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Test # 819 (820/42)
The Frank Worrell Trophy, 1977/78, 1st Test
West Indies v Australia
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
3,4,5 March 1978 (5-day match)

Result: West Indies won by an innings and 106 runs
West Indies leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: RR Gosein and D Sang Hue
Test Debuts: RA Austin, DL Haynes, DR Parry (WI); JD Higgs (Aus).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 90, West Indies 79/0 (Greenidge 26*, Haynes 53*)
  • Day 2: West Indies 391/9 (Roberts 2*, Croft 0*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    GM Wood               c Haynes           b Croft                2  25   0  0
    CS Serjeant           c Murray           b Croft                3  64   0  0
    GN Yallop             c Richards         b Croft                2  18   0  0
    PM Toohey                                b Garner              20  66   2  0
    *RB Simpson           lbw                b Garner               0  13   0  0
    GJ Cosier             c Greenidge        b Croft               46  88   7  0
    +SJ Rixon             run out                                   1   9   0  0
    B Yardley             c Murray           b Roberts              2  19   0  0
    JR Thomson            c Austin           b Roberts              0   4   0  0
    WM Clark                                 b Garner               0  15   0  0
    JD Higgs              not out                                   0   6   0  0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 4)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 35.1 overs)                    90
    
    FoW: 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                      O      M      R      W
    Roberts                     12      4     26      2
    Croft                        9.1    5     15      4
    Garner                      14      6     35      3
    
    West Indies 1st innings                                         R   M   4  6
    CG Greenidge                             b Yardley             43 145   8  0
    DL Haynes             c Rixon            b Higgs               61  75   7  2
    IVA Richards          lbw                b Thomson             39  64   5  0
    AI Kallicharran                          b Yardley            127 258  17  0
    *CH Lloyd                                b Thomson             86 160  10  1
    RA Austin             c sub (TJ Laughlin) b Thomson             2  26   0  0
    +DL Murray            c Rixon            b Higgs               21  70   1  0
    DR Parry                                 b Yardley              0   2   0  0
    AME Roberts           st Rixon           b Higgs                7  39   0  0
    J Garner              c Cosier           b Higgs                0   3   0  0
    CEH Croft             not out                                   4  20   0  0
    Extras                (lb 9, nb 6)                             15
    Total                 (all out, 109.5 overs)                  405
    
    FoW: 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                      O      M      R      W
    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 2nd innings                                           R   M   4  6
    GM Wood               lbw                b Roberts             32  54   4  0
    CS Serjeant           lbw                b Garner              40  79   7  0
    GN Yallop                                b Roberts             81 195   7  0
    GJ Cosier             lbw                b Garner              19 110   0  1
    *RB Simpson                              b Parry               14  68   0  0
    +SJ Rixon             lbw                b Roberts              0   2   0  0
    B Yardley             not out                                   7  18   1  0
    JR Thomson                               b Parry                4   2   0  0
    WM Clark                                 b Roberts              0   3   0  0
    JD Higgs                                 b Roberts              2   6   0  0
    PM Toohey             absent hurt                               -
    Extras                (b 6, lb 1, w 1, nb 2)                   10
    Total                 (all out, 63.2 overs)                   209
    
    FoW: 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                      O      M      R      W
    Roberts                     16.2    3     56      5
    Croft                       13      1     55      0
    Garner                      17      5     39      2
    Parry                       17      1     49      2
    

    • PM Toohey (1) retired hurt on 15* from 37/4 to 84/8




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: West Indies, Australia.

    Ground Page: Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, CS Serjeant, GN Yallop, PM Toohey, RB Simpson, GJ Cosier, SJ Rixon, B Yardley, JR Thomson, WM Clark, JD Higgs.

    West Indies Player Pages: CG Greenidge, DL Haynes, IVA Richards, AI Kallicharran, CH Lloyd, RA Austin, DL Murray, DR Parry, AME Roberts, J Garner, CEH Croft.

    Match Officials' Pages: RR Gosein, D Sang Hue.

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