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Australia in India Test Series - 6th Test

India v Australia

India won by an innings and 100 runs

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Gavaskar* c Hughes b Border 123 303 239 17 0 51.46
CPS Chauhan b Dymock 73 228 178 10 0 41.01
DB Vengsarkar c Whatmore b Border 6 77 64 0 0 9.37
GR Viswanath c & b Higgs 10 56 40 2 0 25.00
SMH Kirmani† not out 101 306 206 17 0 49.02
Yashpal Sharma c Whatmore b Hogg 8 55 47 1 0 17.02
M Amarnath hit wicket b Hogg 2 9 7 0 0 28.57
N Kapil Dev c Whatmore b Higgs 17 39 29 3 0 58.62
KD Ghavri c sub (GD Porter) b Dymock 86 153 99 12 3 86.86
NS Yadav not out 0 6 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 3, lb 12, nb 17) 32
Total (8 wickets dec; 149 overs) 458 (3.07 runs per over)
Did not bat DR Doshi
Fall of wickets 1-192 (Chauhan), 2-222 (Vengsarkar), 3-231 (Gavaskar), 4-240 (Viswanath), 5-272 (Yashpal Sharma), 6-281 (Amarnath), 7-327 (Kapil Dev), 8-454 (Ghavri)
Bowling O M R W Econ
G Dymock 31 5 95 2 3.06
RM Hogg 28 14 53 2 1.89
JD Higgs 29 4 116 2 4.00
AR Border 27 7 60 2 2.22
PR Sleep 28 7 79 0 2.82
DF Whatmore 5 2 11 0 2.20
GN Yallop 1 0 12 0 12.00
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AMJ Hilditch run out 13 30 28 1 0 46.42
GN Yallop c Kapil Dev b Yadav 60 180 125 5 0 48.00
AR Border c Vengsarkar b Yadav 23 78 48 2 1 47.91
KJ Hughes* c Vengsarkar b Doshi 14 41 42 2 0 33.33
DF Whatmore lbw b Doshi 6 19 22 0 0 27.27
WM Darling c sub (RMH Binny) b Yadav 16 40 35 2 0 45.71
PR Sleep b Yadav 1 5 2 0 0 50.00
KJ Wright† not out 11 60 41 1 0 26.82
G Dymock c Chauhan b Doshi 1 6 5 0 0 20.00
RM Hogg c Amarnath b Doshi 5 30 24 0 0 20.83
JD Higgs b Doshi 0 6 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, nb 7) 10
Total (all out; 61.5 overs) 160 (2.58 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-28 (Hilditch), 2-77 (Border), 3-110 (Hughes), 4-118 (Whatmore), 5-124 (Yallop), 6-125 (Sleep), 7-144 (Darling), 8-145 (Dymock), 9-158 (Hogg), 10-160 (Higgs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Kapil Dev 8 0 26 0 3.25
KD Ghavri 8 1 30 0 3.75
DR Doshi 19.5 4 43 5 2.16
NS Yadav 21 7 40 4 1.90
M Amarnath 5 1 11 0 2.20
Australia 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
AMJ Hilditch b Kapil Dev 9 16 14 1 0 64.28
GN Yallop c Amarnath b Ghavri 4 26 12 0 0 33.33
AR Border b Doshi 61 257 182 7 0 33.51
KJ Hughes* c Ghavri b Kapil Dev 80 168 144 8 0 55.55
DF Whatmore lbw b Kapil Dev 0 7 2 0 0 0.00
WM Darling retired hurt 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
PR Sleep c Kapil Dev b Doshi 3 7 10 0 0 30.00
KJ Wright† lbw b Doshi 5 35 31 0 0 16.12
G Dymock c Viswanath b Yadav 7 8 9 1 0 77.77
RM Hogg not out 3 30 22 0 0 13.63
JD Higgs b Kapil Dev 4 20 22 0 0 18.18
Extras (lb 12, nb 10) 22
Total (all out; 73.1 overs) 198 (2.70 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Hilditch), 2-17 (Yallop), 3-149 (Hughes), 4-154 (Whatmore), 4-154* (Darling, retired not out), 5-159 (Sleep), 6-176 (Wright), 7-183 (Dymock), 8-187 (Border), 9-198 (Higgs)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Kapil Dev 14.1 5 39 4 2.75
KD Ghavri 10 0 28 1 2.80
DR Doshi 25 6 60 3 2.40
NS Yadav 22 9 48 1 2.18
M Amarnath 2 1 1 0 0.50
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series India won the 6-match series 2-0
Umpires JD Ghosh and Mohammad Ghouse
Close of play
Sat, 3 Nov - day 1 - India 1st innings 231/3 (GR Viswanath 9*, SMH Kirmani 0*)
Sun, 4 Nov - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 15/0 (AMJ Hilditch 8*, GN Yallop 7*)
Mon, 5 Nov - rest day
Tue, 6 Nov - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 60/2 (AR Border 22*, KJ Hughes 19*)
Wed, 7 Nov - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 198 (73.1 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • WM Darling retired hurt at 154/4
 
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Series Results
India v Australia at Mumbai - Nov 3-7, 1979
India won by an innings and 100 runs
India v Australia at Kolkata - Oct 26-31, 1979
Match drawn
India v Australia at Delhi - Oct 13-18, 1979
Match drawn
India v Australia at Kanpur - Oct 2-7, 1979
India won by 153 runs
India v Australia at Bangalore - Sep 19-24, 1979
Match drawn
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Photos

Nov 3, 1979

Sunil Gavaskar of India sweeps during his century, sixth Test, India v Australia, Bombay

Sunil Gavaskar sweeps

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