West Indies v Australia, Jamaica

Australia 431/10 & 167/10

West Indies 312/10 & 191/10

Australia won by 95 runs

Australia v West Indies 2008 · 1st Test Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 22–26 May 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.20× +20%

West Indies

0.97× -3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

S Chanderpaul West Indies

129 +215

A Symonds Australia

149 +198

RT Ponting Australia

163 +156

BJ Hodge Australia

94 +90

RS Morton West Indies

76 +85

Best bowling

Top match figures

SR Clark5/32

FH Edwards5/104

DJ Bravo4/47

DBL Powell3/36

Top score

158

RT Ponting · Australia

Biggest stand

137

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 95 runs

Length5 days

Australia

431 /10 (126.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	lbw b FH Edwards	9	23	1	0	39.13
SM Katich	c DJG Sammy b FH Edwards	12	11	3	0	109.09
RT Ponting	c BA Parchment b DJ Bravo	158	224	17	1	70.54
MEK Hussey	c DJ Bravo b AS Jaggernauth	56	146	6	0	38.36
BJ Hodge	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	67	122	9	1	54.92
MG Johnson	c DBL Powell b DJG Sammy	22	53	3	0	41.51
A Symonds*	not out	70	115	8	2	60.87
BJ Haddin	c D Ramdin b DJG Sammy	11	35	1	0	31.43
B Lee	lbw b FH Edwards	4	6	1	0	66.67
SR Clark	c DJ Bravo b DBL Powell	3	16	0	0	18.75
SCG MacGill	b FH Edwards	2	12	0	0	16.67

Extras 17 (b 2, lb 13, nb 2)

Total 431/10 (126.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	29.0	4	99	1	3.41
FH Edwards	26.5	4	104	5	3.88
DJG Sammy	29.0	7	78	2	2.69
DJ Bravo	22.0	6	61	1	2.77
AS Jaggernauth	20.0	0	74	1	3.70

Fall of wickets

1-18 (SM Katich, 3.4)·2-37 (PA Jaques, 7.3)·3-174 (MEK Hussey, 49.6)·4-293 (RT Ponting, 84.1)·5-326 (BJ Hodge, 92.1)·6-350 (MG Johnson, 101.2)·7-368 (BJ Haddin, 111.3)·8-383 (B Lee, 114.4)·9-399 (SR Clark, 120.5)·10-431 (SCG MacGill, 126.5)

West Indies

312 /10 (105.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
DS Smith	b SR Clark	32	53	3	0	60.38
BA Parchment	c BJ Haddin b SR Clark	9	60	1	0	15.00
RR Sarwan	c BJ Haddin b SR Clark	7	9	1	0	77.78
RS Morton	c SR Clark b SCG MacGill	67	135	10	2	49.63
S Chanderpaul	c MEK Hussey b SCG MacGill	118	276	13	1	42.75
DJ Bravo	c SM Katich b B Lee	46	60	4	3	76.67
D Ramdin	c BJ Haddin b B Lee	0	9	0	0	0.00
DJG Sammy	c PA Jaques b MG Johnson	0	3	0	0	0.00
DBL Powell	b B Lee	3	17	0	0	17.65
FH Edwards	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	1	19	0	0	5.26
AS Jaggernauth*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 29 (b 2, lb 10, w 3, nb 14)

Total 312/10 (105.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	27.5	7	63	3	2.26
MG Johnson	26.0	6	63	2	2.42
SR Clark	19.0	2	59	3	3.11
SCG MacGill	22.0	2	100	2	4.55
A Symonds	11.0	4	15	0	1.36

Fall of wickets

1-47 (DS Smith, 14.6)·2-62 (RR Sarwan, 18.2)·3-68 (BA Parchment, 20.3)·4-196 (RS Morton, 62.3)·5-260 (DJ Bravo, 84.3)·6-262 (D Ramdin, 86.4)·7-263 (DJG Sammy, 87.3)·8-268 (DBL Powell, 90.5)·9-298 (FH Edwards, 102.6)·10-312 (S Chanderpaul, 105.6)

Australia

167 /10 (56.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PA Jaques	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	4	5	1	0	80.00
SM Katich	lbw b FH Edwards	1	22	0	0	4.55
RT Ponting	c DJ Bravo b DBL Powell	5	7	0	0	71.43
MEK Hussey	b DBL Powell	1	15	0	0	6.67
MG Johnson	c D Ramdin b DBL Powell	4	13	1	0	30.77
BJ Hodge	c D Ramdin b DJ Bravo	27	53	4	0	50.94
A Symonds	c DJG Sammy b DJ Bravo	79	118	9	3	66.95
BJ Haddin	c RS Morton b DJ Bravo	23	76	2	0	30.26
B Lee	c D Ramdin b FH Edwards	9	31	1	0	29.03
SR Clark*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
SCG MacGill	c RS Morton b DJ Bravo	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 13 (b 2, lb 10, nb 1)

Total 167/10 (56.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	15.0	5	36	3	2.40
FH Edwards	16.0	3	40	3	2.50
DJ Bravo	18.5	3	47	4	2.50
AS Jaggernauth	3.0	0	22	0	7.33
DJG Sammy	4.0	0	10	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-5 (PA Jaques, 1.4)·2-10 (RT Ponting, 2.6)·3-12 (SM Katich, 7.4)·4-12 (MEK Hussey, 8.3)·5-18 (MG Johnson, 10.5)·6-70 (BJ Hodge, 27.1)·7-144 (BJ Haddin, 47.5)·8-162 (B Lee, 55.6)·9-166 (A Symonds, 56.3)·10-167 (SCG MacGill, 56.5)

West Indies

191 /10 (67.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
DS Smith	lbw b SR Clark	28	77	3	36.36
BA Parchment	c BJ Haddin b SR Clark	15	30	1	50.00
RR Sarwan	c A Symonds b SR Clark	12	31	1	38.71
RS Morton	lbw b B Lee	9	30	2	30.00
S Chanderpaul	c & b B Lee	11	35	2	31.43
DJ Bravo	c MG Johnson b SR Clark	0	11	0	0.00
DJG Sammy	lbw b SR Clark	35	80	6	43.75
D Ramdin	run out (SCG MacGill)	36	61	5	59.02
DBL Powell	c BJ Haddin b SCG MacGill	27	35	6	77.14
FH Edwards*	not out	9	14	2	64.29
AS Jaggernauth	c PA Jaques b SCG MacGill	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 2, nb 3)

Total 191/10 (67.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	22.0	6	81	2	3.68
SR Clark	20.0	8	32	5	1.60
MG Johnson	11.0	3	29	0	2.64
SCG MacGill	14.0	2	43	2	3.07

Fall of wickets

1-22 (BA Parchment, 7.3)·2-55 (RR Sarwan, 20.6)·3-60 (DS Smith, 24.1)·4-74 (RS Morton, 31.5)·5-80 (DJ Bravo, 34.6)·6-82 (S Chanderpaul, 35.3)·7-149 (D Ramdin, 55.5)·8-172 (DJG Sammy, 62.1)·9-191 (DBL Powell, 66.5)·10-191 (AS Jaggernauth, 66.6)