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(40 ov) 212 & 144/8

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Day 2 - Australia lead by 218 runs.

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369/6

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(41.4/50 ov, T:370) 289/5

Netherlands need 81 runs in 50 balls.

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Australia vs India, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1985 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

2nd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1985, India tour of Australia

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Australia

262 & 308

India

(T:126) 445 & 59/2

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Allan Border

, AUS

163

Summary

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Australia 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

India 2nd Innings

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Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Wayne Phillips †	b Yadav	7	65	77	0	0	10.76
David Boon	lbw b Shastri	14	46	57	1	0	30.43
Geoff Marsh	c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav	30	131	163	3	0	22.90
Allan Border (c)	c & b Sivaramakrishnan	11	12	17	1	1	91.66
David Hookes	b Shastri	42	67	66	6	0	62.68
Steve Waugh	c Kapil Dev b Sivaramakrishnan	13	32	32	2	0	40.62
Greg Matthews	not out	100	152	195	9	2	65.78
Ray Bright	b Shastri	28	76	86	2	0	36.84
Craig McDermott	c Kapil Dev b Shastri	1	2	4	0	0	50.00
Bruce Reid	c Srikkanth b Kapil Dev	1	21	29	0	0	4.76
Dave Gilbert	c †Kirmani b Yadav	4	19	49	0	0	21.05
Extras	(b 5, lb 6)	11
Total	103.5 Ov (RR: 2.52)	262
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (David Boon), 2-26 (Wayne Phillips), 3-41 (Allan Border), 4-90 (David Hookes), 5-109 (Steve Waugh), 6-127 (Geoff Marsh), 7-193 (Ray Bright), 8-195 (Craig McDermott), 9-216 (Bruce Reid), 10-262 (Dave Gilbert)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kapil Dev	23	6	38	1	1.65	-	-	-
Roger Binny	3	0	11	0	3.66	-	-	-
Ravi Shastri	37	13	87	4	2.35	-	-	-
Shivlal Yadav	27.5	10	64	3	2.29	-	-	-
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	13	2	51	2	3.92	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	b Gilbert	6	5	17	0	0	120.00
Kris Srikkanth	lbw b Gilbert	86	89	105	16	0	96.62
Mohinder Amarnath	c †Phillips b Reid	45	128	163	5	0	35.15
Dilip Vengsarkar	c & b Matthews	75	239	320	6	0	31.38
Mohammad Azharuddin	b Matthews	37	111	145	2	0	33.33
Ravi Shastri	c †Phillips b Waugh	49	173	230	1	0	28.32
Kapil Dev (c)	c Hookes b Reid	55	76	78	6	0	72.36
Roger Binny	c Matthews b Reid	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Syed Kirmani †	c †Phillips b Waugh	35	45	59	4	0	77.77
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	c †Phillips b Reid	15	28	38	2	0	53.57
Shivlal Yadav	not out	6	27	30	1	0	22.22
Extras	(b 4, lb 15, nb 17)	36
Total	148.2 Ov (RR: 3.00)	445
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-116 (Kris Srikkanth), 3-172 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4-246 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-291 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-370 (Kapil Dev), 7-372 (Roger Binny), 8-420 (Ravi Shastri), 9-425 (Syed Kirmani), 10-445 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Craig McDermott	15	5	52	0	3.46	-	-	-
Dave Gilbert	22	1	81	2	3.68	-	-	-
Bruce Reid	38.2	11	100	4	2.60	-	-	-
Ray Bright	31	8	76	0	2.45	-	-	-
Greg Matthews	31	7	81	2	2.61	-	-	-
Steve Waugh	11	5	36	2	3.27	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Marsh	c Sivaramakrishnan b Shastri	19	40	66	3	0	47.50
David Boon	c & b Kapil Dev	19	43	43	2	0	44.18
Allan Border (c)	st †Kirmani b Yadav	163	358	410	16	0	45.53
David Hookes	c Srikkanth b Shastri	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Waugh	b Shastri	5	20	31	1	0	25.00
Greg Matthews	c Azharuddin b Sivaramakrishnan	16	65	71	1	0	24.61
Wayne Phillips †	c Srikkanth b Yadav	13	42	48	2	0	30.95
Ray Bright	lbw b Kapil Dev	20	78	71	3	0	25.64
Craig McDermott	c & b Shastri	2	9	7	0	0	22.22
Bruce Reid	c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav	13	24	36	0	0	54.16
Dave Gilbert	not out	10	65	113	1	0	15.38
Extras	(b 11, lb 16, nb 1)	28
Total	123.5 Ov (RR: 2.48)	308
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (David Boon), 2-54 (Geoff Marsh), 3-54 (David Hookes), 4-84 (Steve Waugh), 5-126 (Greg Matthews), 6-161 (Wayne Phillips), 7-202 (Ray Bright), 8-205 (Craig McDermott), 9-231 (Bruce Reid), 10-308 (Allan Border)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kapil Dev	22	7	53	2	2.40	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-
Ravi Shastri	47	13	92	4	1.95	-	-	-
Shivlal Yadav	38.5	15	84	3	2.16	-	-	-
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan	13	1	43	1	3.30	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings (T: 126 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	b Reid	8	54	68	0	0	14.81
Kris Srikkanth	c Bright b Reid	38	61	94	3	0	62.29
Mohinder Amarnath	not out	3	27	40	0	0	11.11
Dilip Vengsarkar	not out	1	12	14	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)	9
Total	25 Ov (RR: 2.36)	59/2
Did not bat: Mohammad Azharuddin, Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev (c), Roger Binny, Syed Kirmani †, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Shivlal Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-57 (Kris Srikkanth)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Craig McDermott	6	1	17	0	2.83	-	-	-
Dave Gilbert	4	0	9	0	2.25	-	-	-
Bruce Reid	8	1	23	2	2.87	-	-	-
Ray Bright	7	4	5	0	0.71	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 210/8 (Greg Matthews 54*, Bruce Reid 0*)

Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 187/3 (Dilip Vengsarkar 38*, Mohammad Azharuddin 5*)

Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 431/9 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6*, Shivlal Yadav 2*)

Sun, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 228/8 (Allan Border 98*, Bruce Reid 11*)

Mon, 30 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 59/2 (25 ov) - end of match

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12th Men: MG Hughes (Australia).

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1985/86
Player Of The Match	Allan Border
Series result	3-match series level 0-0
Match number	Test no. 1033
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Steve Waugh
Umpires	Dick French Raymond Isherwood

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SM Gavaskar	bowled	8	54
K Srikkanth	caught	38	61
M Amarnath	not out	3	27
DB Vengsarkar	not out	1	12
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)
Total	59(2 wkts; 25 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ McDermott	6	1	17	0	2.83
DR Gilbert	4	0	9	0	2.25
BA Reid	8	1	23	2	2.87
RJ Bright	7	4	5	0	0.71

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	39	Sunil Gavaskar	Kris Srikkanth
2nd	18	Mohinder Amarnath	Kris Srikkanth
3rd	2	Mohinder Amarnath	Dilip Vengsarkar

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