- Test no. 1405 | 1997/98 season
- Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
- 6,7,8,9,10 March 1998 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NR Mongia† | c †Healy b Kasprowicz | 58 | 180 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 43.93 | |
| NS Sidhu | run out (ME Waugh) | 62 | 189 | 133 | 7 | 2 | 46.61 | |
| R Dravid | c Robertson b Warne | 52 | 241 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Taylor b Warne | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| M Azharuddin* | c Reiffel b Warne | 26 | 80 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 41.26 | |
| SC Ganguly | lbw b Robertson | 3 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | |
| A Kumble | c SR Waugh b Robertson | 30 | 92 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 38.96 | |
| J Srinath | c Taylor b Warne | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| RK Chauhan | c †Healy b Robertson | 3 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| Harvinder Singh | not out | 0 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SLV Raju | b Robertson | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 6, nb 4) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 104.2 overs; 428 mins) | 257 | (2.46 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 21 | 8 | 44 | 1 | 2.09 | (3nb) | ||
| PR Reiffel | 15 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1.80 | (2nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 35 | 11 | 85 | 4 | 2.42 | (1nb) | ||
| GR Robertson | 28.2 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 2.54 | |||
| ME Waugh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| SR Waugh | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | c †Mongia b Harvinder Singh | 12 | 103 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 16.43 | |
| MJ Slater | c Dravid b Kumble | 11 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 32.35 | |
| ME Waugh | c Ganguly b Raju | 66 | 180 | 130 | 8 | 1 | 50.76 | |
| SR Waugh | b Kumble | 12 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| RT Ponting | c †Mongia b Raju | 18 | 50 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| GS Blewett | lbw b Chauhan | 9 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 28.12 | |
| IA Healy† | c Ganguly b Raju | 90 | 257 | 194 | 6 | 0 | 46.39 | |
| PR Reiffel | c Dravid b Kumble | 15 | 51 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| SK Warne | c Tendulkar b Kumble | 17 | 12 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 43.58 | |
| GR Robertson | c †Mongia b Srinath | 57 | 198 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | not out | 11 | 54 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, nb 3) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 130.3 overs; 517 mins) | 328 | (2.51 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 17.3 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 2.62 | (3nb) | ||
| Harvinder Singh | 11 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2.54 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 45 | 10 | 103 | 4 | 2.28 | (1nb) | ||
| RK Chauhan | 25 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 3.60 | (1nb) | ||
| SLV Raju | 32 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 1.68 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| NR Mongia† | lbw b Blewett | 18 | 69 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 31.57 | |
| NS Sidhu | c Ponting b Robertson | 64 | 171 | 127 | 10 | 1 | 50.39 | |
| R Dravid | c †Healy b Warne | 56 | 214 | 149 | 7 | 0 | 37.58 | |
| SR Tendulkar | not out | 155 | 286 | 191 | 14 | 4 | 81.15 | |
| M Azharuddin* | c SR Waugh b ME Waugh | 64 | 123 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 71.91 | |
| SC Ganguly | not out | 30 | 49 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Extras | (b 18, lb 6, nb 7) | 31 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 107 overs; 458 mins) | 418 | (3.90 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat A Kumble, J Srinath, RK Chauhan, SLV Raju, Harvinder Singh |
| Fall of wickets1-43 (Mongia, 16.3 ov), 2-115 (Sidhu, 42.4 ov), 3-228 (Dravid, 68.3 ov), 4-355 (Azharuddin, 95.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 14 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 3.00 | (1nb) | ||
| PR Reiffel | 9 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3.55 | (2nb) | ||
| GR Robertson | 27 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 3.40 | (1nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 30 | 7 | 122 | 1 | 4.06 | (2nb) | ||
| GS Blewett | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | |||
| ME Waugh | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.88 | |||
| SR Waugh | 8 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3.37 | (1nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 348 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | b Srinath | 13 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| MA Taylor* | c Srinath b Kumble | 13 | 66 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 30.95 | |
| GS Blewett | c Dravid b Kumble | 5 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| PR Reiffel | c Azharuddin b Raju | 8 | 100 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 9.52 | |
| ME Waugh | c Dravid b Kumble | 18 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 47.36 | |
| SR Waugh | c Dravid b Raju | 27 | 77 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 38.02 | |
| RT Ponting | lbw b Raju | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| IA Healy† | not out | 32 | 92 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| SK Warne | c Kumble b Chauhan | 35 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 67.30 | |
| GR Robertson | b Chauhan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Srinath b Kumble | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 67.5 overs; 260 mins) | 168 | (2.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1.50 | |||
| Harvinder Singh | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| RK Chauhan | 22 | 7 | 66 | 2 | 3.00 | (4nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 22.5 | 7 | 46 | 4 | 2.01 | |||
| SLV Raju | 15 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 2.06 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
GR Robertson
(Australia);
Harvinder Singh
(India) Player of the match SR Tendulkar (India) |
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Umpires
G Sharp (England) and S Venkataraghavan TV umpire KSB Murali Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa) |
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Close of play 6 Mar day 1 - India 1st innings 232/5 (R Dravid 42*, A Kumble 19*, 90 ov) 7 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 193/7 (IA Healy 31*, SK Warne 13*, 74 ov) 8 Mar day 3 - India 2nd innings 100/1 (NS Sidhu 55*, R Dravid 18*, 34 ov) 9 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 31/3 (PR Reiffel 0*, 14.4 ov) 10 Mar day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 168 (67.5 ov) - end of match |
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