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Sat, 26 Dec - Wed, 30 Dec 1981 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 58 runs
Australia
401/10 (20.00) & 222/10 (82.3)
West Indies
468/5 (20.00) & 161/10 (74.1)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
401/10 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bruce Laird
c †Murray b Holding
4
18
16
0
0
22.22
In 1981
Career
Graeme Wood
c †Murray b Roberts
3
28
49
0
0
10.71
In 1981
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
c †Murray b Holding
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Allan Border
c †Murray b Holding
4
43
61
0
0
9.30
In 1981
Career
Kim Hughes
not out
100
200
266
11
0
50.00
In 1981
Career
Dirk Wellham
c sub (AL Logie) b Croft
17
37
54
2
0
45.94
In 1981
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c Richards b Garner
21
43
74
1
0
48.83
In 1981
Career
Bruce Yardley
b Garner
21
17
35
2
0
123.52
In 1981
Career
Dennis Lillee
c Gomes b Holding
1
4
11
0
0
25.00
In 1981
Career
Geoff Lawson
b Holding
2
3
2
0
0
66.66
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
c †Murray b Croft
10
26
56
1
0
38.46
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 6, nb 8)
15
Total
198 68.1 Ov (RR: 2.90)
3762
7980
0
323
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Michael Holding
17.00
3
45
5
2.64
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Andy Roberts
15.00
6
40
1
2.66
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Joel Garner
20.00
6
59
2
2.95
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Colin Croft
16.10
3
39
2
2.41
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
West Indies innigs
468/5 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Desmond Haynes
c Border b Lillee
1
14
20
0
0
7.14
In 1981
Career
Faoud Bacchus
c Wood b Alderman
1
8
13
0
0
12.50
In 1981
Career
Colin Croft
lbw b Lillee
0
10
16
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Viv Richards
b Lillee
2
8
14
0
0
25.00
In 1981
Career
Clive Lloyd (c)
c Alderman b Yardley
29
81
106
1
0
35.80
In 1981
Career
Larry Gomes
c Chappell b Lillee
55
108
175
4
0
50.92
In 1981
Career
Jeff Dujon
c Hughes b Lillee
41
48
58
6
0
85.41
In 1981
Career
David Murray (WK)
not out
32
70
90
0
0
45.71
In 1981
Career
Andy Roberts
c †Marsh b Lillee
18
23
37
3
0
78.26
In 1981
Career
Michael Holding
c & b Alderman
2
7
14
0
0
28.57
In 1981
Career
Joel Garner
c Laird b Lillee
7
10
17
1
0
70.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 3, nb 9)
13
Total
201 62.3 Ov (RR: 3.21)
3819
7353
0
285
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
26.30
3
83
7
3.13
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
18.00
3
54
2
3.00
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Geoff Lawson
9.00
2
28
0
3.11
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Greg Chappell
2.00
2
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Bruce Yardley
7.00
2
23
1
3.28
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Australia innigs
222/10 (82.3)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Bruce Laird
lbw b Croft
64
146
210
5
0
43.83
In 1981
Career
Graeme Wood
c †Murray b Garner
46
86
118
5
0
53.48
In 1981
Career
Greg Chappell (c)
c †Murray b Garner
6
21
35
0
0
28.57
In 1981
Career
Allan Border
b Holding
66
136
190
2
0
48.52
In 1981
Career
Kim Hughes
b Holding
8
48
74
0
0
16.66
In 1981
Career
Dirk Wellham
lbw b Holding
2
5
11
0
0
40.00
In 1981
Career
Rod Marsh (WK)
c †Murray b Holding
2
14
18
0
0
14.28
In 1981
Career
Bruce Yardley
b Garner
13
17
15
0
0
76.47
In 1981
Career
Dennis Lillee
c †Murray b Holding
0
9
20
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Geoff Lawson
not out
0
7
17
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
b Holding
1
10
9
0
0
10.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 4, nb 4, w 1)
14
Total
222 82.3 Ov (RR: 2.69)
4218
9481
0
228
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Michael Holding
21.30
5
62
6
2.88
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Andy Roberts
18.00
4
31
0
1.72
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Joel Garner
18.00
5
37
3
2.05
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Colin Croft
20.00
2
61
1
3.05
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Viv Richards
5.00
0
17
0
3.40
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
West Indies innigs
161/10 (74.1)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Desmond Haynes
c Lillee b Yardley
28
121
182
3
0
23.14
In 1981
Career
Faoud Bacchus
lbw b Alderman
0
3
8
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Viv Richards
b Alderman
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Clive Lloyd (c)
c Border b Lawson
19
36
52
2
0
52.77
In 1981
Career
Larry Gomes
b Yardley
24
48
85
1
0
50.00
In 1981
Career
Jeff Dujon
c †Marsh b Yardley
43
163
163
1
0
26.38
In 1981
Career
David Murray (WK)
c †Marsh b Yardley
10
28
51
1
0
35.71
In 1981
Career
Andy Roberts
lbw b Lillee
10
40
85
0
1
25.00
In 1981
Career
Michael Holding
lbw b Lillee
7
11
15
1
0
63.63
In 1981
Career
Joel Garner
lbw b Lillee
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Colin Croft
not out
0
2
7
0
0
0.00
In 1981
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 10, nb 9)
20
Total
161 74.1 Ov (RR: 2.17)
3059
8645
0
171
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Dennis Lillee
27.10
8
44
3
1.61
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Terry Alderman
9.00
3
23
2
2.55
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Geoff Lawson
17.00
3
36
1
2.11
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
Bruce Yardley
21.00
7
38
4
1.80
0
0
0
In 1981
Career
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