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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26, 27, 28, 29, 30 December 1985 (five-day match)
Toss: India (field)
Umpires: RA French, RC Isherwood
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Wayne Phillips | b Shivlal Yadav | 7 | 65 | 77 | - | - |
| 2. David Boon | lbw b Ravi Shastri | 14 | 46 | 57 | 1 | - |
| 3. Geoff Marsh | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan b Shivlal Yadav | 30 | 131 | 163 | 3 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c & b Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 11 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. David Hookes | b Ravi Shastri | 42 | 67 | 66 | 6 | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | c Kapil Dev b Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 32 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 7. Greg Matthews | not out | 100 | 152 | 195 | 9 | 2 |
| 8. Ray Bright | b Ravi Shastri | 28 | 76 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | c Kapil Dev b Ravi Shastri | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 10. Bruce Reid | c Kris Srikkanth b Kapil Dev | 1 | 21 | 29 | - | - |
| 11. Dave Gilbert | c Syed Kirmani b Shivlal Yadav | 4 | 19 | 49 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (David Boon), 2-26 (Wayne Phillips), 3-41 (Allan Border), 4-90 (David Hookes), 5-109 (Steve Waugh), 6-127 (Geoff Marsh), 7-193 (Ray Bright), 8-195 (Craig McDermott), 9-216 (Bruce Reid), 262 (Dave Gilbert). |
| Extras | 5b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 103.5 ovs) 262 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 23 | 6 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roger Binny | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 37 | 13 | 87 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 27.5 | 10 | 64 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 2 | 51 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Dave Gilbert | 6 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | lbw b Dave Gilbert | 86 | 0 | 105 | 16 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Wayne Phillips b Bruce Reid | 45 | 128 | 163 | 5 | - |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | c & b Greg Matthews | 75 | 239 | 320 | 6 | - |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | b Greg Matthews | 37 | 111 | 145 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ravi Shastri | c Wayne Phillips b Steve Waugh | 49 | 173 | 230 | 1 | - |
| *7. Kapil Dev | c David Hookes b Bruce Reid | 55 | 0 | 78 | 6 | - |
| 8. Roger Binny | c Greg Matthews b Bruce Reid | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| +9. Syed Kirmani | c Wayne Phillips b Steve Waugh | 35 | 45 | 59 | 4 | - |
| 10. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | c Wayne Phillips b Bruce Reid | 15 | 28 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 11. Shivlal Yadav | not out | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-116 (Kris Srikkanth), 3-172 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4-246 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-291 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-370 (Kapil Dev), 7-372 (Roger Binny), 8-420 (Ravi Shastri), 9-425 (Syed Kirmani), 445 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan). |
| Extras | 4b, 15lb, 0w, 17nb, 0pen) 36 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 148.2 ovs) 445 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 15 | 5 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dave Gilbert | 22 | 1 | 81 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 38.2 | 11 | 100 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 31 | 8 | 76 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 31 | 7 | 81 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 11 | 5 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan b Ravi Shastri | 19 | 40 | 66 | 3 | - |
| 2. David Boon | c & b Kapil Dev | 19 | 43 | 43 | 2 | - |
| *3. Allan Border | st Syed Kirmani b Shivlal Yadav | 163 | 0 | 410 | 16 | - |
| 4. David Hookes | c Kris Srikkanth b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Steve Waugh | b Ravi Shastri | 5 | 20 | 31 | 1 | - |
| 6. Greg Matthews | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 16 | 65 | 71 | 1 | - |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | c Kris Srikkanth b Shivlal Yadav | 13 | 42 | 48 | 2 | - |
| 8. Ray Bright | lbw b Kapil Dev | 20 | 78 | 71 | 3 | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | c & b Ravi Shastri | 2 | 9 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Bruce Reid | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan b Shivlal Yadav | 13 | 24 | 36 | - | - |
| 11. Dave Gilbert | not out | 10 | 65 | 113 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (David Boon), 2-54 (Geoff Marsh), 3-54 (David Hookes), 4-84 (Steve Waugh), 5-126 (Greg Matthews), 6-161 (Wayne Phillips), 7-202 (Ray Bright), 8-205 (Craig McDermott), 9-231 (Bruce Reid), 308 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 11b, 16lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 28 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 123.5 ovs) 308 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 22 | 7 | 53 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 47 | 13 | 92 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 38.5 | 15 | 84 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Bruce Reid | 8 | 0 | 68 | - | - |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | c Ray Bright b Bruce Reid | 38 | 0 | 94 | 3 | - |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | not out | 3 | 27 | 40 | - | - |
| 4. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 1 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | ||||||
| 6. Ravi Shastri | ||||||
| *7. Kapil Dev | ||||||
| 8. Roger Binny | ||||||
| +9. Syed Kirmani | ||||||
| 10. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | ||||||
| 11. Shivlal Yadav |
| FOW | 1-39 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-57 (Kris Srikkanth). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 25 ovs) 59 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dave Gilbert | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 8 | 1 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Allan Border, David Hookes, Steve Waugh, Greg Matthews, Wayne Phillips, Ray Bright, Craig McDermott, Bruce Reid, Dave Gilbert