RESULT

India vs Australia Scorecard, India vs Australia, 18 March, 1998, Eden Gardens & Match Stats

IND

633/5 (159.0 ov)

AUS

233/10 (89.4 ov) & 181/10 (88.4 ov)

India won by an innings and 219 runs

Australia 1st Innings

233/10 (89.4 ov)

RR 2.61

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater c Dravid b Srinath	0	6	0	0	0.00
Mark Taylor c †Mongia b Ganguly	3	21	0	0	14.29
Greg Blewett b Srinath	0	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Waugh lbw b Srinath	10	19	2	0	52.63
Steve Waugh run out	80	175	13	0	45.71
Ricky Ponting b Kumble	60	127	7	0	47.24
Ian Healy c Laxman b Kumble	1	6	0	0	16.67
Shane Warne c Azharuddin b Kumble	11	17	2	0	64.71
Gavin Robertson lbw b Ganguly	29	99	3	0	29.29
Michael Kasprowicz c Azharuddin b Ganguly	25	83	3	0	30.12
Paul Wilson not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 12, p 0)	14
TOTAL (2.61 RUNS PER OVER)	233/10 (89.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 29-4 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 1-2 (Greg Blewett, 0 ov), 141-5 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 151-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov), 168-7 (Shane Warne, 0 ov), 233-10 (Gavin Robertson, 0 ov), 232-9 (Michael Kasprowicz, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Javagal Srinath	17	0	80	3	4.71
Sourav Ganguly	13.4	5	28	3	2.05
Anil Kumble	28	11	44	3	1.57
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	6	0	3.00
Venkatapathy Raju	17	2	42	0	2.47
Rajesh Chauhan	11	2	30	0	2.73
VVS Laxman	1	0	1	0	1.00

India 1st Innings

633/5 (159.0 ov)

RR 3.98

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman c †Healy b Robertson	95	161	16	0	59.01
Navjot Sidhu lbw b ME Waugh	97	152	16	0	63.82
Rahul Dravid c & b Blewett	86	150	12	0	57.33
Sachin Tendulkar c Blewett b Kasprowicz	79	86	12	2	91.86
Mohammad Azharuddin not out	163	246	18	3	66.26
Sourav Ganguly c sub b Robertson	65	128	6	1	50.78
Nayan Mongia not out	30	44	5	0	68.18
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 7, w 0, nb 9, p 0)	18
TOTAL (3.98 RUNS PER OVER)	633/5 (159.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 207-2 (VVS Laxman, 0 ov), 191-1 (Navjot Sidhu, 0 ov), 400-4 (Rahul Dravid, 0 ov), 347-3 (Sachin Tendulkar, 0 ov), 558-5 (Sourav Ganguly, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Anil Kumble, Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatapathy Raju, Javagal Srinath

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Michael Kasprowicz	34	6	122	1	3.59
Paul Wilson	12	3	50	0	4.17
Greg Blewett	20	3	65	1	3.25
Shane Warne	42	4	147	0	3.50
Gavin Robertson	33	2	163	2	4.94
Mark Waugh	18	1	77	1	4.28

Australia 2nd Innings

181/10 (88.4 ov)

RR 2.05

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor run out	45	116	5	0	38.79
Michael Slater b Srinath	5	14	0	0	35.71
Greg Blewett lbw b Srinath	25	76	2	0	32.89
Mark Waugh c Laxman b Kumble	0	5	0	0	0.00
Ricky Ponting c Srinath b Kumble	9	25	1	0	36.00
Ian Healy lbw b Srinath	38	104	6	0	36.54
Steve Waugh lbw b Kumble	33	138	5	0	23.91
Shane Warne c & b Kumble	9	33	1	0	27.27
Gavin Robertson c Azharuddin b Kumble	0	3	0	0	0.00
Michael Kasprowicz c Raju b Chauhan	10	24	1	0	41.67
Paul Wilson not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 3, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	7
TOTAL (2.05 RUNS PER OVER)	181/10 (88.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 91-5 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 7-1 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 55-2 (Greg Blewett, 0 ov), 81-4 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 133-6 (Ian Healy, 0 ov), 158-7 (Shane Warne, 0 ov), 158-8 (Gavin Robertson, 0 ov), 181-10 (Michael Kasprowicz, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Javagal Srinath	19	6	44	3	2.32
Sourav Ganguly	4	0	9	0	2.25
Anil Kumble	31	10	62	5	2.00
Rajesh Chauhan	18.4	4	42	1	2.25
Venkatapathy Raju	16	7	20	0	1.25

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

Match Information

SERIES: India vs Australia
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, March 18, 1998 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata