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213 & 164
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256 & 343
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Overs: 51.1 RR: 3.21 vs spin: 1.95
vs seam: 2.50
Overs: 88.7 RR: 3.85 vs spin: 4.93
vs seam: 2.65
Fri 30/12/77 Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
INDIA WIN India won by 222 runs
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India - 1st Inns 256 (69.2; RR: 3.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Thomson 0 9 0 0 0.00
CPS Chauhan c Mann b Clark 0 6 0 0 0.00
M Amarnath c Simpson b Clark 72 178 3 0 40.45
GR Viswanath c Rixon b Thomson 59 95 4 0 62.11
DB Vengsarkar c Simpson b Thomson 37 88 2 0 42.05
AV Mankad c Clark b Gannon 44 100 1 0 44.00
SMH Kirmani lbw b Simpson 29 62 1 0 46.77
KD Ghavri c Rixon b Gannon 6 20 0 0 30.00
EAS Prasanna b Clark 0 1 0 0 0.00
BS Bedi not out 2 1 0 0 200.00
BS Chandrasekhar b Clark 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 4nb) 7  
TOTAL 256 all out (69.2 overs; RR: 3.69)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 0-2 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 105-3 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 174-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 180-5 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 234-6 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 254-7 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov), 254-8 (AV Mankad 0.0 ov), 256-9 (EAS Prasanna 0.0 ov), 256-10 (BS Chandrasekhar 69.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JR Thomson 16.0 2 78 3 4.88 0 0
WM Clark 19.2 2 73 4 3.84 0 0
JB Gannon 14.0 2 47 2 3.36 0 0
GJ Cosier 12.0 3 25 0 2.08 0 0
RB Simpson 3.0 1 11 1 3.67 0 0
AL Mann 5.0 1 15 0 3.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 213 (50.1; RR: 4.25)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson b Ghavri 0 2 0 0 0.00
GJ Cosier c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 67 101 9 0 66.34
AD Ogilvie lbw b Ghavri 6 10 0 0 60.00
CS Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 85 170 8 0 50.00
RB Simpson c Mankad b Chandrasekhar 2 3 0 0 66.67
PM Toohey c Viswanath b Bedi 14 36 1 0 38.89
AL Mann c Gavaskar b Bedi 11 12 1 0 91.67
SJ Rixon lbw b Chandrasekhar 11 49 1 0 22.45
WM Clark lbw b Chandrasekhar 3 15 0 0 20.00
JR Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 0 2 0 0 0.00
JB Gannon not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb) 14  
TOTAL 213 all out (50.1 overs; RR: 4.25)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 18-2 (AD Ogilvie 0.0 ov), 122-3 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 124-4 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 166-5 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 178-6 (AL Mann 0.0 ov), 202-7 (SJ Rixon 0.0 ov), 211-8 (CS Serjeant 0.0 ov), 211-9 (WM Clark 0.0 ov), 213-10 (JR Thomson 50.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Ghavri 9.0 0 37 2 4.11 0 0
SM Gavaskar 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
BS Bedi 15.0 2 71 2 4.73 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 14.1 2 52 6 3.71 0 0
EAS Prasanna 10.0 1 32 0 3.20 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 343 (88.7; RR: 3.85)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Serjeant b Gannon 118 285 12 0 41.40
CPS Chauhan run out 20 27 2 0 74.07
SMH Kirmani c Thomson b Mann 29 62 2 0 46.77
GR Viswanath lbw b Clark 54 94 4 0 57.45
DB Vengsarkar c Cosier b Clark 6 20 0 0 30.00
AV Mankad b Clark 38 84 2 0 45.24
M Amarnath b Cosier 41 100 3 0 41.00
KD Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 6 10 1 0 60.00
EAS Prasanna c Rixon b Gannon 11 23 1 0 47.83
BS Bedi not out 12 13 0 0 92.31
BS Chandrasekhar lbw b Cosier 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 7nb) 8  
TOTAL 343 all out (88.7 overs; RR: 3.85)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 89-2 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 187-3 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 198-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 265-5 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 286-6 (AV Mankad 0.0 ov), 294-7 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov), 315-8 (EAS Prasanna 0.0 ov), 343-9 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 343-10 (BS Chandrasekhar 88.7 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WM Clark 29.0 3 96 4 3.31 0 0
JB Gannon 22.0 4 88 2 4.00 0 0
GJ Cosier 12.7 2 58 2 4.83 0 0
JR Thomson 18.0 4 47 0 2.61 0 0
AL Mann 4.0 0 24 1 6.00 0 0
RB Simpson 3.0 0 22 0 7.33 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 164 (51.1; RR: 3.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson lbw b Bedi 12 31 1 0 38.71
GJ Cosier b Chandrasekhar 34 55 0 0 61.82
AD Ogilvie c Chauhan b Bedi 0 4 0 0 0.00
CS Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 17 41 1 0 41.46
RB Simpson lbw b Chandrasekhar 4 7 0 0 57.14
PM Toohey c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 14 53 0 0 26.42
AL Mann c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 18 56 1 1 32.14
SJ Rixon c & b Chandrasekhar 12 49 0 0 24.49
WM Clark c Ghavri b Bedi 33 60 3 0 55.00
JR Thomson c & b Bedi 7 46 0 0 15.22
JB Gannon not out 3 8 0 0 37.50
Extras (6b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 164 all out (51.1 overs; RR: 3.21)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 42-2 (AD Ogilvie 0.0 ov), 52-3 (GJ Cosier 0.0 ov), 60-4 (RB Simpson 0.0 ov), 77-5 (CS Serjeant 0.0 ov), 98-6 (PM Toohey 0.0 ov), 115-7 (AL Mann 0.0 ov), 122-8 (SJ Rixon 0.0 ov), 151-9 (JR Thomson 0.0 ov), 164-10 (WM Clark 51.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Ghavri 4.0 0 29 0 7.25 0 0
M Amarnath 3.0 0 10 0 3.33 0 0
EAS Prasanna 8.0 4 5 0 0.63 0 0
BS Bedi 16.1 5 58 4 3.63 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 20.0 3 52 6 2.60 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Melbourne, 3rd Test

Date

Friday December 30, 1977

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

RA French, MG O'Connell

Australia Team

Playing XI

RB Simpson, JR Thomson, GJ Cosier, CS Serjeant, WM Clark, AL Mann, AD Ogilvie, 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