West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 1960-61 season

The tour of the West Indies cricket team to Australia in the 1960/61 season took place from November 11, 1960 to February 15, 1961. The international cricket tour was part of the 1960/61 international cricket season and comprised five tests . Australia won the series 2–1.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1954/55 season in the West Indies .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	4th test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd & 5th test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Australia	West Indies
Richie Benaud Peter Burge Alan Davidson Les Favell Wally Grout Neil Harvey Des Hoare Lindsay Kline Ken Mackay Johnny Martin Colin McDonald Ian Meckiff Frank Misson Norm O'Neill Bob Simpson	Garry Alexander Lance Gibbs Wes Hall Conrad Hunte Rohan Kanhai Peter Lashley Seymour Nurse Sonny Ramadhin Cammie Smith Garry Sobers Joe Solomon Alf Valentine Chester Watson Frank Worrell

Tour matches

December 2-6 scorecard	Brisbane	Queensland 431 (120) & 189-8 (69)	-	West Indians 357 (80.4)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

December 9-14 Scorecard	Brisbane	West Indies 453 (100.6) & 284 (92.6)	-	Australia 505 (130.3) & 232 (68.7)
		draw

This was the first test ever to end in a draw.

Second test in Melbourne

December 30th - January 3rd scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 348 (66.1) & 70-3 (18.4)	-	West Indies 181 (69.2) & 233
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third test in Sydney

January 13-18 Scorecard	Sydney	West Indies 339 (81.6) & 326 (102.4)	-	Australia 202 (74.2) & 241 (72.2)
		West Indies wins with 222 runs

Fourth test in Adelaide

January 27th - February 1st scorecard	Adelaide	West Indies 393 (88.5) & 432-6d (92)	-	Australia 366 (109.6) & 273-9 (120)
		draw

Fifth test in Melbourne

February 10-15 scorecard	Melbourne	West Indies 292 (89.7) & 321 (95.7)	-	Australia 356 (121.4) & 258-8 (111.7)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rob Steen: It was fifty years ago today ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2010. Accessed May 31, 2020.