RESULT

India vs Australia Scorecard, India vs Australia, 7 January, 1978, Sydney Cricket Ground & Match Stats

IND

396/8 (101.0 ov)

AUS

131/10 (49.4 ov) & 263/10 (98.7 ov)

India won by an innings and 2 runs

Australia 1st Innings

131/10 (49.4 ov)

RR 2.65

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson lbw b Chandrasekhar	26	114	1	0	22.81
Gary Cosier b Amarnath	17	31	2	0	54.84
Peter Toohey run out	4	9	1	0	44.44
Craig Serjeant c Ghavri b Bedi	4	35	1	0	11.43
Bob Simpson c †Kirmani b Chandrasekhar	38	99	2	0	38.38
Kim Hughes b Bedi	17	21	1	1	80.95
Anthony Mann b Bedi	0	2	0	0	0.00
Steve Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar	17	68	1	0	25.00
Wayne Clark c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jeff Thomson not out	1	10	0	0	10.00
Sam Gannon c Amarnath b Prasanna	0	6	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.65 RUNS PER OVER)	131/10 (49.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 61-4 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 29-1 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 34-2 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 46-3 (Craig Serjeant, 0 ov), 125-7 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 84-5 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 84-6 (Anthony Mann, 0 ov), 130-9 (Steve Rixon, 0 ov), 125-8 (Wayne Clark, 0 ov), 131-10 (Sam Gannon, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	7	1	25	0	3.57
Mohinder Amarnath	7	4	6	1	0.86
Bishan Singh Bedi	13	3	49	3	3.77
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	15	3	30	4	2.00
Erapalli Prasanna	7.4	2	14	1	1.83

India 1st Innings

396/8 (101.0 ov)

RR 3.92

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c †Rixon b Thomson	49	110	5	0	44.55
Chetan Chauhan c Mann b Clark	42	124	6	0	33.87
Mohinder Amarnath c Gannon b Clark	9	37	1	0	24.32
Gundappa Viswanath b Thomson	79	182	6	0	43.41
Dilip Vengsarkar c †Rixon b Cosier	48	121	2	0	39.67
Ashok Mankad b Thomson	16	23	2	0	69.57
Syed Kirmani b Cosier	42	61	3	0	68.85
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c Serjeant b Thomson	64	123	5	0	52.03
Erapalli Prasanna not out	25	44	4	0	56.82
Bishan Singh Bedi not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 12, p 0)	21
TOTAL (3.92 RUNS PER OVER)	396/8 (101.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 97-1 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 102-2 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 116-3 (Mohinder Amarnath, 0 ov), 241-4 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 263-6 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 261-5 (Ashok Mankad, 0 ov), 344-7 (Syed Kirmani, 0 ov), 395-8 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jeff Thomson	27	8	83	4	3.07
Wayne Clark	21	3	66	2	3.14
Sam Gannon	20	4	65	0	3.25
Anthony Mann	20	0	101	0	5.05
Bob Simpson	4	0	34	0	8.50
Gary Cosier	9	1	26	2	2.89

Australia 2nd Innings

263/10 (98.7 ov)

RR 2.66

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson c & b Chandrasekhar	6	51	1	0	11.76
Gary Cosier b Bedi	68	164	9	0	41.46
Kim Hughes c Vengsarkar b Bedi	19	81	2	0	23.46
Craig Serjeant b Prasanna	1	6	0	0	16.67
Bob Simpson lbw b Prasanna	33	126	2	0	26.19
Peter Toohey c sub b Ghavri	85	258	9	0	32.95
Anthony Mann c & b Prasanna	0	2	0	0	0.00
Steve Rixon c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar	11	27	1	0	40.74
Wayne Clark b Prasanna	10	23	2	0	43.48
Jeff Thomson b Ghavri	16	55	2	0	29.09
Sam Gannon not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 5, lb 6, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	14
TOTAL (2.66 RUNS PER OVER)	263/10 (98.7 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 26-1 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 106-4 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 87-2 (Kim Hughes, 0 ov), 88-3 (Craig Serjeant, 0 ov), 171-5 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 257-9 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 171-6 (Anthony Mann, 0 ov), 194-7 (Steve Rixon, 0 ov), 221-8 (Wayne Clark, 0 ov), 263-10 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	12.7	3	42	2	3.19
Mohinder Amarnath	5	3	9	0	1.80
Bishan Singh Bedi	28	8	62	2	2.21
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	24	3	85	2	3.54
Erapalli Prasanna	29	11	51	4	1.76

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: India vs Australia
DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 07, 1978 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney