West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1996–97
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The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the and played 5 Test matches against Australia. Australia won the series 3-2. As of 2019, this is the last occasion on which West Indies won a Test Match on Australian soil. The team also played the 1996–97 Carlton and United Series against Australia and Pakistan.
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- MTG Elliott and MS Kasprowicz (both AUS) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
Australia
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- JN Gillespie (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test[]
Australia
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122 (45.5 overs)
SR Waugh 37 (87) CEL Ambrose 4/17 (12 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
Fourth Test[]
West Indies
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204 (69.4 overs)
BC Lara 78 (144) MG Bevan 6/82 (22.4 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
- AJ Bichel (AUS) and AFG Griffith (WI) made their Test debuts.
Fifth Test[]
Australia
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194 (47.3 overs)
ML Hayden 47 (102) CA Walsh 5/74 (20 overs) |
57/0 (10.3 overs)
RG Samuels 35* (39) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
References[]
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
External sources[]
Categories:
- 1996 in Australian cricket
- 1996 in West Indian cricket
- 1996–97 Australian cricket season
- 1997 in Australian cricket
- 1997 in West Indian cricket
- International cricket competitions from 1994–95 to 1997
- West Indian cricket tours of Australia
- International cricket tour of Australia stubs