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Australia vs West Indies Scorecard, Australia vs West Indies, 29 December, 1979, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

West Indies

WI

397/10 (112.4 ov) & 22/0 (7.2 ov)

AUS

156/10 (56.3 ov) & 259/10 (86.4 ov)

Australia

West Indies won by 10 wickets

Australia

Australia 1st Innings

156/10 (56.3 ov)
RR 2.77
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Julien Wiener
lbw b Garner
40 90 3 0 44.44
Bruce Laird
c Lloyd b Holding
16 41 0 0 39.02
Allan Border
c Richards b Garner
17 64 1 0 26.56
Greg Chappell
c †Murray b Garner
19 46 2 0 41.30
Kim Hughes
c Rowe b Holding
4 9 0 0 44.44
Peter Toohey
c Roberts b Holding
10 16 1 0 62.50
Rod Marsh
c Kallicharran b Holding
0 8 0 0 0.00
Dennis Lillee
c Lloyd b Croft
12 21 0 0 57.14
Geoff Dymock
c Kallicharran b Croft
7 14 0 0 50.00
Rodney Hogg
c Greenidge b Croft
14 25 2 0 56.00
Jim Higgs
not out
0 7 0 0 0.00
EXTRAS (b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 2, p 0) 17
TOTAL (2.77 RUNS PER OVER) 156/10 (56.3 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 69-2 (Julien Wiener, 0 ov), 38-1 (Bruce Laird, 0 ov), 97-3 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 108-4 (Greg Chappell, 0 ov), 112-5 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 123-7 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 118-6 (Rod Marsh, 0 ov), 133-8 (Dennis Lillee, 0 ov), 143-9 (Geoff Dymock, 0 ov), 156-10 (Rodney Hogg, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Andy Roberts 14 1 39 0 0 0 2.79
Michael Holding 14 3 40 4 0 0 2.86
Colin Croft 13.3 4 27 3 0 0 2.00
Joel Garner 15 7 33 3 0 0 2.20
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Saturday, December 29, 1979 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne