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167 & 51
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
269 & 261
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Overs: 19.1 RR: 2.66 vs spin: 2.53
vs seam: 2.40
Overs: 86.2 RR: 3.02 vs spin: 3.63
vs seam: 2.87
Fri 05/03/99 West Indies v Australia, 1st Test, Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 312 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 269 (121.3; RR: 2.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater c Dillon b Collins 23 48 1 0 47.92
MTG Elliott lbw b Collins 44 208 1 0 21.15
JL Langer c Jacobs b Walsh 5 36 1 0 13.89
ME Waugh lbw b Walsh 2 10 0 0 20.00
SR Waugh c Jacobs b Dillon 14 43 1 0 32.56
GS Blewett lbw b Ambrose 58 182 3 0 31.87
IA Healy lbw b Walsh 12 26 0 0 46.15
SK Warne c Campbell b Ambrose 21 51 0 0 41.18
JN Gillespie not out 28 76 3 0 36.84
SCG MacGill b Ambrose 0 1 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath c Jacobs b Dillon 39 52 3 0 75.00
Extras (0b, 18lb, 0w, 5nb) 23  
TOTAL 269 all out (121.3 overs; RR: 2.21)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (MJ Slater 14.5 ov), 51-2 (JL Langer 27.4 ov), 53-3 (ME Waugh 31.4 ov), 74-4 (SR Waugh 44.6 ov), 118-5 (MTG Elliott 67.6 ov), 153-6 (IA Healy 79.1 ov), 186-7 (SK Warne 96.6 ov), 203-8 (GS Blewett 104.1 ov), 203-9 (SCG MacGill 104.2 ov), 269-10 (GD McGrath 121.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CA Walsh 31.0 9 60 3 1.94 0 0
CEL Ambrose 27.0 15 35 3 1.30 0 0
PT Collins 23.0 8 46 2 2.00 0 3
M Dillon 26.3 4 69 2 2.65 0 0
JC Adams 14.0 2 41 0 2.93 0 1

West Indies - 1st Inns 167 (57.0; RR: 2.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SL Campbell lbw b McGrath 9 28 1 0 32.14
S Ragoonath run out 9 8 1 0 112.50
DRE Joseph lbw b McGrath 50 108 4 1 46.30
BC Lara run out 62 111 11 0 55.86
JC Adams b MacGill 13 51 1 0 25.49
RD Jacobs lbw b MacGill 6 15 1 0 40.00
PT Collins lbw b McGrath 1 16 0 0 6.25
RIC Holder lbw b MacGill 0 6 0 0 0.00
CEL Ambrose c Slater b McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.00
M Dillon b McGrath 0 8 0 0 0.00
CA Walsh not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 11nb) 17  
TOTAL 167 all out (57.0 overs; RR: 2.93)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (S Ragoonath 2.6 ov), 28-2 (SL Campbell 10.1 ov), 116-3 (DRE Joseph 37.1 ov), 149-4 (BC Lara 44.4 ov), 156-5 (RD Jacobs 49.2 ov), 163-6 (JC Adams 53.6 ov), 163-7 (PT Collins 54.2 ov), 163-8 (CEL Ambrose 54.4 ov), 167-9 (RIC Holder 55.6 ov), 167-10 (M Dillon 57.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 14.0 3 50 5 3.57 0 5
JN Gillespie 12.0 3 34 0 2.83 0 6
SCG MacGill 16.0 5 41 3 2.56 0 0
SK Warne 14.0 4 35 0 2.50 0 0
GS Blewett 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 261 (86.2; RR: 3.02)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MTG Elliott c Joseph b Walsh 0 18 0 0 0.00
MJ Slater st Jacobs b Adams 106 205 12 0 51.71
JL Langer c Jacobs b Dillon 24 40 3 0 60.00
ME Waugh lbw b Ambrose 33 78 2 0 42.31
SR Waugh c Jacobs b Collins 0 5 0 0 0.00
GS Blewett st Jacobs b Adams 28 76 1 0 36.84
IA Healy lbw b Walsh 0 5 0 0 0.00
SK Warne b Walsh 25 55 1 0 45.45
JN Gillespie c Lara b Ambrose 22 37 2 0 59.46
SCG MacGill b Walsh 0 2 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath not out 4 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 11nb) 19  
TOTAL 261 all out (86.2 overs; RR: 3.02)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (MTG Elliott 4.3 ov), 45-2 (JL Langer 20.4 ov), 126-3 (ME Waugh 46.3 ov), 127-4 (SR Waugh 47.3 ov), 193-5 (MJ Slater 63.3 ov), 194-6 (IA Healy 64.4 ov), 227-7 (GS Blewett 75.2 ov), 257-8 (SK Warne 84.6 ov), 257-9 (JN Gillespie 85.2 ov), 261-10 (SCG MacGill 86.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CA Walsh 25.2 2 71 4 2.84 0 3
CEL Ambrose 18.0 8 25 2 1.39 0 1
PT Collins 21.0 2 72 1 3.43 0 2
M Dillon 14.0 1 57 1 4.07 1 0
JC Adams 8.0 1 29 2 3.63 0 1

West Indies - 2nd Inns 51 (19.1; RR: 2.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SL Campbell c Waugh b Gillespie 0 22 0 0 0.00
S Ragoonath lbw b Gillespie 2 27 0 0 7.41
DRE Joseph c Warne b McGrath 5 8 0 0 62.50
BC Lara c Waugh b Gillespie 3 2 0 0 150.00
JC Adams lbw b McGrath 5 7 1 0 71.43
RD Jacobs lbw b McGrath 19 22 2 0 86.36
RIC Holder c Waugh b McGrath 4 11 1 0 36.36
CEL Ambrose lbw b McGrath 6 7 1 0 85.71
M Dillon run out 0 0 0 0
PT Collins b Gillespie 0 6 0 0 0.00
CA Walsh not out 2 3 0 0 66.67
Extras (4b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 51 all out (19.1 overs; RR: 2.66)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (SL Campbell 7.3 ov), 8-2 (DRE Joseph 8.5 ov), 11-3 (BC Lara 9.1 ov), 16-4 (JC Adams 10.5 ov), 16-5 (S Ragoonath 11.1 ov), 31-6 (RIC Holder 14.6 ov), 47-7 (CEL Ambrose 16.6 ov), 47-8 (M Dillon 17.1 ov), 49-9 (RD Jacobs 18.3 ov), 51-10 (PT Collins 19.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 10.0 3 28 5 2.80 0 0
JN Gillespie 9.1 4 18 4 2.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

West Indies v Australia at Port of Spain, 1st Test

Date

Friday March 5, 1999

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:00pm UTC

Venue

Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Umpires

P Willey, EA Nicholls

West Indies Team

Playing XI

CA Walsh, CEL Ambrose, BC Lara, JC Adams, RIC Holder, SL Campbell, RD Jacobs, M Dillon, S Ragoonath, DRE Joseph, PT Collins

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, ME Waugh, SK Warne, JL Langer, MJ Slater, GD McGrath, GS Blewett, JN Gillespie, MTG Elliott, SCG MacGill