Bob Simpson and Bill Lawry's 382-run partnership is AUS's highest for the 1st wicket in Tests, breaking the record of 233 between Fingleton and Bill Brown

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 650/6(189 overs)

1st INNINGS

210 ()

2/168 (73)

201 ()

2/117 (27)

West Indies • 573/9(212 overs)

1st INNINGS

201 ()

4/114 (47)

129 ()

3/135 (49)

Australia • 175/4(53.2 overs)

2nd INNINGS

74* ()

2/61 (18.2)

58* ()

1/29 (20)

West Indies • 242/5(85 overs)

2nd INNINGS

81 ()

2/60 (24)

68 ()

2/74 (24)

Match details

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of West Indies
Season	1964/65
Series result	West Indies led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 589
Match days	day (6-day match)
Umpires	Cecil Kippins Cortez Jordan

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Simpson and Lawry mastered the bowling with such purpose that they batted throughout the first day for 263, and, on the next, became the first opening pair in Test history to score double centuries in the same innings.

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West Indies Innings

PLAYER NAME		R
CC Hunte	caught	81
BA Davis	caught	68
RB Kanhai	lbw	1
BF Butcher	caught	27
GS Sobers	not out	34
SM Nurse	lbw	0
JS Solomon	not out	6
Extras	(b 19, lb 3, nb 1, w 2)
Total	242(5 wkts; 85 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	24	6	60	2	2.5
NJN Hawke	15	4	37	1	2.46
PI Philpott	24	7	74	2	3.08
RB Simpson	9	4	15	0	1.66
RM Cowper	8	4	19	0	2.37
BC Booth	5	1	12	0	2.4

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	145	Conrad Hunte	Bryan Davis
2nd	1	Rohan Kanhai	Conrad Hunte
3rd	37	Conrad Hunte	Basil Butcher
4th	33	Garry Sobers	Conrad Hunte
5th	1	Garry Sobers	Seymour Nurse
6th	25	Garry Sobers	Joe Solomon

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