Scorecard : Australia v West Indies, 2nd test, Adelaide : 4-8 Dec 2009
Match : Australia vs West Indies, 3rd test of 3 Mobile Frank-Worrell Trophy 2009.
Venue/Date : Adelaide Oval in South Australia.. 4,5,6,7 & 8 December 2009.
Debut : none.
Toss : West Indies, elected to bat.
Result : Match draw.
Series result : Australia lead 1-0, 2 game, 1 game to go.
Man of the match : Chris Gayle.
Umpires : Ian Gould and Mark Benson (by from England).
Head to head : 107th Australia v West Indies test match it was.. Australia have won 51, West Indies 32, 1 tied and 22 draws.
Day 1 : belonged to visitors more than home team, finishing on 336 for 6 wickets, thnaks to a superb century from Dwayne Bravo. Australian bowled only 85 overs in the day but West Indies marched towards a healthy first innings score.
Day 2 : started with wicket off first ball but turned out to be in batters favour as West Indies tail wagged them past 450 run mark and then Australia replied with 174 for no loss in 48 overs.
Day 3 : Test match looks set for a thrilling finish. West Indies took 12 run lead which isn’t to threaten no one but confidence booster in itself. 2 days to go, anything can happen as Adelaide Oval is known to be bowlers paradise in last 150 overs of the test match.
Day 4 : belonged to Chris Gayle who guided his team nearly to safety, scoring his first century in Australia. West Indies are already 296 run ahead and up with a golden chance to force a result in their favour on last day.
Day 5 : West Indies pushed for a win but home team maintained their composure to earn a draw, which now saves the test series for them.
| West Indies 1st innings (elected to bat) | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Chris Gayle | c Haddin b Bollinger | 26 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| Adrian Barath | c Hussey b Bollinger | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | c Clarke b Johnson | 28 | 46 | 4 | 0 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpual | c Haddin b Watson | 62 | 151 | 5 | 0 |
| Brendon Nash | b Mitchell Johnson | 92 | 178 | 12 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | b Hauritz | 104 | 156 | 12 | 1 |
| Denesh Ramdin | b Watson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Derren Sammy | lbw b Siddle | 44 | 57 | 5 | 2 |
| Sulieman Benn | lbw b Hauritz | 17 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| Kemar Roach | c Haddin b Johnson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravi Rampaul | not out | 40 | 66 | 6 | 2 |
| Extras | (b=5, lb=14, wd=5, nb=5) | 29 | |||
| Total | (124.1 overs) | 451 all out | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| Doug Bollinger | (4 no balls) | 25 | 3 | 67 | 2 |
| Peter Siddle | 25 | 6 | 92 | 1 | |
| Mitchell Johnson | 26.1 | 3 | 105 | 3 | |
| Nathan Hauritz | (1 wide) | 36 | 5 | 111 | 2 |
| Shane Watson | (1 no ball) | 12 | 2 | 57 | 2 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Shane Watson | b Benn | 96 | 148 | 16 | 0 |
| Simon Katich | c Barath b Benn | 80 | 171 | 4 | 1 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Bravo b Roach | 36 | 73 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Hussey | c Ramdin b Roach | 41 | 126 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke | c Sarwan b Benn | 71 | 130 | 5 | 0 |
| Marcus North | c Bravo b Benn | 16 | 33 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Haddin | not out | 55 | 80 | 5 | 1 |
| Mitchell Johnson | c Gayle b Sammy | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Hauritz | c Ramdin b Roach | 17 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Siddle | c Bravo b Benn | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | run out (Benn/Roach) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb=2, nb=18) | 20 | |||
| Total | (131.1 overs) | 439 all out | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| Kemar Roach | (10 no balls) | 25.1 | 3 | 93 | 3 |
| Ravi Rampaul | (4 no balls) | 14 | 1 | 52 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | 12 | 1 | 43 | 0 | |
| Derren Sammy | (1 no ball) | 18 | 2 | 79 | 1 |
| Sulieman Benn | (3 no balls) | 53 | 8 | 155 | 5 |
| Chris Gayle | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| West Indies 2nd Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Chris Gayle | not out | 165 | 285 | 16 | 1 |
| Andrian Barath | run out (Hauritz) | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 |
| Ramnaresh Sarwan | c Haddin b Johnson | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Shiv Chanderpaul | lbw b Bollinger | 27 | 88 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendon Nash | b Shane Watson | 24 | 70 | 1 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | c Hauritz b Johnson | 22 | 54 | 2 | 0 |
| Denesh Ramdin | b Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Derren Sammy | c Ponting b Bollinger | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Sulieman Benn | c Siddle b Johnson | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravi Rampaul | b Johnson | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| Kemar Roach | c Ponting b Bollinger | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | (b=8, lb=3, wd=1, nb=6) | 17 | |||
| Total | (99.5 overs) | 317 all out | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| Mitchell Johnson | (1 wide) | 22 | 1 | 103 | 5 |
| Doug Bollinger | (3 no balls) | 17.5 | 3 | 50 | 3 |
| Nathan Hauritz | (2 no balls) | 27 | 4 | 68 | 0 |
| Peter Siddle | 8 | 2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Marcus North | 14 | 2 | 42 | 0 | |
| Shane Watson | (1 no ball) | 11 | 5 | 15 | 1 |
| Australia 2nd Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | |
| Shane Watson | c Bravo b Sammy | 48 | 130 | 4 | 0 |
| Simon Katich | c Barath b Bravo | 21 | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| Ricky Ponting | b Rampaul | 20 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Hussey | c Ramdin b Bravo | 29 | 81 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke | not out | 61 | 108 | 8 | 0 |
| Marcus North | c Sarwan b Bravo | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Haddin | not out | 21 | 57 | 2 | 0 |
| Mitchell Johnson | |||||
| Nathan Hauritz | |||||
| Peter Siddle | |||||
| Doug Bollinger | |||||
| Extras | (b=1, lb=2, nb=7) | 10 | |||
| Total | (76 overs) | 212 for 5 wkts | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | |
| Kemar Roach | (4 no balls) | 16 | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Ravi Rampaul | 9 | 2 | 33 | 1 | |
| Sulieman Benn | (1 no ball) | 27 | 10 | 51 | 0 |
| Dwayne Bravo | (1 no ball) | 15 | 4 | 37 | 3 |
| Chris Gayle | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Derren Sammy | (1 no ball) | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Adrian Barath | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |