Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c †Rixon b Clark	4	33	28	0	0	12.12
Chetan Chauhan	c Gannon b Simpson	88	151	195	13	0	58.27
Mohinder Amarnath	c Gannon b Thomson	90	156	228	7	0	57.69
Gundappa Viswanath	b Thomson	38	55	50	7	0	69.09
Dilip Vengsarkar	c †Rixon b Clark	49	76	105	7	0	64.47
Brijesh Patel	c †Rixon b Thomson	3	8	9	0	0	37.50
Syed Kirmani †	c †Rixon b Thomson	38	64	76	5	0	59.37
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	c Simpson b Gannon	37	60	83	4	0	61.66
Madan Lal	b Gannon	43	35	44	7	0	122.85
Bishan Bedi (c)	b Gannon	3	4	-	0	0	75.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	not out	0	10	27	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, nb 8)	9
Total	79.6 Ov (RR: 5.04)	402
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-163 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-224 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-229 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-235 (Brijesh Patel), 6-311 (Syed Kirmani), 7-319 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 8-383 (Madan Lal), 9-391 (Bishan Bedi), 10-402 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Thomson	24	1	101	4	3.15	-	-	-
Wayne Clark	17	0	95	2	4.19	-	-	-
Sam Gannon	16.6	1	84	3	3.76	-	-	-
Tony Mann	11	0	63	0	4.29	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	11	0	50	1	3.40	-	-	-

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	c Patel b Bedi	53	220	257	5	0	24.09
Craig Serjeant	c †Kirmani b Madan Lal	13	32	40	2	0	40.62
David Ogilvie	b Bedi	27	65	87	4	0	41.53
Peter Toohey	st †Kirmani b Bedi	0	13	13	0	0	0.00
Bob Simpson (c)	c Vengsarkar b Venkataraghavan	176	355	388	17	0	49.57
Steve Rixon †	c †Kirmani b Amarnath	50	115	120	5	0	43.47
Kim Hughes	c Patel b Bedi	28	75	80	3	0	37.33
Tony Mann	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	7	24	20	1	0	29.16
Wayne Clark	c Patel b Chandrasekhar	15	44	58	1	0	34.09
Jeff Thomson	c Amarnath b Venkataraghavan	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Sam Gannon	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 25)	25
Total	118.6 Ov (RR: 3.31)	394
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Craig Serjeant), 2-61 (David Ogilvie), 3-65 (Peter Toohey), 4-149 (John Dyson), 5-250 (Steve Rixon), 6-321 (Kim Hughes), 7-341 (Tony Mann), 8-388 (Bob Simpson), 9-388 (Jeff Thomson), 10-394 (Wayne Clark)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Madan Lal	15	1	54	1	2.70	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	16	2	57	1	2.67	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	33.6	6	114	1	2.53	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	31	6	89	5	2.15	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	23	4	55	2	1.79	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	b Clark	127	245	271	20	0	51.83
Chetan Chauhan	c Ogilvie b Thomson	32	40	56	7	0	80.00
Mohinder Amarnath	c †Rixon b Simpson	100	175	264	4	0	57.14
Gundappa Viswanath	c †Rixon b Clark	1	11	10	0	0	9.09
Dilip Vengsarkar	c Hughes b Gannon	9	37	46	1	0	24.32
Brijesh Patel	b Gannon	27	40	63	4	0	67.50
Syed Kirmani †	lbw b Gannon	2	2	1	0	0	100.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	c Hughes b Gannon	14	41	46	1	0	34.14
Madan Lal	b Thomson	3	7	7	0	0	42.85
Bishan Bedi (c)	not out	0	3	8	0	0	0.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 10)	15
Total	73.5 Ov (RR: 4.48)	330/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-240 (Sunil Gavaskar), 3-244 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-283 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-287 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-289 (Syed Kirmani), 7-327 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 8-328 (Brijesh Patel), 9-330 (Madan Lal)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Jeff Thomson	21.5	3	65	2	2.25	-	-	-
Wayne Clark	18	1	83	2	3.45	-	-	-
Sam Gannon	18	2	77	4	3.20	-	-	-
Tony Mann	8	0	49	0	4.59	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	8	2	41	1	3.84	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 339 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
John Dyson	c Vengsarkar b Bedi	4	19	24	0	0	21.05
Craig Serjeant	c †Kirmani b Madan Lal	12	38	38	1	0	31.57
Tony Mann	c †Kirmani b Bedi	105	165	183	10	0	63.63
David Ogilvie	b Bedi	47	180	208	4	0	26.11
Peter Toohey	c Amarnath b Bedi	83	140	164	7	0	59.28
Bob Simpson (c)	run out	39	92	95	3	0	42.39
Kim Hughes	lbw b Madan Lal	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Steve Rixon †	lbw b Bedi	23	34	31	1	0	67.64
Wayne Clark	not out	5	14	18	0	0	35.71
Jeff Thomson	not out	6	15	13	1	0	40.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 10)	18
Total	87.2 Ov (RR: 3.91)	342/8
Did not bat: Sam Gannon
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (John Dyson), 2-33 (Craig Serjeant), 3-172 (Tony Mann), 4-195 (David Ogilvie), 5-295 (Bob Simpson), 6-296 (Kim Hughes), 7-330 (Peter Toohey), 8-330 (Steve Rixon)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Madan Lal	11	0	44	2	3.00	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	3	0	22	0	5.50	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	15	0	67	0	3.35	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	30.2	6	105	5	2.60	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	28	9	86	0	2.30	-	-	-

Close of Play

Fri, 16 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 329/7 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan 11*, Madan Lal 0*)

Sat, 17 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 171/4 (Bob Simpson 52*, Steve Rixon 16*)

Sun, 18 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 67/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 20*, Mohinder Amarnath 10*)

Mon, 19 Dec - rest day

Tue, 20 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 25/1 (Craig Serjeant 9*, Tony Mann 6*)

Wed, 21 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 342/8 (87.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1977/78
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 811
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	John Dyson Sam Gannon
Umpires	Dick French Robin Bailhache

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Australia Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Madan Lal	11	0	44	2	3
M Amarnath	3	0	22	0	5.5
BS Chandrasekhar	15	0	67	0	3.35
BS Bedi	30.2	6	105	5	2.6
S Venkataraghavan	28	9	86	0	2.3

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