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Australia v West Indies @ Sydney Cricket Ground
29, 30 November, 1, 2, 3 December 1996 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, DR Shepherd
Third Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: Australia won by 124 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mark Taylor | c Shivnarine Chanderpaul b Ian Bishop | 27 | 90 | 106 | 2 | - |
| 2. Matthew Elliott | c Brian Lara b Ian Bishop | 29 | 45 | 78 | 5 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Robert Samuels b Courtney Walsh | 9 | 28 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mark Waugh | c Brian Lara b Courtney Walsh | 19 | 43 | 68 | 2 | - |
| 5. Michael Bevan | c Carl Hooper b Kenny Benjamin | 16 | 92 | 122 | 1 | - |
| 6. Greg Blewett | c Jimmy Adams b Courtney Walsh | 69 | 169 | 239 | 8 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | c Brian Lara b Courtney Walsh | 44 | 107 | 137 | 4 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Courtney Browne b Ian Bishop | 28 | 45 | 74 | 2 | - |
| 9. Michael Kasprowicz | c Sherwin Campbell b Courtney Walsh | 21 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Jason Gillespie | not out | 16 | 49 | 70 | 1 | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | lbw b Jimmy Adams | 24 | 44 | 57 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-54 (Matthew Elliott), 2-68 (Mark Taylor), 3-73 (Ricky Ponting), 4-94 (Mark Waugh), 5-131 (Michael Bevan), 6-224 (Ian Healy), 7-245 (Greg Blewett), 8-283 (Michael Kasprowicz), 9-288 (Shane Warne), 331 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 1w, 18nb, 0pen) 29 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 119.5 ovs) 331 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Curtly Ambrose | 25 | 5 | 73 | 0 | (0w,6nb) |
| Courtney Walsh | 30 | 6 | 98 | 5 | (0w,4nb) |
| Kenny Benjamin | 22 | 4 | 69 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 14 | 6 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Bishop | 23 | 5 | 55 | 3 | (1w,5nb) |
| Jimmy Adams | 5.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sherwin Campbell | b Greg Blewett | 77 | 155 | 199 | 13 | - |
| 2. Robert Samuels | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 35 | 115 | 142 | 3 | - |
| 3. Brian Lara | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 2 | 13 | 20 | - | - |
| 4. Carl Hooper | lbw b Shane Warne | 27 | 86 | 109 | 4 | - |
| 5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul | c & b Shane Warne | 48 | 136 | 196 | 6 | - |
| 6. Jimmy Adams | c Michael Bevan b Glenn McGrath | 30 | 89 | 97 | 3 | - |
| +7. Courtney Browne | c Greg Blewett b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Ian Bishop | c Matthew Elliott b Shane Warne | 48 | 79 | 95 | 6 | - |
| 9. Curtly Ambrose | b Jason Gillespie | 9 | 17 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 10. Kenny Benjamin | b Jason Gillespie | 6 | 18 | 24 | 1 | - |
| *11. Courtney Walsh | not out | 2 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-92 (Robert Samuels), 2-108 (Brian Lara), 3-136 (Sherwin Campbell), 4-166 (Carl Hooper), 5-229 (Jimmy Adams), 6-229 (Courtney Browne), 7-243 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 8-286 (Curtly Ambrose), 9-298 (Kenny Benjamin), 304 (Ian Bishop). |
| Extras | 4b, 6lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 117.2 ovs) 304 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 31 | 9 | 82 | 4 | (0w,11nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 13 | 2 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 35.2 | 13 | 65 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 23 | 5 | 62 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Matthew Elliott | retired hurt | 78 | 162 | 244 | 9 | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Brian Lara b Ian Bishop | 16 | 54 | 73 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Courtney Browne b Ian Bishop | 4 | 22 | 29 | - | - |
| 4. Mark Waugh | c Courtney Browne b Curtly Ambrose | 67 | 159 | 235 | 6 | - |
| 5. Michael Bevan | c Courtney Browne b Kenny Benjamin | 52 | 154 | 166 | 5 | - |
| 6. Greg Blewett | not out | 47 | 62 | 102 | 5 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | not out | 22 | 32 | 36 | 4 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 9. Michael Kasprowicz | ||||||
| 10. Jason Gillespie | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-51 (Mark Taylor), 2-67 (Ricky Ponting), 3-209 (Mark Waugh), 4-274 (Michael Bevan). |
| Extras | 4b, 10lb, 3w, 9nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 106 ovs) 312 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Curtly Ambrose | 20 | 2 | 66 | 1 | (0w,4nb) |
| Courtney Walsh | 19 | 6 | 36 | 0 | (0w,3nb) |
| Ian Bishop | 20 | 6 | 54 | 2 | (3w,1nb) |
| Kenny Benjamin | 16 | 4 | 46 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Jimmy Adams | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 27 | 7 | 75 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sherwin Campbell | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 15 | 49 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 2. Robert Samuels | b Shane Warne | 16 | 46 | 56 | 2 | - |
| 3. Brian Lara | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 1 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| 4. Carl Hooper | c Mark Taylor b Michael Bevan | 57 | 124 | 165 | 6 | - |
| 5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul | b Shane Warne | 71 | 68 | 95 | 10 | - |
| 6. Jimmy Adams | c Greg Blewett b Glenn McGrath | 5 | 20 | 24 | 1 | - |
| +7. Courtney Browne | not out | 25 | 64 | 77 | 5 | - |
| 8. Ian Bishop | run out (Ricky Ponting > > ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Curtly Ambrose | b Michael Bevan | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Kenny Benjamin | c Mark Taylor b Shane Warne | 4 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| *11. Courtney Walsh | c Glenn McGrath b Shane Warne | 18 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-33 (Sherwin Campbell), 2-33 (Robert Samuels), 3-35 (Brian Lara), 4-152 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul), 5-157 (Jimmy Adams), 6-176 (Carl Hooper), 7-176 (Ian Bishop), 8-176 (Curtly Ambrose), 9-183 (Kenny Benjamin), 215 (Courtney Walsh). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 69.4 ovs) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 17 | 7 | 36 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jason Gillespie | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 27.4 | 5 | 95 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 14 | 2 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Matthew Elliott, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh, Michael Bevan, Greg Blewett, Ian Healy, Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath