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Australia v India @ Adelaide Oval
28, 29, 30 January, 1, 2, 3 February 1978 (six-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Match Result: Australia won by 47 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | st Syed Kirmani b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 39 | - | 104 | 5 | - |
| 2. Rick Darling | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 65 | - | 125 | 3 | - |
| 3. Graham Yallop | c Sunny Gavaskar b Mohinder Amarnath | 121 | - | 227 | 13 | - |
| 4. Peter Toohey | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 60 | - | 89 | 7 | 1 |
| *5. Bob Simpson | c Gundappa Viswanath b Karsan Ghavri | 100 | 0 | 264 | 6 | - |
| 6. Gary Cosier | b Karsan Ghavri | 1 | - | 7 | - | - |
| +7. Steve Rixon | b Bishan Bedi | 32 | - | 79 | - | - |
| 8. Bruce Yardley | c & b Karsan Ghavri | 22 | - | 46 | 1 | - |
| 9. Jeff Thomson | c Karsan Ghavri b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 | - | 55 | 1 | - |
| 10. Wayne Clark | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Ian Callen | not out | 22 | - | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| FOW | 1-89 (Graeme Wood), 2-110 (Rick Darling), 3-230 (Peter Toohey), 4-334 (Graham Yallop), 5-337 (Gary Cosier), 6-406 (Steve Rixon), 7-450 (Bruce Yardley), 8-457 (Bob Simpson), 9-458 (Wayne Clark), 505 (Jeff Thomson). |
| Extras | 4b, 14lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 112.4 ovs) 505 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 22 | 2 | 93 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 12 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 34 | 1 | 127 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 29.4 | 0 | 136 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Peter Toohey b Jeff Thomson | 7 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Gary Cosier b Wayne Clark | 15 | 20 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Gary Cosier b Jeff Thomson | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Steve Rixon b Ian Callen | 89 | 175 | 195 | 6 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Steve Rixon b Ian Callen | 44 | 203 | 214 | 2 | - |
| 6. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c Steve Rixon b Ian Callen | 27 | 87 | 95 | 1 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | run out ( > > ) | 48 | 95 | 117 | 6 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Bob Simpson b Wayne Clark | 3 | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | not out | 15 | 40 | 50 | 1 | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | c sub b Wayne Clark | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | c & b Wayne Clark | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-23 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-23 (Chetan Chauhan), 4-159 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-166 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-216 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 7-226 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-249 (Syed Kirmani), 9-263 (Bishan Bedi), 269 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.2 ovs) 269 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jeff Thomson | 3.3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Wayne Clark | 20.7 | 6 | 62 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Callen | 22 | 0 | 83 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 23 | 6 | 62 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Bishan Bedi | 8 | 24 | 35 | - | - |
| 2. Rick Darling | b Bishan Bedi | 56 | 0 | 116 | 7 | - |
| 3. Graham Yallop | b Bishan Bedi | 24 | 51 | 70 | 1 | - |
| 4. Peter Toohey | c Syed Kirmani b Erapalli Prasanna | 10 | 39 | 44 | 1 | - |
| *5. Bob Simpson | lbw b Karsan Ghavri | 51 | - | 177 | 1 | - |
| 6. Gary Cosier | st Syed Kirmani b Bishan Bedi | 34 | 105 | 90 | 4 | - |
| +7. Steve Rixon | run out ( > > ) | 13 | - | 50 | 1 | - |
| 8. Bruce Yardley | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Karsan Ghavri | 26 | - | 48 | 4 | - |
| 9. Wayne Clark | lbw b Karsan Ghavri | 1 | - | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Ian Callen | not out | 4 | - | 26 | - | - |
| 11. Jeff Thomson | c Mohinder Amarnath b Karsan Ghavri | 3 | - | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (Graeme Wood), 2-84 (Graham Yallop), 3-95 (Rick Darling), 4-107 (Peter Toohey), 5-172 (Gary Cosier), 6-210 (Steve Rixon), 7-214 (Bob Simpson), 8-240 (Wayne Clark), 9-248 (Bruce Yardley), 256 (Jeff Thomson). |
| Extras | 5b, 15lb, 3w, 3nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.5 ovs) 256 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Karsan Ghavri | 10.5 | 2 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 20 | 3 | 53 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 34 | 7 | 68 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 14 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Steve Rixon b Ian Callen | 29 | 0 | 29 | 3 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Graeme Wood b Bruce Yardley | 32 | 61 | 99 | 3 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Ian Callen b Bruce Yardley | 86 | - | 317 | 7 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Bob Simpson b Wayne Clark | 73 | - | 188 | 7 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Peter Toohey b Bruce Yardley | 78 | - | 188 | 6 | - |
| 6. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c & b Bruce Yardley | 12 | - | 99 | 1 | - |
| +7. Syed Kirmani | b Wayne Clark | 51 | 124 | 146 | 7 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c sub b Ian Callen | 23 | 90 | 109 | 3 | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | not out | 10 | 33 | 48 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | c Gary Cosier b Ian Callen | 16 | 0 | 26 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | c Steve Rixon b Bob Simpson | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-40 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-79 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-210 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-256 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-323 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 6-348 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 7-415 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-417 (Syed Kirmani), 9-442 (Bishan Bedi), 445 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 6b, 11lb, 0w, 16nb, 0pen) 33 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 141.4 ovs) 445 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Wayne Clark | 29 | 6 | 79 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Callen | 33 | 5 | 108 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gary Cosier | 13 | 6 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 43 | 6 | 134 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 23.4 | 6 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, Rick Darling, Graham Yallop, Peter Toohey, Bob Simpson, Gary Cosier, Steve Rixon, Bruce Yardley, Wayne Clark, Ian Callen, Jeff Thomson