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WSC Aust. vs WSC WI, 5th Supertest at St John's, Apr 06 1979 - Full Scorecard

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5th Supertest, St John's, April 06 - 10, 1979, WSC Australia tour of West Indies

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WSC Australia

234 & 415/6

WSC West Indies

438

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Greg Chappell

104 & 85

Summary

Scorecard

WSC Aust. 1st Innings

WSC WI 1st Innings

WSC Aust. 2nd Innings

Match Flow

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WSC Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	c Holding b Roberts	35	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Laird	c Haynes b Holding	2	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Kent	b Roberts	40	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	c Lloyd b Croft	104	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Chappell (c)	c Fredericks b Roberts	26	-	-	-	-	-
David Hookes	c Rowe b Roberts	2	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Marsh †	b Croft	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Bright	lbw b Holding	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dennis Lillee	lbw b Croft	6	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	b Croft	4	-	-	-	-	-
Len Pascoe	not out	8	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 1)	7
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 3.37)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Bruce Laird), 2-65 (Rick McCosker), 3-93 (Martin Kent), 4-168 (Ian Chappell), 5-188 (David Hookes), 6-196 (Rod Marsh), 7-196 (Ray Bright), 8-209 (Dennis Lillee), 9-224 (Greg Chappell), 10-234 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	20	3	73	4	3.65	-	-	-
Michael Holding	17	2	60	2	3.52	-	-	-
Colin Croft	18.2	2	56	4	3.05	-	-	-
Albert Padmore	13	2	33	0	2.53	-	-	-
Viv Richards	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-

WSC West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	c IM Chappell b Thomson	58	-	-	-	-	-
Desmond Haynes	lbw b Lillee	9	-	-	-	-	-
Colin Croft	c McCosker b Bright	47	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Fredericks	b Lillee	45	-	-	-	-	-
Lawrence Rowe	c †Marsh b Lillee	135	-	-	-	-	-
Viv Richards	b Lillee	18	-	-	-	-	-
Clive Lloyd (c)	c †Marsh b Lillee	1	-	-	-	-	-
Deryck Murray †	retired hurt	74	-	-	-	-	-
Andy Roberts	b Pascoe	17	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Holding	c †Marsh b Lillee	9	-	-	-	-	-
Albert Padmore	not out	2	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 10, nb 4)	23
Total	124.2 Ov (RR: 3.52)	438
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Desmond Haynes), 2-76 (Gordon Greenidge), 3-144 (Roy Fredericks), 4-206 (Colin Croft), 5-253 (Viv Richards), 6-255 (Clive Lloyd), 7-368 (Lawrence Rowe), 8-416 (Andy Roberts), 8-428* (Deryck Murray, retired not out), 9-438 (Michael Holding)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	33.2	2	125	6	3.75	-	-	-
Jeff Thomson	22	5	75	1	3.40	-	-	-
Len Pascoe	31	9	102	1	3.29	-	-	-
Ray Bright	20	3	60	1	3.00	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	12	3	41	0	3.41	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	6	3	12	0	2.00	-	-	-

WSC Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	lbw b Croft	20	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Laird	c Richards b Padmore	29	-	-	-	-	-
Martin Kent	b Roberts	0	-	-	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	run out (Lloyd)	85	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Chappell (c)	b Holding	83	-	-	-	-	-
David Hookes	lbw b Holding	16	-	-	-	-	-
Rod Marsh †	not out	102	-	-	-	-	-
Ray Bright	not out	56	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 4, w 4)	24
Total	128 Ov (RR: 3.24)	415/6
Did not bat: Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Len Pascoe
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Rick McCosker), 2-32 (Martin Kent), 3-92 (Bruce Laird), 4-228 (Greg Chappell), 5-231 (Ian Chappell), 6-254 (David Hookes)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Andy Roberts	28	1	88	1	3.14	-	-	-
Michael Holding	25	5	74	2	2.96	-	-	-
Colin Croft	25	3	91	1	3.64	-	-	-
Albert Padmore	40	12	101	1	2.52	-	-	-
Viv Richards	6	0	15	0	2.50	-	-	-
Roy Fredericks	4	1	22	0	5.50	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Fri, 06 Apr - day 1 - WSC WI 1st innings 33/1 (Gordon Greenidge 20*, Colin Croft 0*)

Sat, 07 Apr - day 2 - WSC WI 1st innings 334/6 (Lawrence Rowe 108*, Deryck Murray 30*)

Sun, 08 Apr - day 3 - no play

Mon, 09 Apr - day 4 - WSC Aust. 2nd innings 111/3 (Greg Chappell 36*, Ian Chappell 13*)

Tue, 10 Apr - day 5 - WSC Aust. 2nd innings 415/6 (128 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

DL Murray (1) retired hurt at 428/8

Match Details

Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
Toss	WSC West Indies, elected to field first
Series	WSC Australia tour of West Indies
Season	1978/79
Player Of The Match	Greg Chappell
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Douglas Sang Hue Ralph Gosein

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WSC Aust. Innings

Player Name		R
RB McCosker	lbw	20
BM Laird	caught	29
MF Kent	bowled	0
GS Chappell	run out	85
IM Chappell	bowled	83
DW Hookes	lbw	16
RW Marsh	not out	102
RJ Bright	not out	56
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 4, w 4)
Total	415(6 wkts; 128 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AME Roberts	28	1	88	1	3.14
MA Holding	25	5	74	2	2.96
CEH Croft	25	3	91	1	3.64
AL Padmore	40	12	101	1	2.52
IVA Richards	6	0	15	0	2.5
RC Fredericks	4	1	22	0	5.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	29	Rick McCosker	Bruce Laird
2nd	3	Bruce Laird	Martin Kent
3rd	60	Greg Chappell	Bruce Laird
4th	136	Ian Chappell	Greg Chappell
5th	3	Ian Chappell	David Hookes
6th	23	Rod Marsh	David Hookes
7th	161	Rod Marsh	Ray Bright

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