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| Venue | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 17th, 18th, 19th March 1978 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indies won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | West Indies won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | RG Gosein, SE Parris |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indies (1) 71/3 (Haynes 21*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (2) 96/5 (Wood 55*, Simpson 0*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Darling | c Richards b Croft | 4 | 16 | - | - | ||
| GM Wood | lbw b Croft | 69 | 131 | 11 | - | ||
| GN Yallop | c Austin b Croft | 47 | 152 | 6 | - | ||
| CS Serjeant | c Murray b Parry | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | ||
| *RB Simpson | c Murray b Croft | 9 | 34 | 1 | - | ||
| GJ Cosier | c Murray b Roberts | 1 | 35 | - | - | ||
| +SJ Rixon | lbw b Garner | 16 | 42 | - | - | ||
| B Yardley | b Garner | 74 | 73 | 13 | 2 | ||
| JR Thomson | b Garner | 12 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| WM Clark | b Garner | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| JD Higgs | not out | 4 | 27 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 3 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.1 overs) | 250 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Darling), 2-105 (Wood), 3-116 (Serjeant), 4-134 (Yallop), 5-135 (Simpson), 6-149 (Cosier), 7-161 (Rixon), 8-216 (Thomson), 9-216 (Clark), 10-250 (Yardley, 65.1 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 18 | 2 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| Croft | 18 | 3 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Garner | 16.1 | 2 | 65 | 4 | - | - | |
| Parry | 12 | 4 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Austin | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indies first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CG Greenidge | c Cosier b Thomson | 8 | 24 | - | - | ||
| DL Haynes | c Rixon b Higgs | 66 | 163 | 11 | - | ||
| IVA Richards | c Clark b Thomson | 23 | 23 | 3 | 1 | ||
| AI Kallicharran | c Yardley b Thomson | 8 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| *CH Lloyd | c Serjeant b Clark | 42 | 114 | 7 | - | ||
| RA Austin | c Serjeant b Clark | 20 | 50 | 3 | - | ||
| +DL Murray | c Darling b Thomson | 60 | 107 | 9 | - | ||
| DR Parry | c Serjeant b Simpson | 27 | 60 | 2 | - | ||
| AME Roberts | lbw b Thomson | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | ||
| J Garner | not out | 5 | 13 | - | - | ||
| CEH Croft | lbw b Thomson | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 lb, 19 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 71 overs) | 288 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Greenidge), 2-56 (Richards), 3-71 (Kallicharran), 4-154 (Haynes), 5-172 (Lloyd), 6-198 (Austin), 7-263 (Parry), 8-269 (Roberts), 9-282 (Murray), 10-288 (Croft, 71 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 13 | 1 | 77 | 6 | - | - | |
| Clark | 24 | 3 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cosier | 9 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 16 | 4 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Simpson | 7 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Darling | c Murray b Croft | 8 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| GM Wood | run out | 56 | 140 | 8 | - | ||
| GN Yallop | c Lloyd b Garner | 14 | 51 | 1 | - | ||
| CS Serjeant | c Murray b Roberts | 2 | 13 | - | - | ||
| GJ Cosier | c Croft b Roberts | 8 | 21 | 1 | - | ||
| +SJ Rixon | c Lloyd b Roberts | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| *RB Simpson | c Murray b Roberts | 17 | 78 | - | - | ||
| B Yardley | b Garner | 43 | 63 | 7 | - | ||
| JR Thomson | c Richards b Garner | 11 | 27 | 2 | - | ||
| WM Clark | lbw b Garner | 0 | 11 | - | - | ||
| JD Higgs | not out | 0 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 10 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 48 overs) | 178 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Darling), 2-62 (Yallop), 3-69 (Serjeant), 4-80 (Cosier), 5-95 (Rixon), 6-99 (Wood), 7-154 (Simpson), 8-167 (Yardley), 9-173 (Clark), 10-178 (Thomson, 48 ov) | |||||||
| West Indies bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 18 | 5 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Croft | 15 | 4 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Garner | 15 | 3 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| West Indies second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CG Greenidge | not out | 80 | 138 | 11 | 1 | ||
| DL Haynes | c Yardley b Higgs | 55 | 125 | 5 | 2 | ||
| DR Parry | not out | 3 | 8 | - | - | ||
| IVA Richards | did not bat | ||||||
| AI Kallicharran | did not bat | ||||||
| *CH Lloyd | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Austin | did not bat | ||||||
| +DL Murray | did not bat | ||||||
| AME Roberts | did not bat | ||||||
| J Garner | did not bat | ||||||
| CEH Croft | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 w) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 36.5 overs) | 141 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-131 (Haynes) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Clark | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 13 | 4 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 10.5 | 2 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> RA Austin made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GM Wood (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Test matches
--> GM Wood (1) 50 in 71 balls, 91 minutes
--> GM Wood (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> B Yardley (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> B Yardley (1) 50 in 29 balls, 51 minutes
--> JR Thomson (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> DL Haynes (1) 50 in 84 balls
--> DL Haynes (1) passed his previous highest score of 61 in Test matches
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 23
--> IVA Richards (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 16
--> DL Murray (1) 50 in 84 balls, 87 minutes
--> GM Wood (2) 50 in 71 balls, 91 minutes
--> CG Greenidge (2) 50 in 55 balls, 74 minutes with 9 fours and 2 sixes
--> DL Haynes (2) 50 in 86 balls, 115 minutes
--> WM Darling made his debut in West Indies in Test matches
--> J Garner reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed B Yardley, his 2nd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> AME Roberts reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CS Serjeant, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
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