RESULT

India vs Australia Scorecard, India vs Australia, 30 December, 1977, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

IND

256/10 (69.2 ov) & 343/10 (88.7 ov)

AUS

213/10 (50.1 ov) & 164/10 (51.1 ov)

India won by 222 runs

India 1st Innings

256/10 (69.2 ov)

RR 3.70

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c †Rixon b Thomson	0	9	0	0	0.00
Chetan Chauhan c Mann b Clark	0	6	0	0	0.00
Mohinder Amarnath c Simpson b Clark	72	178	3	0	40.45
Gundappa Viswanath c †Rixon b Thomson	59	95	4	0	62.11
Dilip Vengsarkar c Simpson b Thomson	37	88	2	0	42.05
Ashok Mankad c Clark b Gannon	44	100	1	0	44.00
Syed Kirmani lbw b Simpson	29	62	1	0	46.77
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c †Rixon b Gannon	6	20	0	0	30.00
Erapalli Prasanna b Clark	0	1	0	0	0.00
Bishan Singh Bedi not out	2	1	0	0	200.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar b Clark	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 4, p 0)	7
TOTAL (3.70 RUNS PER OVER)	256/10 (69.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-2 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 0-1 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 180-5 (Mohinder Amarnath, 0 ov), 105-3 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 174-4 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 254-8 (Ashok Mankad, 0 ov), 234-6 (Syed Kirmani, 0 ov), 254-7 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov), 256-9 (Erapalli Prasanna, 0 ov), 256-10 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jeff Thomson	16	2	78	3	4.88
Wayne Clark	19.2	2	73	4	3.78
Sam Gannon	14	2	47	2	3.36
Gary Cosier	12	3	25	0	2.08
Bob Simpson	3	1	11	1	3.67
Anthony Mann	5	1	15	0	3.00

Australia 1st Innings

213/10 (50.1 ov)

RR 4.25

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson b Ghavri	0	2	0	0	0.00
Gary Cosier c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar	67	101	9	0	66.34
David Ogilvie lbw b Ghavri	6	10	0	0	60.00
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar	85	170	8	0	50.00
Bob Simpson c Mankad b Chandrasekhar	2	3	0	0	66.67
Peter Toohey c Viswanath b Bedi	14	36	1	0	38.89
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Bedi	11	12	1	0	91.67
Steve Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar	11	49	1	0	22.45
Wayne Clark lbw b Chandrasekhar	3	15	0	0	20.00
Jeff Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar	0	2	0	0	0.00
Sam Gannon not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 7, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	14
TOTAL (4.25 RUNS PER OVER)	213/10 (50.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 0-1 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 122-3 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 18-2 (David Ogilvie, 0 ov), 211-8 (Craig Serjeant, 0 ov), 124-4 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 166-5 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 178-6 (Anthony Mann, 0 ov), 202-7 (Steve Rixon, 0 ov), 211-9 (Wayne Clark, 0 ov), 213-10 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	9	0	37	2	4.11
Sunil Gavaskar	2	0	7	0	3.50
Bishan Singh Bedi	15	2	71	2	4.73
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	14.1	2	52	6	3.67
Erapalli Prasanna	10	1	32	0	3.20

India 2nd Innings

343/10 (88.7 ov)

RR 3.87

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c Serjeant b Gannon	118	285	12	0	41.40
Chetan Chauhan run out	20	27	2	0	74.07
Syed Kirmani c Thomson b Mann	29	62	2	0	46.77
Gundappa Viswanath lbw b Clark	54	94	4	0	57.45
Dilip Vengsarkar c Cosier b Clark	6	20	0	0	30.00
Ashok Mankad b Clark	38	84	2	0	45.24
Mohinder Amarnath b Cosier	41	100	3	0	41.00
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c Simpson b Clark	6	10	1	0	60.00
Erapalli Prasanna c †Rixon b Gannon	11	23	1	0	47.83
Bishan Singh Bedi not out	12	12	0	0	100.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar lbw b Cosier	0	1	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 7, p 0)	8
TOTAL (3.87 RUNS PER OVER)	343/10 (88.7 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 265-5 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 40-1 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 89-2 (Syed Kirmani, 0 ov), 187-3 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 198-4 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 286-6 (Ashok Mankad, 0 ov), 343-9 (Mohinder Amarnath, 0 ov), 294-7 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov), 315-8 (Erapalli Prasanna, 0 ov), 343-10 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Jeff Thomson	18	4	47	0	2.61
Wayne Clark	29	3	96	4	3.31
Sam Gannon	22	4	88	2	4.00
Gary Cosier	12.7	2	58	2	4.41
Bob Simpson	3	0	22	0	7.33
Anthony Mann	4	0	24	1	6.00

Australia 2nd Innings (target 387)

164/10 (51.1 ov)

RR 3.21

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson lbw b Bedi	12	31	1	0	38.71
Gary Cosier b Chandrasekhar	34	55	0	0	61.82
David Ogilvie c Chauhan b Bedi	0	4	0	0	0.00
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar	17	41	1	0	41.46
Bob Simpson lbw b Chandrasekhar	4	7	0	0	57.14
Peter Toohey c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar	14	53	0	0	26.42
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	18	56	1	1	32.14
Steve Rixon c & b Chandrasekhar	12	49	0	0	24.49
Wayne Clark c Ghavri b Bedi	33	60	3	0	55.00
Jeff Thomson c & b Bedi	7	46	0	0	15.22
Sam Gannon not out	3	8	0	0	37.50
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 4, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	10
TOTAL (3.21 RUNS PER OVER)	164/10 (51.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 42-1 (John Dyson, 0 ov), 52-3 (Gary Cosier, 0 ov), 42-2 (David Ogilvie, 0 ov), 77-5 (Craig Serjeant, 0 ov), 60-4 (Bob Simpson, 0 ov), 98-6 (Peter Toohey, 0 ov), 115-7 (Anthony Mann, 0 ov), 122-8 (Steve Rixon, 0 ov), 164-10 (Wayne Clark, 0 ov), 151-9 (Jeff Thomson, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	4	0	29	0	7.25
Bishan Singh Bedi	16.1	5	58	4	3.59
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	20	3	52	6	2.60
Erapalli Prasanna	8	4	5	0	0.63
Mohinder Amarnath	3	0	10	0	3.33

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

Match Information

SERIES: India vs Australia
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 30, 1977 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne