Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Hibbert	c †Kirmani b Amarnath	13	77	89	1	0	16.88
Gary Cosier	c Madan Lal b Amarnath	19	32	51	2	0	59.37
David Ogilvie	c Viswanath b Bedi	5	8	15	1	0	62.50
Craig Serjeant	c Gavaskar b Bedi	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Bob Simpson (c)	c Gavaskar b Bedi	7	6	5	1	0	116.66
Peter Toohey	st †Kirmani b Bedi	82	142	142	11	1	57.74
Tony Mann	lbw b Madan Lal	19	54	43	2	0	35.18
Steve Rixon †	c Amarnath b Bedi	9	14	21	1	0	64.28
Wayne Clark	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	4	11	13	0	0	36.36
Jeff Thomson	b Chandrasekhar	3	18	19	0	0	16.66
Alan Hurst	not out	0	9	24	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 1, w 1)	5
Total	46.7 Ov (RR: 3.54)	166
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Gary Cosier), 2-33 (David Ogilvie), 3-33 (Craig Serjeant), 4-43 (Bob Simpson), 5-49 (Paul Hibbert), 6-90 (Tony Mann), 7-107 (Steve Rixon), 8-112 (Wayne Clark), 9-132 (Jeff Thomson), 10-166 (Peter Toohey)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Madan Lal	10	3	27	1	2.02	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	13	4	43	2	2.48	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	13.7	3	55	5	2.97	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	4	2	2	0	0.37	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	6	1	34	2	4.25	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c Cosier b Clark	3	14	18	0	0	21.42
Dilip Vengsarkar	hit wicket b Thomson	48	115	165	3	0	41.73
Mohinder Amarnath	lbw b Clark	0	17	20	0	0	0.00
Gundappa Viswanath	c Hurst b Mann	45	90	111	5	0	50.00
Brijesh Patel	c Serjeant b Clark	13	27	31	1	0	48.14
Ashok Mankad	c †Rixon b Thomson	0	9	14	0	0	0.00
Madan Lal	b Clark	4	5	14	1	0	80.00
Syed Kirmani †	c Ogilvie b Thomson	11	53	72	0	0	20.75
Erapalli Prasanna	c Thomson b Mann	23	61	62	3	0	37.70
Bishan Bedi (c)	not out	2	6	11	0	0	33.33
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	lbw b Mann	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 4)	4
Total	50 Ov (RR: 3.06)	153
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-15 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-90 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-108 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-110 (Brijesh Patel), 6-112 (Ashok Mankad), 7-119 (Madan Lal), 8-149 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-151 (Syed Kirmani), 10-153 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Thomson	16	1	54	3	2.53	-	-	-
Wayne Clark	18	5	46	4	1.91	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	7	0	31	0	3.32	-	-	-
Gary Cosier	3	1	6	0	1.50	-	-	-
Tony Mann	6	0	12	3	1.50	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Paul Hibbert	lbw b Madan Lal	2	12	12	0	0	16.66
Gary Cosier	c Prasanna b Madan Lal	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
David Ogilvie	b Chandrasekhar	46	158	170	2	0	29.11
Craig Serjeant	b Amarnath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Bob Simpson (c)	c Viswanath b Amarnath	89	269	311	7	0	33.08
Peter Toohey	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	57	105	94	7	0	54.28
Tony Mann	c Amarnath b Madan Lal	29	56	66	1	0	51.78
Steve Rixon †	c †Kirmani b Madan Lal	6	19	29	1	0	31.57
Wayne Clark	b Madan Lal	12	36	45	1	0	33.33
Jeff Thomson	not out	41	53	61	4	2	77.35
Alan Hurst	run out	26	23	30	2	1	113.04
Extras	(b 6, lb 11, nb 2)	19
Total	91.5 Ov (RR: 3.56)	327
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gary Cosier), 2-6 (Paul Hibbert), 3-7 (Craig Serjeant), 4-100 (David Ogilvie), 5-184 (Peter Toohey), 6-233 (Bob Simpson), 7-237 (Tony Mann), 8-246 (Steve Rixon), 9-277 (Wayne Clark), 10-327 (Alan Hurst)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Madan Lal	19	2	72	5	2.84	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	8	1	24	2	2.25	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	18.5	2	71	0	2.85	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	20	4	59	0	2.21	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	26	6	82	2	2.36	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings (T: 341 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c †Rixon b Clark	113	264	320	12	0	42.80
Dilip Vengsarkar	b Clark	1	2	10	0	0	50.00
Mohinder Amarnath	c †Rixon b Thomson	47	79	100	5	0	59.49
Gundappa Viswanath	c Ogilvie b Thomson	35	85	84	4	0	41.17
Brijesh Patel	lbw b Thomson	3	6	8	0	0	50.00
Ashok Mankad	b Hurst	21	60	56	2	0	35.00
Syed Kirmani †	c Serjeant b Hurst	55	133	137	4	0	41.35
Madan Lal	c †Rixon b Clark	2	9	12	0	0	22.22
Erapalli Prasanna	c Hibbert b Clark	8	11	29	1	0	72.72
Bishan Bedi (c)	not out	26	30	50	4	0	86.66
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	c †Rixon b Thomson	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 7)	13
Total	84.7 Ov (RR: 3.81)	324
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 2-88 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-147 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-151 (Brijesh Patel), 5-196 (Ashok Mankad), 6-243 (Sunil Gavaskar), 7-251 (Madan Lal), 8-275 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-318 (Syed Kirmani), 10-324 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Thomson	19.7	1	76	4	2.86	-	-	-
Wayne Clark	26	1	101	4	2.91	-	-	-
Alan Hurst	15	3	50	2	2.50	-	-	-
Gary Cosier	5	1	10	0	1.50	-	-	-
Tony Mann	15	3	52	0	2.60	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	4	0	22	0	4.12	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 02 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 13/1 (Dilip Vengsarkar 10*, Mohinder Amarnath 0*)

Sat, 03 Dec - day 2 - Australia 2nd innings 62/3 (David Ogilvie 29*, Bob Simpson 27*)

Sun, 04 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 51/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 15*, Mohinder Amarnath 32*)

Mon, 05 Dec - rest day

Tue, 06 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 324 (84.7 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 809
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	David Ogilvie Tony Mann Paul Hibbert Peter Toohey Steve Rixon Wayne Clark
Umpires	Max O'Connell Tom Brooks

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India Innings

Player Name	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	2.5
GJ Cosier	5	1	10	0	1.5
AL Mann	15	3	52	0	2.6
RB Simpson	4	0	22	0	4.12

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