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West Indies v Australia, 1977/1978, 1st test
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad), 03/03/1978 - 05/03/1978

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: R Gosein, D Sang Hue
Result: West Indies won by an inns & 106 runs

Australia
GM Wood               c Haynes           b Croft                  2
CS Serjeant           c Murray           b Croft                  3
GN Yallop             c Richards         b Croft                  2
PM Toohey                                b Garner                20
*RB Simpson           lbw                b Garner                 0
GJ Cosier             c Greenidge        b Croft                 46
+SJ Rixon             run out                                     1
B Yardley             c Murray           b Roberts                2
JR Thomson            c Austin           b Roberts                0
WM Clark                                 b Garner                 0
JD Higgs              not out                                     0
Extras                b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 4                       14
Total                 all out                                    90

Fall Of Wickets
1-7 (Wood)                    2-10 (Yallop)                 
3-16 (Serjeant)               4-23 (Simpson)                
5-45 (Rixon)                  6-75 (Yardley)                
7-75 (Thomson)                8-84 (Clark)                  
9-90 (Toohey)                 10-90 (Cosier)                

Bowling
Roberts             12      4    26     2
Croft                9.1    5    15     4
Garner              15      7    35     3

West Indies
CG Greenidge                             b Yardley               43
DL Haynes             c Rixon            b Higgs                 61
IVA Richards          lbw                b Thomson               39
AI Kallicharran                          b Yardley              127
*CH Lloyd                                b Thomson               86
RA Austin             c                  b Thomson                2
+DL Murray            c Rixon            b Higgs                 21
DR Parry                                 b Yardley                0
AME Roberts           st Rixon           b Higgs                  7
J Garner              c Cosier           b Higgs                  0
CEH Croft             not out                                     4
Extras                b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 6                       15
Total                 all out                                   405

Fall Of Wickets
1-87 (Haynes)                 2-143 (Richards)              
3-143 (Greenidge)             4-313 (Lloyd)                 
5-324 (Austin)                6-385 (Kallicharran)          
7-385 (Parry)                 8-391 (Murray)                
9-391 (Garner)                10-405 (Roberts)              

Bowling
Thomson             21      6    84     3
Clark               16      3    41     0
Higgs               24.5    3    91     4
Simpson             16      2    65     0
Yardley             19      1    64     3
Cosier              13      2    45     0

Australia
GM Wood               lbw                b Roberts               32
CS Serjeant           lbw                b Garner                40
GN Yallop                                b Roberts               81
GJ Cosier             lbw                b Garner                19
*RB Simpson                              b Parry                 14
+SJ Rixon             lbw                b Roberts                0
B Yardley             not out                                     7
JR Thomson                               b Parry                  4
WM Clark                                 b Roberts                0
JD Higgs                                 b Roberts                2
Extras                b 6, lb 1, w 1, nb 2                       10
Total                 for 9 wickets                             209

Fall Of Wickets
1-59 (Wood)                   2-90 (Serjeant)               
3-149 (Cosier)                4-194 (Yallop)                
5-194 (Rixon)                 6-194 (Simpson)               
7-200 (Thomson)               8-201 (Clark)                 
9-209 (Higgs)                 

Bowling
Roberts             16.3    3    56     5
Croft               13      1    55     0
Garner              17      5    39     2
Parry               17      1    49     2