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[adharcric]

West Indies in Australia - 3rd Test - Melbourne

[CENTER]West Indies 1st Innings[/CENTER]
CG Greenidge      lbw              b Lillee         	 13 (14)
CC Hunte                           b McGrath        	103 (259)
IVA Richards      lbw              b McGrath        	 14 (41)
GA Headley        c Gilchrist      b O'Reilly       	 15 (45)
BC Lara           c Gilchrist      b McGrath        	 66 (149)
GS Sobers         c Miller         b Warne          	 36 (48)
CL Walcott                         not out               65 (127)
MD Marshall       c O'Reilly       b Miller         	 24 (30)
MA Holding        c Warne          b Lillee         	  1 (18)
CEL Ambrose       c Gilchrist      b Lillee         	  5 (16)
J Garner                           c & b Warne            6 (22)
Extras		  (w8 nb3 b3 lb3)		         17
Total             129 overs	                        365 all out

Fall of wickets:
1-23  2-44  3-70  4-209  5-246  6-258  7-299  8-312  9-326  10-365  

Bowling Figures for Australia

                O	M	  R	W
McGrath        27	5	 80	3	
Lillee         33	8	122	3	
Miller         22      10	 32	1	
O'Reilly       26	8	 57	1	
Warne          20	5	 68	2	

[CENTER]Australia 1st Innings[/CENTER]
VT Trumper        c Ambrose        b Marshall       	 11 (15)
ML Hayden         c Greenidge      b Holding        	126 (276)
DG Bradman        c Walcott        b Marshall       	 80 (124)
GS Chappell       c Greenidge      b Holding        	 82 (108)
RT Ponting                         c & b Garner          43 (78)
KR Miller         c Holding        b Marshall       	 28 (74)
AC Gilchrist      c Ambrose        b Marshall       	 38 (78)
SK Warne          c Greenidge      b Sobers         	 13 (32)
DK Lillee         c Hunte          b Marshall       	  0 (1)
WJ O'Reilly       lbw              b Marshall       	  2 (3)
GD McGrath                         not out                9 (15)
Extras		  (w9 nb1 b6 lb7)		         23
Total             134 overs	                        455 all out

Fall of wickets:
1-18  2-158  3-306  4-359  5-359  6-430  7-431  8-431  9-433  10-455  

Bowling Figures for West Indies

                  O	M	  R	W
Marshall         30	6	100	6	
Ambrose          24	2	 94	0	
Holding          28	7	109	2	
Garner           29	6	 78	1	
Sobers           23	7	 61	1	

[CENTER]West Indies 2nd Innings[/CENTER]
CG Greenidge      c Bradman        b Miller         	24 (70)
CC Hunte                           b Lillee         	20 (72)
IVA Richards      c Gilchrist      b Warne          	25 (53)
GA Headley        c Miller         b Warne          	36 (80)
BC Lara           c Hayden         b McGrath        	38 (115)
GS Sobers         c Gilchrist      b McGrath        	25 (38)
CL Walcott                         c & b McGrath        21 (30)
MD Marshall                        not out              12 (43)
MA Holding                         b McGrath        	15 (23)
CEL Ambrose       lbw              b Lillee         	 3 (7)
J Garner          c Gilchrist      b McGrath        	 0 (2)
Extras		  (w1 b4 lb7)		                12
Total             89 overs	                       231 all out

Fall of wickets:
1-48  2-48  3-93  4-122  5-161  6-193  7-207  8-227  9-230  10-231  

Bowling Figures for Australia

                   O	M	 R	W
GD McGrath        20	4	44	5	
DK Lillee         24   11	53	2	
KR Miller         10	4	18	1	
WJ O'Reilly       18	3	58	0	
SK Warne          16	2	47	2	

[CENTER]Australia 2nd Innings[/CENTER]
VT Trumper                         b Marshall       	14 (18)
ML Hayden         c Richards       b Sobers         	27 (55)
DG Bradman        c Sobers         b Holding        	60 (76)
GS Chappell       c Ambrose        b Garner          	 4 (10)
RT Ponting        c Sobers         b Ambrose       	 1 (23)
KR Miller                          not out              19 (33)
AC Gilchrist                       not out              10 (25)
Extras		  (w1 b1 lb7)		                 9
Total             40 overs	                       144 - 5

Fall of wickets:
1-20  2-70  3-83  4-111  5-115  

Bowling Figures for West Indies

               O	M	 R	W
Marshall       8	4	18	1	
Ambrose       12	4	23	1	
Holding        8	0	37	1	
Garner         8	1	46	1	
Sobers         4	1	12	1	

Australia won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Glenn McGrath

 

[pasag]

Hayden! Great stuff all round from Australia there.

 

[roseboy64]

Haynes in for Greenidge. Gibbs in for Holding.

 

[Slifer]

WI 4th test XI @ Sydney:

Hunte
Haynes
Headley
IVAR*
Lara
Sobers
Dujon+
Marshall
Ambrose
Garner
Gibbs

 

[honestbharani]

When I've mentioned the spin department being an advantage to the Aussies, I meant it in the sense that its a comparative advantage as the Windies don't have a really top notch spinner - ie its one area where the Australia team is clearly better than the Windies.

From recollection, Viv had no problem with spinners except sometimes they'd run out of replacement balls for the ones he hit clear out of the ground. Sobers had no issues to my knowledge, and Lara's duels with Warne are the stuff of legend round these parts. I don't recall Headley being mentioned as having a problem with spin, but then, I'm not sure what class of spin he was ever tested against - there were some decent twirlers around then, but I don't know if he played against them, although I suspect he probably did and did so well.

thanks.... now I get what you meant.

 

[The Sean]

Matthew. Lawrence. Hayden.

Great stuff by the Aussies, superb performance by the bowlers, especially pidge. And how was Miller's economy rate? O'Reilly a little disappointing, Lindwall might be feeling hard done by, but I wouldn't change a winning combination. Good to see The Don make runs, though still waiting on something huge from him before the end of the series.

Marshall making his presence felt too, as was always bound to happen.

The series is set up brilliantly now.

 

[The Sean]

Could someone also post the series averages so far? Will give us a reference point of who is performing when we talk about selections.

 

[Matt79]

I told you all it was a mistake to drop Morris for Hayden! But seriously, great stuff from Haydos - way to answer the question marks about his ability against a good pace attack!

Ponting was a solid contributor in the first innings, without setting the world on fire, but probably did enough. Chappell finally produced something which is good, because otherwise, I'd think he'd be on the chopping block. Mt. St. Bradman recorded a serious tremor, so hopefully the massive eruption is about to commence...

The bowlers worked pretty well as a unit, although O'Reilly was quite disappointing. Is it Adelaide or Sydney next? If Adelaide I'd whip him out in favour of Lindwall, who was unfortunate to go in the first place. And his ability with the bat is handy compared to O'Reilly.

Really happy with how the series is shaping up.

 

[The Sean]

I told you all it was a mistake to drop Morris for Hayden! But seriously, great stuff from Haydos - way to answer the question marks about his ability against a good pace attack!

Ponting was a solid contributor in the first innings, without setting the world on fire, but probably did enough. Chappell finally produced something which is good, because otherwise, I'd think he'd be on the chopping block. Mt. St. Bradman recorded a serious tremor, so hopefully the massive eruption is about to commence...
The bowlers worked pretty well as a unit, although O'Reilly was quite disappointing. Is it Adelaide or Sydney next? If Adelaide I'd whip him out in favour of Lindwall, who was unfortunate to go in the first place. And his ability with the bat is handy compared to O'Reilly.

Really happy with how the series is shaping up.

Brilliantly put. Love it.

 

[andruid]

Must say Im surprised by the lack of centuries by the Don ( although i do expect him to get a few b4 the series is done). One has to remember however, that unlike his actual career the Don is facing an all time/worldclass bowling attack (the likes of which he hasnt ever faced b4). Also the first 2 wickets favored the Wi attack to a great degree (esp Perth). If i were Australia i wood definitely drop one of the pacemen and bring in a Grimmet or an O'reilley.

BTW are we going to have a return series in the Wi?

Viv Richards hasn't exactly dominated either.Nonetheless its good to see the likes of Lara chipping in with useful innings

 

[Ikki]

Haydos!

 

[adharcric]

Tour Leaders

Didn't do the batting for the bowlers. Too bad.

Most Runs
CC Hunte - 343 runs @ 57
CL Walcott - 342 runs @ 68
DG Bradman - 309 runs @ 52
BC Lara - 260 runs @ 43
GS Sobers - 227 runs @ 38
AC Gilchrist - 195 runs @ 65
RN Harvey - 185 runs @ 46
VT Trumper - 175 runs @ 29
ML Hayden - 168 runs @ 42
GS Chappell - 132 runs @ 22
GA Headley - 121 runs @ 20
KR Miller - 98 runs @ 20
IVA Richards - 98 runs @ 16
CG Greenidge - 91 runs @ 15
AR Morris - 23 runs @ 12

Most Wickets
J Garner - 16 wickets @ 21
GD McGrath - 16 wickets @ 24
MD Marshall - 14 wickets @ 22
CEL Ambrose - 13 wickets @ 24
SK Warne - 12 wickets @ 25
DK Lillee - 12 wickets @ 36
KR Miller - 10 wickets @ 21
MA Holding - 10 wickets @ 33
RR Lindwall - 8 wickets @ 33
GS Sobers - 2 wickets @ 93
WJ O'Reilly - 1 wicket @ 115

The fourth test is at Sydney. See you then.

 

[Ikki]

When is the next Test?!?!

 

[adharcric]

10 hours to go ...

 

[Ikki]

10 hours to go ...

What happened? Rain stopped play?

 

[roseboy64]

Well he's online now so I'd expect it soon.

 

[adharcric]

Breaking News: There was a misprint in the ACB's version of the tour fixtures. The fourth test will begin tomorrow.

 

[honestbharani]

Breaking News: There was a typo in the ACB's version of the tour fixtures. The fourth test will begin tomorrow.

Ah.... Damnit........

 

[The_Bunny]

<- Dies a little inside

 

[The Sean]

Breaking News: There was a misprint in the ACB's version of the tour fixtures. The fourth test will begin tomorrow.

I'm disturbingly disappointed by this.