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Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
7, 8, 9, 11, 12 January 1978 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, TF Brooks
Match Result: India won by an innings and 2 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 26 | 114 | 136 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gary Cosier | b Mohinder Amarnath | 17 | 31 | 46 | 2 | - |
| 3. Peter Toohey | run out ( > > ) | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 4. Craig Serjeant | c Karsan Ghavri b Bishan Bedi | 4 | 35 | 41 | 1 | - |
| *5. Bob Simpson | c Syed Kirmani b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 38 | 0 | 113 | 2 | - |
| 6. Kim Hughes | b Bishan Bedi | 17 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Tony Mann | b Bishan Bedi | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| +8. Steve Rixon | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 17 | 68 | 70 | 1 | - |
| 9. Wayne Clark | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | not out | 1 | 10 | 21 | - | - |
| 11. Sam Gannon | c Mohinder Amarnath b Erapalli Prasanna | 0 | 6 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 131 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 13 | 3 | 49 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 15 | 3 | 30 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 7.4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Steve Rixon b Jeff Thomson | 49 | 0 | 144 | 5 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Tony Mann b Wayne Clark | 42 | 124 | 170 | 6 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Sam Gannon b Wayne Clark | 9 | 37 | 40 | 1 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Jeff Thomson | 79 | 182 | 202 | 6 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Steve Rixon b Gary Cosier | 48 | 121 | 208 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ashok Mankad | b Jeff Thomson | 16 | 23 | 22 | 2 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | b Gary Cosier | 42 | 61 | 95 | 3 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Craig Serjeant b Jeff Thomson | 64 | 123 | 142 | 5 | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | not out | 25 | 44 | 56 | 4 | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar |
| FOW | 1-97 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-102 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-116 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4-241 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-261 (Ashok Mankad), 6-263 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 7-344 (Syed Kirmani), 8-395 (Karsan Ghavri). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 101 ovs) 396 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jeff Thomson | 27 | 8 | 83 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wayne Clark | 21 | 3 | 66 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sam Gannon | 20 | 4 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Mann | 20 | 0 | 101 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 9 | 1 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. John Dyson | c & b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 6 | 51 | 67 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gary Cosier | b Bishan Bedi | 68 | 164 | 193 | 9 | - |
| 3. Kim Hughes | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Bishan Bedi | 19 | 0 | 94 | 2 | - |
| 4. Craig Serjeant | b Erapalli Prasanna | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| *5. Bob Simpson | lbw b Erapalli Prasanna | 33 | 0 | 131 | 2 | - |
| 6. Peter Toohey | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Karsan Ghavri | 85 | 258 | 231 | 9 | - |
| 7. Tony Mann | c & b Erapalli Prasanna | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| +8. Steve Rixon | c Gundappa Viswanath b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 11 | 27 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 9. Wayne Clark | b Erapalli Prasanna | 10 | 23 | 33 | 2 | - |
| 10. Jeff Thomson | b Karsan Ghavri | 16 | 55 | 72 | 2 | - |
| 11. Sam Gannon | not out | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (John Dyson), 2-87 (Kim Hughes), 3-88 (Craig Serjeant), 4-106 (Gary Cosier), 5-171 (Bob Simpson), 6-171 (Tony Mann), 7-194 (Steve Rixon), 8-221 (Wayne Clark), 9-257 (Peter Toohey), 263 (Jeff Thomson). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 98.7 ovs) 263 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 12.7 | 3 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 28 | 8 | 62 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 | 3 | 85 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 29 | 11 | 51 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
John Dyson, Gary Cosier, Kim Hughes, Craig Serjeant, Bob Simpson, Peter Toohey, Tony Mann, Steve Rixon, Wayne Clark, Jeff Thomson, Sam Gannon