- Test no. 1413 | 1997/98 season
- Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
- 25,26,27,28 March 1998 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Taylor b Kasprowicz | 6 | 44 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| NS Sidhu | b Warne | 74 | 162 | 135 | 8 | 3 | 54.81 | |
| R Dravid | b Warne | 23 | 131 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 24.46 | |
| SR Tendulkar | b Dale | 177 | 298 | 207 | 29 | 3 | 85.50 | |
| M Azharuddin* | c †Healy b Lehmann | 40 | 144 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 35.08 | |
| SC Ganguly | lbw b Dale | 17 | 61 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 43.58 | |
| NR Mongia† | c Ponting b Warne | 18 | 48 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| A Kumble | c Waugh b Robertson | 39 | 86 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 66.10 | |
| Harvinder Singh | lbw b Dale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SLV Raju | c Lehmann b Robertson | 5 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20.83 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 4 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 6, nb 9) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 123.2 overs; 510 mins) | 424 | (3.43 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 29 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 2.62 | (5nb) | ||
| AC Dale | 23 | 6 | 71 | 3 | 3.08 | (2nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 35 | 9 | 106 | 3 | 3.02 | (2nb) | ||
| GS Blewett | 14 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 3.57 | (1nb) | ||
| GR Robertson | 11.2 | 1 | 58 | 2 | 5.11 | |||
| ME Waugh | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| DS Lehmann | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | c †Mongia b Harvinder Singh | 91 | 140 | 117 | 14 | 2 | 77.77 | |
| MA Taylor* | c †Mongia b Kumble | 14 | 63 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 32.55 | |
| GS Blewett | b Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | |
| ME Waugh | not out | 153 | 375 | 267 | 13 | 4 | 57.30 | |
| DS Lehmann | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 99 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 77.61 | |
| RT Ponting | c Tendulkar b Kumble | 16 | 27 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| IA Healy† | c †Mongia b Kumble | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| SK Warne | c Harbhajan Singh b Raju | 33 | 63 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 63.46 | |
| GR Robertson | c Azharuddin b Kumble | 4 | 42 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12.12 | |
| MS Kasprowicz | lbw b Kumble | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| AC Dale | c Laxman b Kumble | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 5, nb 3) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 111.3 overs; 423 mins) | 400 | (3.58 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Harvinder Singh | 7 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6.28 | (2nb) | ||
| SC Ganguly | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | (2nb) | ||
| A Kumble | 41.3 | 8 | 98 | 6 | 2.36 | |||
| SLV Raju | 37 | 7 | 118 | 1 | 3.18 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 23 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 4.86 | (1nb) | ||
| VVS Laxman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Ponting b Warne | 15 | 59 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 36.58 | |
| NS Sidhu | c Lehmann b Warne | 44 | 90 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 70.96 | |
| R Dravid | c †Healy b Robertson | 6 | 63 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 19.35 | |
| SR Tendulkar | c & b Kasprowicz | 31 | 75 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 48.43 | |
| M Azharuddin* | b Kasprowicz | 18 | 69 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 33.96 | |
| SC Ganguly | b Robertson | 16 | 72 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 29.09 | |
| NR Mongia† | not out | 12 | 77 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 32.43 | |
| A Kumble | lbw b Robertson | 9 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| Harvinder Singh | lbw b Kasprowicz | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SLV Raju | b Kasprowicz | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | lbw b Kasprowicz | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 5, nb 6) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 61 overs; 273 mins) | 169 | (2.77 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MS Kasprowicz | 18 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 1.55 | (1nb) | ||
| AC Dale | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| SK Warne | 25 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 3.20 | (5nb) | ||
| GR Robertson | 12 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 2.33 | |||
| GS Blewett | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 194 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | not out | 102 | 210 | 193 | 17 | 0 | 52.84 | |
| MJ Slater | c Azharuddin b Tendulkar | 42 | 108 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 57.53 | |
| GS Blewett | lbw b Kumble | 5 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 21.73 | |
| ME Waugh | not out | 33 | 74 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 55.93 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (2 wickets; 58 overs; 210 mins) | 195 | (3.36 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RT Ponting, DS Lehmann, IA Healy†, SK Warne, GR Robertson, MS Kasprowicz, AC Dale |
| Fall of wickets1-91 (Slater, 28.6 ov), 2-114 (Blewett, 37.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Harvinder Singh | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | |||
| A Kumble | 22.4 | 5 | 63 | 1 | 2.77 | |||
| SLV Raju | 15 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 2.46 | |||
| Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| SR Tendulkar | 11.2 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 3.61 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series India won the 3-match series 2-1 |
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Test debuts
AC Dale and
DS Lehmann
(Australia);
Harbhajan Singh
(India) Player of the match MS Kasprowicz (Australia) Player of the series SR Tendulkar (India) |
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Umpires
VK Ramaswamy and DR Shepherd (England) TV umpire BK Sadashiva Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa) |
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Close of play 25 Mar day 1 - India 1st innings 290/4 (SR Tendulkar 117*, SC Ganguly 17*, 90 ov) 26 Mar day 2 - Australia 1st innings 209/3 (ME Waugh 58*, DS Lehmann 35*, 54 ov) 27 Mar day 3 - India 2nd innings 99/3 (SR Tendulkar 27*, M Azharuddin 4*, 34 ov) 28 Mar day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 195/2 (58 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Mar 28, 1998 
Michael Kasprowicz catches Sachin Tendulkar off his own bowling © Getty Images |
Mar 27, 1998 
Rahul Dravid is caught by Ian Healy off Gavin Robertson © Getty Images |
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