misc3586 wsct16	WSC West Indies v WSC Australia
	WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (5th Supertest)
Venue	Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th April 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	WSC West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	RG Gosein, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	WSC West Indies (1) 33/1 (Greenidge 20*, Croft 0*)
Close of play day 2	WSC West Indies (1) 334/6 (Rowe 108*, Murray 30*)
Close of play day 3	No play
Close of play day 4	WSC Australia (2) 111/3 (GS Chappell 36*, IM Chappell 13*)
Player of the Match	GS Chappell

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WSC Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	c Holding b Roberts	35
BM Laird	c Haynes b Holding	2
MF Kent	b Roberts	40
GS Chappell	c Lloyd b Croft	104
*IM Chappell	c Fredericks b Roberts	26
DW Hookes	c Rowe b Roberts	2
+RW Marsh	b Croft	0
RJ Bright	lbw b Holding	0
DK Lillee	lbw b Croft	6
JR Thomson	b Croft	4
LS Pascoe	not out	8
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 301 minutes, 69.2 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Laird), 2-65 (McCosker), 3-93 (Kent), 4-168 (IM Chappell), 5-188 (Hookes), 6-196 (Marsh), 7-196 (Bright), 8-209 (Lillee), 9-224 (GS Chappell), 10-234 (Thomson, 69.2 ov)

WSC West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	20	3	73	4	-	-
Holding	17	2	60	2	-	-
Croft	18.2	2	56	4	-	-
Padmore	13	2	33	0	-	-
Richards	1	0	5	0	-	-

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WSC West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	c IM Chappell b Thomson	58
DL Haynes	lbw b Lillee	9
CEH Croft	c McCosker b Bright	47		225
RC Fredericks	b Lillee	45
LG Rowe	c Marsh b Lillee	135
IVA Richards	b Lillee	18
*CH Lloyd	c Marsh b Lillee	1
+DL Murray	retired hurt	74
AME Roberts	b Pascoe	17
MA Holding	c Marsh b Lillee	9
AL Padmore	not out	2
Extras	(9 b, 10 lb, 4 nb)	23
Total	(all out, 124.2 overs)	438
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Haynes), 2-76 (Greenidge), 3-144 (Fredericks), 4-206 (Croft), 5-253 (Richards), 6-255 (Lloyd), 7-368 (Rowe), 8-416 (Roberts), 9-438 (Holding, 124.2 ov)

WSC Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	33.2	2	125	6	-	-
Thomson	22	5	75	1	-	-
Pascoe	31	9	102	1	-	-
Bright	20	3	60	1	-	-
IM Chappell	12	3	41	0	-	-
GS Chappell	6	3	12	0	-	-

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WSC Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RB McCosker	lbw b Croft	20
BM Laird	c Richards b Padmore	29
MF Kent	b Roberts	0
GS Chappell	run out (Lloyd)	85
*IM Chappell	b Holding	83
DW Hookes	lbw b Holding	16
+RW Marsh	not out	102
RJ Bright	not out	56
DK Lillee	did not bat
JR Thomson	did not bat
LS Pascoe	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 11 lb, 4 nb, 4 w)	24
Total	(6 wickets, 128 overs)	415
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (McCosker), 2-32 (Kent), 3-92 (Laird), 4-228 (GS Chappell), 5-231 (IM Chappell), 6-254 (Hookes)

WSC West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	28	1	88	1	-	-
Holding	25	5	74	2	-	-
Croft	25	3	91	1	-	-
Padmore	40	12	101	1	-	-
Richards	6	0	15	0	-	-
Fredericks	4	1	22	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DL Murray retired hurt in the WSC West Indies first innings having scored 74 (team score 428/8)

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Haynes kept wicket in the Australia second innings in place of the injured Murray.
Attendance: Day 2 - 7,000
West Indies retained the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, first played for in the 1977/78 WSC season.
This was the final match played under the auspices of the World Series Cricket organisation, a subsequent one-day fixture scheduled for Basseterre, St Kitts on April 13 being washed out.
GS Chappell with 78 points won the Man of the Series based on a points system covering all the matches with DK Lillee second with 48.

 

 

 

 

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