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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 6th December 1996 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indies won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 5 wickets |
| Points | Australia 2; West Indies 0 |
| Umpires | PD Parker, SG Randell |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | PL van der Merwe |
| Player of the Match | GS Blewett |
| West Indies innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| SL Campbell | c Healy b Gillespie | 31 | 57 | 90 | - | - | 54.39 |
| RG Samuels | c Waugh b Gillespie | 7 | 15 | 16 | 1 | - | 46.67 |
| BC Lara | c Warne b Moody | 5 | 21 | 36 | - | - | 23.81 |
| S Chanderpaul | c Healy b Blewett | 54 | 100 | 157 | 1 | - | 54.00 |
| CL Hooper | run out (Taylor) | 7 | 17 | 12 | 1 | - | 41.18 |
| JC Adams | lbw b Moody | 5 | 15 | 13 | - | - | 33.33 |
| +JR Murray | c Blewett b Warne | 24 | 32 | 42 | 2 | - | 75.00 |
| NAM McLean | c and b Waugh | 7 | 20 | 18 | - | - | 35.00 |
| KCG Benjamin | b Warne | 8 | 13 | 13 | - | - | 61.54 |
| CEL Ambrose | run out (Taylor) | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 100.00 |
| *CA Walsh | not out | 8 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | 100.00 |
| Extras | (10 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 211 minutes, 49.2 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Samuels), 2-38 (Lara), 3-64 (Campbell), 4-73 (Hooper), 5-81 (Adams), 6-120 (Murray), 7-135 (McLean), 8-150 (Benjamin), 9-153 (Ambrose), 10-172 (Chanderpaul) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Reiffel | 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | 3 | - | 2.60 |
| Gillespie | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.90 |
| Moody | 10 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 2.50 |
| Blewett | 6.2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 38.00 | 4.26 |
| Warne | 10 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.40 |
| Waugh | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.67 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| *MA Taylor | b McLean | 29 | 67 | 89 | 1 | - | 43.28 |
| ME Waugh | c Murray b Benjamin | 27 | 56 | 72 | 2 | - | 48.21 |
| RT Ponting | lbw b McLean | 5 | 27 | 39 | - | - | 18.52 |
| GS Blewett | not out | 57 | 90 | 129 | 3 | - | 63.33 |
| MG Bevan | st Murray b Hooper | 3 | 16 | 24 | - | - | 18.75 |
| SG Law | b Hooper | 21 | 38 | 66 | - | - | 55.26 |
| TM Moody | not out | 3 | 9 | 14 | - | - | 33.33 |
| +IA Healy | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Gillespie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (17 lb, 8 nb, 3 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 219 minutes, 48.4 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59 (Waugh), 2-70 (Taylor), 3-78 (Ponting), 4-90 (Bevan), 5-161 (Law) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Ambrose | 10 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 1.90 |
| Walsh | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | 5 | - | 3.78 |
| Benjamin | 9.4 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 58.00 | 4.45 |
| McLean | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.30 |
| Hooper | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 2.70 |
Notes
--> West Indies innings: 100 in 32.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 34.4 overs
--> RG Samuels made his debut in ODI matches
--> NAM McLean made his debut in ODI matches
--> S Chanderpaul 50 in 95 balls, 148 minutes with 1 four
--> GS Blewett passed his previous highest score of 46 in ODI matches
--> GS Blewett 50 in 75 balls, 105 minutes with 3 fours
--> RG Samuels made his debut for West Indies in List A matches
--> NAM McLean made his debut for West Indies in List A matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> JN Gillespie made his debut in Australia in ODI matches
--> SK Warne reached 100 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed JR Murray, his 1st wicket in the West Indies innings
Play started 29 minutes late due to rain. Umpires extended the scheduling finishing time to 10:29pm with no reduction in overs
Rain interrupted play at 4:10pm local time. WI were 53/2 off 15 overs (Campbell 25*, Chanderpaul 10*). Play restarted at 4:50pm and the finishing time rescheduled to 10:59pm with a 20 minute tea break to be taken from 7:09pm to 7:29pm. There will be no reduction in overs
S Chanderpaul had a runner (RG Samuels) after 32.3 overs
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