Australia v India
Australia won by 2 wickets
16 to 21 December 1977W.A.C.A
Australiawon by 2 wickets
394 & 342/887.2 ov
India
402 & 330/9d73.5 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
India innings
40279.6 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught | 4 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught | 88 | 151 | 195 | 13 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught | 90 | 156 | 228 | 7 | 0 | 57.7 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | bowled | 38 | 55 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 69.1 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 49 | 76 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 64.5 |
| Brijesh Patel | caught | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Syed Kirmani | caught | 38 | 64 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 59.4 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught | 37 | 60 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 61.7 |
| Madan Lal | bowled | 43 | 35 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 122.9 |
| Bishan Bedi | bowled | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0* | 10 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, nb 8 | 9 | |||||
| Total | all out, 79.6 overs (8-ball) | 402 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410
1-14 Sunil Gavaskar2-163 Chetan Chauhan3-224 Gundappa Viswanath4-229 Mohinder Amarnath5-235 Brijesh Patel6-311 Syed Kirmani7-319 Dilip Vengsarkar8-383 Madan Lal9-391 Bishan Bedi10-402 Srinivas Venkataraghavan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Thomson | 24 | 1 | 101 | 4 | 4.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 17 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 5.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gannon | 16.6 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 5.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mann | 11 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 5.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 11 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
394118.6 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyson | caught | 53 | 220 | 257 | 5 | 0 | 24.1 |
| Craig Serjeant | caught | 13 | 32 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 40.6 |
| David Ogilvie | bowled | 27 | 65 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Peter Toohey | stumped | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bob Simpson | caught | 176 | 355 | 388 | 17 | 0 | 49.6 |
| Steve Rixon | caught | 50 | 115 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 43.5 |
| Kim Hughes | caught | 28 | 75 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 37.3 |
| Tony Mann | caught | 7 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Wayne Clark | caught | 15 | 44 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 34.1 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 0* | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 25 | 25 | |||||
| Total | all out, 118.6 overs (8-ball) | 394 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410
1-19 Craig Serjeant2-61 David Ogilvie3-65 Peter Toohey4-149 John Dyson5-250 Steve Rixon6-321 Kim Hughes7-341 Tony Mann8-388 Bob Simpson9-388 Jeff Thomson10-394 Wayne Clark
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madan Lal | 15 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 16 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 33.6 | 6 | 114 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 31 | 6 | 89 | 5 | 2.87 | 0 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 23 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 2.39 | 0 | 0 |
India innings
330/9d73.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | bowled | 127 | 245 | 271 | 20 | 0 | 51.8 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught | 32 | 40 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught | 100 | 175 | 264 | 4 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 9 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 24.3 |
| Brijesh Patel | bowled | 27 | 40 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 67.5 |
| Syed Kirmani | lbw | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught | 14 | 41 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 34.1 |
| Madan Lal | bowled | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 0* | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 4, nb 10 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets declared, 73.5 overs (8-ball) | 330 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410
1-47 Chetan Chauhan2-240 Sunil Gavaskar3-244 Gundappa Viswanath4-283 Mohinder Amarnath5-287 Dilip Vengsarkar6-289 Syed Kirmani7-327 Srinivas Venkataraghavan8-328 Brijesh Patel9-330 Madan Lal
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Thomson | 21.5 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 3.01 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 18 | 1 | 83 | 2 | 4.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gannon | 18 | 2 | 77 | 4 | 4.28 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mann | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 6.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 8 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 5.13 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 339
342/887.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyson | caught | 4 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 |
| Craig Serjeant | caught | 12 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 31.6 |
| Tony Mann | caught | 105 | 165 | 183 | 10 | 0 | 63.6 |
| David Ogilvie | bowled | 47 | 180 | 208 | 4 | 0 | 26.1 |
| Peter Toohey | caught | 83 | 140 | 164 | 7 | 0 | 59.3 |
| Bob Simpson | run out | 39 | 92 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 42.4 |
| Kim Hughes | lbw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Steve Rixon | lbw | 23 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 67.6 |
| Wayne Clark | not out | 5* | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 |
| Jeff Thomson | not out | 6* | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 10 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 87.2 overs (8-ball) | 342 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 410
1-13 John Dyson2-33 Craig Serjeant3-172 Tony Mann4-195 David Ogilvie5-295 Bob Simpson6-296 Kim Hughes7-330 Peter Toohey8-330 Steve Rixon
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madan Lal | 11 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 15 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 4.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 30.2 | 6 | 105 | 5 | 3.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 28 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 3.07 | 0 | 0 |