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Approved-By:  "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores
Date:         Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:52:26 MST
Reply-To:     "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
From:         "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject:      West Indies vs Australia (3T2D - Sydney, Australia, Jan 3)

   Australia continued to defy the West Indies' bowlers on a
batsmen-friendly pitch during the second day of the third cricket Test
on Sunday.  Skipper Allan Border and Greg Matthews had blunted the
Caribbean bowlers in a 155-run sixth wicket partnership for more than
half the day.

   Border passed the 10,000 Test run landmark on the way to a
controlled 74 in 249 minutes, while Matthews hit his highest score of
79 against the West Indies.  Both wickets fell in the half hour to tea
after stonewalling the West Indies' bid to dismiss the Australians.
Border's innings took him to 10,053 test runs -- 69 runs short of
Indian Sunil Gavaskar's all-time Test haul of 10,122.

   It was another back-breaking session for the West Indians, only
alleviated by off-spinner Carl Hooper's wickets of Border and
Matthews, both snapped up by Test debutant wicketkeeper Junior Murray,
making it four catches for the innings.  Border finally called a halt
when Ian Healy and Shane Warne had edged the total past the 500-mark.
It was back-breaking work for the West Indian pace attack, just days
after their tortuously long stints in Melbourne.

   Strike bowler Curtly Ambrose failed to take a wicket all day and
finished with 2-87 off 35 sapping overs. Ian Bishop had 2-87 off 36
and Courtney Walsh had nothing to show from 30 overs, ending with
0-86.  Only Carl Hooper had any real joy, snapping up three wickets
but at a cost of 137 runs off 45.4 overs.  The Sydney Cricket Ground
is not a happy hunting ground for the West Indies. They have failed to
win here in 32 years and have been on the end of 400-plus totals in
five of the last six Sydney tests.

   The tourists' first objective will be to see out the 303 follow-on
target during Monday's third day.  But the SCG strip has a reputation
as a "turner," and Australia will be looking to their twin-spin attack
of Shane Warne and off-spinner Matthews to get the match-winning
wickets.  There was little drama in the wicket on Sunday, but with
more baking sun over the concluding three days, the pitch is expected
to deteriorate and start to turn.  West Indies opener Desmond Haynes,
on 16, will be looking to end a poor run in the series. He came into
the match with scores of eight and one in Brisbane and seven and five
in Melbourne.  At the other end, captain Richie Richardson, seemingly
with the weight of West Indian cricket on his shoulders, has compiled
17, 66, 15 and 52.  The tourists badly need another of his
inspirational knocks to save the Test and possibly the series.

Australia 1st Innings:

   M.A. Taylor c Murray b Bishop.......20
   D.C. Boon c Murray b Adams ........ 76
   S.R. Waugh c Simmons b Ambrose.....100
   M.E. Waugh run out .................57
   D.R. Martyn b Ambrose .............. 0
   A.R. Border c Murray b Hooper ......74
   G.R. Matthews c Murray b Hooper ....79
   I.A. Healy not out .................36
   M.G. Hughes c Haynes b Bishop .. ...17
   S.K. Warne c Simmons b Hooper.......14
   Extras (lb23, b2, nb5)  ............30
   Total (9 wkts dec) ............... 503

   Did not bat: C.J.McDermott.

   Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-160, 3-254, 4-261, 5-270, 6-425,
                    7-440, 8-469, 9-503

   Bowling: Ambrose 35-8-87-2, Bishop 36-6-87-2, Walsh 30-8-86-0,
            Hooper 45.4-6-137-3, Adams 15-2-56-1, Simmons 10-2-25-0.

   Overs: 171.4


West Indies 1st Innings:

   D.L. Haynes not out ................16
   P.V. Simmons c Taylor b McDermott....3
   R.B. Richardson not out..............3
   Extras (lb2)  .......................2
   Total (1 wkt) ......................24

   Fall of wicket: 1-13

   Bowling: McDermott 4-0-8-1, Hughes 2-0-13-0, Matthews 2-1-1-0

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