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Wednesday, December 21, 1977

2nd Test: Australia v India at Perth, 16-21 Dec 1977

Test # 811 (810/27)
Australia v India, 1977/78, 2nd Test
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
16,17,18,20,21 December 1977 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia leads the 5-Test series 2-0

Toss: India
Umpires: RC Bailhache and RA French
Test Debuts: J Dyson, JB Gannon (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 329/7 (Venkataraghavan 11*, Madan Lal 0*)
  • Day 2: India 402, Australia 171/4 (Simpson 52*, Rixon 16*)
  • Day 3: Australia 394, India 67/1 (Gavaskar 20*, Amarnath 10*)
  • Day 4: India 330/9d, Australia 25/1 (Serjeant 9*, Mann 6*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar c Rixon b Clark 4 28 33 0 0
    CPS Chauhan c Gannon b Simpson 88 195 151 13 0
    M Amarnath c Gannon b Thomson 90 228 156 7 0
    GR Viswanath b Thomson 38 50 55 7 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Rixon b Clark 49 105 76 7 0
    BP Patel c Rixon b Thomson 3 9 8 0 0
    +SMH Kirmani c Rixon b Thomson 38 76 64 5 0
    S Venkataraghavan c Simpson b Gannon 37 83 60 4 0
    S Madan Lal b Gannon 43 44 35 7 0
    *BS Bedi b Gannon 3 0 4 0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar not out 0 27 10 0 0
    Extras (b 1, nb 8) 9
    Total (all out, 79.6 overs) 402

    FoW: 1-14 (Gavaskar), 2-163 (Chauhan), 3-224 (Viswanath),
    4-229 (Amarnath), 5-235 (Patel), 6-311 (Kirmani),
    7-319 (Vengsarkar), 8-383 (Madan Lal), 9-391 (Bedi),
    10-402 (Venkataraghavan).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 24 1 101 4
    Clark 17 0 95 2
    Gannon 16.6 1 84 3
    Mann 11 0 63 0
    Simpson 11 0 50 1

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    J Dyson c Patel b Bedi 53 257 220 5 0
    CS Serjeant c Kirmani b Madan Lal 13 40 32 2 0
    AD Ogilvie b Bedi 27 87 65 4 0
    PM Toohey st Kirmani b Bedi 0 13 13 0 0
    *RB Simpson c Vengsarkar b Venkataraghavan 176 388 355 17 0
    +SJ Rixon c Kirmani b Amarnath 50 120 115 5 0
    KJ Hughes c Patel b Bedi 28 80 75 3 0
    AL Mann c Vengsarkar b Bedi 7 20 24 1 0
    WM Clark c Patel b Chandrasekhar 15 58 44 1 0
    JR Thomson c Amarnath b Venkataraghavan 0 2 5 0 0
    JB Gannon not out 0 2 1 0 0
    Extras (lb 25) 25
    Total (all out, 118.6 overs) 394

    FoW: 1-19 (Serjeant), 2-61 (Ogilvie), 3-65 (Toohey),
    4-149 (Dyson), 5-250 (Rixon), 6-321 (Hughes), 7-341 (Mann),
    8-388 (Simpson), 9-388 (Thomson), 10-394 (Clark).

    Bowling O M R W
    Madan Lal 15 1 54 1
    Amarnath 16 2 57 1
    Chandrasekhar 33.6 6 114 1
    Bedi 31 6 89 5
    Venkataraghavan 23 4 55 2

    India 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    SM Gavaskar b Clark 127 271 245 20 0
    CPS Chauhan c Ogilvie b Thomson 32 56 40 7 0
    M Amarnath c Rixon b Simpson 100 264 175 4 0
    GR Viswanath c Rixon b Clark 1 10 11 0 0
    DB Vengsarkar c Hughes b Gannon 9 46 37 1 0
    BP Patel b Gannon 27 63 40 4 0
    +SMH Kirmani lbw b Gannon 2 1 2 0 0
    S Venkataraghavan c Hughes b Gannon 14 46 41 1 0
    S Madan Lal b Thomson 3 7 7 0 0
    *BS Bedi not out 0 8 3 0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar not out 0 1 1 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 10) 15
    Total (9 wickets declared, 73.5 overs) 330

    FoW: 1-47 (Chauhan), 2-240 (Gavaskar), 3-244 (Viswanath),
    4-283 (Amarnath), 5-287 (Vengsarkar), 6-289 (Kirmani),
    7-327 (Venkataraghavan), 8-328 (Patel), 9-330 (Madan Lal).

    Bowling O M R W
    Thomson 21.5 3 65 2
    Clark 18 1 83 2
    Gannon 18 2 77 4
    Mann 8 0 49 0
    Simpson 8 2 41 1

    Australia 2nd innings (target: 339 runs) R M B 4 6
    J Dyson c Vengsarkar b Bedi 4 24 19 0 0
    CS Serjeant c Kirmani b Madan Lal 12 38 38 1 0
    AL Mann c Kirmani b Bedi 105 183 165 10 0
    AD Ogilvie b Bedi 47 208 180 4 0
    PM Toohey c Amarnath b Bedi 83 164 140 7 0
    *RB Simpson run out 39 95 92 3 0
    KJ Hughes lbw b Madan Lal 0 2 1 0 0
    +SJ Rixon lbw b Bedi 23 31 34 1 0
    WM Clark not out 5 18 14 0 0
    JR Thomson not out 6 13 15 1 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 10) 18
    Total (8 wickets, 87.2 overs) 342

    DNB: JB Gannon.

    FoW: 1-13 (Dyson), 2-33 (Serjeant), 3-172 (Mann),
    4-195 (Ogilvie), 5-295 (Simpson), 6-296 (Hughes),
    7-330 (Toohey), 8-330 (Rixon).

    Bowling O M R W
    Madan Lal 11 0 44 2
    Amarnath 3 0 22 0
    Chandrasekhar 15 0 67 0
    Bedi 30.2 6 105 5
    Venkataraghavan 28 9 86 0
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