Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	lbw b Chandrasekhar	26	114	136	1	0	22.80
Gary Cosier	b Amarnath	17	31	46	2	0	54.83
Peter Toohey	run out	4	9	9	1	0	44.44
Craig Serjeant	c Ghavri b Bedi	4	35	41	1	0	11.42
Bob Simpson (c)	c †Kirmani b Chandrasekhar	38	99	113	2	0	38.38
Kim Hughes	b Bedi	17	21	22	1	1	80.95
Tony Mann	b Bedi	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Rixon †	lbw b Chandrasekhar	17	68	70	1	0	25.00
Wayne Clark	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Jeff Thomson	not out	1	10	21	0	0	10.00
Sam Gannon	c Amarnath b Prasanna	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2)	7
Total	49.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)	131
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Gary Cosier), 2-34 (Peter Toohey), 3-46 (Craig Serjeant), 4-61 (John Dyson), 5-84 (Kim Hughes), 6-84 (Tony Mann), 7-125 (Bob Simpson), 8-125 (Wayne Clark), 9-130 (Steve Rixon), 10-131 (Sam Gannon)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Karsan Ghavri	7	1	25	0	2.67	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	7	4	6	1	0.64	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	13	3	49	3	2.82	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	15	3	30	4	1.50	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	7.4	2	14	1	1.40	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c †Rixon b Thomson	49	110	144	5	0	44.54
Chetan Chauhan	c Mann b Clark	42	124	170	6	0	33.87
Mohinder Amarnath	c Gannon b Clark	9	37	40	1	0	24.32
Gundappa Viswanath	b Thomson	79	182	202	6	0	43.40
Dilip Vengsarkar	c †Rixon b Cosier	48	121	208	2	0	39.66
Ashok Mankad	b Thomson	16	23	22	2	0	69.56
Syed Kirmani †	b Cosier	42	61	95	3	0	68.85
Karsan Ghavri	c Serjeant b Thomson	64	123	142	5	0	52.03
Erapalli Prasanna	not out	25	44	56	4	0	56.81
Bishan Bedi (c)	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 9, nb 12)	21
Total	101 Ov (RR: 3.92)	396/8d
Did not bat: Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-102 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-116 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4-241 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-261 (Ashok Mankad), 6-263 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 7-344 (Syed Kirmani), 8-395 (Karsan Ghavri)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Thomson	27	8	83	4	2.30	-	-	-
Wayne Clark	21	3	66	2	2.35	-	-	-
Sam Gannon	20	4	65	0	2.43	-	-	-
Tony Mann	20	0	101	0	3.78	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	4	0	34	0	6.37	-	-	-
Gary Cosier	9	1	26	2	2.16	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	c & b Chandrasekhar	6	51	67	1	0	11.76
Gary Cosier	b Bedi	68	164	193	9	0	41.46
Kim Hughes	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	19	81	94	2	0	23.45
Craig Serjeant	b Prasanna	1	6	3	0	0	16.66
Bob Simpson (c)	lbw b Prasanna	33	126	131	2	0	26.19
Peter Toohey	c sub (S Madan Lal) b Ghavri	85	258	231	9	0	32.94
Tony Mann	c & b Prasanna	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Rixon †	c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar	11	27	22	1	0	40.74
Wayne Clark	b Prasanna	10	23	33	2	0	43.47
Jeff Thomson	b Ghavri	16	55	72	2	0	29.09
Sam Gannon	not out	0	0	4	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 3)	14
Total	98.7 Ov (RR: 2.65)	263
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (John Dyson), 2-87 (Kim Hughes), 3-88 (Craig Serjeant), 4-106 (Gary Cosier), 5-171 (Bob Simpson), 6-171 (Tony Mann), 7-194 (Steve Rixon), 8-221 (Wayne Clark), 9-257 (Peter Toohey), 10-263 (Jeff Thomson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Karsan Ghavri	12.7	3	42	2	2.44	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	5	3	9	0	1.35	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	28	8	62	2	1.66	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	24	3	85	2	2.65	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	29	11	51	4	1.31	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 07 Jan - day 1 - India 1st innings 86/0 (Sunil Gavaskar 45*, Chetan Chauhan 35*)

Sun, 08 Jan - day 2 - India 1st innings 190/3 (Gundappa Viswanath 48*, Dilip Vengsarkar 23*)

Mon, 09 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 40/1 (Gary Cosier 23*, Kim Hughes 7*)

Tue, 10 Jan - rest day

Wed, 11 Jan - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 243/8 (Peter Toohey 77*, Jeff Thomson 4*)

Thu, 12 Jan - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 263 (98.7 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Series result	5-match series level 2-2
Match number	Test no. 814
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Robin Bailhache Tom Brooks

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Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Ghavri	12.7	3	42	2	2.44
M Amarnath	5	3	9	0	1.35
BS Bedi	28	8	62	2	1.66
BS Chandrasekhar	24	3	85	2	2.65
EAS Prasanna	29	11	51	4	1.31

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