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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
131 & 263 Series badge IND
396-8d IND flag
Overs: 98.7 RR: 2.65 vs spin: 1.83
vs seam: 1.35
 Overs: 101.0 RR: 3.92 vs spin: 4.22
vs seam: 2.34
Sat 07/01/78 Australia v India, 4th Test, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
INDIA WIN India won by an innings and 2 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 131 (49.4; RR: 2.64)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson lbw b Chandrasekhar 26 114 1 0 22.81
GJ Cosier b Amarnath 17 31 2 0 54.84
PM Toohey run out 4 9 1 0 44.44
CS Serjeant c Ghavri b Bedi 4 35 1 0 11.43
RB Simpson c Kirmani b Chandrasekhar 38 99 2 0 38.38
KJ Hughes b Bedi 17 21 1 1 80.95
AL Mann b Bedi 0 2 0 0 0.00
SJ Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar 17 68 1 0 25.00
WM Clark c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 0 2 0 0 0.00
JR Thomson not out 1 10 0 0 10.00
JB Gannon c Amarnath b Prasanna 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 131 all out (49.4 overs; RR: 2.64)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 34-2 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 46-3 (CS Serjeant 0.0 ov), 61-4 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 84-5 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 84-6 (AL Mann 0.0 ov), 125-7 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 125-8 (WM Clark 0.0 ov), 130-9 (SJ Rixon 0.0 ov), 131-10 (JB Gannon 49.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Ghavri 7.0 1 25 0 3.57 0 0
M Amarnath 7.0 4 6 1 0.86 0 0
BS Bedi 13.0 3 49 3 3.77 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 15.0 3 30 4 2.00 0 0
EAS Prasanna 7.4 2 14 1 2.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 396-8 (101.0; RR: 3.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Thomson 49 110 5 0 44.55
CPS Chauhan c Mann b Clark 42 124 6 0 33.87
M Amarnath c Gannon b Clark 9 37 1 0 24.32
GR Viswanath b Thomson 79 182 6 0 43.41
DB Vengsarkar c Rixon b Cosier 48 121 2 0 39.67
AV Mankad b Thomson 16 23 2 0 69.57
SMH Kirmani b Cosier 42 61 3 0 68.85
KD Ghavri c Serjeant b Thomson 64 123 5 0 52.03
EAS Prasanna not out 25 44 4 0 56.82
BS Bedi not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
BS Chandrasekhar  
Extras (0b, 9lb, 0w, 12nb) 21  
TOTAL 396-8 (101.0 overs; RR: 3.92)

Fall of wickets

97-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 102-2 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 116-3 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 241-4 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 261-5 (AV Mankad 0.0 ov), 263-6 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 344-7 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 395-8 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JR Thomson 27.0 8 83 4 3.07 0 0
WM Clark 21.0 3 66 2 3.14 0 0
JB Gannon 20.0 4 65 0 3.25 0 0
AL Mann 20.0 0 101 0 5.05 0 0
RB Simpson 4.0 0 34 0 8.50 0 0
GJ Cosier 9.0 1 26 2 2.89 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 263 (98.7; RR: 2.65)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson c & b Chandrasekhar 6 51 1 0 11.76
GJ Cosier b Bedi 68 164 9 0 41.46
KJ Hughes c Vengsarkar b Bedi 19 81 2 0 23.46
CS Serjeant b Prasanna 1 6 0 0 16.67
RB Simpson lbw b Prasanna 33 126 2 0 26.19
PM Toohey c b Ghavri 85 258 9 0 32.95
AL Mann c & b Prasanna 0 2 0 0 0.00
SJ Rixon c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar 11 27 1 0 40.74
WM Clark b Prasanna 10 23 2 0 43.48
JR Thomson b Ghavri 16 55 2 0 29.09
JB Gannon not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 263 all out (98.7 overs; RR: 2.65)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 87-2 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 88-3 (CS Serjeant 0.0 ov), 106-4 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 171-5 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 171-6 (AL Mann 0.0 ov), 194-7 (SJ Rixon 0.0 ov), 221-8 (WM Clark 0.0 ov), 257-9 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 263-10 (JR Thomson 98.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Ghavri 12.7 3 42 2 3.50 0 0
M Amarnath 5.0 3 9 0 1.80 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 24.0 3 85 2 3.54 0 0
BS Bedi 28.0 8 62 2 2.21 0 0
EAS Prasanna 29.0 11 51 4 1.76 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test

Date

Saturday January 7, 1978

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

RC Bailhache, TF Brooks

Australia Team

Playing XI

RB Simpson, JR Thomson, GJ Cosier, CS Serjeant, KJ Hughes, WM Clark, AL Mann, SJ Rixon, PM Toohey, J Dyson, JB Gannon

India Team

Playing XI

EAS Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar, BS Bedi, CPS Chauhan, AV Mankad, GR Viswanath, M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar, KD Ghavri, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar