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Tuesday, January 28, 1997

4th Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 25-28 Jan 1997

Test # 1352 (1346/85)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1996/97, 4th Test
Australia v West Indies
Adelaide Oval
25,26,27,28 January 1997 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 183 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 3-1

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: SG Randell and DR Shepherd (Eng)
TV Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: R Subba Row (Eng)
Test Debuts: AJ Bichel (Aus); AFG Griffith (WI).
Man of the Match: MG Bevan

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: West Indies 130, Australia 139/2 (Hayden 66*, ME Waugh 31*)
  • Day 2: Australia 434/5 (Blewett 91*, Bevan 47*)
  • Day 3: Australia 517, West Indies 154/6 (Lara 65*)
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
    SL Campbell c Healy b McGrath 0 18 16 0 0
    AFG Griffith lbw b Bichel 13 34 21 3 0
    S Chanderpaul c Taylor b Warne 20 66 45 2 0
    BC Lara c Blewett b Warne 9 40 33 2 0
    CL Hooper c ME Waugh b McGrath 17 29 23 3 0
    JC Adams c & b Warne 10 73 64 1 0
    +JR Murray c Blewett b Bevan 34 56 43 6 0
    IR Bishop c Healy b Bevan 1 35 21 0 0
    *CA Walsh c Healy b Bevan 0 3 4 0 0
    CE Cuffy c Healy b Bevan 2 9 11 0 0
    PIC Thompson not out 10 18 15 1 1
    Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 9) 14
    Total (all out, 47.5 overs, 195 minutes) 130

    FoW: 1-11 (Campbell), 2-22 (Griffith), 3-45 (Lara),
    4-58 (Chanderpaul), 5-72 (Hooper), 6-113 (Adams),
    7-117 (Murray), 8-117 (Walsh), 9-119 (Cuffy),
    10-130 (Bishop).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 12 4 21 2 (3nb)
    Bichel 10 1 31 1 (6nb)
    Bevan 9.5 2 31 4
    Warne 16 4 42 3

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    *MA Taylor lbw b Bishop 11 52 39 1 0
    ML Hayden st Murray b Hooper 125 354 226 15 1
    JL Langer c Murray b Cuffy 19 60 43 2 0
    ME Waugh c Murray b Hooper 82 189 150 10 1
    SR Waugh c Hooper b Chanderpaul 26 56 62 3 0
    GS Blewett b Cuffy 99 215 154 9 0
    MG Bevan not out 85 324 263 6 0
    +IA Healy c Lara b Thompson 12 43 18 2 0
    SK Warne c Hooper b Bishop 9 35 23 0 0
    AJ Bichel c Lara b Walsh 7 26 21 0 0
    GD McGrath b Walsh 1 7 4 0 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 15, w 4, nb 20) 41
    Total (all out, 162.3 overs, 685 minutes) 517

    FoW: 1-35 (Taylor), 2-78 (Langer), 3-242 (ME Waugh),
    4-288 (Hayden), 5-288 (SR Waugh), 6-453 (Blewett),
    7-475 (Healy), 8-494 (Warne), 9-507 (Bichel),
    10-517 (McGrath).

    Bowling O M R W
    Walsh 37.3 6 101 2 (5nb)
    Bishop 34 6 92 2 (11nb, 1w)
    Cuffy 33 4 116 2 (4nb, 2w)
    Thompson 16 0 80 1 (1w)
    Hooper 31 7 86 2
    Adams 8 0 23 0
    Chanderpaul 3 1 2 1

    West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    SL Campbell c Taylor b Bevan 24 85 76 1 0
    AFG Griffith c SR Waugh b McGrath 1 13 7 0 0
    S Chanderpaul c Taylor b Bevan 8 50 38 1 0
    BC Lara c Healy b Warne 78 167 144 12 2
    CL Hooper lbw b Warne 45 100 85 5 0
    JC Adams c ME Waugh b Bevan 0 14 8 0 0
    IR Bishop c Bevan b Warne 0 6 5 0 0
    +JR Murray c Taylor b Bevan 25 43 42 3 0
    *CA Walsh c SR Waugh b Bevan 1 10 5 0 0
    CE Cuffy not out 3 16 6 0 0
    PIC Thompson c Hayden b Bevan 6 8 9 1 0
    Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 6) 13
    Total (all out, 69.4 overs, 260 minutes) 204

    FoW: 1-6 (Griffith), 2-22 (Chanderpaul), 3-42 (Campbell),
    4-138 (Hooper), 5-145 (Adams), 6-154 (Bishop),
    7-181 (Lara), 8-192 (Walsh), 9-196 (Murray),
    10-204 (Thompson).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 17 4 31 1 (5nb)
    Bichel 8 4 16 0
    Bevan 22.4 3 82 6 (1nb)
    Warne 20 4 68 3
    Blewett 2 2 0 0

      Day 1

    • PIC Thompson advanced his First-class batting aggregate from 8 runs to 18 runs (16th innings, 5th not out)

      Day 3

    • SL Campbell hit 1 five

      Day 4

    • PIC Thompson further advanced his First-class aggregate to 24 runs, 14 of them in boundaries against SK Warne in this match

    • Total Attendance: 68,435
    • The 3rd largest innings defeat of the West Indies by any country
    • MA Taylor becomes the first Australian captain to win a series against the West Indies twice
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