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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 816 (813/30)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 5th Test
Adelaide Oval
28,29,30 January, 1,2,3 February 1978 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by 47 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 3-2

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French and MG O'Connell
Test Debuts: IW Callen, WM Darling, GM Wood, B Yardley (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 353/5 (Simpson 54*, Rixon 8*)
  • Day 2: Australia 505, India 131/3 (Viswanath 79*, Vengsarkar 26*)
  • Day 3: India 269, Australia 103/3 (Toohey 9*, Simpson 2*)
  • Day 4: Australia 256, India 101/2 (Amarnath 21*, Viswanath 9*)
  • Day 5: India 362/6 (Kirmani 14*, Ghavri 6*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               st Kirmani         b Chandrasekhar       39 104      5 0
    WM Darling            c Vengsarkar       b Chandrasekhar       65 125      3 0
    GN Yallop             c Gavaskar         b Amarnath           121 227     13 0
    PM Toohey             c Gavaskar         b Chandrasekhar       60  89      7 1
    *RB Simpson           c Viswanath        b Ghavri             100 264 200  6 0
    GJ Cosier                                b Ghavri               1   7      0 0
    +SJ Rixon                                b Bedi                32  79      0 0
    B Yardley                            c & b Ghavri              22  46      1 0
    JR Thomson            c Ghavri           b Chandrasekhar       24  55      1 0
    WM Clark                                 b Chandrasekhar        0   4      0 0
    IW Callen             not out                                  22  40      2 1
    Extras                (b 4, lb 14, nb 1)                       19
    Total                 (all out, 112.4 overs)                  505
    
    FoW: 1-89 (Wood), 2-110 (Darling), 3-230 (Toohey),
         4-334 (Yallop), 5-337 (Cosier), 6-406 (Rixon),
         7-450 (Yardley), 8-457 (Simpson), 9-458 (Clark),
         10-505 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ghavri                      22      2     93      3
    Amarnath                    12      0     45      1
    Bedi                        34      1    127      1
    Prasanna                    10      1     48      0
    Chandrasekhar               29.4    0    136      5
    Gaekwad                      5      0     37      0
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Toohey           b Thomson              7  24  18  1 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Cosier           b Clark               15  31  20  2 0
    M Amarnath            c Cosier           b Thomson              0   3   5  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Rixon            b Callen              89 195 175  6 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Rixon            b Callen              44 214 203  2 0
    AD Gaekwad            c Rixon            b Callen              27  95  87  1 0
    +SMH Kirmani          run out                                  48 117  95  6 0
    KD Ghavri             c Simpson          b Clark                3  15  15  0 0
    EAS Prasanna          not out                                  15  50  40  1 0
    *BS Bedi              c sub (KJ Hughes)  b Clark                6  16   8  1 0
    BS Chandrasekhar                     c & b Clark                2   2   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1, nb 8)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 82.2 overs)                   269
    
    FoW: 1-23 (Gavaskar), 2-23 (Amarnath), 3-23 (Chauhan),
         4-159 (Viswanath), 5-166 (Vengsarkar), 6-216 (Gaekwad),
         7-226 (Ghavri), 8-249 (Kirmani), 9-263 (Bedi),
         10-269 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Thomson                      3.3    1     12      2
    Clark                       20.7    6     62      4
    Callen                      22      0     83      3
    Cosier                       4      3      4      0
    Yardley                     23      6     62      0
    Simpson                      9      0     33      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    GM Wood               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                 8  35  24  0 0
    WM Darling                               b Bedi                56 116 122  7 0
    GN Yallop                                b Bedi                24  70  51  1 0
    PM Toohey             c Kirmani          b Prasanna            10  44  39  1 0
    *RB Simpson           lbw                b Ghavri              51 177      1 0
    GJ Cosier             st Kirmani         b Bedi                34  90 105  4 0
    +SJ Rixon             run out                                  13  50      1 0
    B Yardley             c Vengsarkar       b Ghavri              26  48      4 0
    WM Clark              lbw                b Ghavri               1  23      0 0
    IW Callen             not out                                   4  26      0 0
    JR Thomson            c Amarnath         b Ghavri               3  10      0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 15, w 3, nb 3)                  26
    Total                 (all out, 82.5 overs)                   256
    
    FoW: 1-17 (Wood), 2-84 (Yallop), 3-95 (Darling), 4-107 (Toohey),
         5-172 (Cosier), 6-210 (Rixon), 7-214 (Simpson),
         8-240 (Clark), 9-248 (Yardley), 10-256 (Thomson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Ghavri                      10.5    2     45      4
    Amarnath                     4      0     12      0
    Bedi                        20      3     53      4
    Prasanna                    34      7     68      1
    Chandrasekhar               14      0     52      0
    
    India 2nd innings (target: 493 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Callen              29  29  54  3 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Wood             b Yardley             32  99  61  3 0
    M Amarnath            c Callen           b Yardley             86 317      7 0
    GR Viswanath          c Simpson          b Clark               73 188      7 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Toohey           b Yardley             78 188      6 0
    AD Gaekwad                           c & b Yardley             12  99      1 0
    +SMH Kirmani                             b Clark               51 146 124  7 0
    KD Ghavri             c sub (KJ Hughes)  b Callen              23 109  90  3 0
    EAS Prasanna          not out                                  10  48  33  0 0
    *BS Bedi              c Cosier           b Callen              16  26  21  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      c Rixon            b Simpson              2   4   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 11, nb 16)                      33
    Total                 (all out, 141.4 overs)                  445
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Gavaskar), 2-79 (Chauhan), 3-210 (Viswanath),
         4-256 (Amarnath), 5-323 (Gaekwad), 6-348 (Vengsarkar),
         7-415 (Ghavri), 8-417 (Kirmani), 9-442 (Bedi),
         10-445 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Clark                       29      6     79      2
    Callen                      33      5    108      3
    Cosier                      13      6     21      0
    Yardley                     43      6    134      4
    Simpson                     23.4    6     70      1
    


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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: GM Wood, WM Darling, GN Yallop, PM Toohey, RB Simpson, GJ Cosier, SJ Rixon, B Yardley, JR Thomson, WM Clark, IW Callen.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: RA French, MG O'Connell.

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