Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	c Lloyd b King	25	106	144	-	-	23.58
Rick McCosker	c †Murray b Holding	4	14	20	-	-	28.57
Ian Chappell (c)	c sub (JC Allen) b Garner	141	269	390	12	-	52.41
Robbie Langer	c †Murray b Garner	45	99	109	4	-	45.45
Greg Chappell	c Greenidge b Roberts	90	170	175	13	-	52.94
Martin Kent	c King b Roberts	43	86	113	6	-	50.00
Rod Marsh †	c Richards b Garner	0	9	6	-	-	0.00
Ray Bright	lbw b Padmore	15	50	55	1	-	30.00
Dennis Lillee	lbw b Padmore	1	13	8	-	-	7.69
Max Walker	not out	9	23	28	1	-	39.13
Wayne Prior	b Roberts	4	5	6	1	-	80.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 3)	11
Total	105.2 Ov (RR: 3.68, 535 Mins)	388
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Rick McCosker, 3.6 ov), 2-95 (Bruce Laird, 25.3 ov), 3-184 (Robbie Langer, 47.3 ov), 4-304 (Ian Chappell, 80.2 ov), 5-315 (Greg Chappell, 83.4 ov), 6-316 (Rod Marsh, 84.5 ov), 7-348 (Ray Bright, 96.4 ov), 8-352 (Dennis Lillee, 98.6 ov), 9-382 (Martin Kent, 103.5 ov), 10-388 (Wayne Prior, 105.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	20.2	4	67	3	2.48	-	-	-	0
Michael Holding	9	0	33	1	2.75	-	-	-	0
Joel Garner	25	1	94	3	2.82	-	-	-	3
Collis King	27	3	102	1	2.83	-	-	-	0
Albert Padmore	21	3	71	2	2.53	-	-	-	0
Roy Fredericks	3	0	10	0	2.50	-	-	-	0

WSC West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c †Marsh b GS Chappell	38	66	77	6	-	57.57
Gordon Greenidge	c & b GS Chappell	40	64	90	7	-	62.50
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Lillee	9	34	37	1	-	26.47
Lawrence Rowe	c †Marsh b GS Chappell	12	37	63	2	-	32.43
Clive Lloyd (c)	lbw b Lillee	3	11	9	-	-	27.27
Collis King	c & b GS Chappell	4	5	5	1	-	80.00
Deryck Murray †	c McCosker b Prior	5	37	43	-	-	13.51
Joel Garner	c Kent b GS Chappell	0	4	1	-	-	0.00
Andy Roberts	not out	24	45	42	4	-	53.33
Michael Holding	c IM Chappell b Bright	8	14	25	-	-	57.14
Albert Padmore	c IM Chappell b Bright	0	2	1	-	-	0.00
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	39.7 Ov (RR: 3.63)	145
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Roy Fredericks, 15.3 ov), 2-82 (Gordon Greenidge, 17.5 ov), 3-92 (Viv Richards, 22.5 ov), 4-100 (Clive Lloyd, 24.4 ov), 5-105 (Collis King, 25.4 ov), 6-112 (Lawrence Rowe, 29.1 ov), 7-112 (Joel Garner, 29.5 ov), 8-116 (Deryck Murray, 34.3 ov), 9-145 (Michael Holding, 39.5 ov), 10-145 (Albert Padmore, 39.7 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	11	0	48	2	3.27	-	-	-
Max Walker	4	0	23	0	4.31	-	-	-
Wayne Prior	9	3	34	1	2.83	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	12	2	20	5	1.25	-	-	-
Ray Bright	3.7	0	18	2	3.48	-	-	-

WSC Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Laird	c sub b King	106	235	269	11	-	45.10
Rick McCosker	b Garner	0	8	8	-	-	0.00
Ian Chappell (c)	c †Murray b King	43	106	104	3	-	40.56
Robbie Langer	c sub b King	8	18	17	1	-	44.44
Greg Chappell	b Garner	16	30	25	1	-	53.33
Martin Kent	b Garner	40	111	127	2	-	36.03
Rod Marsh †	c †Murray b King	19	17	23	2	-	111.76
Ray Bright	lbw b Roberts	2	22	26	-	-	9.09
Dennis Lillee	not out	9	30	41	-	-	30.00
Max Walker	not out	8	25	20	-	-	32.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 14, nb 1)	16
Total	75 Ov (RR: 3.56, 338 Mins)	267/8d
Did not bat: Wayne Prior
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Rick McCosker, 1.7 ov), 2-80 (Ian Chappell, 26.5 ov), 3-100 (Robbie Langer, 30.4 ov), 4-122 (Greg Chappell, 36.3 ov), 5-216 (Bruce Laird, 61.1 ov), 6-238 (Martin Kent, 64.5 ov), 7-248 (Rod Marsh, 65.7 ov), 8-254 (Ray Bright, 70.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	13	3	41	1	2.36	-	-	-	0
Joel Garner	17	1	48	3	2.11	-	-	-	1
Collis King	19	1	78	4	3.07	-	-	-	0
Albert Padmore	20	3	74	0	2.77	-	-	-	0
Clive Lloyd	6	1	10	0	1.25	-	-	-	0

WSC West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 511 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c Laird b Prior	46	76	109	5	-	60.52
Gordon Greenidge	lbw b Lillee	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Walker	123	149	202	17	1	82.55
Lawrence Rowe	c GS Chappell b Bright	12	55	56	1	-	21.81
Clive Lloyd (c)	b Walker	9	26	26	1	-	34.61
Collis King	b Lillee	42	95	114	5	-	44.21
Deryck Murray †	c & b Bright	7	21	21	1	-	33.33
Joel Garner	c GS Chappell b Bright	21	23	25	2	-	91.30
Andy Roberts	b Bright	13	27	25	1	-	48.14
Michael Holding	c Prior b Lillee	5	20	19	1	-	25.00
Albert Padmore	not out	1	6	6	-	-	16.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 6)	11
Total	62.3 Ov (RR: 4.64, 314 Mins)	290
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Gordon Greenidge, 0.4 ov), 2-132 (Roy Fredericks, 20.4 ov), 3-167 (Lawrence Rowe, 31.6 ov), 4-188 (Clive Lloyd, 36.6 ov), 5-197 (Viv Richards, 38.7 ov), 6-210 (Deryck Murray, 43.8 ov), 7-245 (Joel Garner, 49.8 ov), 8-271 (Andy Roberts, 55.6 ov), 9-282 (Michael Holding, 60.8 ov), 10-290 (Collis King, 62.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	14.3	0	61	3	3.18	-	-	-
Max Walker	15	0	61	2	3.05	-	-	-
Wayne Prior	8	0	58	1	5.43	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	5	0	25	0	3.75	-	-	-
Ray Bright	20	6	74	4	2.77	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 31 Dec - day 1 - WSC Aust. 1st innings 261/3 (Ian Chappell 126*, Greg Chappell 55*)

Sun, 01 Jan - day 2 - WSC WI 1st innings 116/7 (Deryck Murray null*, Andy Roberts null*)

Mon, 02 Jan - day 3 - WSC Aust. 2nd innings 254/7 (Ray Bright 2*, Dennis Lillee 4*)

Tue, 03 Jan - day 4 - WSC WI 2nd innings 290 (62.3 ov) - end of match

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General

Match Details

Football Park, Adelaide
Toss	WSC Australia, elected to bat first
Series	WSC West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Douglas Sang Hue Gary Duperouzel

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WSC WI Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	14.3	0	61	3	3.18
MHN Walker	15	0	61	2	3.05
W Prior	8	0	58	1	5.43
GS Chappell	5	0	25	0	3.75
RJ Bright	20	6	74	4	2.77

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