DECEMBER 26, 2015 AUSTRALIA V. WEST INDIES STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT BOXING DAY TEST DAY 1 LIBRARY MCG TEST CRICKET RECORDS AUSTRALIA v. WEST INDIES TEST RESULTS AT THE MCG Largest attendance: 91, 112 Series Test Result Att. (Australia v. England, (26 Dec 2013) 1930/31 4th Australia by an innings & 122 runs 13,865 1951/52 4th Australia by one wicket 168,937 Largest West Indian attendance: 90, 800 (11 Feb 1961) 1960/61 2nd Australia by 7 wickets 150,264 1960/61 5th Australia by 2 wickets 274,424 Highest team total: 604 – Australia 1968/69 2nd Australia by an innings & 30 runs 113,376 (v. England, 1936/37) 1975/76 3rd Australia by 8 wickets 222,755 Highest individual score: 307 – Bob Cowper 1975/76 6th Australia by 165 runs 121,619 (Australia v. England, 1965/66) 1979/80 2nd West Indies by 10 wickets 89,045 Most runs: Don Bradman (1671 at 128.53) 1981/82 1st Australia by 58 runs 134,801 1984/85 4th Drawn 97,172 Most wickets: Dennis Lillee (82 at 21.92) 1988/89 3rd West Indies by 285 runs 108,408 1992/93 2nd Australia by 139 runs 138,604 Most Test appearances: Allan Border (20) 1996/97 3rd West Indies by 6 wickets 131,756 2000/01 4th Australia by 352 runs 133,299 AUSTRALIA - WEST INDIES IN TESTS Team Statistics Match Results Summary Australia West Indies Location P W L T D P W L T D MCG 14 10 3 - 1 14 3 10 - 1 Other Aust. venues 50 26 15 1 8 50 15 26 1 8 West Indies 50 21 14 - 15 50 14 21 - 15 Totals 114 57 32 1 24 114 32 57 1 24 Completed Series Results Summary Season Tests Won by D T Locations Aust WI 1930/31 5 4 1 - - Adelaide, Sydney (2), Brisbane (Exhib), Melbourne 1951/52 5 4 1 - - Brisbane, Sydney (2), Adelaide, Melbourne 1954/55 5 3 - 2 - Kingston (2), Port-of-Spain, Georgetown, Bridgetown 1960/61 5 2 1 1 1 Brisbane, Melbourne (2), Sydney, Adelaide 1964/65 5 1 2 2 - Kingston, Port-of-Spain (2), Georgetown, Bridgetown 1968/69 5 3 1 1 - Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney (2), Adelaide 1972/73 5 2 - 3 - Kingston, Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain (2), Georgetown 1975/76 6 5 1 - - Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne (2), Sydney, Adelaide 1977/78 5 1 3 1 - Port-of-Spain (2), Bridgetown, Georgetown, Kingston 1979/80 3 - 2 1 - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1981/82 3 1 1 1 - Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1983/84 5 - 3 2 - Georgetown, Port-of-Spain, Bridgetown, St John’s, Kingston 1984/85 5 1 3 1 - Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney 1988/89 5 1 3 1 - Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide 1990/91 5 1 2 2 - Kingston, Georgetown, Port-of-Spain, Bridgetown, St John’s 1992/93 5 1 2 2 - Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth 1994/95 4 2 1 1 - Bridgetown, St John’s, Port-of-Spain, Kingston 1996/97 5 3 2 - - Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth 1998/99 4 2 2 - - Port-of-Spain, Kingston, Bridgetown, St John’s 2000/01 5 5 - - - Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney 2002/03 4 3 1 - - Georgetown, Port-of-Spain, Bridgetown, St John’s 2005/06 3 3 - - - Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide 2007/08 3 2 - 1 - Kingston, North Sound, Bridgetown 2009/10 3 2 - 1 - Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth 2011/12 3 2 - 1 - Bridgetown, Port-of-Spain, Roseau 2014/15 2 2 - - - Roseau, Kingston Won by Australia. Won by West Indies Drawn Total In Aust. In W.I. In Aust. In W.I. In Aust. In W.I. In Aust. In W.I. 9 7 4 4 1 1 14 12 Highest Innings Totals Australia West Indies Score Location Season Score Location Season 758-8dec. Kingston 1954/55 616 Adelaide 1968/69 668 Bridgetown 1954/55 606 Sydney 1992/93 650-6dec. Bridgetown 1964/55 585 Perth 1975/76 619 Sydney 1968/69 573 Bridgetown 1964/65 605-9dec. Bridgetown 2002/03 569 Georgetown 1990/91 600-9dec. Port-of-Spain 1954/55 536-9dec. Bridgetown 1990/91 589-4dec Hobart 2015/16 510 Bridgetown 1954/55 576-4dec. Port-of-Spain 2002/03 509 Bridgetown 1983/84 558 Brisbane (Exh. Ground) 1930/31 498 St John’s 1983/84 547 Sydney 1968/69 479 Melbourne 1984/85 Lowest Completed Innings Totals Australia West Indies Score Location Season Score Location Season 76 Perth 1984/85 51 Port-of-Spain 1998/99 82 Adelaide 1951/52 78 Sydney 1951/52 90 Port-of-Spain 1977/78 82 Brisbane (Woolloongabba) 2000/01 94 Port-of-Spain 1977/78 90 Sydney 1930/31 97 Bridgetown 1983/84 99 Melbourne 1930/31 105 Port-of-Spain 1994/95 105 Adelaide 1951/52 114 Melbourne 1988/89 107 Sydney 1930/31 116 Sydney 1951/52 107 Melbourne 1930/31 119 Perth 1992/93 109 Georgetown 1972/73 122 Melbourne 1996/97 109 Melbourne 2000/01 Records in Australia - West Indies Tests: A Reflection Australia has won 16 of the 26 series played between the two teams, the West Indies has won eight and two have been drawn. The Australians have generally maintained superiority over the men from the Caribbean except for the 17 year period from 1978 to 1995 during which the West Indians dominated world cricket. Australia has won 50% of the Tests played between the two compared to 28.1% won by the West Indies. Australia’s highest innings total (8-758 dec.) was made at Kingston, Jamaica in 1955. After a poor start (2-7), rescue came in the form of one double-century and four centuries. It remains Australia’s highest Test innings score. The West Indies’ highest total (616) at Adelaide in 1969 followed a 257-run first innings deficit and led to an exciting finish with Australia’s last pair, Paul Sheehan and Alan Connolly, surviving 26 balls with the total 20 runs short of a win. Australia’s lowest total (76) came in Perth in 1984 on a fast bouncy wicket with the West Indies pace attack of Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Courtney Walsh at their zenith. Port-of-Spain in 1999 marked the West Indies’ batting nadir (51) when they were past their glory days and nine wickets were shared between Australian pacemen Glen McGrath and Jason Gillespie. The highest Australian and West Indian individual batting scores in Tests between the two teams, Adam Voges’ 269* and Brian Lara’s 277, were made in Hobart in 2015 and in Sydney in 1993 respectively. It was the third Test century made by Voges, a relative late-comer to Test cricket, while Lara’s masterpiece was made in only his fifth Test pointed to his class and the stellar career ahead of him. Best bowling in an innings between the two countries is Graham McKenzie’s dominant 8-71 at Melbourne in 1968 – a performance which was a key factor in an innings win. The West Indies’ best bowling performance came from the revered Curtly Ambrose (7- 25) in Perth in 1993 and contributed significantly to a series-winning victory. At one stage he took 7-1 off 32 balls. The highest batting partnership is 449 made by Adam Voges (269*) and Shaun Marsh (182), which is also the highest fourth-wicket stand in Test history. The West Indians’ best effort is remarkable in that it was for the seventh wicket (347) between Captain Denis Atkinson (219) and wicket-keeper Clairmonte Depeiza in his second Test (122) at Bridgetown in 1955. It remains the highest seventh wicket partnership in Test history. Depeiza’s fame, however, was to be short-lived – his Test career being over after five matches. Individual Statistics Highest Batting Scores - Australia Player Score Mins. 4s 6s Innings Location Season Voges AC 269* 410 33 0 1 Hobart 2015/16 Walters KD 242 480 24 0 1 Sydney 1968/69 Bradman DG 223 297 24 0 1 Brisbane 1930/31 Jones DM 216 538 16 0 1 Adelaide 1988/89 Lawry WM 210 544 25 3 1 Bridgetown 1964/65 Ponting RT 206 491 24 1 1 Port-of-Spain 2002/03 Lawry WM 205 461 12 1 2 Melbourne 1968/69 Harvey RN 204 410 24 1 2 Kingston 1954/55 Simpson RB 201 414 22 0 1 Bridgetown 1964/65 Waugh SR 200 555 17 1 2 Kingston 1994/95 Highest Batting Scores – West Indies Player Score Mins. 4s 6s Innings Location Season Lara BC 277 474 38 0 2 Sydney 1992/93 Greenidge CG 226 677 32 0 3 Bridgetown 1990/91 Lara BC 226 405 22 0 1 Adelaide 2005/06 Atkinson DS 219 351 29 1 1 Bridgetown 1954/55 Lara BC 213 468 29 3 2 Kingston 1998/99 Richards IVA 208 374 22 3 1 Melbourne 1984/85 Nurse SM 201 382 30 0 2 Bridgetown 1964/65 Richardson RB 182 343 26 2 2 Georgetown 1990/91 Lara BC 182 351 29 1 1 Adelaide 2000/01 Lloyd CH 178 354 24 1 1 Georgetown 1972/73 Best Bowling in an Innings - Australia Player Overs BPO Mdns Wkts Runs Location Season McKenzie GD 28 8 5 8 71 Melbourne 1968/69 Hughes MG 37 6 9 8 87 Perth 1988/89 Lawson GF 40 6 7 8 112 Adelaide 1984/85 Ironmonger H 20 6 7 7 23 Melbourne 1930/31 Johnson IWG 22.2 6 10 7 44 Georgetown 1954/55 Border AR 26 6 10 7 46 Sydney 1988/89 Warne SK 23.2 6 8 7 52 Melbourne 1992/93 Lillee DK 26.3 6 3 7 83 Melbourne 1981/82 Grimmett CV 48 6 19 7 87 Adelaide 1930/31 Whitney MR 30 6 6 7 89 Adelaide 1988/89 Best Bowling in an Innings – West Indies Player Overs BPO Mdns Wkts Runs Location Season Ambrose CEL 18 6 9 7 25 Perth 1992/93 Roberts AME 14 8 3 7 54 Perth 1975/76 Gomez GE 18 8 3 7 55 Sydney 1951/52 Lawson JJC 19.1 6 3 7 78 St John’s 2002/03 Holding MA 9.2 6 3 6 21 Perth 1984/85 Holder VA 13.0 6 4 6 28 Port-of-Spain 1977/78 Gibbs LR 22.2 6 9 6 29 Georgetown 1964/65 Worrell FMM 12.7 8 3 6 38 Adelaide 1951/52 Bishop IR 16.0 6 4 6 40 Perth 1992/93 Griffith CC 20.0 6 6 6 46 Port-of-Spain 1964/65 Highest Batting Partnerships – Australia Wkt Score Players Location Season 4 449 Voges AC (269*) and Marsh SE (182) Hobart 2015/16 1 382 Lawry WM (210) and Simpson RB (201) Bridgetown 1964/65 4 336 Lawry WM (151) and Walters KD (242) Sydney 1968/69 3 315 Ponting RT (206) and Lehmann DS (160) Port-of-Spain 2002/03 2 298 Lawry WM (205) and Chappell IM (165) Melbourne 1968/69 3 295 McDonald CC (127) and Harvey RN (204) Kingston 1954/55 5 281 Waugh SR (199) and Ponting RT (104) Bridgetown 1998/99 4 251 Wood GM (126) and Serjeant CS (124) Georgetown 1977/78 2 248 Langer JL