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
West Indies 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c McCosker b Thomson | 59 | 115 | 142 | 6 | 0 | 51.30 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 3 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c IM Chappell b Thomson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 20 | 48 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 41.66 | |||
| b Lillee | 41 | 54 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 75.92 | |||
| c GS Chappell b Thomson | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |||
| c Walker b Lillee | 24 | 38 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 63.15 | |||
| c Mallett b Lillee | 18 | 34 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | |||
| b Walker | 24 | 47 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 51.06 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 6 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 4.22 | - | - | - | 1 | 13 | |
| 13 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 2.65 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2.81 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Roberts | 102 | 258 | 320 | 10 | 0 | 39.53 | |||
| b Roberts | 21 | 47 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 44.68 | |||
| c †Murray b Julien | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| c Kallicharran b Gibbs | 35 | 105 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| c †Murray b Julien | 52 | 127 | 193 | 3 | 0 | 40.94 | |||
| c Kallicharran b Roberts | 109 | 186 | 254 | 13 | 0 | 58.60 | |||
| c & b Gibbs | 56 | 109 | 143 | 5 | 0 | 51.37 | |||
| c †Murray b Roberts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| c Richards b Holder | 25 | 69 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 36.23 | |||
| lbw b Julien | 44 | 47 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 93.61 | |||
| 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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 2 | 126 | 4 | 2.95 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 27 | 2 | 123 | 1 | 3.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 12 | |
| 28.3 | 5 | 120 | 3 | 3.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 8 | |
| 30 | 9 | 81 | 2 | 2.02 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
West Indies 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b GS Chappell | 26 | 44 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 59.09 | |||
| c †Marsh b Walker | 8 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 34.78 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 8 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 32 | 117 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 27.35 | |||
| c †Marsh b Thomson | 36 | 51 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 70.58 | |||
| c Lillee b Mallett | 102 | 121 | 206 | 14 | 0 | 84.29 | |||
| c †Marsh b Lillee | 22 | 82 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 26.82 | |||
| b Walker | 27 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 48.21 | |||
| run out | 15 | 31 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 48.38 | |||
| c Mallett b IM Chappell | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| 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 | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 6 | |
| 19 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 2.92 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2.46 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 5.2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 4.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 7 | |
| 14 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 3.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 52 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 22 | 32 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 68.75 | |||
| b Roberts | 7 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 31.81 | |||
| c sub (KD Boyce) b Julien | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 128.57 | |||
| not out | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 92.85 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 3) | 4 | |||||||
| Total | 8.7 Ov (RR: 6.19) | 55/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Alan Turner), 2-36 (Ian Redpath) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 11.14 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
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 | |
| Season | 1975/76 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 6-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | Test no. 766 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
| Umpires | |
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