India v Australia
India won by an innings and 219 runs
18 to 21 March 1998Eden Gardens
Indiawon by an innings and 219 runs
633/5d159 ov
Australia
233 & 18188.4 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.
Australia innings
23389.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Slater | caught | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Taylor | caught | 3 | 21 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Greg Blewett | bowled | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Waugh | lbw | 10 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 52.6 |
| Steve Waugh | run out | 80 | 175 | 229 | 13 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Ricky Ponting | bowled | 60 | 127 | 149 | 7 | 0 | 47.2 |
| Ian Healy | caught | 1 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Shane Warne | caught | 11 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 64.7 |
| Gavin Robertson | lbw | 29 | 99 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 29.3 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | caught | 25 | 83 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 30.1 |
| Paul Wilson | not out | 0* | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 2, nb 12 | 14 | |||||
| Total | all out, 89.4 overs | 233 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-1 Michael Slater2-1 Greg Blewett3-15 Mark Waugh4-29 Mark Taylor5-141 Ricky Ponting6-151 Ian Healy7-168 Shane Warne8-178 Steve Waugh9-232 Michael Kasprowicz10-233 Gavin Robertson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 17 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 4.71 | 0 | 10 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 13.4 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 2.05 | 0 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | 28 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 1.57 | 0 | 1 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 17 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2.73 | 0 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
India innings
633/5d159 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VVS Laxman | caught | 95 | 161 | 225 | 16 | 0 | 59.0 |
| Navjot Sidhu | lbw | 97 | 152 | 204 | 16 | 0 | 63.8 |
| Rahul Dravid | caught | 86 | 150 | 209 | 12 | 0 | 57.3 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | caught | 79 | 86 | 109 | 12 | 2 | 91.9 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 163* | 246 | 311 | 18 | 3 | 66.3 |
| Sourav Ganguly | caught | 65 | 128 | 175 | 6 | 1 | 50.8 |
| Nayan Mongia | not out | 30* | 44 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 68.2 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 7, nb 9 | 18 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets declared, 159 overs | 633 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-191 Navjot Sidhu2-207 VVS Laxman3-347 Sachin Tendulkar4-400 Rahul Dravid5-558 Sourav Ganguly
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kasprowicz | 34 | 6 | 122 | 1 | 3.59 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Wilson | 12 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 4.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Blewett | 20 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 42 | 4 | 147 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Gavin Robertson | 33 | 2 | 163 | 2 | 4.94 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 18 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 4.28 | 0 | 3 |
Australia innings
18188.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Taylor | run out | 45 | 116 | 187 | 5 | 0 | 38.8 |
| Michael Slater | bowled | 5 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 |
| Greg Blewett | lbw | 25 | 76 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 32.9 |
| Mark Waugh | caught | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ricky Ponting | caught | 9 | 25 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Ian Healy | lbw | 38 | 104 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 36.5 |
| Steve Waugh | lbw | 33 | 138 | 173 | 5 | 0 | 23.9 |
| Shane Warne | caught | 9 | 33 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Gavin Robertson | caught | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kasprowicz | caught | 10 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 |
| Paul Wilson | not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 3, nb 3 | 7 | |||||
| Total | all out, 88.4 overs | 181 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-7 Michael Slater2-55 Greg Blewett3-56 Mark Waugh4-81 Ricky Ponting5-91 Mark Taylor6-133 Ian Healy7-158 Shane Warne8-158 Gavin Robertson9-181 Steve Waugh10-181 Michael Kasprowicz
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 19 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 2.32 | 0 | 2 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2.25 | 0 | 1 |
| Anil Kumble | 31 | 10 | 62 | 5 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 18.4 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 16 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 |