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4th Test, Australia v West Indies, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 3 January 2001
It was the 1525th Test match in cricket history.
It was Australia's 610th and West Indies' 368th Test match.
It was the 94th match between these two sides. The record now reads: Australia 41, West Indies 31, drawn 21 and tied one.
It was the 56th match between these two sides in Australia. The record now reads: Australia 29, West Indies 18, drawn 8 and tied one.
It was the 316th match for Australia at home. Australia has won 168 and lost 85, while 62 matches have been drawn and one tied.
Simon Taufel became the 86th Australian umpire to officiate in Tests. For the other umpire Srinivas Venkataraghavan it was his 42nd Test.
Colin Stuart made his Test debut. He became the 238th player to represent West Indies in Test cricket.
Sherwin Campbell played his 50th Test. He became the 24th West Indian and 163rd player overall to do so.
Steve Waugh remained unbeaten in the nineties (98*) at the close of first day's play. It was the second such occasion for him. The earlier occasion was against Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-00. Steve Waugh had then remained unbeaten on 91 at the close of second day's play. Overall it was the 33rd such instance by an Australian batsman.
Steve Waugh scored his fifth hundred against West Indies and 23rd in his Test career. Waugh has now come at par with Ian and Greg Chappell. Only Doug Walters (6) has scored more centuries for Australia against West Indies.
Steve Waugh, when on 101, moved to fifth place among the leading run-scorers in Test cricket. He surpassed West Indian Viv Richards aggregate of 8540 runs (from 121 matches).
Ridley Jacobs by holding seven catches in Australia's first innings, equalled the existing world record of most dismissals by a keeper in a Test innings. Pakistan's Wasim Bari (v New Zealand at Auckland in 1978-79), England's Bob Taylor (v India at Mumbai in 1979-80), New Zealander Ian Smith (v Sri Lanka at Hamilton in 1990-91) are the others with seven dismissals in an innings. Interestingly all four held seven catches. Incidentally the previous record for West Indies was five dismissals jointly held by seven keepers on 12 occasions.
All ten batsmen in Australia's first innings were out caught. This provided the 41st such instance in Test history.
Andy Bichel (5-60) claimed his best figures in a Test innings. He had never taken more than one wicket in an innings in his four previous Tests over four years.
Jacobs nine dismissals in the match equalled the record of nine for an Australia- West Indies Test set by Deryck Murray at Melbourne in 1981-82.
The defeat by 352 runs is West Indies' second worst by runs margin in all Tests Incidentally the worst ever defeat over West Indies was also imposed by Australia by 382 runs at Sydney in 1968-69.
Marlon Samuels, playing in his only second Test, top scored for West Indies in both innings. He became the ninth West Indian to do so.
Jimmy Adams bagged a pair in the match. He became the third West Indian and 16th Test captain to suffer this fate. The details:
For Vs Test Venue Season
Darling J Aus Eng 3rd Sheffield 1902
Tancred LJ SA Eng 3rd The Oval 1912
Hazare VS Ind Eng 4th Kanpur 1951-52
Cave HB NZ WI 1st Dunedin 1955-56
Worrell FMM WI Aus 2nd Melbourne 1960-61
Benaud R Aus Eng 3rd Leeds 1961
Imtiaz Ahmed Pak Eng 2nd Dhaka (Dacca) 1961-62
Bedi BS Ind Eng 1st Delhi 1976-77
Botham IT Eng Aus 2nd Lord's 1981
Border AR Aus WI 5th Perth 1992-93
Taylor MA Aus Pak 1st Karachi 1994-95
Fleming SP NZ Aus 3rd Hobart 1997-98
Walsh CA WI Pak 2nd Rawalpindi CS 1997-98
Rashid Latif Pak SA 3rd Port Elizabeth 1997-98
Hussain N Eng WI 5th The Oval 2000
Adams JC WI Aus 4th Melbourne 2000-01
Steve Waugh has now aggregated 4911 runs in 60 Tests which have been won by Australia. Steve now holds the world record of highest run aggregate in 'won' matches. He surpassed Don Bradman's tally of 4813 (from 30 matches). The following table lists batsmen with 4000 plus runs in 'won' matches
Runs For M Inn NO Ave HS 100 50 0
Waugh SR 4911 Aus 60 88 22 74.40 200 18 20 3
Bradman DG 4813 Aus 30 43 6 130.08 299* 23 4 3
Greenidge CG 4653 WI 57 97 12 54.74 226 14 18 6
Richards IVA 4300 WI 63 90 8 52.44 291 12 22 4
Waugh ME 4132 Aus 58 90 10 51.65 153* 13 25 5
Haynes DL 4041 WI 60 107 19 45.92 167 10 20 3
Mark Waugh, when reached 54 in the second innings, completed his 1000 runs against West Indies in Australia. He became the fifth Australian after Allan Border (1256 in 21), Greg Chappell (1058 in 12), David Boon (1019 in 13), and Ian Chappell (1003 in 12) to do so.
Mark Waugh now has an aggregate of 1833 runs in 27 matches against West Indies which makes him the second most successful Australian batsman against West Indies. Interestingly Mark Waugh surged ahead of brother Steve Waugh who has made 1825 runs in 27 Test appearances against West Indies. Incidentally Allan Border with 2052 runs in 31 matches holds the record of scoring most runs for Australia against West Indies.
Glenn McGrath went wicketless in the Test. It was only the third such instance for McGrath. The other occasions being against South Africa at Durban in 1993-94 and against England at Brisbane in 1994-95. However it must be noted that he did not get a chance to bowl in second innings of Durban Test.
Australia extended its world record unbeaten run to 14 matches. It now also holds the world record of winning most consecutive matches at home. The victory in this Test was Australia's 11th in as many matches at home which takes them past the record of 10 consecutive wins at home jointly held by India (from 1988-89 to 1994-95) and South Africa (from 1997-98 to 1999-00). Just for the record, Australia had last lost a Test at home soil to England at Melbourne in December 1998.
West Indies has now lost six matches at a trot, which equals its worst performance in Test cricket. West Indies had also lost six consecutive under Brian Lara's captaincy from November 1998 to March 1999.
© CricInfo
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Teams
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Australia,
West Indies.
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Players/Umpires
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Simon Taufel,
Venkat,
Colin Stuart,
Sherwin Campbell,
Steve Waugh,
Greg Chappell,
Ian Chappell,
Viv Richards,
Ridley Jacobs,
Wasim Bari,
Bob Taylor,
Ian Smith,
Andy Bichel,
Deryck Murray,
Marlon Samuels,
Jimmy Adams,
Don Bradman,
Mark Waugh,
Allan Border,
David Boon,
Glenn McGrath.
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Grounds
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Melbourne Cricket Ground
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