Full Scorecard of India vs Australia 3rd Test 1997/98 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Bengaluru, Mar 25 - 29 1998, Australia tour of India

India

424 & 169

Australia

(58 ov, target 194)400 & 195/2

Australia won by 8 wickets

player of the match

Australia

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman	c Taylor b Kasprowicz	6	24	44	1	0	25.00

Navjot Sidhu	b Warne	74	135	162	8	3	54.81

Rahul Dravid	b Warne	23	94	131	4	0	24.47

Sachin Tendulkar	b Dale	177	207	298	29	3	85.51

Mohammad Azharuddin (c)	c †Healy b Lehmann	40	114	144	2	0	35.09

Sourav Ganguly	lbw b Dale	17	39	61	3	0	43.59

Nayan Mongia †	c Ponting b Warne	18	34	48	2	0	52.94

Anil Kumble	c Waugh b Robertson	39	59	86	4	1	66.10

Harvinder Singh	lbw b Dale	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Venkatapathy Raju	c Lehmann b Robertson	5	24	26	1	0	20.83

Harbhajan Singh	not out	4	19	21	0	0	21.05

Extras	(b 6, lb 6, nb 9)	21
TOTAL	(123.2 Ov, RR: 3.43, 510 Mts)	424
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (VVS Laxman, 8.1 ov), 2-109 (Navjot Sidhu, 39.6 ov), 3-110 (Rahul Dravid, 41.4 ov), 4-249 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 76.5 ov), 5-294 (Sourav Ganguly, 91.3 ov), 6-353 (Nayan Mongia, 101.5 ov), 7-390 (Sachin Tendulkar, 110.2 ov), 8-390 (Harvinder Singh, 110.3 ov), 9-415 (Venkatapathy Raju, 117.5 ov), 10-424 (Anil Kumble, 123.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	29	4	76	1	2.62	-	-	-	5
Adam Dale	23	6	71	3	3.09	-	-	-	2
Shane Warne	35	9	106	3	3.03	-	-	-	2
Greg Blewett	14	3	50	0	3.57	-	-	-	1
Gavin Robertson	11.2	1	58	2	5.12	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	4	0	24	0	6.00	-	-	-	0
Darren Lehmann	7	1	27	1	3.86	-	-	-	0

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c †Mongia b Harvinder Singh	91	117	140	14	2	77.78

Mark Taylor (c)	c †Mongia b Kumble	14	43	63	1	0	32.56

Greg Blewett	b Harbhajan Singh	4	25	21	0	0	16.00

Mark Waugh	not out	153	267	375	13	4	57.30

Darren Lehmann	c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	52	67	99	8	0	77.61

Ricky Ponting	c Tendulkar b Kumble	16	30	27	0	0	53.33

Ian Healy †	c †Mongia b Kumble	4	5	10	1	0	80.00

Shane Warne	c Harbhajan Singh b Raju	33	52	63	3	1	63.46

Gavin Robertson	c Azharuddin b Kumble	4	33	42	0	0	12.12

Michael Kasprowicz	lbw b Kumble	4	26	26	0	0	15.38

Adam Dale	c Laxman b Kumble	5	9	8	0	0	55.56

Extras	(b 12, lb 5, nb 3)	20
TOTAL	(111.3 Ov, RR: 3.58, 423 Mts)	400
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Mark Taylor, 15.6 ov), 2-77 (Greg Blewett, 22.4 ov), 3-143 (Michael Slater, 36.6 ov), 4-249 (Darren Lehmann, 62.2 ov), 5-274 (Ricky Ponting, 69.5 ov), 6-286 (Ian Healy, 71.6 ov), 7-350 (Shane Warne, 89.4 ov), 8-378 (Gavin Robertson, 101.6 ov), 9-394 (Michael Kasprowicz, 109.2 ov), 10-400 (Adam Dale, 111.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Harvinder Singh	7	0	44	1	6.29	-	-	-	2
Sourav Ganguly	2	0	10	0	5.00	-	-	-	2
Anil Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2.36	-	-	-	0
Venkatapathy Raju	37	7	118	1	3.19	-	-	-	0
Harbhajan Singh	23	1	112	2	4.87	-	-	-	1
VVS Laxman	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-	0

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
VVS Laxman	c Ponting b Warne	15	41	59	2	0	36.59

Navjot Sidhu	c Lehmann b Warne	44	62	90	6	1	70.97

Rahul Dravid	c †Healy b Robertson	6	31	63	0	0	19.35

Sachin Tendulkar	c & b Kasprowicz	31	64	75	4	0	48.44

Mohammad Azharuddin (c)	b Kasprowicz	18	53	69	2	0	33.96

Sourav Ganguly	b Robertson	16	55	72	0	0	29.09

Nayan Mongia †	not out	12	37	77	0	0	32.43

Anil Kumble	lbw b Robertson	9	14	15	2	0	64.29

Harvinder Singh	lbw b Kasprowicz	0	8	7	0	0	0.00

Venkatapathy Raju	b Kasprowicz	2	5	6	0	0	40.00

Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Kasprowicz	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 6)	16
TOTAL	(61 Ov, RR: 2.77, 273 Mts)	169
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (VVS Laxman, 12.6 ov), 2-61 (Navjot Sidhu, 20.2 ov), 3-92 (Rahul Dravid, 27.4 ov), 4-111 (Sachin Tendulkar, 37.5 ov), 5-127 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 43.5 ov), 6-144 (Sourav Ganguly, 53.4 ov), 7-158 (Anil Kumble, 57.3 ov), 8-159 (Harvinder Singh, 58.6 ov), 9-163 (Venkatapathy Raju, 60.1 ov), 10-169 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Michael Kasprowicz	18	5	28	5	1.56	-	-	-	1
Adam Dale	5	1	21	0	4.20	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	25	6	80	2	3.20	-	-	-	5
Gavin Robertson	12	2	28	3	2.33	-	-	-	0
Greg Blewett	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

BATSMEN		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	not out	102	193	210	17	0	52.85

Michael Slater	c Azharuddin b Tendulkar	42	73	108	3	1	57.53

Greg Blewett	lbw b Kumble	5	23	27	0	0	21.74

Mark Waugh	not out	33	59	74	4	0	55.93

Extras	(b 8, lb 5)	13
TOTAL	(58 Ov, RR: 3.36, 210 Mts)	195/2
Did not bat: Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Ian Healy †, Shane Warne, Gavin Robertson, Michael Kasprowicz, Adam Dale
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Michael Slater, 28.6 ov), 2-114 (Greg Blewett, 37.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Harvinder Singh	3	0	17	0	5.67	-	-	-
Anil Kumble	22.4	5	63	1	2.78	-	-	-
Venkatapathy Raju	15	4	37	0	2.47	-	-	-
Harbhajan Singh	6	1	24	0	4.00	-	-	-
Sachin Tendulkar	11.2	1	41	1	3.62	-	-	-

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	1997/98
Player Of The Match	Michael Kasprowicz
Player Of The Series	Sachin Tendulkar
Series result	India won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1413
Match days	day match (5-day match)
Test debut	Adam Dale Darren Lehmann Harbhajan Singh
Umpires	David Shepherd V.K.Ramaswamy
TV Umpire
Match Referee	Peter van der Merwe

Wed, 25 Mar - day 1 -India 1st innings 290/4 (Sachin Tendulkar 117*, Sourav Ganguly 17*, 90 ov)

Thu, 26 Mar - day 2 -Australia 1st innings 209/3 (Mark Waugh 58*, Darren Lehmann 35*, 54 ov)

Fri, 27 Mar - day 3 -India 2nd innings 99/3 (Sachin Tendulkar 27*, Mohammad Azharuddin 4*, 34 ov)

Sat, 28 Mar - day 4 -Australia 2nd innings 195/2 (58 ov) - end of match