f31992 t819	West Indies v Australia
	Australia in West Indies and Bermuda 1977/78 (1st Test)
Venue	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain on 3rd, 4th, 5th March 1978 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	West Indies won the toss and decided to field
Result	West Indies won by an innings and 106 runs
Umpires	RG Gosein, D Sang Hue
Close of play day 1	West Indies (1) 79/0 (Greenidge 26*, Haynes 53*)
Close of play day 2	West Indies (1) 391/9 (Roberts 2*, Croft 0*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Haynes b Croft	2		25	-	-
CS Serjeant	c Murray b Croft	3		64	-	-
GN Yallop	c Richards b Croft	2		18	-	-
PM Toohey	b Garner	20		66	2	-
*RB Simpson	lbw b Garner	0		13	-	-
GJ Cosier	c Greenidge b Croft	46		88	7	-
+SJ Rixon	run out	1		9	-	-
B Yardley	c Murray b Roberts	2		19	-	-
JR Thomson	c Austin b Roberts	0		4	-	-
WM Clark	b Garner	0		15	-	-
JD Higgs	not out	0		6	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 35.1 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Wood), 2-10 (Yallop), 3-16 (Serjeant), 4-23 (Simpson), 5-45 (Rixon), 6-75 (Yardley), 7-75 (Thomson), 8-84 (Clark), 9-90 (Toohey), 10-90 (Cosier, 35.1 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	12	4	26	2	-	-
Croft	9.1	5	15	4	-	-
Garner	14	6	35	3	-	-

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West Indies first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CG Greenidge	b Yardley	43		145	8	-
DL Haynes	c Rixon b Higgs	61		75	7	2
IVA Richards	lbw b Thomson	39		64	5	-
AI Kallicharran	b Yardley	127		258	17	-
*CH Lloyd	b Thomson	86		160	10	1
RA Austin	c sub (TJ Laughlin) b Thomson	2		26	-	-
+DL Murray	c Rixon b Higgs	21		70	1	-
DR Parry	b Yardley	0		2	-	-
AME Roberts	st Rixon b Higgs	7		39	-	-
J Garner	c Cosier b Higgs	0		3	-	-
CEH Croft	not out	4		20	-	-
Extras	(9 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 109.5 overs)	405
Fall of wickets:
1-87 (Haynes), 2-143 (Richards), 3-143 (Greenidge), 4-313 (Lloyd), 5-324 (Austin), 6-385 (Kallicharran), 7-385 (Parry), 8-391 (Murray), 9-391 (Garner), 10-405 (Roberts, 109.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21	6	84	3	-	-
Clark	16	3	41	0	-	-
Higgs	24.5	3	91	4	-	-
Simpson	16	2	65	0	-	-
Yardley	19	1	64	3	-	-
Cosier	13	2	45	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	lbw b Roberts	32		54	4	-
CS Serjeant	lbw b Garner	40		79	7	-
GN Yallop	b Roberts	81		195	7	-
GJ Cosier	lbw b Garner	19		110	-	1
*RB Simpson	b Parry	14		68	-	-
+SJ Rixon	lbw b Roberts	0		2	-	-
B Yardley	not out	7		18	1	-
JR Thomson	b Parry	4		2	-	-
WM Clark	b Roberts	0		3	-	-
JD Higgs	b Roberts	2		6	-	-
PM Toohey	absent hurt
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	10
Total	(all out, 63.2 overs)	209
Fall of wickets:
1-59 (Wood), 2-90 (Serjeant), 3-149 (Cosier), 4-194 (Yallop), 5-194 (Rixon), 6-194 (Simpson), 7-200 (Thomson), 8-201 (Clark), 9-209 (Higgs, 63.2 ov)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	16.2	3	56	5	-	-
Croft	13	1	55	0	-	-
Garner	17	5	39	2	-	-
Parry	17	1	49	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> JD Higgs made his debut in Test matches
--> DL Haynes made his debut in Test matches
--> AI Kallicharran (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 77
--> CH Lloyd (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> RA Austin made his debut in Test matches
--> DR Parry made his debut in Test matches
--> DR Parry reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed RB Simpson, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> PM Toohey retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 15 (team score 37/4) - he returned when the score was 84/8

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