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Test no. 855

Australia in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v Australia

1979/80 season

Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, on 11,12,14,15,16 September 1979 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AMJ Hilditch	c Venkataraghavan b Kapil Dev	4	12	8	1	0	50.00
	GM Wood	lbw b Doshi	33	124	83	5	0	39.75
	AR Border	run out	162	416	360	24	1	45.00
	KJ Hughes	c Venkataraghavan b Doshi	100	276	204	10	1	49.01
	GN Yallop	c Yajurvindra Singh b Doshi	18	55	53	2	0	33.96
	DF Whatmore	c Venkataraghavan b Doshi	20	36	44	3	0	45.45
	KJ Wright	b Venkataraghavan	20	32	36	4	0	55.55
	G Dymock	lbw b Kapil Dev	16	62	58	4	0	27.58
	RM Hogg	c Kapil Dev b Doshi	3	6	4	0	0	75.00
	AG Hurst	c Kirmani b Doshi	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	JD Higgs	not out	1	26	21	0	0	4.76
	Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 4)	13

	Total	(all out; 143.4 overs)	390	(2.71 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-8 (Hilditch), 2-75 (Wood), 3-297 (Hughes), 4-318 (Border), 5-339 (Yallop), 6-352 (Whatmore), 7-369 (Wright), 8-375 (Hogg), 9-376 (Hurst), 10-390 (Dymock)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	25.4	3	95	2	3.70
KD Ghavri	20	4	49	0	2.45
Yajurvindra Singh	9	1	29	0	3.22
S Venkataraghavan	46	16	101	1	2.19
DR Doshi	43	10	103	6	2.39


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Wood b Hogg	50	130	80	7	0	62.50
	CPS Chauhan	c Wright b Higgs	26	115	91	3	0	28.57
	SMH Kirmani	c Border b Hogg	57	235	206	6	0	27.66
	GR Viswanath	c Hughes b Higgs	17	65	45	3	0	37.77
	DB Vengsarkar	c Whatmore b Higgs	65	111	77	10	1	84.41
	Yashpal Sharma	lbw b Higgs	52	204	150	4	0	34.66
	Yajurvindra Singh	c Wright b Yallop	15	72	47	3	0	31.91
	N Kapil Dev	c Hurst b Higgs	83	104	74	14	0	112.16
	KD Ghavri	not out	23	49	38	4	0	60.52
	S Venkataraghavan	lbw b Higgs	4	26	19	1	0	21.05
	DR Doshi	c Hogg b Higgs	3	5	4	0	0	75.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 23)	30

	Total	(all out; 130.3 overs)	425	(3.25 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-80 (Chauhan), 2-89 (Gavaskar), 3-122 (Viswanath), 4-221 (Vengsarkar), 5-240 (Kirmani), 6-281 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-371 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-394 (Kapil Dev), 9-417 (Venkataraghavan), 10-425 (Doshi)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
RM Hogg	22	1	85	2	3.86
AG Hurst	23	8	51	0	2.21
JD Higgs	41.3	12	143	7	3.44
G Dymock	24	6	65	0	2.70
AR Border	14	4	30	0	2.14
GN Yallop	6	1	21	1	3.50


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AMJ Hilditch	lbw b Doshi	55	211	188	5	0	29.25
	GM Wood	c Chauhan b Kapil Dev	2	3	4	0	0	50.00
	AR Border	b Venkataraghavan	50	174	138	8	0	36.23
	KJ Hughes	lbw b Venkataraghavan	36	135	125	0	0	28.80
	GN Yallop	run out	2	25	23	0	0	8.69
	DF Whatmore	c Chauhan b Doshi	8	26	28	1	0	28.57
	KJ Wright	b Venkataraghavan	5	25	24	0	0	20.83
	G Dymock	not out	28	85	69	3	0	40.57
	RM Hogg	not out	8	60	58	1	0	13.79
	Extras	(b 11, lb 4, nb 3)	18

	Total	(7 wickets; 113.4 overs)	212	(1.86 runs per over)

Did not bat AG Hurst, JD Higgs

Fall of wickets1-2 (Wood), 2-103 (Border), 3-123 (Hilditch), 4-127 (Yallop), 5-146 (Whatmore), 6-156 (Wright), 7-175 (Hughes)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
N Kapil Dev	9	3	30	1	3.33
KD Ghavri	17.4	8	23	0	1.30
S Venkataraghavan	45	10	77	3	1.71
DR Doshi	42	15	64	2	1.52

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series 6-match series level 0-0

Test debut DR Doshi (India)

Umpires MV Gothoskar and S Kishen

Close of play
11 Sep day 1 - Australia 1st innings 244/2 (AR Border 129*, KJ Hughes 77*)
12 Sep day 2 - India 1st innings 80/1 (SM Gavaskar 44*, SMH Kirmani 0*)
13 Sep rest day
14 Sep day 3 - India 1st innings 302/6 (Yashpal Sharma 29*, N Kapil Dev 15*)
15 Sep day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 98/1 (AMJ Hilditch 44*, AR Border 49*)
16 Sep day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 212/7 (113.4 ov) - end of match

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