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Test Match #816 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1977-1978 Australia v India - 5th Test
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
28th January, 1978
 
 Australia 505 & 256
India 269 & 445
Australia won by 47 runs

 
Australia   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood st †Kirmani b Chandrasekhar 39  95  5  0 41.05 7.72%
Rick Darling c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar 65  115  3  0 56.52 12.87%
Graham Yallop c Gavaskar b Amarnath 121  215  13  0 56.28 23.96%
Peter Toohey c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar 60  80  7  1 75.00 11.88%
Bob Simpson* c Viswanath b Ghavri 100  200  6  0 50.00 19.80%
Gary Cosier b Ghavri 1  5  0  0 20.00 0.20%
Steve Rixon† b Bedi 32  72  0  0 44.44 6.34%
Bruce Yardley c & b Ghavri 22  37  1  0 59.46 4.36%
Jeff Thomson c Ghavri b Chandrasekhar 24  47  1  0 51.06 4.75%
Wayne Clark b Chandrasekhar 0  2  0  0 0.00
Ian Callen not out 22  31  2  1 70.97 4.36%
Extras (b 4, lb 14, nb 1) 19  
Total All Out   (112.4 overs @ 4.48 rpo) 505
Fall of Wickets
 
1-89 Wood, 2-110 Darling, 3-230 Toohey, 4-334 Yallop, 5-337 Cosier, 6-406 Rixon,
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7-450 Yardley, 8-457 Simpson, 9-458 Clark, 10-505 Thomson
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 22.0 2 93 3 4.23 30.00
Mohinder Amarnath 12.0 0 45 1 3.75 10.00
Bishen Bedi 34.0 1 127 1 3.74 10.00
Erapally Prasanna 10.0 1 48 0 4.80
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 29.4 0 136 5 4.58 50.00
Anshuman Gaekwad 5.0 0 37 0 7.40
 
 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Toohey b Thomson 7  18  1  0 38.89 2.60%
Chetandra Chauhan c Cosier b Clark 15  20  2  0 75.00 5.58%
Mohinder Amarnath c Cosier b Thomson 0  5  0  0 0.00
Gundappa Viswanath c †Rixon b Callen 89  175  6  0 50.86 33.09%
Dillip Vengsarkar c †Rixon b Callen 44  203  2  0 21.67 16.36%
Anshuman Gaekwad c †Rixon b Callen 27  87  1  0 31.03 10.04%
Syed Kirmani† run out 48  95  6  0 50.53 17.84%
Karsan Ghavri c Simpson b Clark 3  15  0  0 20.00 1.12%
Erapally Prasanna not out 15  40  1  0 37.50 5.58%
Bishen Bedi* c sub b Clark 6  8  1  0 75.00 2.23%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar c & b Clark 2  3  0  0 66.67 0.74%
Extras (b 4, lb 1, nb 8) 13  
Total All Out   (82.4 overs @ 3.25 rpo) 269
Fall of Wickets
 
1-23 Gavaskar, 2-23 Amarnath, 3-23 Chauhan, 4-159 Viswanath, 5-166 Vengsarkar,
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6-216 Gaekwad, 7-226 Ghavri, 8-249 Kirmani, 9-263 Bedi, 10-269 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Jeff Thomson 3.3 1 12 2 3.43 20.00
Wayne Clark 20.7 6 62 4 2.93 40.00
Ian Callen 22.0 0 83 3 3.77 30.00
Gary Cosier 4.0 3 4 0 1.00
Bruce Yardley 23.0 6 62 0 2.70
Bob Simpson 9.0 0 33 0 3.67
 
 
Australia   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Graeme Wood c Vengsarkar b Bedi 8  24  0  0 33.33 3.13%
Rick Darling b Bedi 56  122  7  0 45.90 21.88%
Graham Yallop b Bedi 24  51  1  0 47.06 9.38%
Peter Toohey c †Kirmani b Prasanna 10  39  1  0 25.64 3.91%
Bob Simpson* lbw b Ghavri 51  81  1  0 62.96 19.92%
Gary Cosier st †Kirmani b Bedi 34  105  4  0 32.38 13.28%
Steve Rixon† run out 13  27  1  0 48.15 5.08%
Bruce Yardley c Vengsarkar b Ghavri 26  28  4  0 92.86 10.16%
Wayne Clark lbw b Ghavri 1  7  0  0 14.29 0.39%
Ian Callen not out 4  9  0  0 44.44 1.56%
Jeff Thomson c Amarnath b Ghavri 3  5  0  0 60.00 1.17%
Extras (b 5, lb 15, w 3, nb 3) 26  
Total All Out   (82.5 overs @ 3.09 rpo) 256
Fall of Wickets
 
1-17 Wood, 2-84 Yallop, 3-95 Darling, 4-107 Toohey, 5-172 Cosier, 6-210 Rixon,
nbsp;
7-214 Simpson, 8-240 Clark, 9-248 Yardley, 10-256 Thomson
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Karsan Ghavri 10.5 2 45 4 4.15 40.00
Mohinder Amarnath 4.0 0 12 0 3.00
Bishen Bedi 20.0 3 53 4 2.65 40.00
Erapally Prasanna 34.0 7 68 1 2.00 10.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 14.0 0 52 0 3.71
 
 
India   2nd Innings  (target 493)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c †Rixon b Callen 29  54  3  0 53.70 6.52%
Chetandra Chauhan c Wood b Yardley 32  61  3  0 52.46 7.19%
Mohinder Amarnath c Callen b Yardley 86    7  0   19.33%
Gundappa Viswanath c Simpson b Clark 73    7  0   16.40%
Dillip Vengsarkar c Toohey b Yardley 78    6  0   17.53%
Anshuman Gaekwad c & b Yardley 12    1  0   2.70%
Syed Kirmani† b Clark 51  124  7  0 41.13 11.46%
Karsan Ghavri c sub b Callen 23  90  3  0 25.56 5.17%
Erapally Prasanna not out 10  33  0  0 30.30 2.25%
Bishen Bedi* c Cosier b Callen 16  21  0  0 76.19 3.60%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar c †Rixon b Simpson 2  7  0  0 28.57 0.45%
Extras (b 6, lb 11, nb 16) 33  
Total All Out   (141.4 overs @ 3.14 rpo) 445
Fall of Wickets
 
1-40 Gavaskar, 2-79 Chauhan, 3-210 Viswanath, 4-256 Amarnath, 5-323 Gaekwad,
nbsp;
6-348 Vengsarkar, 7-415 Ghavri, 8-417 Kirmani, 9-442 Bedi, 10-445 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Wayne Clark 29.0 6 79 2 2.72 20.00
Ian Callen 33.0 5 108 3 3.27 30.00
Gary Cosier 13.0 6 21 0 1.62
Bruce Yardley 43.0 6 134 4 3.12 40.00
Bob Simpson 23.4 6 70 1 2.96 10.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1977-1978 Australia v India - 5th Test
Match No. Test #816
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - Australia 1st innings 353/5 (RB Simpson 54*, SJ Rixon 8*)
Day 2 - India 1st innings 131/3 (GR Viswanath 79*, DB Vengsarkar 26*)
Day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 103/3 (PM Toohey 9*, RB Simpson 2*)
Day 4 - India 2nd innings 101/2 (M Amarnath 21*, GR Viswanath 9*)
Day 5 - India 2nd innings 362/6 (SMH Kirmani 14*, KD Ghavri 6*)
Day 6 - India 2nd Innings 445, 141.4 overs - end of match

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