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Test no. 1448

The Frank Worrell Trophy - 1st Test
West Indies v Australia

1998/99 season

Played at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, on 5,6,7,8 March 1999 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 312 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	c Dillon b Collins	23	60	48	1	0	47.91
	MTG Elliott	lbw b Collins	44	284	208	1	0	21.15
	JL Langer	c Jacobs b Walsh	5	55	36	1	0	13.88
	ME Waugh	lbw b Walsh	2	16	10	0	0	20.00
	SR Waugh	c Jacobs b Dillon	14	61	43	1	0	32.55
	GS Blewett	lbw b Ambrose	58	215	182	3	0	31.86
	IA Healy	lbw b Walsh	12	49	26	0	0	46.15
	SK Warne	c Campbell b Ambrose	21	72	51	0	0	41.17
	JN Gillespie	not out	28	112	76	3	0	36.84
	SCG MacGill	b Ambrose	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	GD McGrath	c Jacobs b Dillon	39	73	52	3	0	75.00
	Extras	(lb 18, nb 5)	23

	Total	(all out; 121.3 overs; 520 mins)	269	(2.21 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-42 (Slater, 14.5 ov), 2-51 (Langer, 27.4 ov), 3-53 (ME Waugh, 31.4 ov), 4-74 (SR Waugh, 44.6 ov), 5-118 (Elliott, 67.6 ov), 6-153 (Healy, 79.1 ov), 7-186 (Warne, 96.6 ov), 8-203 (Blewett, 104.1 ov), 9-203 (MacGill, 104.2 ov), 10-269 (McGrath, 121.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CA Walsh	31	9	60	3	1.93
CEL Ambrose	27	15	35	3	1.29
PT Collins	23	8	46	2	2.00	(3nb)
M Dillon	26.3	4	69	2	2.60
JC Adams	14	2	41	0	2.92	(1nb)


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SL Campbell	lbw b McGrath	9	49	28	1	0	32.14
	S Ragoonath	run out (Elliott/Langer/McGrath)	9	9	8	1	0	112.50
	DRE Joseph	lbw b McGrath	50	148	108	4	1	46.29
	BC Lara	run out (Langer/Healy)	62	150	111	11	0	55.85
	JC Adams	b MacGill	13	73	51	1	0	25.49
	RD Jacobs	lbw b MacGill	6	18	15	1	0	40.00
	PT Collins	lbw b McGrath	1	21	16	0	0	6.25
	RIC Holder	lbw b MacGill	0	12	6	0	0	0.00
	CEL Ambrose	c Slater b McGrath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	M Dillon	b McGrath	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
	CA Walsh	not out	0	4	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 11)	17

	Total	(all out; 57 overs; 254 mins)	167	(2.92 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Ragoonath, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (Campbell, 10.1 ov), 3-116 (Joseph, 37.1 ov), 4-149 (Lara, 44.4 ov), 5-156 (Jacobs, 49.2 ov), 6-163 (Adams, 53.6 ov), 7-163 (Collins, 54.2 ov), 8-163 (Ambrose, 54.4 ov), 9-167 (Holder, 55.6 ov), 10-167 (Dillon, 56.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	14	3	50	5	3.57	(5nb)
JN Gillespie	12	3	34	0	2.83	(6nb)
SCG MacGill	16	5	41	3	2.56
SK Warne	14	4	35	0	2.50
GS Blewett	1	0	1	0	1.00


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MTG Elliott	c Joseph b Walsh	0	18	18	0	0	0.00
	MJ Slater	st Jacobs b Adams	106	285	205	12	0	51.70
	JL Langer	c Jacobs b Dillon	24	73	40	3	0	60.00
	ME Waugh	lbw b Ambrose	33	112	78	2	0	42.30
	SR Waugh	c Jacobs b Collins	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
	GS Blewett	st Jacobs b Adams	28	127	76	1	0	36.84
	IA Healy	lbw b Walsh	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
	SK Warne	b Walsh	25	92	55	1	0	45.45
	JN Gillespie	c Lara b Ambrose	22	46	37	2	0	59.45
	SCG MacGill	b Walsh	0	8	2	0	0	0.00
	GD McGrath	not out	4	5	4	1	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 7, w 1, nb 11)	19

	Total	(all out; 86.2 overs; 392 mins)	261	(3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Elliott, 4.3 ov), 2-45 (Langer, 20.4 ov), 3-126 (ME Waugh, 46.3 ov), 4-127 (SR Waugh, 47.3 ov), 5-193 (Slater, 63.3 ov), 6-194 (Healy, 64.4 ov), 7-227 (Blewett, 75.2 ov), 8-257 (Warne, 84.6 ov), 9-257 (Gillespie, 85.2 ov), 10-261 (MacGill, 86.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CA Walsh	25.2	2	71	4	2.80	(3nb)
CEL Ambrose	18	8	25	2	1.38	(1nb)
PT Collins	21	2	72	1	3.42	(2nb)
M Dillon	14	1	57	1	4.07	(1w)
JC Adams	8	1	29	2	3.62	(1nb)


West Indies 2nd innings (target: 364 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SL Campbell	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	0	33	22	0	0	0.00
	S Ragoonath	lbw b Gillespie	2	59	27	0	0	7.40
	DRE Joseph	c Warne b McGrath	5	8	8	0	0	62.50
	BC Lara	c ME Waugh b Gillespie	3	4	2	0	0	150.00
	JC Adams	lbw b McGrath	5	8	7	1	0	71.42
	RD Jacobs	lbw b McGrath	19	41	22	2	0	86.36
	RIC Holder	c ME Waugh b McGrath	4	17	11	1	0	36.36
	CEL Ambrose	lbw b McGrath	6	10	7	1	0	85.71
	M Dillon	run out (Blewett)	0	1	0	0	0	-
	PT Collins	b Gillespie	0	11	6	0	0	0.00
	CA Walsh	not out	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1)	5

	Total	(all out; 19.1 overs; 102 mins)	51	(2.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Campbell, 7.3 ov), 2-8 (Joseph, 8.5 ov), 3-11 (Lara, 9.1 ov), 4-16 (Adams, 10.5 ov), 5-16 (Ragoonath, 11.1 ov), 6-31 (Holder, 14.6 ov), 7-47 (Ambrose, 16.6 ov), 8-47 (Dillon, 17.1 ov), 9-49 (Jacobs, 18.3 ov), 10-51 (Collins, 19.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	10	3	28	5	2.80
JN Gillespie	9.1	4	18	4	1.96

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0

Test debuts PT Collins, DRE Joseph and S Ragoonath (West Indies)
Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia)

Umpires EA Nicholls and P Willey (England)
TV umpire CE Cumberbatch
Match referee R Subba Row (England)

Close of play
5 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 174/6 (GS Blewett 43*, SK Warne 15*, 90 ov)
6 Mar day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 167/9 (M Dillon 0*, 56 ov)
7 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 227/7 (SK Warne 18*, JN Gillespie 0*, 76 ov)
8 Mar day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 51 (19.1 ov) - end of match

Match notes

4th (reserve) umpire: Z Maccum
SR Waugh Test captaincy debut

Day 1
Lunch: Australia 51/2 (Elliott 15*, ME Waugh 0*, 29 ov)
Tea: Australia 102/4 (Elliott 37*, Blewett 10*, 58 ov)
CA Walsh 400 wickets in Test cricket with the wicket of IA Healy

Day 2
GS Blewett 50 off 166 balls, 215 mins, 3x4 0x6
Lunch: Australia 240/9 (Gillespie 23*, McGrath 17*, 116 ov)
Tea: West Indies 50/2 (Joseph 20*, Lara 6*, 18 ov)
DRE Joseph 50 off 105 balls, 139 mins, 4x4 1x6
BC Lara 50 off 95 balls, 128 mins, 9x4 0x6
RIC Holder batted with SL Campbell as a runner

Day 3
Rain stopped play from 11:34am to 11:55am
Lunch: Australia 43/1 (Slater 17*, Langer 24*, 19 ov)
Rain stopped play from 1:06pm to 1:41pm, tea break rescheduled to 3:15pm.
MJ Slater 50 off 120 balls, 171 mins, 4x4 0x6
Tea: Australia 126/2 (Slater 62*, ME Waugh 33*, 46 ov)
MJ Slater 100 off 195 balls, 271 mins, 11x4 0x6
Bad light stopped play at 5:58pm

Day 4
Due to the lost time on day 3, play started 8 minutes early at 9:57am
DRE Joseph 1x5 (4 overthrows)
Rain stopped play at 11:57am, early lunch taken
Lunch: West Indies 16/5 (Jacobs 0*, 11.1 ov)
Play resumed at 1:10pm
RIC Holder batted with a runner
RD Jacobs 1x5 (4 overthrows)
West Indies 51, lowest team score for West Indies in Tests (previous: 53 v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 1986/87)

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