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185/6

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Australia vs West Indies, 3rd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1975 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1975, West Indies tour of Australia

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West Indies

224 & 312

Australia

(T:52) 485 & 55/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

Player Of The Match

Jeff Thomson

, AUS

5/62, 44 & 1/51

West Indies 1st Innings

Australia 1st Innings

West Indies 2nd Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

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West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c McCosker b Thomson	59	115	142	6	0	51.30
Gordon Greenidge	c †Marsh b Thomson	3	18	35	0	0	16.66
Lawrence Rowe	c IM Chappell b Thomson	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Alvin Kallicharran	c †Marsh b Thomson	20	48	86	0	0	41.66
Viv Richards	b Lillee	41	54	85	4	0	75.92
Clive Lloyd (c)	c GS Chappell b Thomson	2	9	12	0	0	22.22
Deryck Murray †	c Walker b Lillee	24	38	48	3	0	63.15
Bernard Julien	c Mallett b Lillee	18	34	38	2	0	52.94
Vanburn Holder	b Walker	24	47	72	2	0	51.06
Andy Roberts	c †Marsh b Lillee	6	28	33	0	0	21.42
Lance Gibbs	not out	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 22, w 1)	27
Total	47 Ov (RR: 4.76, 287 Mins)	224
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-22 (Lawrence Rowe), 3-91 (Alvin Kallicharran), 4-103 (Roy Fredericks), 5-108 (Clive Lloyd), 6-167 (Deryck Murray), 7-172 (Viv Richards), 8-199 (Bernard Julien), 9-218 (Andy Roberts), 10-224 (Vanburn Holder)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dennis Lillee	14	2	56	4	3.00	-	-	-	0	4
Jeff Thomson	11	1	62	5	4.22	-	-	-	1	13
Max Walker	13	1	46	1	2.65	-	-	-	0	6
Gary Cosier	4	0	15	0	2.81	-	-	-	0	0
Ashley Mallett	5	1	18	0	2.70	-	-	-	0	1

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ian Redpath	b Roberts	102	258	320	10	0	39.53
Alan Turner	b Roberts	21	47	94	1	0	44.68
Rick McCosker	c †Murray b Julien	4	10	20	0	0	40.00
Ian Chappell	c Kallicharran b Gibbs	35	105	149	3	0	33.33
Greg Chappell (c)	c †Murray b Julien	52	127	193	3	0	40.94
Gary Cosier	c Kallicharran b Roberts	109	186	254	13	0	58.60
Rod Marsh †	c & b Gibbs	56	109	143	5	0	51.37
Max Walker	c †Murray b Roberts	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Dennis Lillee	c Richards b Holder	25	69	85	3	0	36.23
Jeff Thomson	lbw b Julien	44	47	79	3	2	93.61
Ashley Mallett	not out	3	13	15	0	0	23.07
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 22)	33
Total	118.3 Ov (RR: 4.09, 683 Mins)	485
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Alan Turner), 2-61 (Rick McCosker), 3-151 (Ian Chappell), 4-188 (Ian Redpath), 5-302 (Greg Chappell), 6-390 (Gary Cosier), 7-392 (Max Walker), 8-415 (Rod Marsh), 9-471 (Dennis Lillee), 10-485 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	32	2	126	4	2.95	-	-	-	6
Vanburn Holder	27	2	123	1	3.41	-	-	-	12
Bernard Julien	28.3	5	120	3	3.17	-	-	-	8
Lance Gibbs	30	9	81	2	2.02	-	-	-	0
Viv Richards	1	0	2	0	1.50	-	-	-	0

West Indies 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	b GS Chappell	26	44	59	4	0	59.09
Gordon Greenidge	c †Marsh b Walker	8	23	22	2	0	34.78
Lawrence Rowe	c †Marsh b Lillee	8	19	41	0	0	42.10
Alvin Kallicharran	c †Marsh b Lillee	32	117	141	0	0	27.35
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Thomson	36	51	68	5	0	70.58
Clive Lloyd (c)	c Lillee b Mallett	102	121	206	14	0	84.29
Deryck Murray †	c †Marsh b Lillee	22	82	75	3	0	26.82
Bernard Julien	b Walker	27	56	53	3	0	48.21
Vanburn Holder	run out	15	31	39	1	0	48.38
Andy Roberts	c Mallett b IM Chappell	5	5	5	1	0	100.00
Lance Gibbs	not out	5	25	22	1	0	20.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 14)	26
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 4.50, 372 Mins)	312
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-48 (Roy Fredericks), 3-48 (Lawrence Rowe), 4-99 (Viv Richards), 5-151 (Alvin Kallicharran), 6-229 (Deryck Murray), 7-278 (Bernard Julien), 8-288 (Clive Lloyd), 9-297 (Andy Roberts), 10-312 (Vanburn Holder)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dennis Lillee	15	1	70	3	3.50	-	-	-	6
Max Walker	19	1	74	2	2.92	-	-	-	4
Greg Chappell	7	1	23	1	2.46	-	-	-	1
Ian Chappell	5.2	3	7	1	1.00	-	-	-	0
Jeff Thomson	9	0	51	1	4.25	-	-	-	7
Ashley Mallett	14	0	61	1	3.26	-	-	-	2

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 52 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	not out	22	32	52	1	0	68.75
Alan Turner	b Roberts	7	22	27	1	0	31.81
Ian Redpath	c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien	9	7	6	2	0	128.57
Ian Chappell	not out	13	14	16	3	0	92.85
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3)	4
Total	8.7 Ov (RR: 6.19)	55/2
Did not bat: Greg Chappell (c), Gary Cosier, Rod Marsh †, Max Walker, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Ashley Mallett
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Alan Turner), 2-36 (Ian Redpath)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	3	0	19	1	4.75	-	-	-	4
Bernard Julien	3	0	13	1	3.25	-	-	-	0
Gordon Greenidge	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0
Lawrence Rowe	1	0	6	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Alvin Kallicharran	0.7	0	13	0	11.14	-	-	-	0

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Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 38/0 (Ian Redpath 16*, Alan Turner 16*)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 270/4 (Greg Chappell 42*, Gary Cosier 44*)

Sun, 28 Dec - day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 92/3 (Alvin Kallicharran 9*, Viv Richards 34*)

Mon, 29 Dec - rest day

Tue, 30 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 55/2 (8.7 ov) - end of match

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Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to field first
Series	West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1975/76
Player Of The Match	Jeff Thomson
Series result	Australia led the 6-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 766
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Gary Cosier
Umpires	Jack Collins Robin Bailhache

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
RB McCosker	not out	22	32
A Turner	bowled	7	22
IR Redpath	caught	9	7
IM Chappell	not out	13	14
Extras	(lb 1, nb 3)
Total	55(2 wkts; 8.7 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
AME Roberts	3	0	19	1	4.75 (4 nb)
BD Julien	3	0	13	1	3.25
CG Greenidge	1	1	0	0	0
LG Rowe	1	0	6	0	4.5
AI Kallicharran	0.7	0	13	0	11.14

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	23	Rick McCosker	Alan Turner
2nd	13	Ian Redpath	Rick McCosker
3rd	19	Ian Chappell	Rick McCosker

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