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Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
8 December 1996
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, TA Prue
Third Umpire: IS Thomas
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: Australia won by 8 wickets
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sherwin Campbell | lbw b Greg Blewett | 38 | 86 | 107 | 2 | - |
| 2. Adrian Griffith | c Mark Taylor b Paul Reiffel | 1 | 13 | 16 | - | - |
| 3. Brian Lara | c Ian Healy b Tom Moody | 26 | 48 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 4. Carl Hooper | c Ian Healy b Paul Reiffel | 41 | 58 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 5. Jimmy Adams | c Ian Healy b Greg Blewett | 22 | 43 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 6. Roland Holder | b Shane Warne | 7 | 19 | 26 | - | - |
| +7. Junior Murray | c Michael Bevan b Shane Warne | 8 | 17 | 20 | - | - |
| 8. Nixon McLean | c Paul Reiffel b Shane Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Kenny Benjamin | lbw b Shane Warne | 3 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Curtly Ambrose | not out | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - |
| *11. Courtney Walsh | b Shane Warne | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Adrian Griffith), 2-62 (Brian Lara), 3-91 (Sherwin Campbell), 4-124 (Carl Hooper), 5-142 (Jimmy Adams), 6-147 (Roland Holder), 7-147 (Nixon McLean), 8-155 (Junior Murray), 9-155 (Kenny Benjamin), 161 (Courtney Walsh). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.3 ovs, 191 mins) 161 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | (0w,2nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | (0w,5nb) |
| Tom Moody | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 9.3 | 1 | 33 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | not out | 83 | 135 | 175 | 5 | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Roland Holder b Curtly Ambrose | 17 | 35 | 52 | 2 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | b Courtney Walsh | 44 | 76 | 99 | 2 | - |
| 4. Greg Blewett | not out | 12 | 14 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 5. Michael Bevan | ||||||
| 6. Stuart Law | ||||||
| 7. Tom Moody | ||||||
| +8. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 9. Paul Reiffel | ||||||
| 10. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-39 (Mark Taylor), 2-137 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 42 ovs, 175 mins) 162 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Courtney Walsh | 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Kenny Benjamin | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Curtly Ambrose | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (0w,4nb) |
| Nixon McLean | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jimmy Adams | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Greg Blewett, Michael Bevan, Stuart Law, Tom Moody, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath