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Test no. 787

New Zealand in India Test Series - 3rd Test
India v New Zealand

1976/77 season

Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, on 26,27,28,30 November, 1,2 December 1976 (6-day match)

Result India won by 216 runs


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	SM Gavaskar	b Cairns	2		0	0
	AD Gaekwad	c Parker b Cairns	0		0	0
	M Amarnath	c Petherick b Cairns	21			0
	GR Viswanath	c Lees b Hadlee	87	251	8	1
	BP Patel	run out	33		4	0
	AV Mankad	b Cairns	14			0
	SMH Kirmani	lbw b Petherick	44	170	3	0
	KD Ghavri	c Petherick b Hadlee	8			0
	S Venkataraghavan	c sub b Cairns	64	183	4	1
	BS Bedi	c Cairns b Hadlee	5			0
	BS Chandrasekhar	not out	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 7, lb 8, w 1, nb 3)	19

	Total	(all out; 133.1 overs)	298	(2.23 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Gaekwad), 2-3 (Gavaskar), 3-60 (Amarnath), 4-137 (Patel), 5-167 (Viswanath), 6-167 (Mankad), 7-181 (Ghavri), 8-255 (Kirmani), 9-276 (Bedi), 10-298 (Venkataraghavan)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	21	7	37	3	1.76
BL Cairns	33.1	11	55	5	1.65
ADG Roberts	17	5	32	0	1.88
DR O'Sullivan	34	9	69	0	2.02
PJ Petherick	25	5	77	1	3.08
GP Howarth	3	1	9	0	3.00


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	GM Turner	c Kirmani b Chandrasekhar	37	147	3	0
	JFM Morrison	c Kirmani b Ghavri	7			0
	JM Parker	c Patel b Ghavri	9			0
	MG Burgess	b Bedi	40	91	3	1
	ADG Roberts	c Venkataraghavan b Chandrasekhar	1		0	0
	GP Howarth	c Venkataraghavan b Bedi	3		0	0
	WK Lees	c Venkataraghavan b Bedi	9			0
	RJ Hadlee	c Gaekwad b Bedi	21	28	0	2
	BL Cairns	c Mankad b Bedi	5			0
	DR O'Sullivan	c Venkataraghavan b Chandrasekhar	0		0	0
	PJ Petherick	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 5)	8

	Total	(all out; 55.4 overs)	140	(2.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-17 (Morrison), 2-37 (Parker), 3-91 (Turner), 4-99 (Burgess), 5-101 (Roberts), 6-103 (Howarth), 7-133 (Lees), 8-133 (Hadlee), 9-136 (O'Sullivan), 10-140 (Cairns)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Ghavri	13	3	32	2	2.46
M Amarnath	8	3	17	0	2.12
BS Bedi	16.4	4	48	5	2.88
BS Chandrasekhar	16	5	28	3	1.75
S Venkataraghavan	2	0	7	0	3.50


India 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	SM Gavaskar	st Lees b O'Sullivan	43		6	0
	AD Gaekwad	b Hadlee	11			0
	M Amarnath	c Morrison b Hadlee	55	125	5	0
	GR Viswanath	st Lees b O'Sullivan	17		2	1
	BP Patel	not out	40	100	2	1
	AV Mankad	c Burgess b Petherick	21			0
	Extras	(b 11, lb 2, nb 1)	14

	Total	(5 wickets dec; 61.5 overs)	201	(3.25 runs per over)

Did not bat

SMH Kirmani, KD Ghavri, S Venkataraghavan,

BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar

Fall of wickets1-33 (Gaekwad), 2-86 (Gavaskar), 3-118 (Viswanath), 4-142 (Amarnath), 5-201 (Mankad)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Hadlee	17	3	52	2	3.05
BL Cairns	16	2	49	0	3.06
ADG Roberts	2	0	4	0	2.00
DR O'Sullivan	20	3	70	2	3.50
PJ Petherick	6.5	0	12	1	1.75


New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 360 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	GM Turner	c Amarnath b Chandrasekhar	5			0
	JFM Morrison	c Chandrasekhar b Ghavri	1		0	0
	JM Parker	c Kirmani b Chandrasekhar	38	118	2	0
	MG Burgess	run out	15			0
	ADG Roberts	c Gavaskar b Bedi	0		0	0
	GP Howarth	c Chandrasekhar b Bedi	18	37	2	0
	WK Lees	c sub b Bedi	21	48	2	0
	RJ Hadlee	c Amarnath b Bedi	5			0
	BL Cairns	not out	8			0
	DR O'Sullivan	c Patel b Chandrasekhar	21	43	3	0
	PJ Petherick	lbw b Venkataraghavan	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 7, lb 1, nb 2)	10

	Total	(all out; 67 overs)	143	(2.13 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Morrison), 2-21 (Turner), 3-50 (Burgess), 4-53 (Roberts), 5-79 (Howarth), 6-85 (Parker), 7-103 (Hadlee), 8-114 (Lees), 9-142 (O'Sullivan), 10-143 (Petherick)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Ghavri	8	4	14	1	1.75
M Amarnath	3	1	6	0	2.00
BS Bedi	22	12	22	4	1.00
BS Chandrasekhar	20	3	64	3	3.20
S Venkataraghavan	14	8	27	1	1.92

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series India won the 3-match series 2-0

Umpires Mohammad Ghouse and KB Ramaswami

Close of play
26 Nov day 1 - no play
27 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 162/4 (GR Viswanath 82*, AV Mankad 14*)
28 Nov day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 13/0 (GM Turner 6*, JFM Morrison 7*)
29 Nov rest day
30 Nov day 4 - New Zealand 1st innings 84/2 (GM Turner 33*, MG Burgess 30*)
1 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 201/5 (BP Patel 40*)
2 Dec day 6 - New Zealand 2nd innings 143 (67 ov) - end of match

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