West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 1996-97 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour to Australia in the 1996/97 season took place from November 22, 1996 to February 3, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1996/97 international cricket season and comprised five tests . Australia won the series 3–2.

prehistory

Australia previously played a three-nation tournament in India , for the West Indies it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1995/96 season in Australia . During the test series, the Carlton & United Series 1996/97 was played, in which Pakistan was represented in addition to the two teams .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth 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 test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	5th test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	West Indies
Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Greg Blewett Matthew Elliott Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Ian Healy Michael Kasprowicz Justin Langer Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Mark Taylor Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Kenny Benjamin Ian Bishop Courtney Browne Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Cameron Cuffy Adrian Griffith Carl Hooper Brian Lara Junior Murray Robert Samuels Patterson Thompson Courtney Walsh

Tour matches

November 4th scorecard	Perth (Lilac Hill)	West Indians 256-9 (50)	-	ACB Chairman's XI 258-7 (42)
		ACB Chairman's XI wins with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 22nd - 26th Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 479 (151) & 217-6d (65)	-	West Indies 277 (108.1) & 296 (106.5)
		Australia wins with 123 runs

Second test in Sydney

November 29th - December 3rd scorecard	Sydney	Australia 331 (119.5) & 312-4d (106)	-	West Indies 304 (117.2) & 215 (69.4)
		Australia wins with 124 runs

Third test in Melbourne

December 26-28 Scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 219 (74.5) & 122 (45.5)	-	West Indies 255 (109.1) & 87-4 (23.5)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

Fourth test in Adelaide

January 25-28 Scorecard	Adelaide	West Indies 130 (47.5) & 204 (69.4)	-	Australia 517 (162.3)
		Australia wins with one innings and 183 runs

Fifth test in Perth

February 1-3 scorecard	Perth	Australia 243 (80) & 194 (47.3)	-	West Indies 384 (111) & 57-0 (10.3)
		West Indies wins with 10 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo