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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 30th, 31st December 1960, 2nd, 3rd January 1961 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| Umpires | CJ Egar, C Hoy |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 1/1 (Hunte 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | West Indies (1) 108/2 (Nurse 35*, Kanhai 70*) |
| Close of play day 3 | West Indies (2) 129/5 (Hunte 74*, Alexander 19*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Watson b Hall | 15 | 26 | 45 | 1 | - | |
| RB Simpson | c Alexander b Hall | 49 | 68 | 103 | 4 | - | |
| RN Harvey | c Sobers b Worrell | 12 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| NCL O'Neill | c Sobers b Worrell | 40 | 66 | 90 | 3 | - | |
| LE Favell | c Nurse b Sobers | 51 | 87 | 102 | 5 | - | |
| KD Mackay | b Ramadhin | 74 | 136 | 172 | 4 | - | |
| AK Davidson | b Hall | 35 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 1 | |
| *R Benaud | b Hall | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| +ATW Grout | b Watson | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| JW Martin | b Valentine | 55 | 67 | 82 | 4 | 1 | |
| FM Misson | not out | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.1 overs) | 348 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (McDonald), 2-60 (Harvey), 3-105 (Simpson), 4-155 (O'Neill), 5-189 (Favell), 6-242 (Davidson), 7-244 (Benaud), 8-251 (Grout), 9-348 (Mackay), 10-348 (Martin, 66.1 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 12 | 2 | 51 | 4 | - | - | |
| Watson | 12 | 1 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 17 | 1 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Worrell | 9 | 0 | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Valentine | 11.1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ramadhin | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Hunte | c Simpson b Misson | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - | |
| JS Solomon | c Grout b Davidson | 0 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| SM Nurse | c Grout b Davidson | 70 | 259 | 305 | 1 | - | |
| RB Kanhai | c Harvey b Davidson | 84 | 165 | 164 | 13 | - | |
| GS Sobers | c Simpson b Benaud | 9 | 36 | 40 | - | - | |
| *FMM Worrell | b Misson | 0 | 8 | 14 | - | - | |
| +FCM Alexander | c Favell b Davidson | 5 | 28 | 34 | - | - | |
| S Ramadhin | b Davidson | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| WW Hall | b Davidson | 5 | 16 | 13 | - | - | |
| CD Watson | c McDonald b Benaud | 4 | 22 | 27 | - | - | |
| AL Valentine | not out | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.2 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Solomon), 2-1 (Hunte), 3-124 (Kanhai), 4-139 (Sobers), 5-142 (Worrell), 6-160 (Alexander), 7-160 (Ramadhin), 8-166 (Hall), 9-177 (Nurse), 10-181 (Watson, 69.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 22 | 4 | 53 | 6 | - | - | |
| Misson | 11 | 0 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 27.2 | 10 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Martin | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC Hunte | c Grout b O'Neill | 110 | 249 | 270 | 9 | - | |
| JS Solomon | hit wkt b Benaud | 4 | 51 | 69 | - | - | |
| SM Nurse | run out | 3 | 17 | 15 | - | - | |
| RB Kanhai | c Misson b Martin | 25 | 65 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| GS Sobers | c Simpson b Martin | 0 | 4 | 9 | - | - | |
| *FMM Worrell | c Simpson b Martin | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| +FCM Alexander | c Grout b Davidson | 72 | 214 | 194 | 7 | - | |
| S Ramadhin | st Grout b Benaud | 3 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| WW Hall | b Davidson | 4 | 18 | 26 | - | - | |
| CD Watson | run out | 5 | 10 | 18 | - | - | |
| AL Valentine | not out | 0 | 5 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.4 overs) | 233 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (Solomon), 2-51 (Nurse), 3-97 (Kanhai), 4-99 (Sobers), 5-99 (Worrell), 6-186 (Hunte), 7-193 (Ramadhin), 8-206 (Hall), 9-222 (Watson), 10-233 (Alexander, 80.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 15.4 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| Misson | 12 | 3 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Benaud | 20 | 3 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Martin | 20 | 3 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Neill | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McDonald | c Sobers b Hall | 13 | 24 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| RB Simpson | not out | 27 | 62 | 112 | 1 | - | |
| RN Harvey | c Alexander b Hall | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| NCL O'Neill | lbw b Watson | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| LE Favell | not out | 24 | 53 | 60 | 1 | - | |
| KD Mackay | did not bat | ||||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| *R Benaud | did not bat | ||||||
| +ATW Grout | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| FM Misson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 18.4 overs) | 70 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (McDonald), 2-27 (Harvey), 3-30 (O'Neill) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 9.4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watson | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JW Martin made his debut in Test matches
--> FM Misson made his debut in Test matches
--> S Ramadhin made his last appearance in Test matches
--> LE Favell (1) 50 in 80 balls with 5 fours
--> KD Mackay (1) 50 in 113 balls
--> KD Mackay (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 25
--> JW Martin (1) 50 in 61 balls
--> SM Nurse (1) 50 in 201 balls
--> SM Nurse (1) equalled his previous highest score of 70 in Test matches
--> RB Kanhai (1) 50 in 60 balls
--> CC Hunte (2) 50 in 118 balls
--> CC Hunte (2) 100 in 209 balls, 246 minutes with 8 fours
--> FCM Alexander (2) 50 in 183 balls
--> FCM Alexander (2) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Test matches
--> CD Watson made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SM Nurse made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> AK Davidson reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SM Nurse, his 6th wicket in the West Indies first innings
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