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633-5d
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
233 & 181
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Overs: 159.0 RR: 3.98 vs spin: 4.13
vs seam: 3.59
Overs: 88.4 RR: 2.04 vs spin: 1.89
vs seam: 2.30
Wed 18/03/98 India v Australia, 2nd Test, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
INDIA WIN India won by an innings and 219 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 233 (89.4; RR: 2.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater c Dravid b Srinath 0 6 0 0 0.00
MA Taylor c Mongia b Ganguly 3 21 0 0 14.29
GS Blewett b Srinath 0 1 0 0 0.00
ME Waugh lbw b Srinath 10 19 2 0 52.63
SR Waugh run out 80 175 13 0 45.71
RT Ponting b Kumble 60 127 7 0 47.24
IA Healy c Laxman b Kumble 1 6 0 0 16.67
SK Warne c Azharuddin b Kumble 11 17 2 0 64.71
GR Robertson lbw b Ganguly 29 99 3 0 29.29
MS Kasprowicz c Azharuddin b Ganguly 25 83 3 0 30.12
P Wilson not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 12nb) 14  
TOTAL 233 all out (89.4 overs; RR: 2.60)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MJ Slater 0.5 ov), 1-2 (GS Blewett 0.6 ov), 15-3 (ME Waugh 6.4 ov), 29-4 (MA Taylor 9.2 ov), 141-5 (RT Ponting 46.4 ov), 151-6 (IA Healy 50.1 ov), 168-7 (SK Warne 56.1 ov), 178-8 (SR Waugh 62.5 ov), 232-9 (MS Kasprowicz 87.5 ov), 233-10 (GR Robertson 89.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 17.0 0 80 3 4.71 0 10
SC Ganguly 13.4 3 28 3 2.15 0 1
A Kumble 28.0 11 44 3 1.57 0 1
SR Tendulkar 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0
SLV Raju 17.0 2 42 0 2.47 0 0
RK Chauhan 11.0 2 30 0 2.73 0 0
VVS Laxman 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 633-5 (159.0; RR: 3.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
VVS Laxman c Healy b Robertson 95 161 16 0 59.01
NS Sidhu lbw b Waugh 97 152 16 0 63.82
RS Dravid c & b Blewett 86 150 12 0 57.33
SR Tendulkar c Blewett b Kasprowicz 79 86 12 2 91.86
M Azharuddin not out 163 246 18 3 66.26
SC Ganguly c b Robertson 65 128 6 1 50.78
NR Mongia not out 30 44 5 0 68.18
J Srinath  
RK Chauhan  
SLV Raju  
A Kumble  
Extras (2b, 7lb, 0w, 9nb) 18  
TOTAL 633-5 (159.0 overs; RR: 3.98)

Fall of wickets

191-1 (NS Sidhu 49.2 ov), 207-2 (VVS Laxman 54.1 ov), 347-3 (SR Tendulkar 81.3 ov), 400-4 (RS Dravid 101.4 ov), 558-5 (SC Ganguly 144.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MS Kasprowicz 34.0 6 122 1 3.59 0 3
P Wilson 12.0 2 50 0 4.17 0 0
GS Blewett 20.0 3 65 1 3.25 0 0
SK Warne 42.0 4 147 0 3.50 0 7
GR Robertson 33.0 2 163 2 4.94 0 0
ME Waugh 18.0 1 77 1 4.28 0 3

Australia - 2nd Inns 181 (88.4; RR: 2.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Taylor run out 45 116 5 0 38.79
MJ Slater b Srinath 5 14 0 0 35.71
GS Blewett lbw b Srinath 25 76 2 0 32.89
ME Waugh c Laxman b Kumble 0 5 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting c Srinath b Kumble 9 25 1 0 36.00
IA Healy lbw b Srinath 38 104 6 0 36.54
SR Waugh lbw b Kumble 33 138 5 0 23.91
SK Warne c & b Kumble 9 33 1 0 27.27
GR Robertson c Azharuddin b Kumble 0 3 0 0 0.00
MS Kasprowicz c Raju b Chauhan 10 24 1 0 41.67
P Wilson not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb) 7  
TOTAL 181 all out (88.4 overs; RR: 2.04)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (MJ Slater 4.1 ov), 55-2 (GS Blewett 26.3 ov), 56-3 (ME Waugh 27.5 ov), 81-4 (RT Ponting 35.6 ov), 91-5 (MA Taylor 41.3 ov), 133-6 (IA Healy 68.5 ov), 158-7 (SK Warne 79.2 ov), 158-8 (GR Robertson 79.5 ov), 181-9 (SR Waugh 87.6 ov), 181-10 (MS Kasprowicz 88.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
J Srinath 19.0 6 44 3 2.32 0 2
SC Ganguly 4.0 0 9 0 2.25 0 1
A Kumble 31.0 10 62 5 2.00 0 0
RK Chauhan 18.4 4 42 1 2.33 0 0
SLV Raju 16.0 7 20 0 1.25 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Kolkata, 2nd Test

Date

Wednesday March 18, 1998

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

BC Cooray, K Parthasarathy

India Team

Playing XI

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

Australia Team

Playing XI

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