f31814 t809	Australia v India
	India in Australia 1977/78 (1st Test)
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th December 1977 (5-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 16 runs
Umpires	TF Brooks, MG O'Connell
Close of play day 1	India (1) 13/1 (Vengsarkar 10*, Amarnath 0*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (2) 62/3 (Ogilvie 29*, Simpson 27*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 51/1 (Gavaskar 15*, Amarnath 32*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	c Kirmani b Amarnath	13	77	89	1	-
GJ Cosier	c Madan Lal b Amarnath	19	32	51	2	-
AD Ogilvie	c Viswanath b Bedi	5	8	15	1	-
CS Serjeant	c Gavaskar b Bedi	0	4	2	-	-
*RB Simpson	c Gavaskar b Bedi	7	6	5	1	-
PM Toohey	st Kirmani b Bedi	82	142	142	11	1
AL Mann	lbw b Madan Lal	19	54	43	2	-
+SJ Rixon	c Amarnath b Bedi	9	14	21	1	-
WM Clark	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	4	11	13	-	-
JR Thomson	b Chandrasekhar	3	18	19	-	-
AG Hurst	not out	0	9	24	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(all out, 220 minutes, 46.7 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Cosier), 2-33 (Ogilvie), 3-33 (Serjeant), 4-43 (Simpson), 5-49 (Hibbert), 6-90 (Mann), 7-107 (Rixon), 8-112 (Clark), 9-132 (Thomson), 10-166 (Toohey, 46.7 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	10	3	27	1	-	-
Amarnath	13	4	43	2	-	-
Bedi	13.7	3	55	5	-	-
Prasanna	4	2	2	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	6	1	34	2	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Cosier b Clark	3	14	18	-	-
DB Vengsarkar	hit wkt b Thomson	48	115	165	3	-
M Amarnath	lbw b Clark	0	17	20	-	-
GR Viswanath	c Hurst b Mann	45	90	111	5	-
BP Patel	c Serjeant b Clark	13	27	31	1	-
AV Mankad	c Rixon b Thomson	0	9	14	-	-
Madan Lal	b Clark	4	5	14	1	-
+SMH Kirmani	c Ogilvie b Thomson	11	53	72	-	-
EAS Prasanna	c Thomson b Mann	23	61	62	3	-
*BS Bedi	not out	2	6	11	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	lbw b Mann	0	8	7	-	-
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 264 minutes, 50 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Gavaskar), 2-15 (Amarnath), 3-90 (Viswanath), 4-108 (Vengsarkar), 5-110 (Patel), 6-112 (Mankad), 7-119 (Madan Lal), 8-149 (Prasanna), 9-151 (Kirmani), 10-153 (Chandrasekhar, 50 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	16	1	54	3	-	-
Clark	18	5	46	4	-	-
Hurst	7	0	31	0	-	-
Cosier	3	1	6	0	-	-
Mann	6	0	12	3	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	lbw b Madan Lal	2	12	12	-	-
GJ Cosier	c Prasanna b Madan Lal	0	2	2	-	-
AD Ogilvie	b Chandrasekhar	46	158	170	2	-
CS Serjeant	b Amarnath	0	2	2	-	-
*RB Simpson	c Viswanath b Amarnath	89	269	311	7	-
PM Toohey	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	57	105	94	7	-
AL Mann	c Amarnath b Madan Lal	29	56	66	1	-
+SJ Rixon	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	6	19	29	1	-
WM Clark	b Madan Lal	12	36	45	1	-
JR Thomson	not out	41	53	61	4	2
AG Hurst	run out	26	23	30	2	1
Extras	(6 b, 11 lb, 2 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 417 minutes, 91.5 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Cosier), 2-6 (Hibbert), 3-7 (Serjeant), 4-100 (Ogilvie), 5-184 (Toohey), 6-233 (Simpson), 7-237 (Mann), 8-246 (Rixon), 9-277 (Clark), 10-327 (Hurst, 91.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	19	2	72	5	-	-
Amarnath	8	1	24	2	-	-
Bedi	18.5	2	71	0	-	-
Prasanna	20	4	59	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	26	6	82	2	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Rixon b Clark	113	264	320	12	-
DB Vengsarkar	b Clark	1	2	10	-	-
M Amarnath	c Rixon b Thomson	47	79	100	5	-
GR Viswanath	c Ogilvie b Thomson	35	85	84	4	-
BP Patel	lbw b Thomson	3	6	8	-	-
AV Mankad	b Hurst	21	60	56	2	-
+SMH Kirmani	c Serjeant b Hurst	55	133	137	4	-
Madan Lal	c Rixon b Clark	2	9	12	-	-
EAS Prasanna	c Hibbert b Clark	8	11	29	1	-
*BS Bedi	not out	26	30	50	4	-
BS Chandrasekhar	c Rixon b Thomson	0	7	10	-	-
Extras	(6 lb, 7 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 416 minutes, 84.7 overs)	324
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Vengsarkar), 2-88 (Amarnath), 3-147 (Viswanath), 4-151 (Patel), 5-196 (Mankad), 6-243 (Gavaskar), 7-251 (Madan Lal), 8-275 (Prasanna), 9-318 (Kirmani), 10-324 (Chandrasekhar, 84.7 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomson	19.7	1	76	4	-	-
Clark	26	1	101	4	-	-
Hurst	15	3	50	2	-	-
Simpson	4	0	22	0	-	-
Mann	15	3	52	0	-	-
Cosier	5	1	10	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> PA Hibbert made his debut in Test matches
--> AD Ogilvie made his debut in Test matches
--> PM Toohey made his debut in Test matches
--> AL Mann made his debut in Test matches
--> SJ Rixon made his debut in Test matches
--> WM Clark made his debut in Test matches
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) passed his previous highest score of 39 in Test matches
--> SMH Kirmani (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 10
--> RB Simpson (2) passed 20000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 67
--> AG Hurst (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in Test matches
--> AL Mann reached 100 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed GR Viswanath, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> Madan Lal achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the Australia second innings (previous best was 5-134)
--> WM Clark reached 50 wickets in first-class matches when he dismissed Madan Lal, his 3rd wicket in the India second innings

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12th Men: KJ Hughes (Australia), S Venkataraghavan (India)

 

 

 

 

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