Australia v India
India won by 222 runs
30 December 1977 to 4 January 1978Melbourne
Australia
213 & 16451.1 ov
Indiawon by 222 runs
256 & 34388.7 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
25669.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | caught | 72 | 178 | 269 | 3 | 0 | 40.4 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught | 59 | 95 | 154 | 4 | 0 | 62.1 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 37 | 88 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 |
| Ashok Mankad | caught | 44 | 100 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 |
| Syed Kirmani | lbw | 29 | 62 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 46.8 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught | 6 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | bowled | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 2* | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | bowled | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 3, nb 4 | 7 | |||||
| Total | all out, 69.2 overs (8-ball) | 256 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-0 Chetan Chauhan2-0 Sunil Gavaskar3-105 Gundappa Viswanath4-174 Dilip Vengsarkar5-180 Mohinder Amarnath6-234 Syed Kirmani7-254 Karsan Ghavri8-254 Ashok Mankad9-256 Erapalli Prasanna10-256 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Thomson | 16 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 4.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 19.2 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 3.79 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gannon | 14 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 3.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cosier | 12 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mann | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
21350.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyson | bowled | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Gary Cosier | caught | 67 | 101 | 125 | 9 | 0 | 66.3 |
| David Ogilvie | lbw | 6 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Craig Serjeant | bowled | 85 | 170 | 216 | 8 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Bob Simpson | caught | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Peter Toohey | caught | 14 | 36 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 38.9 |
| Tony Mann | caught | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Steve Rixon | lbw | 11 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| Wayne Clark | lbw | 3 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 0* | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 7, nb 1 | 14 | |||||
| Total | all out, 50.1 overs (8-ball) | 213 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-0 John Dyson2-18 David Ogilvie3-122 Gary Cosier4-124 Bob Simpson5-166 Peter Toohey6-178 Tony Mann7-202 Steve Rixon8-211 Craig Serjeant9-211 Wayne Clark10-213 Jeff Thomson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karsan Ghavri | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 15 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 4.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 14.1 | 2 | 52 | 6 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
India innings
34388.7 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught | 118 | 285 | 351 | 12 | 0 | 41.4 |
| Chetan Chauhan | run out | 20 | 27 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 74.1 |
| Syed Kirmani | caught | 29 | 62 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 46.8 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | lbw | 54 | 94 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 57.4 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 6 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 |
| Ashok Mankad | bowled | 38 | 84 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 45.2 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 41 | 100 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 41.0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | caught | 11 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 47.8 |
| Bishan Bedi | not out | 12* | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | lbw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 1, nb 7 | 8 | |||||
| Total | all out, 88.7 overs (8-ball) | 343 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-40 Chetan Chauhan2-89 Syed Kirmani3-187 Gundappa Viswanath4-198 Dilip Vengsarkar5-265 Sunil Gavaskar6-286 Ashok Mankad7-294 Karsan Ghavri8-315 Erapalli Prasanna9-343 Mohinder Amarnath10-343 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Thomson | 18 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 2.61 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Clark | 29 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Gannon | 22 | 4 | 88 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cosier | 12.7 | 2 | 58 | 2 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Mann | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 387
16451.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Dyson | lbw | 12 | 31 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 38.7 |
| Gary Cosier | bowled | 34 | 55 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 61.8 |
| David Ogilvie | caught | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Craig Serjeant | bowled | 17 | 41 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 41.5 |
| Bob Simpson | lbw | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Peter Toohey | caught | 14 | 53 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 26.4 |
| Tony Mann | caught | 18 | 56 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 32.1 |
| Steve Rixon | caught | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 |
| Wayne Clark | caught | 33 | 60 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 55.0 |
| Jeff Thomson | caught | 7 | 46 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 |
| Sam Gannon | not out | 3* | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 4 | 10 | |||||
| Total | all out, 51.1 overs (8-ball) | 164 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-42 John Dyson2-42 David Ogilvie3-52 Gary Cosier4-60 Bob Simpson5-77 Craig Serjeant6-98 Peter Toohey7-115 Tony Mann8-122 Steve Rixon9-151 Jeff Thomson10-164 Wayne Clark
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karsan Ghavri | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 16.1 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 20 | 3 | 52 | 6 | 2.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |