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Test # 1409
Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 1997/98, 2nd Test
India v Australia
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
18,19,20,21 March 1998 (5-day match)
Result: India won by an innings and 219 runs
Series: India leads the 3-Test series 2-0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and K Parthasarathy
TV Umpire: S Choudhary
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe (SA)
Test Debut: P Wilson (Aus).
Man of the Match: J Srinath
Close of Play:
Day 1: Australia 233
Day 2: India 369/3 (Dravid 76*, Azharuddin 9*; 90 overs)
Day 3: India 633/5d, Australia 38/1 (Taylor 11*, Blewett 19*; 19 overs)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
MJ Slater c Dravid b Srinath 0 3 6 0 0
*MA Taylor c Mongia b Ganguly 3 49 21 0 0
GS Blewett b Srinath 0 1 1 0 0
ME Waugh lbw b Srinath 10 27 19 2 0
SR Waugh run out (Dravid/Kumble) 80 229 175 13 0
RT Ponting b Kumble 60 149 127 7 0
+IA Healy c Laxman b Kumble 1 12 6 0 0
SK Warne c Azharuddin b Kumble 11 23 17 2 0
GR Robertson lbw b Ganguly 29 127 99 3 0
MS Kasprowicz c Azharuddin b Ganguly 25 92 83 3 0
P Wilson not out 0 7 2 0 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 12) 14
Total (all out, 89.4 overs, 367 mins) 233
FoW: 1-1 (Slater, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Blewett, 0.6 ov),
3-15 (ME Waugh, 6.4 ov), 4-29 (Taylor, 9.2 ov),
5-141 (Ponting, 46.4 ov), 6-151 (Healy, 50.1 ov),
7-168 (Warne, 56.1 ov), 8-178 (SR Waugh, 62.5 ov),
9-232 (Kasprowicz, 87.5 ov), 10-233 (Robertson, 89.4 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Srinath 17 0 80 3 (10nb)
Ganguly 13.4 5 28 3 (1nb)
Kumble 28 11 44 3 (1nb)
Tendulkar 2 0 6 0
Raju 17 2 42 0
Chauhan 11 2 30 0
Laxman 1 0 1 0
India 1st innings R M B 4 6
VVS Laxman c Healy b Robertson 95 225 161 16 0
NS Sidhu lbw b ME Waugh 97 204 152 16 0
R Dravid c & b Blewett 86 209 150 12 0
SR Tendulkar c Blewett b Kasprowicz 79 109 86 12 2
*M Azharuddin not out 163 311 246 18 3
SC Ganguly c sub (DS Lehmann) b Robertson 65 175 128 6 1
+NR Mongia not out 30 56 44 5 0
Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 9) 18
Total (5 wickets decl, 159 overs, 647 mins) 633
DNB: J Srinath, RK Chauhan, SLV Raju, A Kumble.
FoW: 1-191 (Sidhu, 49.2 ov), 2-207 (Laxman, 54.1 ov),
3-347 (Tendulkar, 81.3 ov), 4-400 (Dravid, 101.4 ov),
5-558 (Ganguly, 144.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Kasprowicz 34 6 122 1 (3nb)
Wilson 12 2 50 0
Blewett 20 3 65 1
Warne 42 4 147 0 (7nb)
Robertson 33 2 163 2
ME Waugh 18 1 77 1 (3nb)
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
*MA Taylor run out (Laxman/Mongia) 45 187 116 5 0
MJ Slater b Srinath 5 22 14 0 0
GS Blewett lbw b Srinath 25 94 76 2 0
ME Waugh c Laxman b Kumble 0 6 5 0 0
RT Ponting c Srinath b Kumble 9 40 25 1 0
+IA Healy lbw b Srinath 38 118 104 6 0
SR Waugh lbw b Kumble 33 173 138 5 0
SK Warne c & b Kumble 9 44 33 1 0
GR Robertson c Azharuddin b Kumble 0 3 3 0 0
MS Kasprowicz c Raju b Chauhan 10 30 24 1 0
P Wilson not out 0 0 2 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 3) 7
Total (all out, 88.4 overs, 364 mins) 181
FoW: 1-7 (Slater, 4.1 ov), 2-55 (Blewett, 26.3 ov),
3-56 (ME Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-81 (Ponting, 35.6 ov),
5-91 (Taylor, 41.3 ov), 6-133 (Healy, 68.5 ov),
7-158 (Warne, 79.2 ov), 8-158 (Robertson, 79.5 ov),
9-181 (SR Waugh, 87.6 ov), 10-181 (Kasprowicz, 88.4 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Srinath 19 6 44 3 (2nb)
Ganguly 4 0 9 0 (1nb)
Kumble 31 10 62 5
Chauhan 18.4 4 42 1
Raju 16 7 20 0
Day 1
- Lunch: Australia 67/4 (SR Waugh 29*, Ponting 20*; 29 overs)
- Tea: Australia 175/7 (SR Waugh 79*, Robertson 0*; 58 overs)
- Srinath took two wickets in the opening over of the Test, only
the second such instance (prev. SJ Snooke, South Africa v England
at Cape Town, 1909-10)
- SR Waugh used a runner (Blewett) due to injury from over 55, when
74*. He was dismissed when the runner was caught out of his ground
attempting a single.
Day 2
- Lunch: India 95/0 (Laxman 47*, Sidhu 42*; 29 overs)
- Tea: India 228/2 (Dravid 16*, Tendulkar 12*; 58 overs)
- Laxman and Sidhu are the second opening pair to be dismissed in
the nineties in the same test innings (first, SM Gavaskar and CPS
Chauhan, India v Pakistan at Lahore, 1978-79).
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Team Pages:
India,
Australia.
Ground Page:
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Australia Player Pages:
MJ Slater,
MA Taylor,
GS Blewett,
ME Waugh,
SR Waugh,
RT Ponting,
IA Healy,
SK Warne,
GR Robertson,
MS Kasprowicz,
P Wilson.
India Player Pages:
VVS Laxman,
NS Sidhu,
R Dravid,
SR Tendulkar,
M Azharuddin,
SC Ganguly,
NR Mongia,
J Srinath,
RK Chauhan,
SLV Raju,
A Kumble.
Match Officials' Pages:
BC Cooray,
K Parthasarathy,
S Choudhary,
PL van der Merwe.
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