Gillette Cup (Australia), 1976/77, Final
Victoria v Western Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground
23 January 1977 (40-over match)
Result: Western Australia won by 1 wicket
Series: Western Australia wins the 1976/77 Gillette Cup (Australia)
Toss: Western Australia
Umpires: KJ Carmody and WJ Copeland
Man of the Match: MF Malone
Balls per over: 8
Victoria innings (40 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
PA Hibbert lbw b Malone 38 69 60 6 0
JK Moss c Marsh b Lillee 26 90 61 2 0
DJ Broad c Marsh b Malone 0 1 1 0 0
GN Yallop c Laird b Brayshaw 16 56 33 0 0
DF Whatmore run out (Charlesworth/Marsh) 2 6 6 0 0
*+RD Robinson run out (Serjeant/Brayshaw) 32 58 47 4 0
TJ Laughlin c & b Yardley 0 2 3 0 0
RJ Bright b Lillee 25 63 44 2 0
MHN Walker run out (Clark) 9 19 21 0 0
CG Thwaites b Clark 7 24 21 0 0
AG Hurst not out 2 5 4 0 0
Extras (lb 5, nb 2) 7
Total (all out, 37.3 overs, 164 mins) 164
FoW: 1-64 (Hibbert), 2-64 (Broad), 3-74 (Moss), 4-77 (Whatmore),
5-110 (Yallop), 6-110 (Laughlin), 7-131 (Robinson),
8-143 (Walker), 9-162 (Bright), 10-164 (Thwaites).
Bowling O M R W
Lillee 7 0 30 2
Malone 8 1 34 2
Clark 6.3 0 27 1 (2nb)
Yardley 8 1 42 1
Brayshaw 8 0 24 1
Western Australia innings (target: 165 runs from 40 overs) R M B 4 6
BM Laird c Thwaites b Hurst 20 50 44 3 0
RI Charlesworth run out (Broad/Robinson) 7 52 42 0 0
RS Langer lbw b Laughlin 0 31 9 0 0
KJ Hughes c Hibbert b Hurst 7 6 5 1 0
IJ Brayshaw lbw b Hurst 21 11 13 2 1
CS Serjeant c Walker b Thwaites 38 87 63 4 0
*+RW Marsh c Yallop b Walker 7 14 11 1 0
B Yardley c & b Walker 0 3 2 0 0
MF Malone not out 47 107 98 4 0
DK Lillee run out (Robinson) 5 20 15 1 0
WM Clark not out 3 28 24 0 0
Extras (lb 1, w 1, nb 8) 10
Total (9 wickets, 39.3 overs, 210 mins) 165
FoW: 1-31 (Charlesworth), 2-31 (Laird), 3-38 (Hughes),
4-60 (Brayshaw), 5-62 (Langer), 6-74 (Marsh),
7-74 (Yardley), 8-125 (Serjeant), 9-139 (Lillee).
Bowling O M R W
Walker 8 2 11 2 (5nb)
Hurst 8 0 31 3 (3nb)
Thwaites 8 1 37 1
Laughlin 5.3 0 41 1
Bright 8 0 24 0
Hibbert 2 0 11 0 (1w)
Note: Wides count as Balls Faced in the batsmens' analyses
- Scorers: BW Bright (Victoria) and MP Ringham (Western Australia)
- 12th Men: ? (Victoria) and TM Chappell (Western Australia)
- Attendance: 32,908