- Test no. 814 | 1977/78 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 7,8,9,11,12 January 1978 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| J Dyson | lbw b Chandrasekhar | 26 | 136 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 22.80 | |
| GJ Cosier | b Amarnath | 17 | 46 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 54.83 | |
| PM Toohey | run out | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| CS Serjeant | c Ghavri b Bedi | 4 | 41 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 11.42 | |
| RB Simpson* | c †Kirmani b Chandrasekhar | 38 | 113 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 38.38 | |
| KJ Hughes | b Bedi | 17 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 80.95 | |
| AL Mann | b Bedi | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SJ Rixon† | lbw b Chandrasekhar | 17 | 70 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| WM Clark | c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JR Thomson | not out | 1 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| JB Gannon | c Amarnath b Prasanna | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 2) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 49.4 overs) | 131 | (1.98 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Cosier), 2-34 (Toohey), 3-46 (Serjeant), 4-61 (Dyson), 5-84 (Hughes), 6-84 (Mann), 7-125 (Simpson), 8-125 (Clark), 9-130 (Rixon), 10-131 (Gannon) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Ghavri | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2.67 | |||
| M Amarnath | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.64 | |||
| BS Bedi | 13 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 2.82 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 15 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1.50 | |||
| EAS Prasanna | 7.4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1.40 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c †Rixon b Thomson | 49 | 144 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 44.54 | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Mann b Clark | 42 | 170 | 124 | 6 | 0 | 33.87 | |
| M Amarnath | c Gannon b Clark | 9 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 24.32 | |
| GR Viswanath | b Thomson | 79 | 202 | 182 | 6 | 0 | 43.40 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c †Rixon b Cosier | 48 | 208 | 121 | 2 | 0 | 39.66 | |
| AV Mankad | b Thomson | 16 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 69.56 | |
| SMH Kirmani† | b Cosier | 42 | 95 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 68.85 | |
| KD Ghavri | c Serjeant b Thomson | 64 | 142 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 52.03 | |
| EAS Prasanna | not out | 25 | 56 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 56.81 | |
| BS Bedi* | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 9, nb 12) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 101 overs) | 396 | (2.94 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat BS Chandrasekhar |
| Fall of wickets1-97 (Gavaskar), 2-102 (Chauhan), 3-116 (Amarnath), 4-241 (Viswanath), 5-261 (Mankad), 6-263 (Vengsarkar), 7-344 (Kirmani), 8-395 (Ghavri) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JR Thomson | 27 | 8 | 83 | 4 | 2.30 | |||
| WM Clark | 21 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 2.35 | |||
| JB Gannon | 20 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 2.43 | |||
| AL Mann | 20 | 0 | 101 | 0 | 3.78 | |||
| RB Simpson | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6.37 | |||
| GJ Cosier | 9 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2.16 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| J Dyson | c & b Chandrasekhar | 6 | 67 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 11.76 | |
| GJ Cosier | b Bedi | 68 | 193 | 164 | 9 | 0 | 41.46 | |
| KJ Hughes | c Vengsarkar b Bedi | 19 | 94 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 23.45 | |
| CS Serjeant | b Prasanna | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| RB Simpson* | lbw b Prasanna | 33 | 131 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 26.19 | |
| PM Toohey | c sub (S Madan Lal) b Ghavri | 85 | 231 | 258 | 9 | 0 | 32.94 | |
| AL Mann | c & b Prasanna | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SJ Rixon† | c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar | 11 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 40.74 | |
| WM Clark | b Prasanna | 10 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 | |
| JR Thomson | b Ghavri | 16 | 72 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 29.09 | |
| JB Gannon | not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 6, nb 3) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 98.7 overs) | 263 | (1.99 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-26 (Dyson), 2-87 (Hughes), 3-88 (Serjeant), 4-106 (Cosier), 5-171 (Simpson), 6-171 (Mann), 7-194 (Rixon), 8-221 (Clark), 9-257 (Toohey), 10-263 (Thomson) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Ghavri | 12.7 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2.44 | |||
| M Amarnath | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1.35 | |||
| BS Bedi | 28 | 8 | 62 | 2 | 1.66 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 24 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 2.65 | |||
| EAS Prasanna | 29 | 11 | 51 | 4 | 1.31 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series 5-match series level 2-2 |
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Umpires
RC Bailhache and TF Brooks |
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Close of play 7 Jan day 1 - India 1st innings 86/0 (SM Gavaskar 45*, CPS Chauhan 35*) 8 Jan day 2 - India 1st innings 190/3 (GR Viswanath 48*, DB Vengsarkar 23*) 9 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 40/1 (GJ Cosier 23*, KJ Hughes 7*) 10 Jan rest day 11 Jan day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 243/8 (PM Toohey 77*, JR Thomson 4*) 12 Jan day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 263 (98.7 ov) - end of match |
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