Australia vs India Scorecard 1997/98

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Dravid b Srinath	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Mongia b Ganguly	3	21	49	0	0	14.28
Greg Blewett	b Srinath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Mark Waugh	lbw b Srinath	10	19	27	2	0	52.63
Steve Waugh	run out (Dravid/Kumble)	80	175	229	13	0	45.71
Ricky Ponting	b Kumble	60	127	149	7	0	47.24
Ian Healy †	c Laxman b Kumble	1	6	12	0	0	16.66
Shane Warne	c Azharuddin b Kumble	11	17	23	2	0	64.70
Gavin Robertson	lbw b Ganguly	29	99	127	3	0	29.29
Michael Kasprowicz	c Azharuddin b Ganguly	25	83	92	3	0	30.12
Paul Wilson	not out	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 12)	14
TOTAL	89.4 Ov (RR: 2.59, 367 Mins)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Slater, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Greg Blewett, 0.6 ov), 3-15 (Mark Waugh, 6.4 ov), 4-29 (Mark Taylor, 9.2 ov), 5-141 (Ricky Ponting, 46.4 ov), 6-151 (Ian Healy, 50.1 ov), 7-168 (Shane Warne, 56.1 ov), 8-178 (Steve Waugh, 62.5 ov), 9-232 (Michael Kasprowicz, 87.5 ov), 10-233 (Gavin Robertson, 89.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	17	0	80	3	4.70	-	-	-	10
Sourav Ganguly	13.4	5	28	3	2.04	-	-	-	1
Anil Kumble	28	11	44	3	1.57	-	-	-	1
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-	0
Venkatapathy Raju	17	2	42	0	2.47	-	-	-	0
Rajesh Chauhan	11	2	30	0	2.72	-	-	-	0
VVS Laxman	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

India 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman	c †Healy b Robertson	95	161	225	16	0	59.00
Navjot Sidhu	lbw b ME Waugh	97	152	204	16	0	63.81
Rahul Dravid	c & b Blewett	86	150	209	12	0	57.33
Sachin Tendulkar	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	79	86	109	12	2	91.86
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)	not out	163	246	311	18	3	66.26
Sourav Ganguly	c sub (DS Lehmann) b Robertson	65	128	175	6	1	50.78
Nayan Mongia †	not out	30	44	56	5	0	68.18
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 9)	18
TOTAL	159 Ov (RR: 3.98, 647 Mins)	633/5d
Did not bat: Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatapathy Raju, Anil Kumble
Fall of wickets: 1-191 (Navjot Sidhu, 49.2 ov), 2-207 (VVS Laxman, 54.1 ov), 3-347 (Sachin Tendulkar, 81.3 ov), 4-400 (Rahul Dravid, 101.4 ov), 5-558 (Sourav Ganguly, 144.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	34	6	122	1	3.58	-	-	-	3
Paul Wilson	12	2	50	0	4.16	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	20	3	65	1	3.25	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	42	4	147	0	3.50	-	-	-	7
Gavin Robertson	33	2	163	2	4.93	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	18	1	77	1	4.27	-	-	-	3

Australia 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	run out (Laxman/†Mongia)	45	116	187	5	0	38.79
Michael Slater	b Srinath	5	14	22	0	0	35.71
Greg Blewett	lbw b Srinath	25	76	94	2	0	32.89
Mark Waugh	c Laxman b Kumble	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Ricky Ponting	c Srinath b Kumble	9	25	40	1	0	36.00
Ian Healy †	lbw b Srinath	38	104	118	6	0	36.53
Steve Waugh	lbw b Kumble	33	138	173	5	0	23.91
Shane Warne	c & b Kumble	9	33	44	1	0	27.27
Gavin Robertson	c Azharuddin b Kumble	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Michael Kasprowicz	c Raju b Chauhan	10	24	30	1	0	41.66
Paul Wilson	not out	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 3)	7
TOTAL	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.04, 364 Mins)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Michael Slater, 4.1 ov), 2-55 (Greg Blewett, 26.3 ov), 3-56 (Mark Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-81 (Ricky Ponting, 35.6 ov), 5-91 (Mark Taylor, 41.3 ov), 6-133 (Ian Healy, 68.5 ov), 7-158 (Shane Warne, 79.2 ov), 8-158 (Gavin Robertson, 79.5 ov), 9-181 (Steve Waugh, 87.6 ov), 10-181 (Michael Kasprowicz, 88.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Javagal Srinath	19	6	44	3	2.31	-	-	-	2
Sourav Ganguly	4	0	9	0	2.25	-	-	-	1
Anil Kumble	31	10	62	5	2.00	-	-	-	0
Rajesh Chauhan	18.4	4	42	1	2.25	-	-	-	0
Venkatapathy Raju	16	7	20	0	1.25	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Wed, 18 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 233

Thu, 19 Mar - day 2 - India 1st innings 369/3 (Rahul Dravid 76*, Mohammad Azharuddin 9*, 90 ov)

Fri, 20 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 38/1 (Mark Taylor 11*, Greg Blewett 19*, 19 ov)

Sat, 21 Mar - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 181 (88.4 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Lunch: Australia 67/4 (SR Waugh 29*, Ponting 20*; 29 overs)
Tea: Australia 175/7 (SR Waugh 79*, Robertson 0*; 58 overs)
Srinath took two wickets in the opening over of the Test, only the second such instance (prev. SJ Snooke, South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1909-10)
SR Waugh used a runner (Blewett) due to injury from over 55, when 74*. He was dismissed when the runner was caught out of his ground attempting a single.

Day 2

Lunch: India 95/0 (Laxman 47*, Sidhu 42*; 29 overs)
Tea: India 228/2 (Dravid 16*, Tendulkar 12*; 58 overs)
Laxman and Sidhu are the second opening pair to be dismissed in the nineties in the same test innings (first, SM Gavaskar and CPS Chauhan, India v Pakistan at Lahore, 1978-79).

MATCH DETAILS

Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Javagal Srinath
Series result	India led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 1409
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Paul Wilson
Umpires	B.C. Cooray K Parthasarathy
TV Umpire	Sekhar Choudhary
Match Referee	Peter van der Merwe

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Australia Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
J Srinath	19	6	44	3	2.31 (2 nb)
SC Ganguly	4	0	9	0	2.25 (1 nb)
A Kumble	31	10	62	5	2
RK Chauhan	18.4	4	42	1	2.25
SLV Raju	16	7	20	0	1.25

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