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Matches (16)

UAE v WI (1)

SL v AFG (1)

SL-A v SA-A (1)

ENG v IRE (1)

Vitality Blast (8)

Charlotte Edwards (4)

RESULT • 1st ODI • Sharjah

UAE

202

WI

(35.2/50 ov, T:203) 206/3

West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)

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RESULT • 2nd ODI • Hambantota

SL

AFG

(42.1/50 ov, T:324) 191

Sri Lanka won by 132 runs

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RESULT

1st Test, Brisbane, December 02 - 06, 1977, India tour of Australia

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166 & 327

(T:341) 153 & 324

Australia won by 16 runs

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 166/10(46.7 overs)

1st INNINGS

Peter Toohey 82 (142)

Bishan Bedi5/55 (13.7)

Gary Cosier 19 (32)

Mohinder Amarnath2/43 (13)

India • 153/10(50 overs)

1st INNINGS

Dilip Vengsarkar 48 (115)

Wayne Clark4/46 (18)

Gundappa Viswanath 45 (90)

Tony Mann3/12 (6)

Australia • 327/10(91.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Bob Simpson 89 (269)

Madan Lal5/72 (19)

Peter Toohey 57 (105)

Mohinder Amarnath2/24 (8)

India • 324/10(84.7 overs)

2nd INNINGS

Sunil Gavaskar 113 (264)

Jeff Thomson4/76 (19.7)

Syed Kirmani 55 (133)

Wayne Clark4/101 (26)

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Match details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 809
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	David Ogilvie Tony Mann Paul Hibbert Peter Toohey Steve Rixon Wayne Clark
Umpires	Max O'Connell Tom Brooks

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
SM Gavaskar	caught	113	264
DB Vengsarkar	bowled	1	2
M Amarnath	caught	47	79
GR Viswanath	caught	35	85
BP Patel	lbw	3	6
AV Mankad	bowled	21	60
SMH Kirmani	caught	55	133
S Madan Lal	caught	2	9
EAS Prasanna	caught	8	11
BS Bedi	not out	26	30
BS Chandrasekhar	caught	0	7
Extras	(lb 6, nb 7)
Total	324(10 wkts; 84.7 ovs)

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	7	Sunil Gavaskar	Dilip Vengsarkar
2nd	81	Mohinder Amarnath	Sunil Gavaskar
3rd	59	Gundappa Viswanath	Sunil Gavaskar
4th	4	Sunil Gavaskar	Brijesh Patel
5th	45	Ashok Mankad	Sunil Gavaskar
6th	47	Sunil Gavaskar	Syed Kirmani
7th	8	Madan Lal	Syed Kirmani
8th	24	Erapalli Prasanna	Syed Kirmani
9th	43	Bishan Bedi	Syed Kirmani
10th	6	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	Bishan Bedi

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