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Australia v West Indies, 1996/1997, 3rd test
Melbourne (MCG), 26/12/1996 - 28/12/1996

Toss: Australia
Umpires: PD Parker, S Venkataraghavan
Result: West Indies won by 6 wickets

Australia
*MA Taylor                               b Ambrose                7
ML Hayden             c Hooper           b Ambrose                5
JL Langer             run out                                    12
ME Waugh              lbw                b Ambrose                0
SR Waugh              c Murray           b Bishop                58
GS Blewett            run out                                    62
+IA Healy             c Hooper           b Ambrose               36
PR Reiffel            c Samuels          b Benjamin               0
SK Warne              c Campbell         b Bishop                10
JN Gillespie          not out                                     4
GD McGrath            c Hooper           b Ambrose                0
Extras                b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 17                      25
Total                 all out                                   219

Fall Of Wickets
1-5 (Hayden)                  2-26 (Taylor)                 
3-26 (Waugh)                  4-27 (Langer)                 
5-129 (Waugh)                 6-195 (Healy)                 
7-200 (Reiffel)               8-203 (Blewett)               
9-217 (Warne)                 10-219 (McGrath)              

Bowling
Ambrose             24.5    7    55     5
Bishop              11      1    31     2
Benjamin            19      2    64     1
Walsh               14      0    43     0
Adams                1      0     4     0
Hooper               5      1    14     0

West Indies
SL Campbell           lbw                b McGrath                7
RG Samuels            c Taylor           b Warne                 17
S Chanderpaul                        c & b McGrath               58
BC Lara               c Warne            b McGrath                2
CL Hooper             run out                                     7
JC Adams              not out                                    74
+JR Murray            c Reiffel          b McGrath               53
IR Bishop             lbw                b McGrath                0
CEL Ambrose                              b Warne                  8
KCG Benjamin                             b Reiffel               11
*CA Walsh             c Waugh            b Warne                  4
Extras                b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 3                       14
Total                 all out                                   255

Fall Of Wickets
1-12 (Campbell)               2-62 (Samuels)                
3-71 (Lara)                   4-86 (Hooper)                 
5-107 (Chanderpaul)           6-197 (Murray)                
7-197 (Bishop)                8-215 (Ambrose)               
9-230 (Benjamin)              10-255 (Walsh)                

Bowling
McGrath             30     11    50     5
Reiffel             29      8    76     1
Warne               28.1    3    72     3
Gillespie            3      2     5     0
Blewett              9      3    19     0
Waugh               10      5    22     0

Australia
ML Hayden                                b Ambrose                0
*MA Taylor            c Hooper           b Walsh                 10
JL Langer             c Hooper           b Ambrose                0
ME Waugh              lbw                b Walsh                 19
SR Waugh                                 b Benjamin              37
GS Blewett            c Murray           b Walsh                  7
+IA Healy                                b Benjamin               0
PR Reiffel            lbw                b Benjamin               8
SK Warne              c Adams            b Ambrose               18
JN Gillespie          lbw                b Ambrose                2
GD McGrath            not out                                     5
Extras                b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 11                      16
Total                 all out                                   122

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Hayden)                  2-3 (Langer)                  
3-28 (Taylor)                 4-47 (Waugh)                  
5-64 (Blewett)                6-65 (Healy)                  
7-76 (Reiffel)                8-107 (Warne)                 
9-113 (Gillespie)             10-122 (Waugh)                

Bowling
Ambrose             12      4    17     4
Bishop              10      2    26     0
Benjamin            12.5    5    34     3
Walsh               11      4    41     3

West Indies
SL Campbell           c Hayden           b McGrath                0
RG Samuels            lbw                b McGrath               13
S Chanderpaul                            b Reiffel               40
BC Lara               c Hayden           b McGrath                2
CL Hooper             not out                                    27
JC Adams              not out                                     1
Extras                b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 4                        4
Total                 for 4 wickets                              87

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Campbell)                2-25 (Samuels)                
3-32 (Lara)                   4-82 (Chanderpaul)            

Bowling
McGrath              9      1    41     3
Reiffel              9      2    16     1
Warne                3      0    17     0
Blewett              2.5    0    13     0