Australia v West Indies 5th Test

West Indies tour of Australia - 2000 (2000/01) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 2 January 2001

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia won by 6 wickets. Steve Waugh top-scored with 103 for Australia. Stuart MacGill took 7/104.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: West Indies tour of Australia - 2000 (2000/01)
Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Dates: 2 January 2001 to 6 January 2001
Toss: West Indies, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Michael Slater
Captains: Jimmy Adams (West Indies), Steve Waugh (Australia)
Umpires: DB Hair and RE Koertzen
Match referee: AC Smith

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat.

West Indies batted first and made 272 all out. Sherwin Campbell top-scored with 79 off 162 balls, and Wavell Hinds made 70. Stuart MacGill took 7 for 104 for Australia. The innings was built on a 147-run stand for the first wicket between Sherwin Campbell and Wavell Hinds, 54% of the total. From 210 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 30 runs, to 240 for 8. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Sydney Cricket Ground, 388 across 12 Tests.

Australia replied with 452 all out. Steve Waugh top-scored with 103 off 238 balls, and Michael Slater made 96. Mahendra Nagamootoo took 3 for 119 for West Indies. The innings was built on a 132-run stand for the fifth wicket between Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting. Australia led by 180 on first innings.

West Indies made 352 all out in their second innings. Mahendra Nagamootoo top-scored with 68 off 99 balls, and Ridley Jacobs made 62. Colin Miller took 4 for 102 for Australia.

Set 173 to win, Australia made 174 for 4. Michael Slater top-scored with 86 not out off 129 balls. The innings was built on a 102-run stand for the fourth wicket between Steve Waugh and Michael Slater, 59% of the total.

Australia won by 6 wickets.

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 272 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Sherwin Campbell	c & b Stuart MacGill	79	162
Wavell Hinds	b Stuart MacGill	70	171
Jimmy Adams	lbw b Glenn McGrath	10	22
Brian Lara	c Mark Waugh b Stuart MacGill	35	73
Marlon Samuels	c Justin Langer b Stuart MacGill	28	72
Ramnaresh Sarwan	lbw b Stuart MacGill	0	4
Ridley Jacobs	st Adam Gilchrist b Stuart MacGill	12	27
Mahendra Nagamootoo	c Michael Slater b Colin Miller	12	27
Nixon McLean	lbw b Stuart MacGill	0	1
Colin Stuart	not out	12	37
Courtney Walsh	c Matthew Hayden b Colin Miller	4	19

Extras 10 · Total 272 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Glenn McGrath	19	7	43	1
Jason Gillespie	16	4	44	0
Stuart MacGill	37	11	104	7
Colin Miller	30.1	8	73	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-147 (Sherwin Campbell, 53.3 ov), 2-152 (Wavell Hinds, 55.5 ov), 3-174 (Jimmy Adams, 62.4 ov), 4-210 (Brian Lara, 79.2 ov), 5-210 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 79.6 ov), 6-235 (Marlon Samuels, 87.4 ov), 7-240 (Ridley Jacobs, 89.2 ov), 8-240 (Nixon McLean, 89.3 ov), 9-252 (Mahendra Nagamootoo, 94.3 ov), 10-272 (Courtney Walsh, 102.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sherwin Campbell (79) and Wavell Hinds (65)	147	323
second	Jimmy Adams (0) and Wavell Hinds (5)	5	14
third	Brian Lara (12) and Jimmy Adams (10)	22	41
fourth	Brian Lara (23) and Marlon Samuels (13)	36	100
fifth	Ramnaresh Sarwan (0) and Marlon Samuels (0)	0	4
sixth	Ridley Jacobs (7) and Marlon Samuels (15)	25	46
seventh	Ridley Jacobs (5) and Mahendra Nagamootoo (0)	5	10
eighth	Nixon McLean (0) and Mahendra Nagamootoo (0)	0	1
ninth	Mahendra Nagamootoo (12) and Colin Stuart (0)	12	30
tenth	Courtney Walsh (4) and Colin Stuart (12)	20	46

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 452 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Slater	c Marlon Samuels b Mahendra Nagamootoo	96	142
Matthew Hayden	c Brian Lara b Courtney Walsh	3	7
Justin Langer	c Ridley Jacobs b Nixon McLean	20	42
Mark Waugh	run out (Sherwin Campbell, Ridley Jacobs)	22	41
Steve Waugh	b Mahendra Nagamootoo	103	238
Ricky Ponting	lbw b Colin Stuart	51	120
Adam Gilchrist	c Brian Lara b Colin Stuart	87	124
Jason Gillespie	c Wavell Hinds b Mahendra Nagamootoo	2	15
Colin Miller	not out	37	68
Stuart MacGill	run out (Kerry Jeremy, Mahendra Nagamootoo)	1	5
Glenn McGrath	run out (Colin Stuart, Jimmy Adams)	13	23

Extras 17 · Total 452 all out

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Courtney Walsh	25	4	74	1
Colin Stuart	23	4	81	2
Mahendra Nagamootoo	35	3	119	3
Nixon McLean	20	2	81	1
Jimmy Adams	16.4	2	54	0
Marlon Samuels	16	5	37	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-17 (Matthew Hayden, 2.6 ov), 2-55 (Justin Langer, 14.5 ov), 3-109 (Mark Waugh, 29.4 ov), 4-157 (Michael Slater, 45.4 ov), 5-289 (Ricky Ponting, 89.5 ov), 6-360 (Steve Waugh, 107.5 ov), 7-374 (Jason Gillespie, 113.6 ov), 8-408 (Adam Gilchrist, 124.2 ov), 9-410 (Stuart MacGill, 125.4 ov), 10-452 (Glenn McGrath, 135.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Slater (14) and Matthew Hayden (3)	17	18
second	Justin Langer (20) and Michael Slater (18)	38	71
third	Mark Waugh (22) and Michael Slater (31)	54	89
fourth	Steve Waugh (11) and Michael Slater (33)	48	99
fifth	Steve Waugh (76) and Ricky Ponting (51)	132	269
sixth	Steve Waugh (16) and Adam Gilchrist (52)	71	110
seventh	Jason Gillespie (2) and Adam Gilchrist (12)	14	37
eighth	Colin Miller (11) and Adam Gilchrist (23)	34	62
ninth	Colin Miller (1) and Stuart MacGill (1)	2	8
tenth	Glenn McGrath (13) and Colin Miller (25)	42	61

WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 352 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Sherwin Campbell	c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie	54	138
Wavell Hinds	b Glenn McGrath	46	120
Jimmy Adams	lbw b Glenn McGrath	5	16
Brian Lara	c Adam Gilchrist b Colin Miller	28	36
Marlon Samuels	lbw b Jason Gillespie	0	1
Ramnaresh Sarwan	c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath	51	114
Ridley Jacobs	lbw b Mark Waugh	62	128
Mahendra Nagamootoo	c Matthew Hayden b Colin Miller	68	99
Nixon McLean	c Mark Waugh b Colin Miller	15	43
Colin Stuart	lbw b Colin Miller	4	7
Courtney Walsh	not out	1	2

Extras 18 · Total 352 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Glenn McGrath	24	4	80	3
Colin Miller	32.5	3	102	4
Stuart MacGill	30	7	88	0
Jason Gillespie	21	5	57	2
Mark Waugh	9	3	10	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-98 (Wavell Hinds, 38.5 ov), 2-112 (Jimmy Adams, 44.6 ov), 3-112 (Sherwin Campbell, 45.3 ov), 4-112 (Marlon Samuels, 45.4 ov), 5-154 (Brian Lara, 56.4 ov), 6-239 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 82.1 ov), 7-317 (Ridley Jacobs, 101.3 ov), 8-347 (Mahendra Nagamootoo, 114.6 ov), 9-351 (Nixon McLean, 116.2 ov), 10-352 (Colin Stuart, 116.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Sherwin Campbell (45) and Wavell Hinds (46)	98	234
second	Jimmy Adams (5) and Sherwin Campbell (9)	14	37
third	Brian Lara (0) and Sherwin Campbell (0)	0	3
fourth	Brian Lara (0) and Marlon Samuels (0)	0	1
fifth	Brian Lara (28) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (12)	42	68
sixth	Ridley Jacobs (41) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (39)	85	153
seventh	Ridley Jacobs (21) and Mahendra Nagamootoo (53)	78	116
eighth	Nixon McLean (15) and Mahendra Nagamootoo (15)	30	81
ninth	Nixon McLean (0) and Colin Stuart (4)	4	8
tenth	Courtney Walsh (1) and Colin Stuart (0)	1	3

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 174 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Matthew Hayden	lbw b Colin Stuart	5	9
Michael Slater	not out	86	129
Justin Langer	lbw b Courtney Walsh	10	14
Mark Waugh	c Jimmy Adams b Nixon McLean	3	16
Steve Waugh	lbw b Marlon Samuels	38	76
Ricky Ponting	not out	14	32

Did not bat: Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Colin Miller, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath

Extras 18 · Total 174 for 4

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Courtney Walsh	15	5	35	1
Colin Stuart	7	0	40	1
Nixon McLean	8	1	35	1
Mahendra Nagamootoo	9	1	28	0
Marlon Samuels	5.5	0	26	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Matthew Hayden, 1.3 ov), 2-38 (Justin Langer, 6.2 ov), 3-46 (Mark Waugh, 11.4 ov), 4-148 (Steve Waugh, 36.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Slater (0) and Matthew Hayden (5)	5	9
second	Justin Langer (10) and Michael Slater (17)	33	30
third	Mark Waugh (3) and Michael Slater (2)	8	35
fourth	Steve Waugh (38) and Michael Slater (55)	102	151
fifth	Michael Slater (12) and Ricky Ponting (14)	26	51

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