India vs Australia, 1st Test at Chennai, Sep 11 1979 - Full Scorecard
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1st Test, Chennai, September 11 - 16, 1979, Australia tour of India
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| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Venkataraghavan b Kapil Dev | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| lbw b Doshi | 33 | 83 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 39.75 | |||
| run out | 162 | 360 | 416 | 24 | 1 | 45.00 | |||
| c Venkataraghavan b Doshi | 100 | 204 | 276 | 10 | 1 | 49.01 | |||
| c Yajurvindra Singh b Doshi | 18 | 53 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 33.96 | |||
| c Venkataraghavan b Doshi | 20 | 44 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 45.45 | |||
| b Venkataraghavan | 20 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 55.55 | |||
| lbw b Kapil Dev | 16 | 58 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 27.58 | |||
| c Kapil Dev b Doshi | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| c †Kirmani b Doshi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 1 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, nb 4, w 1) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 143.4 Ov (RR: 2.71) | 390 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-75 (Graeme Wood), 3-297 (Kim Hughes), 4-318 (Allan Border), 5-339 (Graham Yallop), 6-352 (Dav Whatmore), 7-369 (Kevin Wright), 8-375 (Rodney Hogg), 9-376 (Alan Hurst), 10-390 (Geoff Dymock) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.4 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 3.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 2.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 16 | 101 | 1 | 2.19 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | 10 | 103 | 6 | 2.39 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
India 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Wood b Hogg | 50 | 80 | 130 | 7 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| c †Wright b Higgs | 26 | 91 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| c Border b Hogg | 57 | 206 | 235 | 6 | 0 | 27.66 | |||
| c Hughes b Higgs | 17 | 45 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 37.77 | |||
| c Whatmore b Higgs | 65 | 77 | 111 | 10 | 1 | 84.41 | |||
| lbw b Higgs | 52 | 150 | 204 | 4 | 0 | 34.66 | |||
| c †Wright b Yallop | 15 | 47 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 31.91 | |||
| c Hurst b Higgs | 83 | 74 | 104 | 14 | 0 | 112.16 | |||
| not out | 23 | 38 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 60.52 | |||
| lbw b Higgs | 4 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 21.05 | |||
| c Hogg b Higgs | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 5, nb 23) | 30 | |||||||
| Total | 130.3 Ov (RR: 3.25) | 425 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-89 (Sunil Gavaskar), 3-122 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-221 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-240 (Syed Kirmani), 6-281 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-371 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-394 (Kapil Dev), 9-417 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 10-425 (Dilip Doshi) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 3.86 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 2.21 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 41.3 | 12 | 143 | 7 | 3.44 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 2.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2.14 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Doshi | 55 | 188 | 211 | 5 | 0 | 29.25 | |||
| c Chauhan b Kapil Dev | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| b Venkataraghavan | 50 | 138 | 174 | 8 | 0 | 36.23 | |||
| lbw b Venkataraghavan | 36 | 125 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 28.80 | |||
| run out | 2 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8.69 | |||
| c Chauhan b Doshi | 8 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| b Venkataraghavan | 5 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20.83 | |||
| not out | 28 | 69 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 40.57 | |||
| not out | 8 | 58 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 13.79 | |||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 4, nb 3) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | 113.4 Ov (RR: 1.86) | 212/7 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Graeme Wood), 2-103 (Allan Border), 3-123 (Andrew Hilditch), 4-127 (Graham Yallop), 5-146 (Dav Whatmore), 6-156 (Kevin Wright), 7-175 (Kim Hughes) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17.4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1.30 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | 10 | 77 | 3 | 1.71 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 1.52 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Tue, 11 Sep - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 244/2 (Allan Border 129*, Kim Hughes 77*)
Wed, 12 Sep - day 2 - India 1st innings 80/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 44*, Syed Kirmani 0*)
Thu, 13 Sep - rest day
Fri, 14 Sep - day 3 - India 1st innings 302/6 (Yashpal Sharma 29*, Kapil Dev 15*)
Sat, 15 Sep - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 98/1 (Andrew Hilditch 44*, Allan Border 49*)
Sun, 16 Sep - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 212/7 (113.4 ov) - end of match
Match Details
| Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1979/80 |
| Series result | 6-match series level 0-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 855 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
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