Australia v West Indies 3rd Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 2009 (2009/10) · Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth · 16 December 2009

Australia won by 35 runs

Australia won by 35 runs. Chris Gayle top-scored with 102 for West Indies. Doug Bollinger took 5/70.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: West Indies tour of Australia - 2009 (2009/10)
Ground: Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Dates: 16 December 2009 to 20 December 2009
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 35 runs
Player of the match: Chris Gayle
Captains: Ricky Ponting (Australia), Chris Gayle (West Indies)
Debuts: Clint McKay (Australia), Gavin Tonge (West Indies)
Umpires: BF Bowden and IJ Gould
Match referee: BC Broad

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Clint McKay and Gavin Tonge played their first Tests.

Australia batted first and made 520 for 7 declared. Simon Katich top-scored with 99 off 177 balls, and Shane Watson made 89. The innings was built on a 132-run stand for the first wicket between Simon Katich and Shane Watson. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, 376 across 10 Tests.

West Indies replied with 312 all out. Chris Gayle top-scored with 102 off 72 balls, and Travis Dowlin made 55. Doug Bollinger took 5 for 70 for Australia. The innings was built on a 136-run stand for the first wicket between Chris Gayle and Travis Dowlin, 44% of the total. From 285 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 27 runs, to 312 for 10. Australia led by 208 on first innings.

Australia made 150 all out in their second innings. Shane Watson top-scored with 30 off 55 balls. Dwayne Bravo took 4 for 42 for West Indies.

Set 359 to win, West Indies made 323 all out. Narsingh Deonarine top-scored with 82 off 171 balls, and Brendan Nash made 65. Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 67 for Australia. The innings was built on a 128-run stand for the fourth wicket between Narsingh Deonarine and Brendan Nash.

Australia won by 35 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 520 FOR 7 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	c Denesh Ramdin b Kemar Roach	89	130
Simon Katich	c Kemar Roach b Sulieman Benn	99	177
Ricky Ponting	retired not out	23	25
Michael Hussey	c Denesh Ramdin b Ravi Rampaul	82	172
Michael Clarke	c Chris Gayle b Narsingh Deonarine	11	21
Marcus North	c & b Narsingh Deonarine	68	117
Brad Haddin	c Denesh Ramdin b Kemar Roach	88	91
Mitchell Johnson	c Sulieman Benn b Dwayne Bravo	35	45
Nathan Hauritz	not out	2	21

Did not bat: Doug Bollinger, Clint McKay

Extras 23 · Total 520 for 7 declared

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Kemar Roach	22	2	104	2
Ravi Rampaul	22	6	85	1
Gavin Tonge	18	1	85	0
Dwayne Bravo	17.4	1	79	1
Sulieman Benn	28	4	87	1
Narsingh Deonarine	23	4	74	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-132 (Shane Watson, 35.2 ov), 1-175 (Ricky Ponting), 2-260 (Simon Katich, 67.2 ov), 3-277 (Michael Clarke, 72.3 ov), 4-355 (Michael Hussey, 95.5 ov), 5-444 (Marcus North, 112.4 ov), 6-510 (Brad Haddin, 125.4 ov), 7-520 (Mitchell Johnson, 130.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (40) and Shane Watson (89)	132	215
second	Ricky Ponting (23) and Simon Katich (19)	43	47
third	Michael Hussey (41) and Simon Katich (40)	85	149
fourth	Michael Hussey (6) and Michael Clarke (11)	17	31
fifth	Michael Hussey (35) and Marcus North (37)	78	145
sixth	Brad Haddin (54) and Marcus North (31)	89	104
seventh	Brad Haddin (34) and Mitchell Johnson (27)	66	78
eighth	Nathan Hauritz (2) and Mitchell Johnson (8)	10	30

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 312 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Gayle	c Shane Watson b Doug Bollinger	102	72
Travis Dowlin	c Michael Hussey b Mitchell Johnson	55	116
Ramnaresh Sarwan	c Michael Hussey b Doug Bollinger	42	56
Narsingh Deonarine	c Shane Watson b Mitchell Johnson	18	72
Brendan Nash	c Michael Clarke b Nathan Hauritz	44	91
Dwayne Bravo	c Brad Haddin b Doug Bollinger	26	49
Denesh Ramdin	b Doug Bollinger	8	12
Sulieman Benn	c Brad Haddin b Nathan Hauritz	3	17
Ravi Rampaul	c Brad Haddin b Nathan Hauritz	0	2
Kemar Roach	not out	0	1
Gavin Tonge	c Brad Haddin b Doug Bollinger	2	4

Extras 12 · Total 312 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Doug Bollinger	20	3	70	5
Mitchell Johnson	18	3	92	2
Clint McKay	14	3	45	0
Nathan Hauritz	17	1	66	3
Shane Watson	12	3	34	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-136 (Chris Gayle, 24.1 ov), 2-175 (Travis Dowlin, 33.5 ov), 3-214 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 46.2 ov), 4-239 (Narsingh Deonarine, 56.4 ov), 5-285 (Dwayne Bravo, 72.6 ov), 6-295 (Brendan Nash, 75.4 ov), 7-310 (Sulieman Benn, 79.3 ov), 8-310 (Ravi Rampaul, 79.5 ov), 9-310 (Denesh Ramdin, 80.2 ov), 10-312 (Gavin Tonge, 80.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Gayle (102) and Travis Dowlin (31)	136	147
second	Ramnaresh Sarwan (14) and Travis Dowlin (24)	39	59
third	Ramnaresh Sarwan (28) and Narsingh Deonarine (10)	39	76
fourth	Narsingh Deonarine (8) and Brendan Nash (15)	25	64
fifth	Brendan Nash (19) and Dwayne Bravo (26)	46	98
sixth	Brendan Nash (10) and Denesh Ramdin (0)	10	16
seventh	Sulieman Benn (3) and Denesh Ramdin (8)	15	23
eighth	Ravi Rampaul (0) and Denesh Ramdin (0)	0	2
ninth	Denesh Ramdin (0) and Kemar Roach (0)	0	3
tenth	Gavin Tonge (2) and Kemar Roach (0)	2	4

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 150 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	lbw b Gavin Tonge	30	55
Simon Katich	b Ravi Rampaul	10	8
Michael Clarke	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	25	61
Michael Hussey	c Travis Dowlin b Sulieman Benn	17	32
Marcus North	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	1	27
Brad Haddin	c Dwayne Bravo b Sulieman Benn	23	28
Mitchell Johnson	c Brendan Nash b Dwayne Bravo	5	27
Nathan Hauritz	c Ramnaresh Sarwan b Dwayne Bravo	11	37
Ricky Ponting	c Travis Dowlin b Kemar Roach	2	6
Clint McKay	c Narsingh Deonarine b Sulieman Benn	10	15
Doug Bollinger	not out	2	14

Extras 14 · Total 150 all out

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Kemar Roach	6	0	18	1
Ravi Rampaul	6	1	21	1
Gavin Tonge	10	2	28	1
Narsingh Deonarine	1	0	1	0
Dwayne Bravo	17.3	6	42	4
Sulieman Benn	11	2	29	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-15 (Simon Katich, 3.2 ov), 2-66 (Shane Watson, 16.4 ov), 3-81 (Michael Clarke, 23.6 ov), 4-89 (Michael Hussey, 28.2 ov), 5-109 (Marcus North, 33.5 ov), 6-117 (Brad Haddin, 36.2 ov), 7-125 (Mitchell Johnson, 41.6 ov), 8-134 (Ricky Ponting, 44.5 ov), 9-146 (Clint McKay, 48.4 ov), 10-150 (Nathan Hauritz, 51.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (10) and Shane Watson (3)	15	21
second	Michael Clarke (20) and Shane Watson (27)	51	80
third	Michael Hussey (9) and Michael Clarke (5)	15	44
fourth	Michael Hussey (8) and Marcus North (0)	8	26
fifth	Brad Haddin (19) and Marcus North (1)	20	33
sixth	Brad Haddin (4) and Mitchell Johnson (4)	8	15
seventh	Nathan Hauritz (3) and Mitchell Johnson (1)	8	34
eighth	Ricky Ponting (2) and Nathan Hauritz (6)	9	17
ninth	Nathan Hauritz (2) and Clint McKay (10)	12	23
tenth	Nathan Hauritz (0) and Doug Bollinger (2)	4	17

WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 323 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Gayle	c Brad Haddin b Shane Watson	21	32
Travis Dowlin	c Michael Clarke b Doug Bollinger	22	30
Ramnaresh Sarwan	c Brad Haddin b Nathan Hauritz	11	33
Narsingh Deonarine	b Shane Watson	82	171
Brendan Nash	b Doug Bollinger	65	183
Dwayne Bravo	c Michael Hussey b Mitchell Johnson	1	9
Denesh Ramdin	b Clint McKay	14	21
Sulieman Benn	caught b Mitchell Johnson	33	28
Ravi Rampaul	c Clint McKay b Mitchell Johnson	10	14
Kemar Roach	c Brad Haddin b Doug Bollinger	17	29
Gavin Tonge	not out	23	22

Extras 24 · Total 323 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Doug Bollinger	20.3	3	71	3
Mitchell Johnson	16	5	67	3
Clint McKay	14	2	56	1
Shane Watson	14	5	30	2
Nathan Hauritz	23	7	61	1
Marcus North	7	1	20	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-35 (Travis Dowlin, 8.4 ov), 2-52 (Chris Gayle, 14.1 ov), 3-68 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 17.6 ov), 4-196 (Narsingh Deonarine, 66.1 ov), 5-197 (Dwayne Bravo, 67.5 ov), 6-231 (Denesh Ramdin, 75.5 ov), 7-245 (Brendan Nash, 80.6 ov), 8-279 (Sulieman Benn, 85.4 ov), 9-279 (Ravi Rampaul, 85.6 ov), 10-323 (Kemar Roach, 94.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Gayle (11) and Travis Dowlin (22)	35	53
second	Ramnaresh Sarwan (7) and Chris Gayle (10)	17	33
third	Ramnaresh Sarwan (4) and Narsingh Deonarine (12)	16	23
fourth	Narsingh Deonarine (70) and Brendan Nash (48)	128	293
fifth	Brendan Nash (0) and Dwayne Bravo (1)	1	10
sixth	Brendan Nash (12) and Denesh Ramdin (14)	34	48
seventh	Sulieman Benn (9) and Brendan Nash (5)	14	31
eighth	Sulieman Benn (24) and Ravi Rampaul (10)	34	28
ninth	Ravi Rampaul (0) and Kemar Roach (0)	0	2
tenth	Gavin Tonge (23) and Kemar Roach (17)	44	51

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