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Test # 859 (859/35)
India v Australia, 1979/80, 5th Test
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
26,27,28,30,31 October 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
India leads the 6-Test series 1-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao and S Kishen

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 227/2 (Yallop 114*, Hughes 49*)
  • Day 2: Australia 442, India 21/1 (Chauhan 3*, Vengsarkar 3*)
  • Day 3: India 221/2 (Viswanath 43*, Yashpal Sharma 13*)
  • Day 4: India 347, Australia 81/5 (Hughes 23*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AMJ Hilditch          c Kirmani          b Kapil Dev            0   3   4  0 0
    GN Yallop             c Gavaskar         b Yadav              167 520 392 15 0
    AR Border             lbw                b Kapil Dev           54 133 101  8 0
    *KJ Hughes            lbw                b Kapil Dev           92 301 240  9 1
    DF Whatmore                              b Kapil Dev            4  15  12  1 0
    WM Darling            st Kirmani         b Doshi               39 106  73  5 0
    B Yardley             not out                                  61  96  70  9 1
    +KJ Wright            lbw                b Doshi                0   2   1  0 0
    G Dymock              lbw                b Doshi                3  22  10  0 0
    RM Hogg               c Yashpal Sharma   b Doshi                0   7   8  0 0
    JD Higgs              lbw                b Kapil Dev            1  14  11  0 0
    Extras                (b 7, lb 7, nb 7)                        21
    Total                 (all out, 153 overs)                    442
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Hilditch), 2-97 (Border), 3-303 (Hughes),
         4-311 (Whatmore), 5-347 (Yallop), 6-396 (Darling),
         7-396 (Wright), 8-418 (Dymock), 9-426 (Hogg),
         10-442 (Higgs).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   32      9     74      5
    Ghavri                      24      3     85      0
    Yadav                       42      8    135      1
    Narasimha Rao                8      0     24      0
    Doshi                       43     10     92      4
    Chauhan                      4      0     11      0
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    *SM Gavaskar          lbw                b Hogg                14  10   9  3 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Border           b Higgs               39 232 160  5 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Hughes           b Yardley             89 262 228 11 1
    GR Viswanath          c Wright           b Yardley             96 247 177 12 0
    Yashpal Sharma        c Wright           b Hogg                22 128  92  3 0
    MV Narasimha Rao      run out                                  10  56  33  1 0
    N Kapil Dev           c Hughes           b Dymock              30  49  40  3 1
    +SMH Kirmani          not out                                  13  51  31  2 0
    KD Ghavri             c Wright           b Yardley              1   7   9  0 0
    NS Yadav              c Wright           b Yardley              0   7   4  0 0
    DR Doshi                                 b Dymock               0   5   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 12, lb 9, w 4, nb 8)                  33
    Total                 (all out, 125.4 overs)                  347
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Gavaskar), 2-132 (Chauhan), 3-256 (Yashpal Sharma),
         4-290 (Narasimha Rao), 5-290 (Vengsarkar),
         6-305 (Viswanath), 7-341 (Kapil Dev), 8-342 (Ghavri),
         9-346 (Yadav), 10-347 (Doshi).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Dymock                      26.4    8     56      2
    Hogg                        26      2    103      2
    Yardley                     42     11     91      4
    Higgs                       28     12     56      1
    Border                       2      0      8      0
    Yallop                       1      1      0      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AMJ Hilditch                             b Ghavri              29  88  69  1 0
    GN Yallop             lbw                b Kapil Dev            4  30  24  1 0
    AR Border             st Kirmani         b Doshi                6  26  28  0 0
    *KJ Hughes            not out                                  64 137 120  7 1
    DF Whatmore           c Vengsarkar       b Doshi                4  22  28  0 0
    WM Darling            c Gavaskar         b Yadav                7  21  15  0 0
    B Yardley             c Narasimha Rao    b Yadav               12  29  28  1 1
    +KJ Wright            not out                                  12  41  32  2 0
    Extras                (b 9, lb 4)                              13
    Total                 (6 wickets declared, 57.3 overs)        151
    
    DNB: G Dymock, RM Hogg, JD Higgs.
    
    FoW: 1-21 (Yallop), 2-39 (Border), 3-53 (Hilditch),
         4-62 (Whatmore), 5-81 (Darling), 6-115 (Yardley).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   11      3     33      1
    Ghavri                      13.3    5     39      1
    Yadav                       11      6     16      2
    Doshi                       22      6     50      2
    
    India 2nd innings (target: 247 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
    *SM Gavaskar          c Hilditch         b Dymock              25  73  62  4 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Wright           b Dymock              50 180 130  4 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Wright           b Dymock               2   6   9  0 0
    GR Viswanath          lbw                b Dymock               7  22  17  1 0
    Yashpal Sharma        not out                                  85 145 117 10 0
    MV Narasimha Rao      not out                                  20  75  52  3 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 7)                              11
    Total                 (4 wickets, 63.2 overs)                 200
    
    DNB: N Kapil Dev, +SMH Kirmani, KD Ghavri, NS Yadav, DR Doshi.
    
    FoW: 1-52 (Gavaskar), 2-54 (Vengsarkar), 3-70 (Viswanath),
         4-123 (Chauhan).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Dymock                      25      7     63      4
    Hogg                         8.2    1     26      0
    Yardley                     13      1     47      0
    Higgs                       16      3     51      0
    Yallop                       1      0      2      0
    

    • DB Vengsarkar (1) retired hurt on 89* from 169/2 to 290/4




  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: India, Australia.

    Ground Page: Eden Gardens, Calcutta

    Australia Player Pages: AMJ Hilditch, GN Yallop, AR Border, KJ Hughes, DF Whatmore, WM Darling, B Yardley, KJ Wright, G Dymock, RM Hogg, JD Higgs.

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, DB Vengsarkar, GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, MV Narasimha Rao, N Kapil Dev, SMH Kirmani, KD Ghavri, NS Yadav, DR Doshi.

    Match Officials' Pages: SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen.

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