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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 811 (810/27)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 2nd Test
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
16,17,18,20,21 December 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: India
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RA French
Test Debuts: J Dyson, JB Gannon (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 329/7 (Venkataraghavan 11*, Madan Lal 0*)
  • Day 2: India 402, Australia 171/4 (Simpson 52*, Rixon 16*)
  • Day 3: Australia 394, India 67/1 (Gavaskar 20*, Amarnath 10*)
  • Day 4: India 330/9d, Australia 25/1 (Serjeant 9*, Mann 6*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Clark                4  28  33  0 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Gannon           b Simpson             88 195 151 13 0
    M Amarnath            c Gannon           b Thomson             90 228 156  7 0
    GR Viswanath                             b Thomson             38  50  55  7 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Rixon            b Clark               49 105  76  7 0
    BP Patel              c Rixon            b Thomson              3   9   8  0 0
    +SMH Kirmani          c Rixon            b Thomson             38  76  64  5 0
    S Venkataraghavan     c Simpson          b Gannon              37  83  60  4 0
    S Madan Lal                              b Gannon              43  44  35  7 0
    *BS Bedi                                 b Gannon               3   0   4  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   0  27  10  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, nb 8)                               9
    Total                 (all out, 79.6 overs)                   402
    
    FoW: 1-14 (Gavaskar), 2-163 (Chauhan), 3-224 (Viswanath),
         4-229 (Amarnath), 5-235 (Patel), 6-311 (Kirmani),
         7-319 (Vengsarkar), 8-383 (Madan Lal), 9-391 (Bedi),
         10-402 (Venkataraghavan).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     24      1    101      4
    Clark                       17      0     95      2
    Gannon                      16.6    1     84      3
    Mann                        11      0     63      0
    Simpson                     11      0     50      1
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    J Dyson               c Patel            b Bedi                53 257 220  5 0
    CS Serjeant           c Kirmani          b Madan Lal           13  40  32  2 0
    AD Ogilvie                               b Bedi                27  87  65  4 0
    PM Toohey             st Kirmani         b Bedi                 0  13  13  0 0
    *RB Simpson           c Vengsarkar       b Venkataraghavan    176 388 355 17 0
    +SJ Rixon             c Kirmani          b Amarnath            50 120 115  5 0
    KJ Hughes             c Patel            b Bedi                28  80  75  3 0
    AL Mann               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                 7  20  24  1 0
    WM Clark              c Patel            b Chandrasekhar       15  58  44  1 0
    JR Thomson            c Amarnath         b Venkataraghavan      0   2   5  0 0
    JB Gannon             not out                                   0   2   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 25)                                  25
    Total                 (all out, 118.6 overs)                  394
    
    FoW: 1-19 (Serjeant), 2-61 (Ogilvie), 3-65 (Toohey),
         4-149 (Dyson), 5-250 (Rixon), 6-321 (Hughes), 7-341 (Mann),
         8-388 (Simpson), 9-388 (Thomson), 10-394 (Clark).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Madan Lal                   15      1     54      1
    Amarnath                    16      2     57      1
    Chandrasekhar               33.6    6    114      1
    Bedi                        31      6     89      5
    Venkataraghavan             23      4     55      2
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar                              b Clark              127 271 245 20 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Ogilvie          b Thomson             32  56  40  7 0
    M Amarnath            c Rixon            b Simpson            100 264 175  4 0
    GR Viswanath          c Rixon            b Clark                1  10  11  0 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Hughes           b Gannon               9  46  37  1 0
    BP Patel                                 b Gannon              27  63  40  4 0
    +SMH Kirmani          lbw                b Gannon               2   1   2  0 0
    S Venkataraghavan     c Hughes           b Gannon              14  46  41  1 0
    S Madan Lal                              b Thomson              3   7   7  0 0
    *BS Bedi              not out                                   0   8   3  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   0   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 10)                       15
    Total                 (9 wickets declared, 73.5 overs)        330
    
    FoW: 1-47 (Chauhan), 2-240 (Gavaskar), 3-244 (Viswanath),
         4-283 (Amarnath), 5-287 (Vengsarkar), 6-289 (Kirmani),
         7-327 (Venkataraghavan), 8-328 (Patel), 9-330 (Madan Lal).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     21.5    3     65      2
    Clark                       18      1     83      2
    Gannon                      18      2     77      4
    Mann                         8      0     49      0
    Simpson                      8      2     41      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 339 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    J Dyson               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                 4  24  19  0 0
    CS Serjeant           c Kirmani          b Madan Lal           12  38  38  1 0
    AL Mann               c Kirmani          b Bedi               105 183 165 10 0
    AD Ogilvie                               b Bedi                47 208 180  4 0
    PM Toohey             c Amarnath         b Bedi                83 164 140  7 0
    *RB Simpson           run out                                  39  95  92  3 0
    KJ Hughes             lbw                b Madan Lal            0   2   1  0 0
    +SJ Rixon             lbw                b Bedi                23  31  34  1 0
    WM Clark              not out                                   5  18  14  0 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                   6  13  15  1 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 10)                             18
    Total                 (8 wickets, 87.2 overs)                 342
    
    DNB: JB Gannon.
    
    FoW: 1-13 (Dyson), 2-33 (Serjeant), 3-172 (Mann),
         4-195 (Ogilvie), 5-295 (Simpson), 6-296 (Hughes),
         7-330 (Toohey), 8-330 (Rixon).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Madan Lal                   11      0     44      2
    Amarnath                     3      0     22      0
    Chandrasekhar               15      0     67      0
    Bedi                        30.2    6    105      5
    Venkataraghavan             28      9     86      0
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, M Amarnath, GR Viswanath, DB Vengsarkar, BP Patel, SMH Kirmani, S Venkataraghavan, S Madan Lal, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    Australia Player Pages: J Dyson, CS Serjeant, AD Ogilvie, PM Toohey, RB Simpson, SJ Rixon, KJ Hughes, AL Mann, WM Clark, JR Thomson, JB Gannon.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, RA French.

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