India v Australia @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
18, 19, 20, 21 March 1998 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: BC Cooray, K Parthasarathy
Third Umpire: S Choudhary
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: India won by an innings and 219 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Michael Slater | c Rahul Dravid b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Nayan Mongia b Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 21 | 49 | - | - | |
| 3. Greg Blewett | b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 4. Mark Waugh | lbw b Javagal Srinath | 10 | 19 | 27 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | run out (Rahul Dravid > Anil Kumble > ) | 80 | 175 | 229 | 13 | - | |
| 6. Ricky Ponting | b Anil Kumble | 60 | 127 | 149 | 7 | - | |
| +7. Ian Healy | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 1 | 6 | 12 | - | - | |
| 8. Shane Warne | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Anil Kumble | 11 | 17 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Gavin Robertson | lbw b Sourav Ganguly | 29 | 99 | 127 | 3 | - | |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Sourav Ganguly | 25 | 83 | 92 | 3 | - | |
| 11. Paul Wilson | not out | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Michael Slater), 2-1 (Greg Blewett), 3-15 (Mark Waugh), 4-29 (Mark Taylor), 5-141 (Ricky Ponting), 6-151 (Ian Healy), 7-168 (Shane Warne), 8-178 (Steve Waugh), 9-232 (Michael Kasprowicz), 233 (Gavin Robertson). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 12nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 89.4 ovs, 367 mins) 233 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 17 | 0 | 80 | 3 | (0w,10nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 13.4 | 5 | 28 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 28 | 11 | 44 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 17 | 2 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 11 | 2 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| VVS Laxman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. VVS Laxman | c Ian Healy b Gavin Robertson | 95 | 161 | 225 | 16 | - | |
| 2. Navjot Sidhu | lbw b Mark Waugh | 97 | 152 | 204 | 16 | - | |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c & b Greg Blewett | 86 | 150 | 209 | 12 | - | |
| 4. Sachin Tendulkar | c Greg Blewett b Michael Kasprowicz | 79 | 86 | 109 | 12 | 2 | |
| *5. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 163 | 246 | 311 | 18 | 3 | |
| 6. Sourav Ganguly | c sub b Gavin Robertson | 65 | 128 | 175 | 6 | 1 | |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | not out | 30 | 44 | 56 | 5 | - | |
| 8. Javagal Srinath | |||||||
| 9. Rajesh Chauhan | |||||||
| 10. Venkatapathy Raju | |||||||
| 11. Anil Kumble |
| FOW | 1-191 (Navjot Sidhu), 2-207 (VVS Laxman), 3-347 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-400 (Rahul Dravid), 5-558 (Sourav Ganguly). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 0w, 9nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 159 ovs, 647 mins) 633 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 34 | 6 | 122 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
| Paul Wilson | 12 | 2 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Blewett | 20 | 3 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 42 | 4 | 147 | 0 | (0w,7nb) |
| Gavin Robertson | 33 | 2 | 163 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 18 | 1 | 77 | 1 | (0w,3nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Mark Taylor | run out (VVS Laxman > Nayan Mongia > ) | 45 | 116 | 187 | 5 | - | |
| 2. Michael Slater | b Javagal Srinath | 5 | 14 | 22 | - | - | |
| 3. Greg Blewett | lbw b Javagal Srinath | 25 | 76 | 94 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Mark Waugh | c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| 5. Ricky Ponting | c Javagal Srinath b Anil Kumble | 9 | 25 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| +6. Ian Healy | lbw b Javagal Srinath | 38 | 104 | 118 | 6 | - | |
| 7. Steve Waugh | lbw b Anil Kumble | 33 | 138 | 173 | 5 | - | |
| 8. Shane Warne | c & b Anil Kumble | 9 | 33 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| 9. Gavin Robertson | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Anil Kumble | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | c Venkatapathy Raju b Rajesh Chauhan | 10 | 24 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| 11. Paul Wilson | not out | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Michael Slater), 2-55 (Greg Blewett), 3-56 (Mark Waugh), 4-81 (Ricky Ponting), 5-91 (Mark Taylor), 6-133 (Ian Healy), 7-158 (Shane Warne), 8-158 (Gavin Robertson), 9-181 (Steve Waugh), 181 (Michael Kasprowicz). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 88.4 ovs, 364 mins) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 19 | 6 | 44 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Sourav Ganguly | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 31 | 10 | 62 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rajesh Chauhan | 18.4 | 4 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 16 | 7 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India:
VVS Laxman, Navjot Sidhu, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly, Nayan Mongia, Javagal Srinath, Rajesh Chauhan, Venkatapathy Raju, Anil Kumble
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Michael Slater, Greg Blewett, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Gavin Robertson, Michael Kasprowicz, Paul Wilson
