f23625 t506	Australia v West Indies
	West Indies in Australia 1960/61 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th February 1961 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 2 wickets
Umpires	CJ Egar, C Hoy
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 252/8 (Solomon 21*, Hall 5*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 236/3 (Burge 37*, Mackay 16*)
Close of play day 3	West Indies (2) 126/2 (Hunte 46*, Solomon 9*)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 57/1 (Simpson 44*, Benaud 1*)

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Smith	c O'Neill b Misson	11	21	32	1	-
CC Hunte	c Simpson b Davidson	31	84	136	4	-
RB Kanhai	c Harvey b Benaud	38	65	76	7	-
GS Sobers	c Grout b Simpson	64	179	177	5	-
*FMM Worrell	c Grout b Martin	10	27	40	-	-
PD Lashley	c Misson b Benaud	41	107	99	4	-
+FCM Alexander	c McDonald b Misson	11	36	42	1	-
JS Solomon	run out	45	143	141	3	-
LR Gibbs	c Burge b Misson	11	13	14	1	-
WW Hall	b Misson	21	40	84	1	-
AL Valentine	not out	0	4	6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 89.7 overs)	292
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Smith), 2-75 (Kanhai), 3-81 (Hunte), 4-107 (Worrell), 5-200 (Lashley), 6-204 (Sobers), 7-221 (Alexander), 8-235 (Gibbs), 9-290 (Hall), 10-292 (Solomon, 89.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	27	4	89	1	-	-
Misson	14	3	58	4	-	-
Mackay	1	0	1	0	-	-
Benaud	21.7	5	55	2	-	-
Martin	8	0	29	1	-	-
Simpson	18	3	51	1	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	c Gibbs b Sobers	75	237	200	5	-
CC McDonald	lbw b Sobers	91	175	166	6	-
NCL O'Neill	b Gibbs	10	31	34	-	-
PJP Burge	c Sobers b Gibbs	68	194	194	7	-
KD Mackay	c Alexander b Hall	19	109	95	1	-
RN Harvey	c Alexander b Sobers	5	22	26	-	-
AK Davidson	c Alexander b Sobers	24	57	69	1	-
*R Benaud	b Gibbs	3	20	21	-	-
JW Martin	c Kanhai b Sobers	15	54	42	1	-
FM Misson	not out	12	61	54	1	-
+ATW Grout	c Hunte b Gibbs	14	23	28	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 8 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 121.4 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-146 (McDonald), 2-181 (Simpson), 3-181 (O'Neill), 4-244 (Mackay), 5-260 (Harvey), 6-309 (Burge), 7-309 (Davidson), 8-319 (Benaud), 9-335 (Martin), 10-356 (Grout, 121.4 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	15	1	56	1	-	-
Worrell	11	2	44	0	-	-
Sobers	44	7	120	5	-	-
Gibbs	38.4	18	74	4	-	-
Valentine	13	3	42	0	-	-

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West Indies second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CW Smith	lbw b Davidson	37	63	61	5	1
CC Hunte	c Grout b Davidson	52	166	179	4	-
RB Kanhai	c Misson b Benaud	31	41	55	4	-
JS Solomon	run out	36	175	162	3	-
GS Sobers	c Grout b Simpson	21	50	61	1	-
+FCM Alexander	c Mackay b Davidson	73	126	155	5	-
*FMM Worrell	c Grout b Davidson	7	27	21	1	-
PD Lashley	lbw b Martin	18	44	45	1	-
LR Gibbs	c O'Neill b Simpson	8	36	54	1	-
WW Hall	c Grout b Davidson	21	29	34	2	-
AL Valentine	not out	3	12	19	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb, 1 w)	14
Total	(all out, 95.7 overs)	321
Fall of wickets:
1-54 (Smith), 2-103 (Kanhai), 3-135 (Hunte), 4-173 (Sobers), 5-201 (Solomon), 6-218 (Worrell), 7-262 (Lashley), 8-295 (Gibbs), 9-304 (Alexander), 10-321 (Hall, 95.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	24.7	4	84	5	-	-
Misson	10	1	58	0	-	-
Simpson	18	4	55	2	-	-
Benaud	23	4	53	1	-	-
Mackay	10	2	21	0	-	-
Martin	10	1	36	1	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB Simpson	b Gibbs	92	231	194	10	-
CC McDonald	c Smith b Gibbs	11	52	53	-	-
*R Benaud	b Valentine	6	36	42	-	-
NCL O'Neill	c Alexander b Worrell	48	197	145	5	-
PJP Burge	b Valentine	53	195	155	8	-
RN Harvey	c Smith b Worrell	12	49	39	1	-
AK Davidson	c Sobers b Worrell	12	58	48	1	-
KD Mackay	not out	3	51	42	-	-
+ATW Grout	c Smith b Valentine	5	25	19	-	-
JW Martin	not out	1	5	3	-	-
FM Misson	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(8 wickets, 111.7 overs)	258
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (McDonald), 2-75 (Benaud), 3-154 (Simpson), 4-176 (O'Neill), 5-200 (Harvey), 6-236 (Davidson), 7-248 (Burge), 8-256 (Grout)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	5	0	40	0	-	-
Sobers	13	2	32	0	-	-
Worrell	31	16	43	3	-	-
Valentine	21.7	4	60	3	-	-
Gibbs	41	19	68	2	-	-

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Notes
--> FCM Alexander made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RB Kanhai (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> GS Sobers (1) 50 in 128 balls
--> GS Sobers (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> PD Lashley (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Test matches
--> RB Simpson (1) 50 in 175 balls
--> CC McDonald (1) 50 in 105 balls
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 90
--> PJP Burge (1) 50 in 132 balls
--> AK Davidson (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
--> CC Hunte (2) 50 in 160 balls with 4 fours
--> CC Hunte (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 25
--> FCM Alexander (2) 50 in 99 balls
--> RB Simpson (2) 50 in 73 balls
--> RB Simpson (2) equalled his previous highest score of 92 in Test matches
--> RB Simpson (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> NCL O'Neill (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 44
--> PJP Burge (2) 50 in 194 balls with 8 fours
--> JW Martin (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> FM Misson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed WW Hall in the West Indies first innings (previous best was 3-79)
--> GS Sobers achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JW Martin in the Australia first innings (previous best was 4-26)
--> GS Sobers achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the Australia first innings
--> LR Gibbs reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed ATW Grout, his 4th wicket in the Australia first innings
--> R Benaud reached 700 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RB Kanhai, his 1st wicket in the West Indies second innings

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