f31688 t816	Australia v India
	India in Australia 1977/78 (5th Test)
Venue	Adelaide Oval on 28th, 29th, 30th January, 1st, 2nd, 3rd February 1978 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 47 runs
Umpires	RA French, MG O'Connell
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 353/5 (Simpson 54*, Rixon 8*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 131/3 (Viswanath 79*, Vengsarkar 26*)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 103/3 (Toohey 9*, Simpson 2*)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 101/2 (Amarnath 21*, Viswanath 9*)
Close of play day 5	India (2) 362/6 (Kirmani 14*, Ghavri 6*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	st Kirmani b Chandrasekhar	39		104	5	-
WM Darling	c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar	65		125	3	-
GN Yallop	c Gavaskar b Amarnath	121		227	13	-
PM Toohey	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	60		89	7	1
*RB Simpson	c Viswanath b Ghavri	100	200	264	6	-
GJ Cosier	b Ghavri	1		7	-	-
+SJ Rixon	b Bedi	32		79	-	-
B Yardley	c and b Ghavri	22		46	1	-
JR Thomson	c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar	24		55	1	-
WM Clark	b Chandrasekhar	0		4	-	-
IW Callen	not out	22		40	2	1
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 527 minutes, 112.4 overs)	505
Fall of wickets:
1-89 (Wood), 2-110 (Darling), 3-230 (Toohey), 4-334 (Yallop), 5-337 (Cosier), 6-406 (Rixon), 7-450 (Yardley), 8-457 (Simpson), 9-458 (Clark), 10-505 (Thomson, 112.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghavri	22	2	93	3	-	-
Amarnath	12	0	45	1	-	-
Bedi	34	1	127	1	-	-
Prasanna	10	1	48	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	29.4	0	136	5	-	-
Gaekwad	5	0	37	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Toohey b Thomson	7	18	24	1	-
CPS Chauhan	c Cosier b Clark	15	20	31	2	-
M Amarnath	c Cosier b Thomson	0	5	3	-	-
GR Viswanath	c Rixon b Callen	89	175	195	6	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Rixon b Callen	44	203	214	2	-
AD Gaekwad	c Rixon b Callen	27	87	95	1	-
+SMH Kirmani	run out	48	95	117	6	-
KD Ghavri	c Simpson b Clark	3	15	15	-	-
EAS Prasanna	not out	15	40	50	1	-
*BS Bedi	c sub (KJ Hughes) b Clark	6	8	16	1	-
BS Chandrasekhar	c and b Clark	2	3	2	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 8 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 389 minutes, 82.2 overs)	269
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Gavaskar), 2-23 (Amarnath), 3-23 (Chauhan), 4-159 (Viswanath), 5-166 (Vengsarkar), 6-216 (Gaekwad), 7-226 (Ghavri), 8-249 (Kirmani), 9-263 (Bedi), 10-269 (Chandrasekhar, 82.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	3.3	1	12	2	-	-
Clark	20.7	6	62	4	-	-
Callen	22	0	83	3	-	-
Cosier	4	3	4	0	-	-
Yardley	23	6	62	0	-	-
Simpson	9	0	33	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GM Wood	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	8	24	35	-	-
WM Darling	b Bedi	56	122	116	7	-
GN Yallop	b Bedi	24	51	70	1	-
PM Toohey	c Kirmani b Prasanna	10	39	44	1	-
*RB Simpson	lbw b Ghavri	51		177	1	-
GJ Cosier	st Kirmani b Bedi	34	105	90	4	-
+SJ Rixon	run out	13		50	1	-
B Yardley	c Vengsarkar b Ghavri	26		48	4	-
WM Clark	lbw b Ghavri	1		23	-	-
IW Callen	not out	4		26	-	-
JR Thomson	c Amarnath b Ghavri	3		10	-	-
Extras	(5 b, 15 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	26
Total	(all out, 355 minutes, 82.5 overs)	256
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Wood), 2-84 (Yallop), 3-95 (Darling), 4-107 (Toohey), 5-172 (Cosier), 6-210 (Rixon), 7-214 (Simpson), 8-240 (Clark), 9-248 (Yardley), 10-256 (Thomson, 82.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghavri	10.5	2	45	4	-	-
Amarnath	4	0	12	0	-	-
Prasanna	34	7	68	1	-	-
Bedi	20	3	53	4	-	-
Chandrasekhar	14	0	52	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Rixon b Callen	29	54	29	3	-
CPS Chauhan	c Wood b Yardley	32	61	99	3	-
M Amarnath	c Callen b Yardley	86		317	7	-
GR Viswanath	c Simpson b Clark	73		188	7	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Toohey b Yardley	78		188	6	-
AD Gaekwad	c and b Yardley	12		99	1	-
+SMH Kirmani	b Clark	51	124	146	7	-
KD Ghavri	c sub (KJ Hughes) b Callen	23	90	109	3	-
EAS Prasanna	not out	10	33	48	-	-
*BS Bedi	c Cosier b Callen	16	21	26	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	c Rixon b Simpson	2	7	4	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 16 nb)	33
Total	(all out, 638 minutes, 141.4 overs)	445
Fall of wickets:
1-40 (Gavaskar), 2-79 (Chauhan), 3-210 (Viswanath), 4-256 (Amarnath), 5-323 (Gaekwad), 6-348 (Vengsarkar), 7-415 (Ghavri), 8-417 (Kirmani), 9-442 (Bedi), 10-445 (Chandrasekhar, 141.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Callen	33	5	108	3	-	-
Clark	29	6	79	2	-	-
Yardley	43	6	134	4	-	-
Simpson	23.4	6	70	1	-	-
Cosier	13	6	21	0	-	-

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Notes
--> GM Wood made his debut in Test Matches
--> WM Darling made his debut in Test Matches
--> GN Yallop (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 57
--> GN Yallop (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> RB Simpson (1) passed 20500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 93
--> B Yardley made his debut in Test Matches
--> IW Callen made his debut in Test Matches
--> GR Viswanath (1) passed 3000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 8
--> GJ Cosier (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 27
--> SJ Rixon (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 2
--> DB Vengsarkar (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 49
--> DB Vengsarkar (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 49
--> SMH Kirmani (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 47
--> KD Ghavri (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 15
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in First-Class Matches for the season when he dismissed SJ Rixon, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> BS Chandrasekhar reached 950 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed GM Wood, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings

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12th Men: KJ Hughes (Australia), Madan Lal (India)

 

 

 

 

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