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Australia vs West Indies Scorecard, Australia vs West Indies, 26 December, 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

West Indies

WI

255/10 (109.1 ov) & 87/4 (23.5 ov)

AUS

219/10 (74.5 ov) & 122/10 (45.5 ov)

Australia

West Indies won by 6 wickets

Australia

Australia 1st Innings

219/10 (74.5 ov)
RR 2.94
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Mark Taylor
b Ambrose
7 40 0 0 17.50
Matthew Hayden
c Hooper b Ambrose
5 19 0 0 26.32
Justin Langer
run out
12 20 0 1 60.00
Mark Waugh
lbw b Ambrose
0 1 0 0 0.00
Steve Waugh
c †Murray b Bishop
58 131 4 0 44.27
Greg Blewett
run out
62 154 4 0 40.26
Ian Healy
c Hooper b Ambrose
36 47 4 0 76.60
Paul Reiffel
c Samuels b Benjamin
0 4 0 0 0.00
Shane Warne
c Campbell b Bishop
10 28 0 0 35.71
Jason Gillespie
not out
4 23 0 0 17.39
Glenn McGrath
c Hooper b Ambrose
0 3 0 0 0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 17, p 0) 25
TOTAL (2.94 RUNS PER OVER) 219/10 (74.5 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 26-2 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 5-1 (Matthew Hayden, 0 ov), 27-4 (Justin Langer, 0 ov), 203-8 (Greg Blewett, 0 ov), 195-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov), 200-7 (Paul Reiffel, 0 ov), 217-9 (Shane Warne, 0 ov), 219-10 (Glenn McGrath, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Curtly Ambrose 24.5 7 55 5 0 0 2.21
Kenny Benjamin 19 2 64 1 0 0 3.37
Ian Bishop 11 1 31 2 0 0 2.82
Courtney Walsh 14 0 43 0 0 0 3.07
Jimmy Adams 1 0 4 0 0 0 4.00
Carl Hooper 5 1 14 0 0 0 2.80
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Thursday, December 26, 1996 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne