Full Scorecard of India vs Australia 1st Test 1997/98 - Score Report

result

1st Test, Chennai, Mar 6 - Mar 10, Australia tour of India

India

257 & 418/4d

Australia

(67.5 ov, target 348)328 & 168

India won by 179 runs

player of the match

Sachin Tendulkar

India

India 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nayan Mongia †	c †Healy b Kasprowicz	58	132	180	9	0	43.94

Navjot Sidhu	run out (ME Waugh)	62	133	189	7	2	46.62

Rahul Dravid	c Robertson b Warne	52	169	241	5	0	30.77

Sachin Tendulkar	c Taylor b Warne	4	5	7	1	0	80.00

Mohammad Azharuddin (c)	c Reiffel b Warne	26	63	80	4	0	41.27

Sourav Ganguly	lbw b Robertson	3	20	21	0	0	15.00

Anil Kumble	c SR Waugh b Robertson	30	77	92	3	0	38.96

Javagal Srinath	c Taylor b Warne	1	3	3	0	0	33.33

Rajesh Chauhan	c †Healy b Robertson	3	16	12	0	0	18.75

Harvinder Singh	not out	0	12	17	0	0	0.00

Venkatapathy Raju	b Robertson	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 4)	18
TOTAL	(104.2 Ov, RR: 2.46, 428 Mts)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Nayan Mongia, 42.3 ov), 2-126 (Navjot Sidhu, 43.6 ov), 3-130 (Sachin Tendulkar, 45.5 ov), 4-186 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 65.4 ov), 5-195 (Sourav Ganguly, 70.5 ov), 6-247 (Anil Kumble, 96.4 ov), 7-248 (Javagal Srinath, 97.2 ov), 8-253 (Rajesh Chauhan, 100.4 ov), 9-257 (Rahul Dravid, 103.4 ov), 10-257 (Venkatapathy Raju, 104.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	21	8	44	1	2.10	-	-	-	3
Paul Reiffel	15	4	27	0	1.80	-	-	-	2
Shane Warne	35	11	85	4	2.43	-	-	-	1
Gavin Robertson	28.2	4	72	4	2.54	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	4	1	11	0	2.75	-	-	-	0

Australia 1st INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Mongia b Harvinder Singh	12	73	103	0	0	16.44

Michael Slater	c Dravid b Kumble	11	34	43	2	0	32.35

Mark Waugh	c Ganguly b Raju	66	130	180	8	1	50.77

Steve Waugh	b Kumble	12	17	18	1	0	70.59

Ricky Ponting	c †Mongia b Raju	18	34	50	1	0	52.94

Greg Blewett	lbw b Chauhan	9	32	31	0	0	28.13

Ian Healy †	c Ganguly b Raju	90	194	257	6	0	46.39

Paul Reiffel	c Dravid b Kumble	15	51	51	1	0	29.41

Shane Warne	c Tendulkar b Kumble	17	39	12	2	0	43.59

Gavin Robertson	c †Mongia b Srinath	57	152	198	7	0	37.50

Michael Kasprowicz	not out	11	33	54	2	0	33.33

Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 3)	10
TOTAL	(130.3 Ov, RR: 2.51, 517 Mts)	328
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Michael Slater, 9.4 ov), 2-44 (Mark Taylor, 24.2 ov), 3-57 (Steve Waugh, 27.4 ov), 4-95 (Ricky Ponting, 41.1 ov), 5-119 (Greg Blewett, 50.1 ov), 6-137 (Mark Waugh, 55.1 ov), 7-173 (Paul Reiffel, 69.2 ov), 8-201 (Shane Warne, 79.5 ov), 9-297 (Ian Healy, 116.6 ov), 10-328 (Gavin Robertson, 130.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	17.3	3	46	1	2.63	-	-	-	3
Harvinder Singh	11	4	28	1	2.55	-	-	-	1
Anil Kumble	45	10	103	4	2.29	-	-	-	1
Rajesh Chauhan	25	3	90	1	3.60	-	-	-	1
Venkatapathy Raju	32	8	54	3	1.69	-	-	-	0

India 2nd INNINGS

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nayan Mongia †	lbw b Blewett	18	57	69	2	0	31.58

Navjot Sidhu	c Ponting b Robertson	64	127	171	10	1	50.39

Rahul Dravid	c †Healy b Warne	56	149	214	7	0	37.58

Sachin Tendulkar	not out	155	191	286	14	4	81.15

Mohammad Azharuddin (c)	c SR Waugh b ME Waugh	64	89	123	8	1	71.91

Sourav Ganguly	not out	30	36	49	4	0	83.33

Extras	(b 18, lb 6, nb 7)	31
TOTAL	(107 Ov, RR: 3.90, 458 Mts)	418/4d
Did not bat: Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatapathy Raju, Harvinder Singh
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Nayan Mongia, 16.3 ov), 2-115 (Navjot Sidhu, 42.4 ov), 3-228 (Rahul Dravid, 68.3 ov), 4-355 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 95.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	14	6	42	0	3.00	-	-	-	1
Paul Reiffel	9	1	32	0	3.56	-	-	-	2
Gavin Robertson	27	4	92	1	3.41	-	-	-	1
Shane Warne	30	7	122	1	4.07	-	-	-	2
Greg Blewett	10	2	35	1	3.50	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	9	0	44	1	4.89	-	-	-	0
Steve Waugh	8	0	27	0	3.38	-	-	-	1

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 348 runs)

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	b Srinath	13	23	37	2	0	56.52

Mark Taylor (c)	c Srinath b Kumble	13	42	66	2	0	30.95

Greg Blewett	c Dravid b Kumble	5	12	18	1	0	41.67

Paul Reiffel	c Azharuddin b Raju	8	84	100	1	0	9.52

Mark Waugh	c Dravid b Kumble	18	38	41	3	0	47.37

Steve Waugh	c Dravid b Raju	27	71	77	4	0	38.03

Ricky Ponting	lbw b Raju	2	7	9	0	0	28.57

Ian Healy †	not out	32	72	92	3	0	44.44

Shane Warne	c Kumble b Chauhan	35	52	58	4	1	67.31

Gavin Robertson	b Chauhan	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Michael Kasprowicz	c Srinath b Kumble	4	8	12	1	0	50.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 4)	11
TOTAL	(67.5 Ov, RR: 2.47, 260 Mts)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Michael Slater, 8.2 ov), 2-30 (Greg Blewett, 12.1 ov), 3-31 (Mark Taylor, 14.4 ov), 4-54 (Mark Waugh, 26.4 ov), 5-79 (Paul Reiffel, 39.1 ov), 6-91 (Ricky Ponting, 41.6 ov), 7-96 (Steve Waugh, 47.4 ov), 8-153 (Shane Warne, 64.3 ov), 9-153 (Gavin Robertson, 64.4 ov), 10-168 (Michael Kasprowicz, 67.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	6	4	9	1	1.50	-	-	-	0
Harvinder Singh	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-	0
Rajesh Chauhan	22	7	66	2	3.00	-	-	-	4
Anil Kumble	22.5	7	46	4	2.01	-	-	-	0
Venkatapathy Raju	15	4	31	3	2.07	-	-	-	0

MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Sachin Tendulkar
Series result	India led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	TEST No. 1405
Match days	- day match (5-day match)
Test debut	Gavin Robertson Harvinder Singh
Umpires	George Sharp Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	Bala Murali
Match Referee	Peter van der Merwe

CLOSE OF PLAY

Fri, 06 Mar - day 1 -India 1st innings 232/5 (Rahul Dravid 42*, Anil Kumble 19*, 90 ov)

Sat, 07 Mar - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 193/7 (Ian Healy 31*, Shane Warne 13*, 74 ov)

Sun, 08 Mar - day 3 -India 2nd innings 100/1 (Navjot Sidhu 55*, Rahul Dravid 18*, 34 ov)

Mon, 09 Mar - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 31/3 (Paul Reiffel 0*, 14.4 ov)

Tue, 10 Mar - day 5 -Australia 2nd innings 168/10 (67.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

Day 1

Lunch: India 86/0 (Sidhu 52*, Mongia 32*, 28 overs)
Tea: India 159/3 (Dravid 10*, Azharuddin 16*, 57 overs)

Day 2

Lunch: Australia 17/1 (Taylor 5*, ME Waugh 1*, 12 overs)
Tea: Australia 95/4 (ME Waugh 39*, 41.1 overs)

Day 3

Lunch: Australia 274/8 (Healy 70*, Robertson 36*, 104 overs)
Tea: Australia 328 all out.
The 9th wicket partnership of 96 between IA Healy and GR Robertson set a new record for Australia against India (previous: 87, IWG Johnson and WPA Crawford at Madras, 1956/57).

Day 4

Lunch: India 200/2 (Tendulkar 50*, Dravid 44*, 62 overs)
Tea: India 312/3 (Tendulkar 116*, Azharuddin 29*, 88 overs)
Australia set a target of 348 to win from approximately 107 overs. This was the same target required by India in the Tied Test at the same ground in 1986.

Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
MJ Slater	bowled	13	23
MA Taylor	caught	13	42
GS Blewett	caught	5	12
PR Reiffel	caught	8	84
ME Waugh	caught	18	38
SR Waugh	caught	27	71
RT Ponting	lbw	2	7
IA Healy	not out	32	72
SK Warne	caught	35	52
GR Robertson	bowled	0	1
MS Kasprowicz	caught	4	8
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 4)
Total	168(10 wkts; 67.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	6	4	9	1	1.5
Harvinder Singh	2	0	9	0	4.5
RK Chauhan	22	7	66	2	3 (4 nb)
A Kumble	22.5	7	46	4	2.01
SLV Raju	15	4	31	3	2.07

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	18	Mark Taylor	Michael Slater
2nd	12	Mark Taylor	Greg Blewett
3rd	1	Mark Taylor	Paul Reiffel
4th	23	Mark Waugh	Paul Reiffel
5th	25	Steve Waugh	Paul Reiffel
6th	12	Steve Waugh	Ricky Ponting
7th	5	Steve Waugh	Ian Healy
8th	57	Ian Healy	Shane Warne
9th	0	Ian Healy	Gavin Robertson
10th	15	Ian Healy	Michael Kasprowicz

India 1st INNINGS

Australia 1st INNINGS

India 2nd INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS (target: 348 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Sachin Tendulkar

Gavin Robertson

Harvinder Singh

George Sharp

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

Bala Murali

Peter van der Merwe