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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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