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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 809 (809/26)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 1st Test
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
2,3,4,6 December 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 16 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: TF Brooks and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: WM Clark, PA Hibbert, AL Mann, AD Ogilvie, SJ Rixon, PM Toohey (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 166, India 13/1 (Vengsarkar 10*, Amarnath 0*)
  • Day 2: India 153, Australia 62/3 (Ogilvie 29*, Simpson 27*)
  • Day 3: Australia 327, India 51/1 (Gavaskar 15*, Amarnath 32*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    PA Hibbert            c Kirmani          b Amarnath            13  89  77  1 0
    GJ Cosier             c Madan Lal        b Amarnath            19  51  32  2 0
    AD Ogilvie            c Viswanath        b Bedi                 5  15   8  1 0
    CS Serjeant           c Gavaskar         b Bedi                 0   2   4  0 0
    *RB Simpson           c Gavaskar         b Bedi                 7   5   6  1 0
    PM Toohey             st Kirmani         b Bedi                82 142 142 11 1
    AL Mann               lbw                b Madan Lal           19  43  54  2 0
    +SJ Rixon             c Amarnath         b Bedi                 9  21  14  1 0
    WM Clark              c Gavaskar         b Chandrasekhar        4  13  11  0 0
    JR Thomson                               b Chandrasekhar        3  19  18  0 0
    AG Hurst              not out                                   0  24   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 1, w 1)                          5
    Total                 (all out, 46.7 overs)                   166
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Cosier), 2-33 (Ogilvie), 3-33 (Serjeant),
         4-43 (Simpson), 5-49 (Hibbert), 6-90 (Mann), 7-107 (Rixon),
         8-112 (Clark), 9-132 (Thomson), 10-166 (Toohey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Madan Lal                   10      3     27      1
    Amarnath                    13      4     43      2
    Bedi                        13.7    3     55      5
    Prasanna                     4      2      2      0
    Chandrasekhar                6      1     34      2
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Cosier           b Clark                3  18  14  0 0
    DB Vengsarkar         hit wicket         b Thomson             48 165 115  3 0
    M Amarnath            lbw                b Clark                0  20  17  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Hurst            b Mann                45 111  90  5 0
    BP Patel              c Serjeant         b Clark               13  31  27  1 0
    AV Mankad             c Rixon            b Thomson              0  14   9  0 0
    S Madan Lal                              b Clark                4  14   5  1 0
    +SMH Kirmani          c Ogilvie          b Thomson             11  72  53  0 0
    EAS Prasanna          c Thomson          b Mann                23  62  61  3 0
    *BS Bedi              not out                                   2  11   6  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      lbw                b Mann                 0   7   8  0 0
    Extras                (nb 4)                                    4
    Total                 (all out, 50 overs)                     153
    
    FoW: 1-11 (Gavaskar), 2-15 (Amarnath), 3-90 (Viswanath),
         4-108 (Vengsarkar), 5-110 (Patel), 6-112 (Mankad),
         7-119 (Madan Lal), 8-149 (Prasanna), 9-151 (Kirmani),
         10-153 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     16      1     54      3
    Clark                       18      5     46      4
    Hurst                        7      0     31      0
    Cosier                       3      1      6      0
    Mann                         6      0     12      3
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    PA Hibbert            lbw                b Madan Lal            2  12  12  0 0
    GJ Cosier             c Prasanna         b Madan Lal            0   2   2  0 0
    AD Ogilvie                               b Chandrasekhar       46 170 158  2 0
    CS Serjeant                              b Amarnath             0   2   2  0 0
    *RB Simpson           c Viswanath        b Amarnath            89 311 269  7 0
    PM Toohey             c Bedi             b Chandrasekhar       57  94 105  7 0
    AL Mann               c Amarnath         b Madan Lal           29  66  56  1 0
    +SJ Rixon             c Kirmani          b Madan Lal            6  29  19  1 0
    WM Clark                                 b Madan Lal           12  45  36  1 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                  41  61  53  4 2
    AG Hurst              run out                                  26  30  23  2 1
    Extras                (b 6, lb 11, nb 2)                       19
    Total                 (all out, 91.5 overs)                   327
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Cosier), 2-6 (Hibbert), 3-7 (Serjeant),
         4-100 (Ogilvie), 5-184 (Toohey), 6-233 (Simpson),
         7-237 (Mann), 8-246 (Rixon), 9-277 (Clark), 10-327 (Hurst).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Madan Lal                   19      2     72      5
    Amarnath                     8      1     24      2
    Bedi                        18.5    2     71      0
    Prasanna                    20      4     59      0
    Chandrasekhar               26      6     82      2
    
    India 2nd innings (target: 341 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Clark              113 320 264 12 0
    DB Vengsarkar                            b Clark                1  10   2  0 0
    M Amarnath            c Rixon            b Thomson             47 100  79  5 0
    GR Viswanath          c Ogilvie          b Thomson             35  84  85  4 0
    BP Patel              lbw                b Thomson              3   8   6  0 0
    AV Mankad                                b Hurst               21  56  60  2 0
    +SMH Kirmani          c Serjeant         b Hurst               55 137 133  4 0
    S Madan Lal           c Rixon            b Clark                2  12   9  0 0
    EAS Prasanna          c Hibbert          b Clark                8  29  11  1 0
    *BS Bedi              not out                                  26  50  30  4 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      c Rixon            b Thomson              0  10   7  0 0
    Extras                (lb 6, nb 7)                             13
    Total                 (all out, 84.7 overs)                   324
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Vengsarkar), 2-88 (Amarnath), 3-147 (Viswanath),
         4-151 (Patel), 5-196 (Mankad), 6-243 (Gavaskar),
         7-251 (Madan Lal), 8-275 (Prasanna), 9-318 (Kirmani),
         10-324 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     19.7    1     76      4
    Clark                       26      1    101      4
    Hurst                       15      3     50      2
    Cosier                       5      1     10      0
    Mann                        15      3     52      0
    Simpson                      4      0     22      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

    Australia Player Pages: PA Hibbert, GJ Cosier, AD Ogilvie, CS Serjeant, RB Simpson, PM Toohey, AL Mann, SJ Rixon, WM Clark, JR Thomson, AG Hurst.

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, DB Vengsarkar, M Amarnath, GR Viswanath, BP Patel, AV Mankad, S Madan Lal, SMH Kirmani, EAS Prasanna, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    Match Officials' Pages: TF Brooks, MG O'Connell.

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