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419 & 83
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237 & 324-9
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Overs: 48.4 RR: 1.71 vs spin: 1.50
vs seam: 1.77
Overs: 109.1 RR: 2.97 vs spin: 2.88
vs seam: 3.01
Sat 07/02/81 Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
INDIA WIN India won by 59 runs
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India - 1st Inns 237 (84.0; RR: 2.82)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Hughes b Pascoe 10 70 0 0 14.29
CPS Chauhan c Yardley b Pascoe 0 3 0 0 0.00
DB Vengsarkar c Border b Lillee 12 28 1 0 42.86
GR Viswanath c Chappell b Yardley 114 222 11 0 51.35
SM Patil c Hughes b Lillee 23 33 4 0 69.70
Yashpal Sharma c Marsh b Lillee 4 9 0 0 44.44
Kapil Dev c Hughes b Pascoe 5 13 1 0 38.46
SMH Kirmani c Marsh b Lillee 25 44 1 0 56.82
KD Ghavri run out 0 21 0 0 0.00
NS Yadav not out 20 55 2 0 36.36
DR Doshi c Walters b Yardley 0 16 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 8lb, 6w, 9nb) 24  
TOTAL 237 all out (84.0 overs; RR: 2.82)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 22-2 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 43-3 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 91-4 (SM Patil 0.0 ov), 99-5 (Yashpal Sharma 0.0 ov), 115-6 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 164-7 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 190-8 (KD Ghavri 0.0 ov), 230-9 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 237-10 (DR Doshi 84.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 25.0 6 65 4 2.60 0 0
LS Pascoe 22.0 11 29 3 1.32 0 0
GS Chappell 5.0 2 9 0 1.80 0 0
B Yardley 13.0 3 45 2 3.46 0 0
JD Higgs 19.0 2 65 0 3.42 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 419 (156.3; RR: 2.68)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson c Kirmani b Dev 16 41 0 0 39.02
GM Wood c Doshi b Ghavri 10 25 0 0 40.00
GS Chappell c & b Ghavri 76 175 6 0 43.43
KJ Hughes c Chauhan b Yadav 24 64 4 0 37.50
AR Border b Yadav 124 265 12 0 46.79
KD Walters st Kirmani b Doshi 78 148 6 0 52.70
RW Marsh c b Doshi 45 118 3 0 38.14
B Yardley lbw b Doshi 0 5 0 0 0.00
DK Lillee c & b Patil 19 72 2 0 26.39
LS Pascoe lbw b Patil 3 17 0 0 17.65
JD Higgs not out 1 15 0 0 6.67
Extras (12b, 6lb, 0w, 5nb) 23  
TOTAL 419 all out (156.3 overs; RR: 2.68)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 32-2 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 81-3 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 189-4 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 320-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 356-6 (KD Walters 0.0 ov), 356-7 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 413-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov), 413-9 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 419-10 (LS Pascoe 156.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 19.0 7 41 1 2.16 0 0
DR Doshi 52.0 14 109 3 2.10 0 0
KD Ghavri 39.0 4 110 2 2.82 0 0
NS Yadav 32.0 6 100 2 3.13 0 0
CPS Chauhan 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0
SM Patil 12.3 4 28 2 2.33 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 324-9 (109.1; RR: 2.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar lbw b Lillee 70 180 5 0 38.89
CPS Chauhan c Yardley b Lillee 85 198 12 0 42.93
DB Vengsarkar c Marsh b Pascoe 41 91 3 0 45.05
GR Viswanath b Lillee 30 72 3 0 41.67
SM Patil c Chappell b Yardley 36 26 1 0 138.46
Yashpal Sharma b Pascoe 9 23 1 0 39.13
SMH Kirmani run out 9 17 0 0 52.94
Kapil Dev b Yardley 0 1 0 0 0.00
KD Ghavri not out 11 42 1 0 26.19
DR Doshi b Lillee 7 12 1 0 58.33
NS Yadav  
Extras (11b, 8lb, 0w, 7nb) 26  
TOTAL 324-9 (109.1 overs; RR: 2.97)

Fall of wickets

165-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 176-2 (CPS Chauhan 0.0 ov), 243-3 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 245-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 260-5 (Yashpal Sharma 0.0 ov), 296-6 (SM Patil 0.0 ov), 296-7 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 308-8 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 324-9 (DR Doshi 109.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DK Lillee 32.1 5 104 4 3.25 0 0
LS Pascoe 29.0 4 80 2 2.76 0 0
JD Higgs 15.0 3 41 0 2.73 0 0
B Yardley 31.0 11 65 2 2.10 0 0
AR Border 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 83 (48.4; RR: 1.71)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
J Dyson c Kirmani b Ghavri 3 24 0 0 12.50
GM Wood st Kirmani b Doshi 10 41 0 0 24.39
GS Chappell b Ghavri 0 1 0 0 0.00
KJ Hughes b Doshi 16 49 1 0 32.65
B Yardley b Dev 7 58 1 0 12.07
AR Border c Kirmani b Dev 9 24 1 0 37.50
KD Walters not out 18 60 1 0 30.00
RW Marsh b Dev 3 8 0 0 37.50
DK Lillee b Dev 4 5 1 0 80.00
LS Pascoe run out 6 15 0 0 40.00
JD Higgs lbw b Dev 0 9 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb) 7  
TOTAL 83 all out (48.4 overs; RR: 1.71)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (J Dyson 0.0 ov), 11-2 (GS Chappell 0.0 ov), 18-3 (GM Wood 0.0 ov), 40-4 (KJ Hughes 0.0 ov), 50-5 (B Yardley 0.0 ov), 55-6 (AR Border 0.0 ov), 61-7 (RW Marsh 0.0 ov), 69-8 (DK Lillee 0.0 ov), 79-9 (LS Pascoe 0.0 ov), 83-10 (JD Higgs 48.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
KD Ghavri 8.0 4 10 2 1.25 0 0
SM Patil 2.0 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
DR Doshi 22.0 9 33 2 1.50 0 0
Kapil Dev 16.4 4 28 5 1.75 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Melbourne, 3rd Test

Date

Saturday February 7, 1981

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

12:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

MW Johnson, RV Whitehead

Australia Team

Playing XI

KD Walters, RW Marsh, GS Chappell, DK Lillee, LS Pascoe, KJ Hughes, J Dyson, GM Wood, B Yardley, JD Higgs, AR Border

India Team

Playing XI

CPS Chauhan, GR Viswanath, SM Gavaskar, KD Ghavri, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Yashpal Sharma, DR Doshi, NS Yadav, SM Patil