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Test no. 811

India in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test
Australia v India

1977/78 season

Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, on 16,17,18,20,21 December 1977 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 2 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Rixon b Clark	4	28	33	0	0	12.12
	CPS Chauhan	c Gannon b Simpson	88	195	151	13	0	58.27
	M Amarnath	c Gannon b Thomson	90	228	156	7	0	57.69
	GR Viswanath	b Thomson	38	50	55	7	0	69.09
	DB Vengsarkar	c Rixon b Clark	49	105	76	7	0	64.47
	BP Patel	c Rixon b Thomson	3	9	8	0	0	37.50
	SMH Kirmani	c Rixon b Thomson	38	76	64	5	0	59.37
	S Venkataraghavan	c Simpson b Gannon	37	83	60	4	0	61.66
	S Madan Lal	b Gannon	43	44	35	7	0	122.85
	BS Bedi	b Gannon	3	0	4	0	0	75.00
	BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	27	10	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, nb 8)	9

	Total	(all out; 79.6 overs)	402	(3.78 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-14 (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	Econ
JR Thomson	24	1	101	4	3.15
WM Clark	17	0	95	2	4.19
JB Gannon	16.6	1	84	3	3.76
AL Mann	11	0	63	0	4.29
RB Simpson	11	0	50	1	3.40


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	J Dyson	c Patel b Bedi	53	257	220	5	0	24.09
	CS Serjeant	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	13	40	32	2	0	40.62
	AD Ogilvie	b Bedi	27	87	65	4	0	41.53
	PM Toohey	st Kirmani b Bedi	0	13	13	0	0	0.00
	RB Simpson	c Vengsarkar b Venkataraghavan	176	388	355	17	0	49.57
	SJ Rixon	c Kirmani b Amarnath	50	120	115	5	0	43.47
	KJ Hughes	c Patel b Bedi	28	80	75	3	0	37.33
	AL Mann	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	7	20	24	1	0	29.16
	WM Clark	c Patel b Chandrasekhar	15	58	44	1	0	34.09
	JR Thomson	c Amarnath b Venkataraghavan	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
	JB Gannon	not out	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 25)	25

	Total	(all out; 118.6 overs)	394	(2.48 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-19 (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	Econ
S Madan Lal	15	1	54	1	2.70
M Amarnath	16	2	57	1	2.67
BS Chandrasekhar	33.6	6	114	1	2.53
BS Bedi	31	6	89	5	2.15
S Venkataraghavan	23	4	55	2	1.79


India 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	b Clark	127	271	245	20	0	51.83
	CPS Chauhan	c Ogilvie b Thomson	32	56	40	7	0	80.00
	M Amarnath	c Rixon b Simpson	100	264	175	4	0	57.14
	GR Viswanath	c Rixon b Clark	1	10	11	0	0	9.09
	DB Vengsarkar	c Hughes b Gannon	9	46	37	1	0	24.32
	BP Patel	b Gannon	27	63	40	4	0	67.50
	SMH Kirmani	lbw b Gannon	2	1	2	0	0	100.00
	S Venkataraghavan	c Hughes b Gannon	14	46	41	1	0	34.14
	S Madan Lal	b Thomson	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
	BS Bedi	not out	0	8	3	0	0	0.00
	BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 10)	15

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 73.5 overs)	330	(3.36 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-47 (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	Econ
JR Thomson	21.5	3	65	2	2.25
WM Clark	18	1	83	2	3.45
JB Gannon	18	2	77	4	3.20
AL Mann	8	0	49	0	4.59
RB Simpson	8	2	41	1	3.84


Australia 2nd innings (target: 339 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	J Dyson	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	4	24	19	0	0	21.05
	CS Serjeant	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	12	38	38	1	0	31.57
	AL Mann	c Kirmani b Bedi	105	183	165	10	0	63.63
	AD Ogilvie	b Bedi	47	208	180	4	0	26.11
	PM Toohey	c Amarnath b Bedi	83	164	140	7	0	59.28
	RB Simpson	run out	39	95	92	3	0	42.39
	KJ Hughes	lbw b Madan Lal	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	SJ Rixon	lbw b Bedi	23	31	34	1	0	67.64
	WM Clark	not out	5	18	14	0	0	35.71
	JR Thomson	not out	6	13	15	1	0	40.00
	Extras	(b 8, lb 10)	18

	Total	(8 wickets; 87.2 overs)	342	(2.93 runs per 6 balls)

Did not bat JB Gannon

Fall of wickets1-13 (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	Econ
S Madan Lal	11	0	44	2	3.00
M Amarnath	3	0	22	0	5.50
BS Chandrasekhar	15	0	67	0	3.35
BS Bedi	30.2	6	105	5	2.60
S Venkataraghavan	28	9	86	0	2.30

Balls per over 8

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0

Test debuts J Dyson and JB Gannon (Australia)

Umpires RC Bailhache and RA French

Close of play
16 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 329/7 (S Venkataraghavan 11*, S Madan Lal 0*)
17 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 171/4 (RB Simpson 52*, SJ Rixon 16*)
18 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 67/1 (SM Gavaskar 20*, M Amarnath 10*)
19 Dec rest day
20 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 25/1 (CS Serjeant 9*, AL Mann 6*)
21 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 342/8 (87.2 ov) - end of match

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