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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 855 (855/31)
India v Australia, 1979/80, 1st Test
Chepauk, Madras
11,12,14,15,16 September 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
6-Test series level 0-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: MV Gothoskar and S Kishen
Test Debuts: DR Doshi (Ind).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 244/2 (Border 129*, Hughes 77*)
  • Day 2: Australia 390, India 80/1 (Gavaskar 44*, Kirmani 0*)
  • Day 3: India 302/6 (Yashpal Sharma 29*, Kapil Dev 15*)
  • Day 4: India 425, Australia 98/1 (Hilditch 44*, Border 49*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AMJ Hilditch          c Venkataraghavan  b Kapil Dev            4  12   8  1 0
    GM Wood               lbw                b Doshi               33 124  83  5 0
    AR Border             run out                                 162 416 360 24 1
    *KJ Hughes            c Venkataraghavan  b Doshi              100 276 204 10 1
    GN Yallop             c Yajurvindra Singh b Doshi              18  55  53  2 0
    DF Whatmore           c Venkataraghavan  b Doshi               20  36  44  3 0
    +KJ Wright                               b Venkataraghavan     20  32  36  4 0
    G Dymock              lbw                b Kapil Dev           16  62  58  4 0
    RM Hogg               c Kapil Dev        b Doshi                3   6   4  0 0
    AG Hurst              c Kirmani          b Doshi                0   1   1  0 0
    JD Higgs              not out                                   1  26  21  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 4)                   13
    Total                 (all out, 143.4 overs)                  390
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Hilditch), 2-75 (Wood), 3-297 (Hughes), 4-318 (Border),
         5-339 (Yallop), 6-352 (Whatmore), 7-369 (Wright),
         8-375 (Hogg), 9-376 (Hurst), 10-390 (Dymock).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   25.4    3     95      2
    Ghavri                      20      4     49      0
    Yajurvindra Singh            9      1     29      0
    Venkataraghavan             46     16    101      1
    Doshi                       43     10    103      6
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    *SM Gavaskar          c Wood             b Hogg                50 130  80  7 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Wright           b Higgs               26 115  91  3 0
    +SMH Kirmani          c Border           b Hogg                57 235 206  6 0
    GR Viswanath          c Hughes           b Higgs               17  65  45  3 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Whatmore         b Higgs               65 111  77 10 1
    Yashpal Sharma        lbw                b Higgs               52 204 150  4 0
    Yajurvindra Singh     c Wright           b Yallop              15  72  47  3 0
    N Kapil Dev           c Hurst            b Higgs               83 104  74 14 0
    KD Ghavri             not out                                  23  49  38  4 0
    S Venkataraghavan     lbw                b Higgs                4  26  19  1 0
    DR Doshi              c Hogg             b Higgs                3   5   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 5, nb 23)                       30
    Total                 (all out, 130.3 overs)                  425
    
    FoW: 1-80 (Chauhan), 2-89 (Gavaskar), 3-122 (Viswanath),
         4-221 (Vengsarkar), 5-240 (Kirmani),
         6-281 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-371 (Yashpal Sharma),
         8-394 (Kapil Dev), 9-417 (Venkataraghavan), 10-425 (Doshi).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Hogg                        22      1     85      2
    Hurst                       23      8     51      0
    Higgs                       41.3   12    143      7
    Dymock                      24      6     65      0
    Border                      14      4     30      0
    Yallop                       6      1     21      1
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    AMJ Hilditch          lbw                b Doshi               55 211 188  5 0
    GM Wood               c Chauhan          b Kapil Dev            2   3   4  0 0
    AR Border                                b Venkataraghavan     50 174 138  8 0
    *KJ Hughes            lbw                b Venkataraghavan     36 135 125  0 0
    GN Yallop             run out                                   2  25  23  0 0
    DF Whatmore           c Chauhan          b Doshi                8  26  28  1 0
    +KJ Wright                               b Venkataraghavan      5  25  24  0 0
    G Dymock              not out                                  28  85  69  3 0
    RM Hogg               not out                                   8  60  58  1 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 4, nb 3)                       18
    Total                 (7 wickets, 113.4 overs)                212
    
    DNB: AG Hurst, JD Higgs.
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Wood), 2-103 (Border), 3-123 (Hilditch),
         4-127 (Yallop), 5-146 (Whatmore), 6-156 (Wright),
         7-175 (Hughes).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                    9      3     30      1
    Ghavri                      17.4    8     23      0
    Venkataraghavan             45     10     77      3
    Doshi                       42     15     64      2
    


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    Team Pages: India, Australia.

    Ground Page: Chepauk, Madras

    Australia Player Pages: AMJ Hilditch, GM Wood, AR Border, KJ Hughes, GN Yallop, DF Whatmore, KJ Wright, G Dymock, RM Hogg, AG Hurst, JD Higgs.

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, SMH Kirmani, GR Viswanath, DB Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma, Yajurvindra Singh, N Kapil Dev, KD Ghavri, S Venkataraghavan, DR Doshi.

    Match Officials' Pages: MV Gothoskar, S Kishen.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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