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Test Match #812 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard       
1977-1978 Australia v India - 3rd Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
30th December, 1977
 
 Australia 213 & 164
India 256 & 343
 
India won by 222 runs

India 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Sunil Gavaskar c †Rixon b Thomson 0  9  0  0 0.00
Chetandra Chauhan c Mann b Clark 0  6  0  0 0.00
Mohinder Amarnath c Simpson b Clark 72  178  3  0 40.45  28.13%
Gundappa Viswanath c †Rixon b Thomson 59  95  4  0 62.11  23.05%
Dillip Vengsarkar c Simpson b Thomson 37  88  2  0 42.05  14.45%
Ashok Mankad c Clark b Gannon 44  100  1  0 44.00  17.19%
Syed Kirmani† lbw b Simpson 29  62  1  0 46.77  11.33%
Karsan Ghavri c †Rixon b Gannon 6  20  0  0 30.00  2.34%
Erapally Prasanna b Clark 0  1  0  0 0.00
Bishen Bedi* not out 2  1  0  0 200.00  0.78%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Clark 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 3, nb 4) 7  
Total All Out   (69.2 overs @ 3.69 rpo) 256  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-0  Chauhan   2-0  Gavaskar   3-105  Viswanath   4-174  Vengsarkar   
5-180  Amarnath   6-234  Kirmani   7-254  Ghavri   8-254  Mankad   
9-256  Prasanna   10-256  Chandrasekhar   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Jeff Thomson 16.0 2 78 3 4.88  30.00%
Wayne Clark 19.2 2 73 4 3.78  40.00%
John Gannon 14.0 2 47 2 3.36  20.00%
Gary Cosier 12.0 3 25 0 2.08
Bob Simpson 3.0 1 11 1 3.67  10.00%
Anthony Mann 5.0 1 15 0 3.00
 
Australia 1st Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
John Dyson b Ghavri 0  2  0  0 0.00
Gary Cosier c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 67  101  9  0 66.34  31.46%
David Ogilvie lbw b Ghavri 6  10  0  0 60.00  2.82%
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 85  170  8  0 50.00  39.91%
Bob Simpson* c Mankad b Chandrasekhar 2  3  0  0 66.67  0.94%
Peter Toohey c Viswanath b Bedi 14  36  1  0 38.89  6.57%
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Bedi 11  12  1  0 91.67  5.16%
Steve Rixon† lbw b Chandrasekhar 11  49  1  0 22.45  5.16%
Wayne Clark lbw b Chandrasekhar 3  15  0  0 20.00  1.41%
Jeff Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 0  2  0  0 0.00
John Gannon not out 0  2  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 6, lb 7, nb 1) 14  
Total All Out   (50.1 overs @ 4.25 rpo) 213  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-0  Dyson   2-18  Ogilvie   3-122  Cosier   4-124  Simpson   
5-166  Toohey   6-178  Mann   7-202  Rixon   8-211  Serjeant   
9-211  Clark   10-213  Thomson   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 9.0 0 37 2 4.11  20.00%
Sunil Gavaskar 2.0 0 7 0 3.50
Bishen Bedi 15.0 2 71 2 4.73  20.00%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 14.1 2 52 6 3.67  60.00%
Erapally Prasanna 10.0 1 32 0 3.20
 
India 2nd Innings R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Serjeant b Gannon 118  285  12  0 41.40  34.40%
Chetandra Chauhan run out 20  27  2  0 74.07  5.83%
Syed Kirmani† c Thomson b Mann 29  62  2  0 46.77  8.45%
Gundappa Viswanath lbw b Clark 54  94  4  0 57.45  15.74%
Dillip Vengsarkar c Cosier b Clark 6  20  0  0 30.00  1.75%
Ashok Mankad b Clark 38  84  2  0 45.24  11.08%
Mohinder Amarnath b Cosier 41  100  3  0 41.00  11.95%
Karsan Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 6  10  1  0 60.00  1.75%
Erapally Prasanna c †Rixon b Gannon 11  23  1  0 47.83  3.21%
Bishen Bedi* not out 12  12  0  0 100.00  3.50%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar lbw b Cosier 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 1, nb 7) 8  
Total All Out   (88.7 overs @ 3.85 rpo) 343  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-40  Chauhan   2-89  Kirmani   3-187  Viswanath   4-198  Vengsarkar   
5-265  Gavaskar   6-286  Mankad   7-294  Ghavri   8-315  Prasanna   
9-343  Amarnath   10-343  Chandrasekhar   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Jeff Thomson 18.0 4 47 0 2.61
Wayne Clark 29.0 3 96 4 3.31  40.00%
John Gannon 22.0 4 88 2 4.00  20.00%
Gary Cosier 12.7 2 58 2 4.41  20.00%
Bob Simpson 3.0 0 22 0 7.33
Anthony Mann 4.0 0 24 1 6.00  10.00%
 
Australia 2nd Innings (target 387) R BF 4s 6s SR      % of Total
John Dyson lbw b Bedi 12  31  1  0 38.71  7.32%
Gary Cosier b Chandrasekhar 34  55  0  0 61.82  20.73%
David Ogilvie c Chauhan b Bedi 0  4  0  0 0.00
Craig Serjeant b Chandrasekhar 17  41  1  0 41.46  10.37%
Bob Simpson* lbw b Chandrasekhar 4  7  0  0 57.14  2.44%
Peter Toohey c Chauhan b Chandrasekhar 14  53  0  0 26.42  8.54%
Anthony Mann c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 18  56  1  1 32.14  10.98%
Steve Rixon† c & b Chandrasekhar 12  49  0  0 24.49  7.32%
Wayne Clark c Ghavri b Bedi 33  60  3  0 55.00  20.12%
Jeff Thomson c & b Bedi 7  46  0  0 15.22  4.27%
John Gannon not out 3  8  0  0 37.50  1.83%
Extras (b 6, lb 4) 10  
Total All Out   (51.1 overs @ 3.21 rpo) 164  
 
Fall of Wickets
1-42  Dyson   2-42  Ogilvie   3-52  Cosier   4-60  Simpson   
5-77  Serjeant   6-98  Toohey   7-115  Mann   8-122  Rixon   
9-151  Thomson   10-164  Clark   
 
Bowling O M R W ER      % of Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 4.0 0 29 0 7.25
Bishen Bedi 16.1 5 58 4 3.59  40.00%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 20.0 3 52 6 2.60  60.00%
Erapally Prasanna 8.0 4 5 0 0.63
Mohinder Amarnath 3.0 0 10 0 3.33
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1977-1978 Australia v India - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #812
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - India 1st innings 234/6 (AV Mankad 30*)
Day 2 - India 2nd innings 50/1 (SM Gavaskar 25*, SMH Kirmani 5*)
Day 3 - India 2nd innings 234/4 (SM Gavaskar 103*, AV Mankad 15*)
Day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 123/8 (WM Clark 2*, JR Thomson 0*)
Day 5 - Australia 2nd Innings 164, 51.1 overs - end of match

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