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Test no. 809

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

1977/78 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 2,3,4,6 December 1977 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 16 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	PA Hibbert	c Kirmani b Amarnath	13	89	77	1	0	16.88
	GJ Cosier	c Madan Lal b Amarnath	19	51	32	2	0	59.37
	AD Ogilvie	c Viswanath b Bedi	5	15	8	1	0	62.50
	CS Serjeant	c Gavaskar b Bedi	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
	RB Simpson	c Gavaskar b Bedi	7	5	6	1	0	116.66
	PM Toohey	st Kirmani b Bedi	82	142	142	11	1	57.74
	AL Mann	lbw b Madan Lal	19	43	54	2	0	35.18
	SJ Rixon	c Amarnath b Bedi	9	21	14	1	0	64.28
	WM Clark	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	4	13	11	0	0	36.36
	JR Thomson	b Chandrasekhar	3	19	18	0	0	16.66
	AG Hurst	not out	0	24	9	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 1)	5

	Total	(all out; 46.7 overs)	166	(2.65 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-24 (Cosier), 2-33 (Ogilvie), 3-33 (Serjeant), 4-43 (Simpson), 5-49 (Hibbert), 6-90 (Mann), 7-107 (Rixon), 8-112 (Clark), 9-132 (Thomson), 10-166 (Toohey)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Madan Lal	10	3	27	1	2.02
M Amarnath	13	4	43	2	2.48
BS Bedi	13.7	3	55	5	2.97
EAS Prasanna	4	2	2	0	0.37
BS Chandrasekhar	6	1	34	2	4.25


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Cosier b Clark	3	18	14	0	0	21.42
	DB Vengsarkar	hit wicket b Thomson	48	165	115	3	0	41.73
	M Amarnath	lbw b Clark	0	20	17	0	0	0.00
	GR Viswanath	c Hurst b Mann	45	111	90	5	0	50.00
	BP Patel	c Serjeant b Clark	13	31	27	1	0	48.14
	AV Mankad	c Rixon b Thomson	0	14	9	0	0	0.00
	S Madan Lal	b Clark	4	14	5	1	0	80.00
	SMH Kirmani	c Ogilvie b Thomson	11	72	53	0	0	20.75
	EAS Prasanna	c Thomson b Mann	23	62	61	3	0	37.70
	BS Bedi	not out	2	11	6	0	0	33.33
	BS Chandrasekhar	lbw b Mann	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(nb 4)	4

	Total	(all out; 50 overs)	153	(2.29 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Gavaskar), 2-15 (Amarnath), 3-90 (Viswanath), 4-108 (Vengsarkar), 5-110 (Patel), 6-112 (Mankad), 7-119 (Madan Lal), 8-149 (Prasanna), 9-151 (Kirmani), 10-153 (Chandrasekhar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Thomson	16	1	54	3	2.53
WM Clark	18	5	46	4	1.91
AG Hurst	7	0	31	0	3.32
GJ Cosier	3	1	6	0	1.50
AL Mann	6	0	12	3	1.50


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	PA Hibbert	lbw b Madan Lal	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
	GJ Cosier	c Prasanna b Madan Lal	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	AD Ogilvie	b Chandrasekhar	46	170	158	2	0	29.11
	CS Serjeant	b Amarnath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	RB Simpson	c Viswanath b Amarnath	89	311	269	7	0	33.08
	PM Toohey	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	57	94	105	7	0	54.28
	AL Mann	c Amarnath b Madan Lal	29	66	56	1	0	51.78
	SJ Rixon	c Kirmani b Madan Lal	6	29	19	1	0	31.57
	WM Clark	b Madan Lal	12	45	36	1	0	33.33
	JR Thomson	not out	41	61	53	4	2	77.35
	AG Hurst	run out	26	30	23	2	1	113.04
	Extras	(b 6, lb 11, nb 2)	19

	Total	(all out; 91.5 overs)	327	(2.67 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Cosier), 2-6 (Hibbert), 3-7 (Serjeant), 4-100 (Ogilvie), 5-184 (Toohey), 6-233 (Simpson), 7-237 (Mann), 8-246 (Rixon), 9-277 (Clark), 10-327 (Hurst)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Madan Lal	19	2	72	5	2.84
M Amarnath	8	1	24	2	2.25
BS Bedi	18.5	2	71	0	2.85
EAS Prasanna	20	4	59	0	2.21
BS Chandrasekhar	26	6	82	2	2.36


India 2nd innings (target: 341 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c Rixon b Clark	113	320	264	12	0	42.80
	DB Vengsarkar	b Clark	1	10	2	0	0	50.00
	M Amarnath	c Rixon b Thomson	47	100	79	5	0	59.49
	GR Viswanath	c Ogilvie b Thomson	35	84	85	4	0	41.17
	BP Patel	lbw b Thomson	3	8	6	0	0	50.00
	AV Mankad	b Hurst	21	56	60	2	0	35.00
	SMH Kirmani	c Serjeant b Hurst	55	137	133	4	0	41.35
	S Madan Lal	c Rixon b Clark	2	12	9	0	0	22.22
	EAS Prasanna	c Hibbert b Clark	8	29	11	1	0	72.72
	BS Bedi	not out	26	50	30	4	0	86.66
	BS Chandrasekhar	c Rixon b Thomson	0	10	7	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 7)	13

	Total	(all out; 84.7 overs)	324	(2.86 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Vengsarkar), 2-88 (Amarnath), 3-147 (Viswanath), 4-151 (Patel), 5-196 (Mankad), 6-243 (Gavaskar), 7-251 (Madan Lal), 8-275 (Prasanna), 9-318 (Kirmani), 10-324 (Chandrasekhar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Thomson	19.7	1	76	4	2.86
WM Clark	26	1	101	4	2.91
AG Hurst	15	3	50	2	2.50
GJ Cosier	5	1	10	0	1.50
AL Mann	15	3	52	0	2.60
RB Simpson	4	0	22	0	4.12

Balls per over 8

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts WM Clark, PA Hibbert, AL Mann, AD Ogilvie, SJ Rixon and PM Toohey (Australia)

Umpires TF Brooks and MG O'Connell

Close of play
2 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 13/1 (DB Vengsarkar 10*, M Amarnath 0*)
3 Dec day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 62/3 (AD Ogilvie 29*, RB Simpson 27*)
4 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 51/1 (SM Gavaskar 15*, M Amarnath 32*)
5 Dec rest day
6 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 324 (84.7 ov) - end of match