text: CRICKET - AUSTRALIA BEAT WEST INDIES BY FIVE WICKETS . MELBOURNE 1996-12-06 Australia beat West Indies by five wickets in a World Series limited overs match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday . Scores : West Indies 172 all out in 49.2 overs ( Shivnarine Chanderpaul 54 ) ; Australia 173-5 in 48.4 overs ( Greg Blewett 57 not out ) .