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t811 Australia v India

India in Australia 1977/78 (2nd Test)

Venue Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st December 1977 (5-day match)

Balls per over 8

Toss India won the toss and decided to bat

Result Australia won by 2 wickets

Umpires RC Bailhache, RA French

Close of play day 1 India (1) 329/7 (Venkataraghavan 11*, Madan Lal 0*)

Close of play day 2 Australia (1) 171/4 (Simpson 52*, Rixon 16*)

Close of play day 3 India (2) 67/1 (Gavaskar 20*, Amarnath 10*)

Close of play day 4 Australia (2) 25/1 (Serjeant 9*, Mann 6*)

India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Rixon b Clark	4	33	28	-	-
CPS Chauhan	c Gannon b Simpson	88	151	195	13	-
M Amarnath	c Gannon b Thomson	90	156	228	7	-
GR Viswanath	b Thomson	38	55	50	7	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Rixon b Clark	49	76	105	7	-
BP Patel	c Rixon b Thomson	3	8	9	-	-
+SMH Kirmani	c Rixon b Thomson	38	64	76	5	-
S Venkataraghavan	c Simpson b Gannon	37	60	83	4	-
Madan Lal	b Gannon	43	35	44	7	-
*BS Bedi	b Gannon	3	4	2	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	10	27	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 8 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 430 minutes, 79.6 overs)	402
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Gavaskar), 2-163 (Chauhan), 3-224 (Viswanath), 4-229 (Amarnath), 5-235 (Patel), 6-311 (Kirmani), 7-319 (Vengsarkar), 8-383 (Madan Lal), 9-391 (Bedi), 10-402 (Venkataraghavan, 79.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	24	1	101	4	-	-
Clark	17	0	95	2	-	-
Gannon	16.6	1	84	3	-	-
Mann	11	0	63	0	-	-
Simpson	11	0	50	1	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	c Patel b Bedi	53	220	257	5	-
CS Serjeant	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	13	32	40	2	-
AD Ogilvie	b Bedi	27	65	87	4	-
PM Toohey	st Kirmani b Bedi	0	13	13	-	-
*RB Simpson	c Vengsarkar b Venkataraghavan	176	355	388	17	-
+SJ Rixon	c Kirmani b Amarnath	50	115	120	5	-
KJ Hughes	c Patel b Bedi	28	75	80	3	-
AL Mann	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	7	24	20	1	-
WM Clark	c Patel b Chandrasekhar	15	44	58	1	-
JR Thomson	c Amarnath b Venkataraghavan	0	5	2	-	-
JB Gannon	not out	0	1	2	-	-
Extras	(25 lb)	25
Total	(all out, 547 minutes, 118.6 overs)	394
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Serjeant), 2-61 (Ogilvie), 3-65 (Toohey), 4-149 (Dyson), 5-250 (Rixon), 6-321 (Hughes), 7-341 (Mann), 8-388 (Simpson), 9-388 (Thomson), 10-394 (Clark, 118.6 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	15	1	54	1	-	-
Amarnath	16	2	57	1	-	-
Chandrasekhar	33.6	6	114	1	-	-
Bedi	31	6	89	5	-	-
Venkataraghavan	23	4	55	2	-	-

India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	b Clark	127	245	271	20	-
CPS Chauhan	c Ogilvie b Thomson	32	40	56	7	-
M Amarnath	c Rixon b Simpson	100	175	264	4	-
GR Viswanath	c Rixon b Clark	1	11	10	-	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Hughes b Gannon	9	37	46	1	-
BP Patel	b Gannon	27	40	63	4	-
+SMH Kirmani	lbw b Gannon	2	2	1	-	-
S Venkataraghavan	c Hughes b Gannon	14	41	46	1	-
Madan Lal	b Thomson	3	7	7	-	-
*BS Bedi	not out	0	3	8	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 10 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 397 minutes, 73.5 overs)	330
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Chauhan), 2-240 (Gavaskar), 3-244 (Viswanath), 4-283 (Amarnath), 5-287 (Vengsarkar), 6-289 (Kirmani), 7-327 (Venkataraghavan), 8-328 (Patel), 9-330 (Madan Lal)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	21.5	3	65	2	-	-
Gannon	18	2	77	4	-	-
Clark	18	1	83	2	-	-
Mann	8	0	49	0	-	-
Simpson	8	2	41	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Dyson	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	4	19	24	-	-
CS Serjeant	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	12	38	38	1	-
AL Mann	c Kirmani b Bedi	105	165	183	10	-
AD Ogilvie	b Bedi	47	180	208	4	-
PM Toohey	c Amarnath b Bedi	83	140	164	7	-
*RB Simpson	run out	39	92	95	3	-
KJ Hughes	lbw b Madan Lal	0	1	2	-	-
+SJ Rixon	lbw b Bedi	23	34	31	1	-
WM Clark	not out	5	14	18	-	-
JR Thomson	not out	6	15	13	1	-
JB Gannon	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb)	18
Total	(8 wickets, 399 minutes, 87.2 overs)	342
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dyson), 2-33 (Serjeant), 3-172 (Mann), 4-195 (Ogilvie), 5-295 (Simpson), 6-296 (Hughes), 7-330 (Toohey), 8-330 (Rixon)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	11	0	44	2	-	-
Amarnath	3	0	22	0	-	-
Bedi	30.2	6	105	5	-	-
Chandrasekhar	15	0	67	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	28	9	86	0	-	-

Notes
--> CPS Chauhan (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 34
--> M Amarnath (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 85
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 48
--> J Dyson made his debut in Test Matches
--> WM Clark (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 12
--> JB Gannon made his debut in Test Matches
--> SM Gavaskar (2) passed 3000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 104
--> SM Gavaskar (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 5
--> M Amarnath (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 90
--> M Amarnath (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 39
--> AL Mann (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 29
--> AD Ogilvie (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 46
--> PM Toohey (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 82

12th Men: GJ Cosier (Australia), KD Ghavri (India)

f31606 t811	Australia v India
	India in Australia 1977/78 (2nd Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st December 1977 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 2 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, RA French
Close of play day 1	India (1) 329/7 (Venkataraghavan 11, Madan Lal 0)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 171/4 (Simpson 52, Rixon 16)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 67/1 (Gavaskar 20, Amarnath 10)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 25/1 (Serjeant 9, Mann 6)