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257 & 418-4d
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328 & 168
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Overs: 107.0 RR: 3.91 vs spin: 3.75
vs seam: 3.32
Overs: 67.5 RR: 2.48 vs spin: 2.39
vs seam: 2.25
Fri 06/03/98 India v Australia, 1st Test, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
INDIA WIN India won by 179 runs
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India - 1st Inns 257 (104.2; RR: 2.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NR Mongia c Healy b Kasprowicz 58 132 9 0 43.94
NS Sidhu run out 62 133 7 2 46.62
RS Dravid c Robertson b Warne 52 169 5 0 30.77
SR Tendulkar c Taylor b Warne 4 5 1 0 80.00
M Azharuddin c Reiffel b Warne 26 63 4 0 41.27
SC Ganguly lbw b Robertson 3 20 0 0 15.00
A Kumble c Waugh b Robertson 30 77 3 0 38.96
J Srinath c Taylor b Warne 1 3 0 0 33.33
RK Chauhan c Healy b Robertson 3 16 0 0 18.75
Harvinder Singh not out 0 12 0 0 0.00
SLV Raju b Robertson 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (8b, 6lb, 0w, 4nb) 18  
TOTAL 257 all out (104.2 overs; RR: 2.46)

Fall of wickets

122-1 (NR Mongia 42.3 ov), 126-2 (NS Sidhu 43.6 ov), 130-3 (SR Tendulkar 45.5 ov), 186-4 (M Azharuddin 65.4 ov), 195-5 (SC Ganguly 70.5 ov), 247-6 (A Kumble 96.4 ov), 248-7 (J Srinath 97.2 ov), 253-8 (RK Chauhan 100.4 ov), 257-9 (RS Dravid 103.4 ov), 257-10 (SLV Raju 104.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 21.0 8 44 1 2.10 0 3
PR Reiffel 15.0 4 27 0 1.80 0 2
SK Warne 35.0 11 85 4 2.43 0 1
GR Robertson 28.2 4 72 4 2.57 0 0
ME Waugh 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
SR Waugh 4.0 1 11 0 2.75 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 328 (130.3; RR: 2.51)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor c Mongia b Singh 12 73 0 0 16.44
MJ Slater c Dravid b Kumble 11 34 2 0 32.35
ME Waugh c Ganguly b Raju 66 130 8 1 50.77
SR Waugh b Kumble 12 17 1 0 70.59
RT Ponting c Mongia b Raju 18 34 1 0 52.94
GS Blewett lbw b Chauhan 9 32 0 0 28.13
IA Healy c Ganguly b Raju 90 194 6 0 46.39
PR Reiffel c Dravid b Kumble 15 51 1 0 29.41
SK Warne c Tendulkar b Kumble 17 39 2 0 43.59
GR Robertson c Mongia b Srinath 57 152 7 0 37.50
MS Kasprowicz not out 11 33 2 0 33.33
Extras (1b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb) 10  
TOTAL 328 all out (130.3 overs; RR: 2.51)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (MJ Slater 9.4 ov), 44-2 (MA Taylor 24.2 ov), 57-3 (SR Waugh 27.4 ov), 95-4 (RT Ponting 41.1 ov), 119-5 (GS Blewett 50.1 ov), 137-6 (ME Waugh 55.1 ov), 173-7 (PR Reiffel 69.2 ov), 201-8 (SK Warne 79.5 ov), 297-9 (IA Healy 116.6 ov), 328-10 (GR Robertson 130.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 17.3 3 46 1 2.71 0 3
Harvinder Singh 11.0 4 28 1 2.55 0 1
A Kumble 45.0 10 103 4 2.29 0 1
RK Chauhan 25.0 3 90 1 3.60 0 1
SLV Raju 32.0 8 54 3 1.69 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 418-4 (107.0; RR: 3.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
NR Mongia lbw b Blewett 18 57 2 0 31.58
NS Sidhu c Ponting b Robertson 64 127 10 1 50.39
RS Dravid c Healy b Warne 56 149 7 0 37.58
SR Tendulkar not out 155 191 14 4 81.15
M Azharuddin c Waugh b Waugh 64 89 8 1 71.91
SC Ganguly not out 30 36 4 0 83.33
A Kumble  
J Srinath  
RK Chauhan  
SLV Raju  
Harvinder Singh  
Extras (18b, 6lb, 0w, 7nb) 31  
TOTAL 418-4 (107.0 overs; RR: 3.91)

Fall of wickets

43-1 (NR Mongia 16.3 ov), 115-2 (NS Sidhu 42.4 ov), 228-3 (RS Dravid 68.3 ov), 355-4 (M Azharuddin 95.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 14.0 6 42 0 3.00 0 1
PR Reiffel 9.0 1 32 0 3.56 0 2
GR Robertson 27.0 4 92 1 3.41 0 1
SK Warne 30.0 7 122 1 4.07 0 2
GS Blewett 10.0 2 35 1 3.50 0 0
ME Waugh 9.0 0 44 1 4.89 0 0
SR Waugh 8.0 0 27 0 3.38 0 1

Australia - 2nd Inns 168 (67.5; RR: 2.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater b Srinath 13 23 2 0 56.52
MA Taylor c Srinath b Kumble 13 42 2 0 30.95
GS Blewett c Dravid b Kumble 5 12 1 0 41.67
PR Reiffel c Azharuddin b Raju 8 84 1 0 9.52
ME Waugh c Dravid b Kumble 18 38 3 0 47.37
SR Waugh c Dravid b Raju 27 71 4 0 38.03
RT Ponting lbw b Raju 2 7 0 0 28.57
IA Healy not out 32 72 3 0 44.44
SK Warne c Kumble b Chauhan 35 52 4 1 67.31
GR Robertson b Chauhan 0 1 0 0 0.00
MS Kasprowicz c Srinath b Kumble 4 8 1 0 50.00
Extras (4b, 3lb, 0w, 4nb) 11  
TOTAL 168 all out (67.5 overs; RR: 2.48)

Fall of wickets

18-1 (MJ Slater 8.2 ov), 30-2 (GS Blewett 12.1 ov), 31-3 (MA Taylor 14.4 ov), 54-4 (ME Waugh 26.4 ov), 79-5 (PR Reiffel 39.1 ov), 91-6 (RT Ponting 41.6 ov), 96-7 (SR Waugh 47.4 ov), 153-8 (SK Warne 64.3 ov), 153-9 (GR Robertson 64.4 ov), 168-10 (MS Kasprowicz 67.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 6.0 4 9 1 1.50 0 0
Harvinder Singh 2.0 0 9 0 4.50 0 0
RK Chauhan 22.0 7 66 2 3.00 0 4
A Kumble 22.5 7 46 4 2.09 0 0
SLV Raju 15.0 4 31 3 2.07 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Chennai, 1st Test

Date

Friday March 6, 1998

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Umpires

S Venkataraghavan, G Sharp

India Team

Playing XI

NS Sidhu, M Azharuddin, SR Tendulkar, SLV Raju, A Kumble, J Srinath, SC Ganguly, RK Chauhan, NR Mongia, RS Dravid, Harvinder Singh

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, MJ Slater, GS Blewett, GR Robertson, RT Ponting, MS Kasprowicz