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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
30, 31 December 1977, 2, 3, 4 January 1978 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Match Result: India won by 222 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Steve Rixon b Jeff Thomson | 0 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Tony Mann b Wayne Clark | 0 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Bob Simpson b Wayne Clark | 72 | 178 | 269 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Steve Rixon b Jeff Thomson | 59 | 95 | 154 | 4 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Bob Simpson b Jeff Thomson | 37 | 88 | 94 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ashok Mankad | c Wayne Clark b Sam Gannon | 44 | 100 | 119 | 1 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | lbw b Bob Simpson | 29 | 62 | 85 | 1 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Steve Rixon b Sam Gannon | 6 | 20 | 26 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | b Wayne Clark | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b Wayne Clark | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-0 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-105 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-174 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-180 (Mohinder Amarnath), 6-234 (Syed Kirmani), 7-254 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-254 (Ashok Mankad), 9-256 (Erapalli Prasanna), 256 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 69.2 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jeff Thomson | 16 | 2 | 78 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wayne Clark | 19.2 | 2 | 73 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sam Gannon | 14 | 2 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 12 | 3 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Mann | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | b Karsan Ghavri | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 2. Gary Cosier | c Chetan Chauhan b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 67 | 101 | 125 | 9 | - |
| 3. David Ogilvie | lbw b Karsan Ghavri | 6 | 10 | 23 | - | - |
| 4. Craig Serjeant | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 85 | 170 | 216 | 8 | - |
| *5. Bob Simpson | c Ashok Mankad b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 6. Peter Toohey | c Gundappa Viswanath b Bishan Bedi | 14 | 36 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 7. Tony Mann | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | - |
| +8. Steve Rixon | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 11 | 49 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 9. Wayne Clark | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 3 | 15 | 20 | - | - |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | c Karsan Ghavri b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Sam Gannon | not out | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (John Dyson), 2-18 (David Ogilvie), 3-122 (Gary Cosier), 4-124 (Bob Simpson), 5-166 (Peter Toohey), 6-178 (Tony Mann), 7-202 (Steve Rixon), 8-211 (Craig Serjeant), 9-211 (Wayne Clark), 213 (Jeff Thomson). |
| Extras | 6b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50.1 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 15 | 2 | 71 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 14.1 | 2 | 52 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Craig Serjeant b Sam Gannon | 118 | 0 | 351 | 12 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | run out ( > > ) | 20 | 27 | 45 | 2 | - |
| +3. Syed Kirmani | c Jeff Thomson b Tony Mann | 29 | 62 | 82 | 2 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | lbw b Wayne Clark | 54 | 94 | 114 | 4 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Gary Cosier b Wayne Clark | 6 | 20 | 18 | - | - |
| 6. Ashok Mankad | b Wayne Clark | 38 | 84 | 130 | 2 | - |
| 7. Mohinder Amarnath | b Gary Cosier | 41 | 100 | 115 | 3 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Bob Simpson b Wayne Clark | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | c Steve Rixon b Sam Gannon | 11 | 23 | 32 | 1 | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 12 | 0 | 30 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | lbw b Gary Cosier | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-40 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-89 (Syed Kirmani), 3-187 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-198 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-265 (Sunny Gavaskar), 6-286 (Ashok Mankad), 7-294 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-315 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-343 (Mohinder Amarnath), 343 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 7nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 88.7 ovs) 343 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jeff Thomson | 18 | 4 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wayne Clark | 29 | 3 | 96 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sam Gannon | 22 | 4 | 88 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 12.7 | 2 | 58 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Mann | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | lbw b Bishan Bedi | 12 | 31 | 48 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gary Cosier | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 34 | 55 | 63 | - | - |
| 3. David Ogilvie | c Chetan Chauhan b Bishan Bedi | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Craig Serjeant | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 17 | 41 | 43 | 1 | - |
| *5. Bob Simpson | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 4 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Peter Toohey | c Chetan Chauhan b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 14 | 53 | 52 | - | - |
| 7. Tony Mann | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 18 | 56 | 59 | 1 | 1 |
| +8. Steve Rixon | c & b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 12 | 49 | 49 | - | - |
| 9. Wayne Clark | c Karsan Ghavri b Bishan Bedi | 33 | 60 | 63 | 3 | - |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | c & b Bishan Bedi | 7 | 46 | 38 | - | - |
| 11. Sam Gannon | not out | 3 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-42 (John Dyson), 2-42 (David Ogilvie), 3-52 (Gary Cosier), 4-60 (Bob Simpson), 5-77 (Craig Serjeant), 6-98 (Peter Toohey), 7-115 (Tony Mann), 8-122 (Steve Rixon), 9-151 (Jeff Thomson), 164 (Wayne Clark). |
| Extras | 6b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 51.1 ovs) 164 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 16.1 | 5 | 58 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 20 | 3 | 52 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
John Dyson, Gary Cosier, David Ogilvie, Craig Serjeant, Bob Simpson, Peter Toohey, Tony Mann, Steve Rixon, Wayne Clark, Jeff Thomson, Sam Gannon