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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 814 (812/29)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 4th Test
Sydney Cricket Ground
7,8,9,11,12 January 1978 (5-day match)

Result: India won by an innings and 2 runs
5-Test series level 2-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TF Brooks

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 131, India 86/0 (Gavaskar 45*, Chauhan 35*)
  • Day 2: India 190/3 (Viswanath 48*, Vengsarkar 23*)
  • Day 3: India 396/8d, Australia 40/1 (Cosier 23*, Hughes 7*)
  • Day 4: Australia 243/8 (Toohey 77*, Thomson 4*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    J Dyson               lbw                b Chandrasekhar       26 136 114  1 0
    GJ Cosier                                b Amarnath            17  46  31  2 0
    PM Toohey             run out                                   4   9   9  1 0
    CS Serjeant           c Ghavri           b Bedi                 4  41  35  1 0
    *RB Simpson           c Kirmani          b Chandrasekhar       38 113  99  2 0
    KJ Hughes                                b Bedi                17  22  21  1 1
    AL Mann                                  b Bedi                 0   1   2  0 0
    +SJ Rixon             lbw                b Chandrasekhar       17  70  68  1 0
    WM Clark              c Gavaskar         b Chandrasekhar        0   1   2  0 0
    JR Thomson            not out                                   1  21  10  0 0
    JB Gannon             c Amarnath         b Prasanna             0   5   6  0 0
    Extras                (lb 5, nb 2)                              7
    Total                 (all out, 49.4 overs)                   131
    
    FoW: 1-29 (Cosier), 2-34 (Toohey), 3-46 (Serjeant), 4-61 (Dyson),
         5-84 (Hughes), 6-84 (Mann), 7-125 (Simpson), 8-125 (Clark),
         9-130 (Rixon), 10-131 (Gannon).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ghavri                       7      1     25      0
    Amarnath                     7      4      6      1
    Bedi                        13      3     49      3
    Chandrasekhar               15      3     30      4
    Prasanna                     7.4    2     14      1
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Thomson             49 144 110  5 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Mann             b Clark               42 170 124  6 0
    M Amarnath            c Gannon           b Clark                9  40  37  1 0
    GR Viswanath                             b Thomson             79 202 182  6 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Rixon            b Cosier              48 208 121  2 0
    AV Mankad                                b Thomson             16  22  23  2 0
    +SMH Kirmani                             b Cosier              42  95  61  3 0
    KD Ghavri             c Serjeant         b Thomson             64 142 123  5 0
    EAS Prasanna          not out                                  25  56  44  4 0
    *BS Bedi              not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 9, nb 12)                            21
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 101 overs)         396
    
    DNB: BS Chandrasekhar.
    
    FoW: 1-97 (Gavaskar), 2-102 (Chauhan), 3-116 (Amarnath),
         4-241 (Viswanath), 5-261 (Mankad), 6-263 (Vengsarkar),
         7-344 (Kirmani), 8-395 (Ghavri).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                     27      8     83      4
    Clark                       21      3     66      2
    Gannon                      20      4     65      0
    Mann                        20      0    101      0
    Simpson                      4      0     34      0
    Cosier                       9      1     26      2
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    J Dyson                              c & b Chandrasekhar        6  67  51  1 0
    GJ Cosier                                b Bedi                68 193 164  9 0
    KJ Hughes             c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                19  94  81  2 0
    CS Serjeant                              b Prasanna             1   3   6  0 0
    *RB Simpson           lbw                b Prasanna            33 131 126  2 0
    PM Toohey             c sub (S Madan Lal) b Ghavri             85 231 258  9 0
    AL Mann                              c & b Prasanna             0   1   2  0 0
    +SJ Rixon             c Viswanath        b Chandrasekhar       11  22  27  1 0
    WM Clark                                 b Prasanna            10  33  23  2 0
    JR Thomson                               b Ghavri              16  72  55  2 0
    JB Gannon             not out                                   0   4   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 6, nb 3)                        14
    Total                 (all out, 98.7 overs)                   263
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Dyson), 2-87 (Hughes), 3-88 (Serjeant),
         4-106 (Cosier), 5-171 (Simpson), 6-171 (Mann),
         7-194 (Rixon), 8-221 (Clark), 9-257 (Toohey),
         10-263 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ghavri                      12.7    3     42      2
    Amarnath                     5      3      9      0
    Bedi                        28      8     62      2
    Chandrasekhar               24      3     85      2
    Prasanna                    29     11     51      4
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

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

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, M Amarnath, GR Viswanath, DB Vengsarkar, AV Mankad, SMH Kirmani, KD Ghavri, EAS Prasanna, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    Match Officials' Pages: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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