Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	c Lloyd b Roberts	0	5	2	-	-	0.00
Bruce Laird	lbw b Garner	28	92	163	1	-	30.43
Ian Chappell (c)	c Garner b Holding	29	49	60	4	-	59.18
Greg Chappell	c Richards b Garner	9	28	40	-	-	32.14
Martin Kent	c †Murray b Garner	2	18	17	-	-	11.11
David Hookes	retired hurt	81	78	117	10	-	103.84
Rod Marsh †	c King b Daniel	59	117	166	6	-	50.42
Ray Bright	c †Murray b Roberts	4	14	18	-	-	28.57
Dennis Lillee	b Roberts	1	8	12	-	-	12.50
Max Walker	not out	26	36	59	3	-	72.22
Len Pascoe	run out	2	10	7	-	-	20.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 5)	10
Total	56 Ov (RR: 4.48, 340 Mins)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rick McCosker, 0.5 ov), 2-40 (Ian Chappell, 10.7 ov), 3-59 (Greg Chappell, 17.4 ov), 4-67 (Martin Kent, 21.5 ov), 5-89 (Bruce Laird, 27.6 ov), 5-176* (David Hookes, retired not out), 6-184 (Ray Bright, 44.2 ov), 7-195 (Dennis Lillee, 46.7 ov), 8-248 (Rod Marsh, 54.6 ov), 9-251 (Len Pascoe, 55.8 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	15	4	48	3	2.40	-	-	-	0
Michael Holding	13	0	75	1	4.32	-	-	-	0
Wayne Daniel	10	0	50	1	3.75	-	-	-	3
Joel Garner	13	2	55	3	3.17	-	-	-	2
Collis King	5	0	13	0	1.95	-	-	-	0

WSC West Indies 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	lbw b Pascoe	25	31	31	5	-	80.64
Gordon Greenidge	lbw b Lillee	26	35	52	4	-	74.28
Viv Richards	c †Marsh b Bright	88	104	120	14	1	84.61
Lawrence Rowe	c McCosker b Walker	7	19	32	-	-	36.84
Clive Lloyd (c)	b Bright	58	104	142	9	-	55.76
Collis King	c †Marsh b Walker	28	54	67	5	-	51.85
Deryck Murray †	run out (Bright)	46	82	109	3	-	56.09
Joel Garner	c McCosker b Walker	25	21	24	2	1	119.04
Andy Roberts	run out (Bright)	16	41	45	-	-	39.02
Michael Holding	c McCosker b IM Chappell	5	23	22	-	-	21.73
Wayne Daniel	not out	2	10	9	-	-	20.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 4)	10
Total	65.2 Ov (RR: 5.14, 334 Mins)	336
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Roy Fredericks, 5.8 ov), 2-68 (Gordon Greenidge, 10.1 ov), 3-91 (Lawrence Rowe, 15.8 ov), 4-174 (Viv Richards, 29.2 ov), 5-238 (Collis King, 42.5 ov), 6-244 (Clive Lloyd, 43.4 ov), 7-279 (Joel Garner, 48.8 ov), 8-313 (Andy Roberts, 58.7 ov), 9-332 (Michael Holding, 63.3 ov), 10-336 (Deryck Murray, 65.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Dennis Lillee	17	1	75	1	3.30	-	-	-	2
Len Pascoe	14	0	95	1	5.08	-	-	-	2
Max Walker	13	0	71	3	4.09	-	-	-	0
Ray Bright	19	3	75	2	2.96	-	-	-	0
Ian Chappell	2.2	0	10	1	3.33	-	-	-	0

WSC Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rick McCosker	c Fredericks b Garner	56	142	171	5	-	39.43
Bruce Laird	c †Murray b Holding	18	38	59	1	-	47.36
Ian Chappell (c)	b Daniel	1	9	8	-	-	11.11
Greg Chappell	c Lloyd b Garner	31	32	63	3	-	96.87
Martin Kent	c Lloyd b Garner	0	14	10	-	-	0.00
Rod Marsh †	c Greenidge b Roberts	2	14	26	-	-	14.28
Ray Bright	lbw b Garner	0	3	2	-	-	0.00
Dennis Lillee	c Richards b Holding	27	39	57	5	-	69.23
Max Walker	c †Murray b Daniel	25	52	82	1	-	48.07
Len Pascoe	not out	13	17	27	1	-	76.47
David Hookes	absent hurt	-	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5)	9
Total	44.2 Ov (RR: 4.11, 262 Mins)	182
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Bruce Laird, 11.1 ov), 2-42 (Ian Chappell, 12.4 ov), 3-104 (Greg Chappell, 22.8 ov), 4-105 (Martin Kent, 26.5 ov), 5-112 (Rick McCosker, 30.4 ov), 6-112 (Ray Bright, 30.7 ov), 7-113 (Rod Marsh, 31.3 ov), 8-161 (Dennis Lillee, 39.6 ov), 9-182 (Max Walker, 44.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Andy Roberts	10	2	27	1	2.02	-	-	-	0
Michael Holding	10	0	51	2	3.82	-	-	-	0
Wayne Daniel	8.2	0	36	2	3.27	-	-	-	3
Joel Garner	13	2	58	4	3.34	-	-	-	2
Collis King	3	2	1	0	0.25	-	-	-	0

WSC West Indies 2nd Innings (T: 98 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roy Fredericks	c †Marsh b Pascoe	49	64	82	9	-	76.56
Gordon Greenidge	not out	46	66	95	6	1	69.69
Viv Richards	not out	5	6	11	1	-	83.33
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	16.7 Ov (RR: 5.98, 95 Mins)	101/1
Did not bat: Lawrence Rowe, Clive Lloyd (c), Collis King, Deryck Murray †, Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Wayne Daniel
Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Roy Fredericks, 14.3 ov)

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Dennis Lillee	5	32	0	4.80	-	-	-
Len Pascoe	5.7	31	1	3.95	-	-	-
Max Walker	3	19	0	4.75	-	-	-
Ray Bright	3	18	0	4.50	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 16 Dec - day 1 - WSC WI 1st innings 33/0 (Roy Fredericks 17*, Gordon Greenidge 14*, 3 ov)

Sat, 17 Dec - day 2 - WSC Aust. 2nd innings 12/0 (Rick McCosker 5*, Bruce Laird 6*)

Sun, 18 Dec - day 3 - WSC WI 2nd innings 101/1 (16.7 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

DW Hookes (1) retired hurt at 176/5
Attendance: 23,762 (Day 1 - 7,520; Day 2 - 6,700; Day 3 - 9,542)
Hookes 50: 61 balls, 90 mins, 4 fours
Richards 50: 66 balls, 82 balls, 9 fours
Lloyd 50: 98 balls, 129 mins, 7 fours
McCosker 50: 104 balls, 128 mins, 5 fours
West Indies won the match at 5.26pm - winning hit made by Greenidge with a four off Pascoe
12th men: GD McKenzie (WSC Australia) and DAJ Holford, whilst GD Watson acted as 12th man on Dec 17 & 18

Match Details

RAS Showground, Sydney
Toss	WSC West Indies, elected to field first
Series	WSC West Indies tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Gary Duperouzel Peter Enright

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WSC WI Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
DK Lillee	5	32	0	4.8
LS Pascoe	5.7	31	1	3.95
MHN Walker	3	19	0	4.75
RJ Bright	3	18	0	4.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	86	Roy Fredericks	Gordon Greenidge
2nd	15	Gordon Greenidge	Viv Richards

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