- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras23 (b 3, lb 2, nb 18)TOTAL300 all out (104.3 Overs, RR: 2.87)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (CPS Chauhan), 2-48 (AD Gaekwad), 3-110 (GR Viswanath), 4-199 (DB Vengsarkar), 5-209 (MV Narasimha Rao), 6-220 (SM Gavaskar), 7-220 (SMH Kirmani), 8-225 (KD Ghavri), 9-283 (S Venkataraghavan), 10-300 (N Kapil Dev)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ST Clarke 27 8 70 1 2.59 0 0 N Phillip 22 6 64 4 2.90 0 0 MD Marshall 12 3 44 1 3.66 0 0 VA Holder 21 5 48 1 2.28 0 0 HA Gomes 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 DR Parry 20.3 7 51 3 2.48 0 0 S Shivnarine 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras18 (b 5, lb 9, nb 4)TOTAL327 all out (117.4 Overs, RR: 2.77)Fall of wickets: 1-58 (SFAF Bacchus), 2-95 (HA Gomes), 3-197 (AB Williams), 4-210 (AI Kallicharran), 5-213 (VA Holder), 6-218 (DA Murray), 7-230 (DR Parry), 8-313 (S Shivnarine), 9-318 (MD Marshall), 10-327 (N Phillip)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Kapil Dev 20.4 3 88 2 4.25 0 0 KD Ghavri 29 5 74 3 2.55 0 0 BS Bedi 24 4 59 1 2.45 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 33 15 55 4 1.66 0 0 MV Narasimha Rao 11 0 33 0 3.00 0 0
- BATSMENRM6sExtras17 (b 1, lb 4, nb 12)TOTAL361/1d (93 Overs, RR: 3.88)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (AD Gaekwad)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB ST Clarke 28 4 104 1 3.71 0 0 N Phillip 16 0 81 0 5.06 0 0 MD Marshall 14 3 45 0 3.21 0 0 VA Holder 20 3 59 0 2.95 0 0 HA Gomes 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0 DR Parry 13 3 50 0 3.84 0 0 S Shivnarine 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras8 (b 2, lb 4, nb 2)TOTAL197/9 (105.1 Overs, RR: 1.87)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (SFAF Bacchus), 2-45 (HA Gomes), 3-133 (AI Kallicharran), 4-143 (DA Murray), 5-145 (DR Parry), 6-164 (AB Williams), 7-164 (N Phillip), 8-183 (VA Holder), 9-197 (MD Marshall)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Kapil Dev 13 6 21 0 1.61 0 0 KD Ghavri 23 8 46 4 2.00 0 0 BS Bedi 22 14 32 1 1.45 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 30 13 47 3 1.56 0 0 MV Narasimha Rao 17.1 6 43 1 2.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Series result
6-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Match days
29,30,31 December 1978, 2,3 January 1979 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Fri, 29 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 225/8 (N Kapil Dev 0*, S Venkataraghavan 0*)
- Sat, 30 Dec - day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 209/3 (AI Kallicharran 54*, VA Holder 1*)
- Sun, 31 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 70/1 (SM Gavaskar 34*, DB Vengsarkar 27*)
- Mon, 01 Jan - rest day
- Tue, 02 Jan - day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 15/0 (SFAF Bacchus 7*, DA Murray 7*)
- Wed, 03 Jan - day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 197/9 (105.1 ov) - end of match
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