1	0	27.27
Stuart MacGill	c †Jacobs b Dillon	6	15	23	0	0	40.00
Colin Miller	c Campbell b McLean	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Glenn McGrath	b Dillon	1	6	8	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 13, nb 11, w 5)	34
Total	127.4 Ov (RR: 3.15, 537 Mins)	403
Fall of wickets: 1-156 (Matthew Hayden, 37.6 ov), 2-160 (Michael Slater, 41.2 ov), 3-169 (Justin Langer, 43.4 ov), 4-187 (Jason Gillespie, 53.1 ov), 5-310 (Mark Waugh, 90.2 ov), 6-369 (Ricky Ponting, 110.1 ov), 7-386 (Adam Gilchrist, 120.1 ov), 8-397 (Stuart MacGill, 125.5 ov), 9-398 (Colin Miller, 126.1 ov), 10-403 (Glenn McGrath, 127.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Courtney Walsh	32	7	73	2	2.28	150	4	0	1	5
53.1 to JN Gillespie, . 187/4 110.1 to RT Ponting, . 369/6
Marlon Black	18	1	75	0	4.16	80	9	0	0	4
Mervyn Dillon	24.4	2	84	3	3.40	102	8	0	2	0
90.2 to ME Waugh, . 310/5 125.5 to SCG MacGill, . 397/8 127.4 to GD McGrath, . 403/10
Nixon McLean	21	1	69	2	3.28	89	7	0	0	1
120.1 to AC Gilchrist, . 386/7 126.1 to CR Miller, . 398/9
Jimmy Adams	13	2	35	0	2.69	59	3	0	0	1
Marlon Samuels	19	6	49	2	2.57	87	6	0	0	0
41.2 to MJ Slater, . 160/2 43.4 to JL Langer, . 169/3

West Indies 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sherwin Campbell	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	8	32	35	1	0	25.00
Daren Ganga	lbw b Miller	32	85	137	4	0	37.64
Wavell Hinds	c Martyn b MacGill	9	25	30	0	0	36.00
Brian Lara	c Langer b Miller	39	38	48	4	1	102.63
Jimmy Adams (c)	c Martyn b Miller	15	48	56	1	0	31.25
Marlon Samuels	c Hayden b MacGill	3	26	28	0	0	11.53
Ridley Jacobs †	c Ponting b Miller	2	10	22	0	0	20.00
Nixon McLean	c Hayden b Miller	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Mervyn Dillon	lbw b McGrath	19	28	32	2	0	67.85
Marlon Black	not out	3	15	21	0	0	20.00
Courtney Walsh	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	11
Total	51.5 Ov (RR: 2.72, 211 Mins)	141
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Sherwin Campbell, 8.4 ov), 2-36 (Wavell Hinds, 15.4 ov), 3-87 (Brian Lara, 28.4 ov), 4-96 (Daren Ganga, 34.1 ov), 5-109 (Marlon Samuels, 41.5 ov), 6-109 (Jimmy Adams, 42.2 ov), 7-109 (Nixon McLean, 42.5 ov), 8-116 (Ridley Jacobs, 46.1 ov), 9-137 (Mervyn Dillon, 51.3 ov), 10-141 (Courtney Walsh, 51.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	9.5	1	27	3	2.74	48	3	0	0	1
8.4 to SL Campbell, . 26/1 51.3 to M Dillon, . 137/9 51.5 to CA Walsh, . 141/10
Jason Gillespie	13	5	18	0	1.38	68	2	0	0	0
Stuart MacGill	12	2	55	2	4.58	49	5	1	1	0
15.4 to WW Hinds, . 36/2 41.5 to MN Samuels, . 109/5
Colin Miller	17	6	32	5	1.88	85	3	0	0	0
28.4 to BC Lara, . 87/3 34.1 to D Ganga, . 96/4 42.2 to JC Adams, . 109/6 42.5 to NAM McLean, . 109/7 46.1 to RD Jacobs, . 116/8

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 130 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Hayden	c †Jacobs b Walsh	14	24	31	1	0	58.33
Michael Slater	c †Jacobs b Dillon	1	5	6	0	0	20.00
Justin Langer	c †Jacobs b Dillon	48	118	169	5	0	40.67
Mark Waugh	c †Jacobs b Dillon	5	7	13	1	0	71.42
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Walsh	11	15	26	1	0	73.33
Damien Martyn	not out	34	87	122	0	0	39.08
Adam Gilchrist (c)†	not out	10	5	18	1	0	200.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 3)	7
Total	43 Ov (RR: 3.02, 195 Mins)	130/5
Did not bat: Jason Gillespie, Stuart MacGill, Colin Miller, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Michael Slater, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Matthew Hayden, 6.4 ov), 3-27 (Mark Waugh, 9.1 ov), 4-48 (Ricky Ponting, 14.2 ov), 5-111 (Justin Langer, 39.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Courtney Walsh	14	4	39	2	2.78	64	3	0	0	0
6.4 to ML Hayden, . 22/2 14.2 to RT Ponting, . 48/4
Mervyn Dillon	12	3	42	3	3.50	53	5	0	0	0
1.4 to MJ Slater, . 8/1 9.1 to ME Waugh, . 27/3 39.2 to JL Langer, . 111/5
Marlon Samuels	6	1	17	0	2.83	28	3	0	0	0
Nixon McLean	5	1	9	0	1.80	24	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Adams	3	0	7	0	2.33	14	0	0	0	0
Marlon Black	3	0	12	0	4.00	14	1	0	0	3

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Fri, 15 Dec - day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 274/4 (Brian Lara 136*, Mervyn Dillon 3*, 90 ov)

Sat, 16 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 180/3 (Mark Waugh 10*, Jason Gillespie 2*, 49 ov)

Sun, 17 Dec - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 403/9 (Damien Martyn 46*, Glenn McGrath 1*, 127 ov)

Mon, 18 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 98/4 (Justin Langer 43*, Damien Martyn 18*, 35 ov)

Tue, 19 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 130/5 (43 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

5 byes were given away to West Indies when Gilchrist dropped a ball into a helmet on the ground behind him, this was amended to Penalty Runs on 2nd January 2001
West Indies 50 in 95 mins, off 22.5 overs
Lunch: West Indies 61/2 (Hinds 10*, Lara 4*, 30 overs)
West Indies 100 in 196 mins, off 48.1 overs
Lara/Adams 4th wicket partnership 50 in 65 mins, off 94 balls
Lara 50 in 125 mins, off 90 balls, 10x4
Tea: West Indies 146/3 (Lara 59*, Adams 10*, 61 overs)
West Indies 150 in 251 mins, off 63.3 overs
Lara/Adams 4th wicket partnership 100 in 118 mins, off 186 balls
West Indies 200 in 291 mins, off 74.4 overs
Lara 100 in 199 mins, off 140 balls, 16x4, 1x6
West Indies 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 80 overs at 235/3
West Indies 250 in 325 mins, off 82 overs
Attendance: 18 315

Day 2

West Indies 300 in 402 mins, off 99 overs
Lara 150 in 305 mins, off 202 balls, 24x4, 1x6
Lara/Samuels 6th wicket partnership 50 in 68 mins, off 83 balls
West Indies 350 in 450 mins, off 111.3 overs
Lunch: West Indies 376/7 (Jacobs 11*, McLean 0*, 119 overs)
Australia 50 in 58 mins, off 12.3 overs
Slater/Hayden 1st wicket partnership 50 in 58 mins, off 77 balls
Tea: Australia 58/0 (Slater 38*, Hayden 15*, 15 overs)
Slater 50 in 94 mins, off 72 balls, 5x4
Australia 100 in 111 mins, off 24.4 overs
Slater/Hayden 1st wicket partnership 100 in 111 mins, off 150 balls
Hayden 50 in 147 mins, off 102 balls, 7x4
Australia 150 in 159 mins, off 36.1 overs
Slater/Hayden 1st wicket partnership 150 in 159 mins, off 222 balls
Attendance: 16 758

Day 3

Australia 200 in 252 mins, off 57.3 overs
Waugh/Ponting 5th wicket partnership 50 in 64 mins, off 88 balls
Australia 250 in 319 mins, off 73.4 overs
Lunch: Australia 266/4 (Waugh 44*, Ponting 47*, 78 overs)
Ponting 50 in 102 mins, off 81 balls, 6x4
Waugh 50 in 171 mins, off 117 balls, 5x4
Australia 1st innings: Second new ball taken after 84 overs at 284/4
Waugh/Ponting 5th wicket partnership 100 in 126 mins, off 192 balls
Australia 300 in 367 mins, off 86.4 overs
Rain delayed play from 2.48pm to 2.58pm
A wide from Walsh went for two (worth three wides)
Australia 350 in 438 mins, off 102 overs
Tea: Australia 355/5 (Ponting 86*, Martyn 25*, 104 overs)
Ponting/Martyn 6th wicket partnership 50 in 65 mins, off 91 balls
Australia 400 in 533 mins, off 126.5 overs
Rain halted play at 5.32pm, no further play was possible. Stumps called at 6.45pm (12 overs lost)
Attendance: 12 833

Day 4

Day 5

Australia 100 in 162 mins, off 36.1 overs
Gilchrist 1x4-all-run
Attendance: 4848
Total Attendance: 61 486

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	West Indies, elected to bat first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	2000/01
Player Of The Match	Colin Miller
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 1523
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Marlon Samuels
Umpires	Srinivas Venkataraghavan Steve Davis
TV Umpire	Daryl Harper
Match Referee	Alan Smith

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
ML Hayden	caught	14	24
MJ Slater	caught	1	5
JL Langer	caught	48	118
ME Waugh	caught	5	7
RT Ponting	lbw	11	15
DR Martyn	not out	34	87
AC Gilchrist	not out	10	5
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, nb 3)
Total	130(5 wkts; 43 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CA Walsh	14	4	39	2	2.78
M Dillon	12	3	42	3	3.5
MN Samuels	6	1	17	0	2.83
NAM McLean	5	1	9	0	1.8
JC Adams	3	0	7	0	2.33
MI Black	3	0	12	0	4 (3 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	Michael Slater	Matthew Hayden
2nd	14	Justin Langer	Matthew Hayden
3rd	5	Mark Waugh	Justin Langer
4th	21	Justin Langer	Ricky Ponting
5th	63	Damien Martyn	Justin Langer
6th	19	Damien Martyn	Adam Gilchrist

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