Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1998–99
October 18, 2023
The Australian cricket team toured the Caribbean from February to April 1999 to play four Tests and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) against the West Indies. Australia additionally played three first-class matches, winning two and drawing one. The Test series was drawn 2–2 resulting in the Frank Worrell Trophy remaining in Australia. The ODI series was also drawn with three wins each and one tie.[7] This was the first four-match series in the history of Test cricket to finish as a two-all draw.[8] The only other four-match Test series, as of January 2022[update], to finish with the same result was England at home to Pakistan in 2016.[9]
Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1998–99
This was the 19th Test series between these two teams and the 16th time they were contesting the Frank Worrell Trophy.[12][13] Australia last toured the West Indies in 1995 securing the trophy for the first time since 1976. Australia retained the trophy in 1996–97 winning the series 3–2.[14] Since then, Australia won Test series at home against New Zealand and South Africa and away against South Africa, England and Pakistan. Their only loss came in their tour of India in 1998. Meanwhile, the West Indies were successful against India, Sri Lanka and England at home but lost away to Pakistan.[14]
Immediately prior to this tour, Australia won a home Ashes series against England, and won an ODI tri-series against England and Sri Lanka. Australia's Test captainMark Taylor initially indicated that he would continue to lead the side for this tour,[15] but in February 1999 he announced his retirement.[16][17]Steve Waugh, who had held the captaincy of the ODI side for 18 months, was appointed as the new Test captain with Shane Warne as his deputy.[18] Conversely, the West Indies on their first tour of South Africa in the post-apartheid era had suffered their first 5–0 Test whitewash and lost the ODI series 6–1.[14][19]Brian Lara led a player revolt against the WICB over pay and conditions and the tour was delayed by a week. He was stripped of the captaincy and later reinstated as skipper.[14][20] Following the South African tour, the board announced that Lara would be retained as captain for the Australian series.[21]
SummaryEdit
The West Indies continued their poor form in the opening match of the Test series, posting their lowest innings score of 51 and losing the match by 312 runs.[22] They fought back in the second Test breaking their six-match losing streak with Lara scoring 213.[23] The third Test was described by Steve Waugh as the best Test match he had ever played in.[24] Lara led his team to a one-wicket victory with his second innings score of 153 not out rated by Wisden as the second-best innings in the history of Test cricket.[25]Leg spinnerShane Warne was dropped for the final Test,[26] which Australia won by 176 runs.[27] This was the second-drawn series of the Frank Worrell Trophy with the 1981–82 series finishing at one-all.[28]
Following the Test series, the two teams played in their first seven-match bilateral ODI series against each other.[29] In a back-and-forth series which saw neither team win back-to-back matches, the series ended three games-all.[30] These were the final ODI matches for both teams before the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England[31][32] which Australia went on to win.[33] Lara was rested due to a wrist injury for the final three matches with Jimmy Adams standing in as captain.[34][35] The series was marred by poor crowd behaviour by the West Indian supporters. The fifth ODI ended in a tie after the crowd invaded the ground in scenes almost identical to the final ODI match between Pakistan and the West Indies at the same ground six years earlier.[36] The WICB later apologised for the incident.[37] The final ODI match was suspended for over an hour due to spectators throwing glass bottles and other debris onto the ground in protest at Sherwin Campbell being obstructed by Brendon Julian and being given run out.[38] One of the bottles narrowly missed captain Steve Waugh.[39] This mirrored a similar incident at the same ground in March 1979 during the second Supertest between WSC Australians and WSC West Indies. Midway through the final day's play, the crowd threw bottles onto the ground after the controversial lbw dismissal of Roy Fredericks.[40] Play did not resume and the match ended in a draw.[41] Prior to the final ODI match, the former West Indian captain Carl Hooper announced his retirement from international cricket.[42]
A fifteen-man squad for the West Indies was announced on 1 March 1999 for the first Test.[52] Ahead of the second Test the WICB named a thirteen-man squad which excluded Corey Collymore and Phil Simmons. Roland Holder was injured during the 1st Test and was replaced by Daren Ganga. Mervyn Dillon was dropped for Nehemiah Perry.[53] Collymore was then brought back into the squad to replace Reon King who injured his shoulder.[54] The thirteen man squad announced ahead of the third Test saw Adrian Griffith, Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul coming in as replacements for Suruj Ragoonath, Daren Ganga and Lincoln Roberts. Hooper was unavailable for first two Tests with his child being sick and Chanderpaul was unavailable due to injury.[55] The only change to the West Indies squad for the fourth Test was Wavell Hinds being brought in for Shivnarine Chanderpaul who did not play in the third Test due to his right shoulder injury.[56]
For Australia, the only change to the Test squad came ahead of the fourth Test when backup wicket-keeperAdam Gilchrist was called in as a possible replacement for Ian Healy due to issues with his calf muscles.[57] Healy however played in the final Test.[58]
During the fourth Test, Adam Dale came down with pneumonia and returned to Australia for treatment.[58][59] He was replaced by the One Day International squad with Andy Bichel.[49] Before the second ODI, the squad was reduced to 14 with Bichel being removed.[60]
Tour matchesEdit
3-day match: West Indies Board XI v AustraliansEdit
On Day 1 rain stopped play from 11:32 to 11:51, from 11:59 (lunch taken) to 13:00, and from 13:16 to 13:57. Bad light stopped play at 16:57. On Day 3 rain delayed the start of play until 10:30 and stopped play from lunch and 12:49 and from 15:45 to 16:14. The match ended at 16:37 (6 overs early).
4-day match: West Indies Board President's XI v AustraliansEdit
On Day 3 rain stopped play from 11:34 to 11:55 and from 13:06 to 13:41. Bad light stopped play at 17:58. Play began 8 minutes early at 09:57 on Day 4 to make up for time lost on Day 3. Rain stopped play at 11:57 and an early lunch was taken.
Australia's Glenn McGrath was fined 30 per cent of his match fee after he was charged for bringing the game into disrepute. At the close of Day 4, McGrath spat in the vicinity of West Indies opening batsmen Adrian Griffith. McGrath was already serving a suspended sentence for swearing at Alan Mullally during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne against England four months prior.[75]
Rain prevented the start of play until 13:00 and the scheduled finishing time was extended by 15 minutes to 17:20. The match was reduced to 30 overs per side and a limit of 6 overs per bowler.
The match was delayed by 45 minutes after the crowd threw debris on the ground in protest against the run out decision of Sherwin Campbell who was hindered by the bowler Brendon Julian. Steve Waugh led his players off the ground and eventually decided to withdraw the appeal as the police could not guarantee their safety. The match resumed with a revised target of the West Indies of 196 runs from 40 overs as determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.[30]
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NotesEdit
^While four days of play were scheduled, this tour match reached a result in three days.
^ abWhile five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first and second Tests reached a result in four days.
External linksEdit
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The Australian cricket team toured the Caribbean from February to April 1999 to play four Tests and seven One Day Internationals ODIs against the West Indies Australia additionally played three first class matches winning two and drawing one The Test series was drawn 2 2 resulting in the Frank Worrell Trophy remaining in Australia The ODI series was also drawn with three wins each and one tie 7 This was the first four match series in the history of Test cricket to finish as a two all draw 8 The only other four match Test series as of January 2022 update to finish with the same result was England at home to Pakistan in 2016 9 Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1998 99 West IndiesAustraliaDates22 February 1999 25 April 1999CaptainsBrian Lara Tests 1st 4th ODI Jimmy Adams 5th 7th ODI Steve WaughTest seriesResult4 match series drawn 2 2Most runsBrian Lara 546 1 Steve Waugh 409 1 Most wicketsCourtney Walsh 26 2 Glenn McGrath 30 2 Player of the seriesBrian Lara WI 3 One Day International seriesResults7 match series drawn 3 3Most runsSherwin Campbell 312 4 Michael Bevan 240 4 Most wicketsMervyn Dillon 12 5 Shane Warne 13 5 Player of the seriesSherwin Campbell WI 6 West Indian captain Brian Lara pictured here in 2012 scored the most runs in the Test series with 546 and was named man of the series 3 Contents 1 Background 2 Summary 3 Squads 4 Tour matches 4 1 3 day match West Indies Board XI v Australians 4 2 4 day match West Indies Board President s XI v Australians 4 3 4 day match West Indies A v Australians 5 Test series 5 1 1st Test 5 2 2nd Test 5 3 3rd Test 5 4 4th Test 6 ODI series 6 1 1st ODI 6 2 2nd ODI 6 3 3rd ODI 6 4 4th ODI 6 5 5th ODI 6 6 6th ODI 6 7 7th ODI 7 References 8 Notes 9 External linksBackground EditThe West Indies Cricket Board WICB announced in June 1998 that Sabina Park would host the first Test the first following the abandonment of the Test between England and the West Indies after just 62 deliveries in January 1998 10 11 This was the 19th Test series between these two teams and the 16th time they were contesting the Frank Worrell Trophy 12 13 Australia last toured the West Indies in 1995 securing the trophy for the first time since 1976 Australia retained the trophy in 1996 97 winning the series 3 2 14 Since then Australia won Test series at home against New Zealand and South Africa and away against South Africa England and Pakistan Their only loss came in their tour of India in 1998 Meanwhile the West Indies were successful against India Sri Lanka and England at home but lost away to Pakistan 14 Immediately prior to this tour Australia won a home Ashes series against England and won an ODI tri series against England and Sri Lanka Australia s Test captain Mark Taylor initially indicated that he would continue to lead the side for this tour 15 but in February 1999 he announced his retirement 16 17 Steve Waugh who had held the captaincy of the ODI side for 18 months was appointed as the new Test captain with Shane Warne as his deputy 18 Conversely the West Indies on their first tour of South Africa in the post apartheid era had suffered their first 5 0 Test whitewash and lost the ODI series 6 1 14 19 Brian Lara led a player revolt against the WICB over pay and conditions and the tour was delayed by a week He was stripped of the captaincy and later reinstated as skipper 14 20 Following the South African tour the board announced that Lara would be retained as captain for the Australian series 21 Summary EditThe West Indies continued their poor form in the opening match of the Test series posting their lowest innings score of 51 and losing the match by 312 runs 22 They fought back in the second Test breaking their six match losing streak with Lara scoring 213 23 The third Test was described by Steve Waugh as the best Test match he had ever played in 24 Lara led his team to a one wicket victory with his second innings score of 153 not out rated by Wisden as the second best innings in the history of Test cricket 25 Leg spinner Shane Warne was dropped for the final Test 26 which Australia won by 176 runs 27 This was the second drawn series of the Frank Worrell Trophy with the 1981 82 series finishing at one all 28 Following the Test series the two teams played in their first seven match bilateral ODI series against each other 29 In a back and forth series which saw neither team win back to back matches the series ended three games all 30 These were the final ODI matches for both teams before the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England 31 32 which Australia went on to win 33 Lara was rested due to a wrist injury for the final three matches with Jimmy Adams standing in as captain 34 35 The series was marred by poor crowd behaviour by the West Indian supporters The fifth ODI ended in a tie after the crowd invaded the ground in scenes almost identical to the final ODI match between Pakistan and the West Indies at the same ground six years earlier 36 The WICB later apologised for the incident 37 The final ODI match was suspended for over an hour due to spectators throwing glass bottles and other debris onto the ground in protest at Sherwin Campbell being obstructed by Brendon Julian and being given run out 38 One of the bottles narrowly missed captain Steve Waugh 39 This mirrored a similar incident at the same ground in March 1979 during the second Supertest between WSC Australians and WSC West Indies Midway through the final day s play the crowd threw bottles onto the ground after the controversial lbw dismissal of Roy Fredericks 40 Play did not resume and the match ended in a draw 41 Prior to the final ODI match the former West Indian captain Carl Hooper announced his retirement from international cricket 42 Squads EditTests ODIs nbsp West Indies 43 44 45 46 nbsp Australia 47 48 nbsp West Indies 49 nbsp Australia 50 51 Brian Lara c Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Corey Collymore Pedro Collins Mervyn Dillon Daren Ganga Adrian Griffith Wavell Hinds Roland Holder Carl Hooper Ridley Jacobs wk Dave Joseph Reon King Nehemiah Perry Suruj Ragoonath Lincoln Roberts Phil Simmons Courtney Walsh Steve Waugh c Shane Warne vc Andy Bichel Greg Blewett Adam Dale Matthew Elliott Adam Gilchrist wk Jason Gillespie Ian Healy wk Justin Langer Stuart MacGill Glenn McGrath Colin Miller Ricky Ponting Michael Slater Mark Waugh Brian Lara c Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Keith Arthurton Henderson Bryan Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Mervyn Dillon Carl Hooper Ridley Jacobs wk Reon King Nehemiah Perry Phil Simmons Courtney Walsh Stuart Williams Steve Waugh c Shane Warne vc Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Adam Dale Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist wk Brendon Julian Shane Lee Darren Lehmann Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Tom Moody Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Mark WaughA fifteen man squad for the West Indies was announced on 1 March 1999 for the first Test 52 Ahead of the second Test the WICB named a thirteen man squad which excluded Corey Collymore and Phil Simmons Roland Holder was injured during the 1st Test and was replaced by Daren Ganga Mervyn Dillon was dropped for Nehemiah Perry 53 Collymore was then brought back into the squad to replace Reon King who injured his shoulder 54 The thirteen man squad announced ahead of the third Test saw Adrian Griffith Carl Hooper and Shivnarine Chanderpaul coming in as replacements for Suruj Ragoonath Daren Ganga and Lincoln Roberts Hooper was unavailable for first two Tests with his child being sick and Chanderpaul was unavailable due to injury 55 The only change to the West Indies squad for the fourth Test was Wavell Hinds being brought in for Shivnarine Chanderpaul who did not play in the third Test due to his right shoulder injury 56 For Australia the only change to the Test squad came ahead of the fourth Test when backup wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist was called in as a possible replacement for Ian Healy due to issues with his calf muscles 57 Healy however played in the final Test 58 During the fourth Test Adam Dale came down with pneumonia and returned to Australia for treatment 58 59 He was replaced by the One Day International squad with Andy Bichel 49 Before the second ODI the squad was reduced to 14 with Bichel being removed 60 Tour matches Edit3 day match West Indies Board XI v Australians Edit 22 24 February 1999 ScorecardAustralians nbsp v nbsp West Indies Board XI156 54 1 overs Greg Blewett 52 104 Ryan Hinds 4 23 10 overs 55 29 5 overs Pedro Collins 21 31 Adam Dale 7 24 14 5 overs 209 4d 74 1 overs Ricky Ponting 61 140 Ryan Hinds 2 37 17 1 overs 121 4 59 overs Adrian Griffith 38 166 Stuart MacGill 2 21 12 overs Match drawnAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua and Barbuda Umpires Clancy Mack WI and Basil Morgan WI Australians won the toss and elected to bat On Day 1 rain stopped play from 11 32 to 11 51 from 11 59 lunch taken to 13 00 and from 13 16 to 13 57 Bad light stopped play at 16 57 On Day 3 rain delayed the start of play until 10 30 and stopped play from lunch and 12 49 and from 15 45 to 16 14 The match ended at 16 37 6 overs early 4 day match West Indies Board President s XI v Australians Edit 27 February 1 March 1999 n 1 ScorecardWest Indies Board President s XI nbsp v nbsp Australians177 64 5 overs Dave Joseph 64 111 Stuart MacGill 6 45 18 5 overs 368 86 3 overs Mark Waugh 106 131 Reon King 5 75 25 overs 185 56 1 overs Suruj Ragoonath 53 97 Stuart MacGill 7 29 15 1 overs Australians won by an innings and 6 runsGuaracara Park Pointe a Pierre Trinidad and Tobago Umpires Terrance Birbal WI and Zainool Maccum WI West Indies Board President s XI won the toss and elected to bat Bad light ended play early on Days 1 and 2 Greg Blewett Aus scored his 9 000th first class run 61 Suruj Ragoonath WI Board President s XI scored his 3 000th first class run 61 4 day match West Indies A v Australians Edit 20 23 March 1999 ScorecardAustralians nbsp v nbsp West Indies A303 93 2 overs Justin Langer 134 285 Carl Hooper 5 53 28 2 overs 102 49 1 overs Stuart Williams 24 65 Stuart MacGill 3 3 3 1 overs 263 8d 87 4 overs Matthew Elliott 115 229 Carl Hooper 4 40 13 4 overs 310 105 5 overs Carl Hooper 102 194 Adam Dale 6 67 30 5 overs Australians won by 154 runsAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua and Barbuda Umpires Clancy Mack WI and Basil Morgan WI Australians won the toss and elected to bat Bad light ended play early on Days 1 and 2 On Day 3 rain stopped play during the final session and bad light ended play early Test series EditMain article Frank Worrell Trophy 1st Test Edit 5 8 March 1999 n 2 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp West Indies269 121 3 overs Greg Blewett 58 182 Curtly Ambrose 3 35 27 overs 167 57 overs Brian Lara 62 111 Glenn McGrath 5 50 14 overs 261 86 2 overs Michael Slater 106 205 Courtney Walsh 4 71 25 2 overs 51 19 1 overs Ridley Jacobs 19 22 Glenn McGrath 5 28 10 overs Australia won by 312 runsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Glenn McGrath Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat On Day 3 rain stopped play from 11 34 to 11 55 and from 13 06 to 13 41 Bad light stopped play at 17 58 Play began 8 minutes early at 09 57 on Day 4 to make up for time lost on Day 3 Rain stopped play at 11 57 and an early lunch was taken Suruj Ragoonath Dave Joseph and Pedro Collins WI all made their Test debut Roland Holder WI played his final Test match 62 Steve Waugh captained Australia for the first time in Tests 63 Courtney Walsh WI took his 400th Test wicket 64 Glenn McGrath took his first ten wicket haul in a Test match 14 The West Indies total of 51 in the second innings was the lowest innings score by the West Indies in Tests 22 2nd Test Edit 13 16 March 1999 n 2 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp West Indies256 71 3 overs Steve Waugh 100 165 Courtney Walsh 4 55 20 overs 431 132 3 overs Brian Lara 213 344 Glenn McGrath 5 93 35 overs 177 66 overs Greg Blewett 30 80 Nehemiah Perry 5 70 26 overs 3 0 0 3 overs Suruj Ragoonath 2 2 West Indies won by 10 wicketsSabina Park Kingston Jamaica Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Peter Willey Eng Player of the match Brian Lara WI Australia won the toss and elected to bat Nehemiah Perry WI made his Test debut Lincoln Roberts WI played his only Test 65 Suruj Ragoonath WI played his final Test match 65 Brian Lara WI scored his 5 000th Test run 65 Brian Lara and Jimmy Adams partnership of 322 is the highest fifth wicket partnership for the West Indies in Tests 66 Nehemiah Perry became the seventh West Indian to take a five wicket haul on Test debut 67 This was the West Indies first victory in seven matches and their sixth 10 wicket victory against Australia 23 68 3rd Test Edit 26 30 March 1999 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp West Indies490 153 4 overs Steve Waugh 199 376 Nehemiah Perry 3 102 33 overs 329 103 5 overs Sherwin Campbell 105 271 Glenn McGrath 4 128 33 overs 146 50 1 overs Shane Warne 32 48 Courtney Walsh 5 39 17 1 overs 311 9 120 1 overs Brian Lara 153 256 Glenn McGrath 5 92 44 overs West Indies won by 1 wicketKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Dave Orchard SA Player of the match Brian Lara WI Australia won the toss and elected to bat Rain briefly stopped play during the middle sessions of Day 1 and 3 Justin Langer scored his 1 000th run in Tests 69 Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting s partnership of 281 is the highest Australian fifth wicket partnership against the West Indies in Tests 70 This was the West Indies first one wicket victory in Tests and Australia s fourth Test loss by a margin of one wicket 71 72 4th Test Edit 3 7 April 1999 ScorecardAustralia nbsp v nbsp West Indies303 111 5 overs Steve Waugh 72 166 Curtly Ambrose 5 94 29 5 overs 222 76 2 overs Brian Lara 100 84 Glenn McGrath 3 64 27 2 overs 306 121 4 overs Justin Langer 127 308 Courtney Walsh 4 78 32 4 overs 211 102 5 overs Adrian Griffith 56 218 Glenn McGrath 3 50 35 5 overs Australia won by 176 runsAntigua Recreation Ground St John s Antigua Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Dave Orchard SA Player of the match Justin Langer Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat Corey Collymore WI made his Test debut Adam Dale Aus and Dave Joseph WI played their final Test 73 Greg Blewett Aus and Sherwin Campbell WI both scored their 2 000th Test run 73 Mark Waugh Aus scored his 6 000th Test run 74 Australia s Glenn McGrath was fined 30 per cent of his match fee after he was charged for bringing the game into disrepute At the close of Day 4 McGrath spat in the vicinity of West Indies opening batsmen Adrian Griffith McGrath was already serving a suspended sentence for swearing at Alan Mullally during the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne against England four months prior 75 ODI series Edit1st ODI Edit 11 April 1999 09 35 76 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 209 48 1 overs v nbsp Australia165 41 5 overs Sherwin Campbell 62 105 Damien Fleming 3 41 9 1 overs Brendon Julian 35 42 Henderson Bryan 4 24 10 overs West Indies won by 44 runsArnos Vale Stadium Arnos Vale Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Billy Doctrove WI Player of the match Henderson Bryan WI Australia won the toss and elected to field Henderson Bryan WI and Nehemiah Perry WI both made their ODI debut Australia s innings was limited to 47 overs due to their slow over rate Henderson Bryan s bowling figures of 4 24 were the best by a West Indian on One Day International debut 77 2nd ODI Edit 14 April 1999 09 35 78 ScorecardAustralia nbsp 288 4 50 overs v nbsp West Indies242 47 3 overs Darren Lehmann 110 92 Reon King 2 53 10 overs Sherwin Campbell 46 77 Shane Warne 3 39 10 overs Australia won by 46 runsNational Cricket Stadium St George s Grenada Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Billy Doctrove WI Player of the match Darren Lehmann Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat This was the first ODI match to be played at this ground 79 Darren Lehmann and Michael Bevan s unbroken partnership of 172 is the highest fifth wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs 79 Australia s total of 288 4 was the highest innings score against the West Indies 80 3rd ODI Edit 17 April 1999 09 35 81 ScorecardAustralia nbsp 242 7 50 overs v nbsp West Indies244 5 49 overs Mark Waugh 74 100 Nehemiah Perry 3 45 10 overs Jimmy Adams 82 102 Damien Fleming 3 49 10 overs West Indies won by 5 wicketsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Basil Morgan WI Player of the match Jimmy Adams WI Australia won the toss and elected to bat Sherwin Campbell WI scored his 1 000th ODI run 82 4th ODI Edit 18 April 1999 09 35 83 ScorecardAustralia nbsp 189 9 50 overs v nbsp West Indies169 46 2 overs Michael Bevan 59 103 Mervyn Dillon 4 20 10 overs Phil Simmons 42 49 Shane Warne 3 35 10 overs Australia won by 20 runsQueen s Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Umpires Steve Bucknor WI and Basil Morgan WI Player of the match Shane Warne Aus Australia won the toss and elected to bat 5th ODI Edit 21 April 1999 09 35 84 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 173 5 30 overs v nbsp Australia173 7 30 overs Sherwin Campbell 41 41 Shane Lee 3 39 6 overs Steve Waugh 72 65 Mervyn Dillon 3 25 6 overs Match tiedBourda Georgetown Guyana Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Billy Doctrove WI Player of the match Steve Waugh Aus and Mervyn Dillon WI Australia won the toss and elected to field Rain prevented the start of play until 13 00 and the scheduled finishing time was extended by 15 minutes to 17 20 The match was reduced to 30 overs per side and a limit of 6 overs per bowler Jimmy Adams captained the West Indies for the first time in ODIs 34 The match was declared a tie by the match referee Raman Subba Row after the crowd invaded the ground on the final ball and removed the stumps 85 6th ODI Edit 24 April 1999 09 35 86 ScorecardWest Indies nbsp 249 8 50 overs v nbsp Australia253 6 48 3 overs Ridley Jacobs 68 56 Shane Warne 3 28 10 overs Adam Gilchrist 64 55 Reon King 2 50 10 overs Australia won by 4 wicketsKensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Basil Morgan WI Player of the match Adam Gilchrist Aus West Indies won the toss and elected to bat 7th ODI Edit 25 April 1999 09 35 87 ScorecardAustralia nbsp 252 9 50 overs v nbsp West Indies197 2 37 overs Tom Moody 50 80 Reon King 3 59 9 overs Sherwin Campbell 62 102 Steve Waugh 1 17 3 overs West Indies won by 8 wickets D L method Kensington Oval Bridgetown Barbados Umpires Eddie Nicholls WI and Basil Morgan WI Player of the match Sherwin Campbell WI Australia won the toss and elected to bat The match was delayed by 45 minutes after the crowd threw debris on the ground in protest against the run out decision of Sherwin Campbell who was hindered by the bowler Brendon Julian Steve Waugh led his players off the ground and eventually decided to withdraw the appeal as the police could not guarantee their safety The match resumed with a revised target of the West Indies of 196 runs from 40 overs as determined by the Duckworth Lewis method 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original on 16 April 2016 Retrieved 26 January 2020 Notes Edit While four days of play were scheduled this tour match reached a result in three days a b While five days of play were scheduled for each Test the first and second Tests reached a result in four days External links EditSeries home at ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1998 99 amp oldid 1170308776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
