- Test no. 1409 | 1997/98 season
- Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta
- 18,19,20,21 March 1998 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | c Dravid b Srinath | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MA Taylor* | c †Mongia b Ganguly | 3 | 49 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| GS Blewett | b Srinath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ME Waugh | lbw b Srinath | 10 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| SR Waugh | run out (Dravid/Kumble) | 80 | 229 | 175 | 13 | 0 | 45.71 | |
| RT Ponting | b Kumble | 60 | 149 | 127 | 7 | 0 | 47.24 | |
| IA Healy† | c Laxman b Kumble | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| SK Warne | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 11 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| GR Robertson | lbw b Ganguly | 29 | 127 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 29.29 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Azharuddin b Ganguly | 25 | 92 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 30.12 | |
| P Wilson | not out | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 12) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 89.4 overs; 367 mins) | 233 | (2.59 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 17 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 4.70 | (10nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 13.4 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 2.04 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 28 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 1.57 | (1nb) | ||
| SR Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| SLV Raju | 17 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 2.47 | |||
| RK Chauhan | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.72 | |||
| VVS Laxman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| VVS Laxman | c †Healy b Robertson | 95 | 225 | 161 | 16 | 0 | 59.00 | |
| NS Sidhu | lbw b ME Waugh | 97 | 204 | 152 | 16 | 0 | 63.81 | |
| R Dravid | c & b Blewett | 86 | 209 | 150 | 12 | 0 | 57.33 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c Blewett b Kasprowicz | 79 | 109 | 86 | 12 | 2 | 91.86 | |
| M Azharuddin* | not out | 163 | 311 | 246 | 18 | 3 | 66.26 | |
| SC Ganguly | c sub (DS Lehmann) b Robertson | 65 | 175 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 50.78 | |
| NR Mongia† | not out | 30 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 68.18 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, nb 9) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (5 wickets dec; 159 overs; 647 mins) | 633 | (3.98 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat J Srinath, RK Chauhan, SLV Raju, A Kumble |
| Fall of wickets1-191 (Sidhu, 49.2 ov), 2-207 (Laxman, 54.1 ov), 3-347 (Tendulkar, 81.3 ov), 4-400 (Dravid, 101.4 ov), 5-558 (Ganguly, 144.3 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 34 | 6 | 122 | 1 | 3.58 | (3nb) | ||
| P Wilson | 12 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 4.16 | |||
| GS Blewett | 20 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 3.25 | |||
| SK Warne | 42 | 4 | 147 | 0 | 3.50 | (7nb) | ||
| GR Robertson | 33 | 2 | 163 | 2 | 4.93 | |||
| ME Waugh | 18 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 4.27 | (3nb) |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | run out (Laxman/†Mongia) | 45 | 187 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 38.79 | |
| MJ Slater | b Srinath | 5 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| GS Blewett | lbw b Srinath | 25 | 94 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 32.89 | |
| ME Waugh | c Laxman b Kumble | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RT Ponting | c Srinath b Kumble | 9 | 40 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| IA Healy† | lbw b Srinath | 38 | 118 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 36.53 | |
| SR Waugh | lbw b Kumble | 33 | 173 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 23.91 | |
| SK Warne | c & b Kumble | 9 | 44 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| GR Robertson | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | c Raju b Chauhan | 10 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| P Wilson | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 3, nb 3) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 88.4 overs; 364 mins) | 181 | (2.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| J Srinath | 19 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 2.31 | (2nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | (1nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 31 | 10 | 62 | 5 | 2.00 | |||
| RK Chauhan | 18.4 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 2.25 | |||
| SLV Raju | 16 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Match details |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series India led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Test debut
P Wilson
(Australia) Player of the match J Srinath (India) |
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Umpires
BC Cooray (Sri Lanka) and K Parthasarathy TV umpire S Choudhary Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa) |
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Close of play 18 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 233 19 Mar day 2 - India 1st innings 369/3 (R Dravid 76*, M Azharuddin 9*, 90 ov) 20 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 38/1 (MA Taylor 11*, GS Blewett 19*, 19 ov) 21 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 181 (88.4 ov) - end of match |
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VVS Laxman pulls behind the wicket © Getty Images |
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