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Australia v India @ Sydney Cricket Ground
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January 1986 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: PJ McConnell, SG Randell
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Bob Holland | 172 | 0 | 513 | 19 | - |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | b Bruce Reid | 116 | 0 | 190 | 19 | 1 |
| 3. Mohinder Amarnath | c Ray Bright b Dave Gilbert | 138 | 312 | 382 | 10 | - |
| *4. Kapil Dev | b Dave Gilbert | 42 | 0 | 89 | 3 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 37 | 83 | 123 | 1 | - |
| 6. Mohammad Azharuddin | not out | 59 | 78 | 92 | 5 | - |
| 7. Ravi Shastri | ||||||
| +8. Syed Kirmani | ||||||
| 9. Chetan Sharma | ||||||
| 10. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | ||||||
| 11. Shivlal Yadav |
| FOW | 1-191 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-415 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-485 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4-510 (Kapil Dev). |
| Extras | 5b, 9lb, 0w, 22nb, 0pen) 36 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 169 ovs) 600 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Dave Gilbert | 37 | 3 | 135 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 34 | 8 | 89 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Bright | 41 | 7 | 121 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Holland | 21 | 6 | 113 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 29 | 2 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Boon | b Kapil Dev | 131 | 311 | 345 | 16 | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Sunny Gavaskar b Ravi Shastri | 92 | 304 | 408 | 7 | - |
| *3. Allan Border | c Chetan Sharma b Ravi Shastri | 71 | 0 | 239 | 5 | - |
| 4. Greg Ritchie | c Kapil Dev b Shivlal Yadav | 14 | 37 | 31 | - | - |
| +5. Wayne Phillips | c Kris Srikkanth b Ravi Shastri | 14 | 52 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 6. Greg Matthews | c Mohinder Amarnath b Shivlal Yadav | 40 | 105 | 139 | 3 | - |
| 7. Steve Waugh | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan b Shivlal Yadav | 8 | 37 | 38 | 1 | - |
| 8. Ray Bright | c Syed Kirmani b Ravi Shastri | 3 | 18 | 17 | - | - |
| 9. Dave Gilbert | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Shivlal Yadav | 1 | 20 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Bruce Reid | st Syed Kirmani b Shivlal Yadav | 4 | 24 | 13 | - | - |
| 11. Bob Holland | not out | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-217 (David Boon), 2-258 (Geoff Marsh), 3-277 (Greg Ritchie), 4-302 (Wayne Phillips), 5-369 (Allan Border), 6-387 (Steve Waugh), 7-388 (Greg Matthews), 8-390 (Ray Bright), 9-395 (Bruce Reid), 396 (Dave Gilbert). |
| Extras | 0b, 14lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 179.3 ovs) 396 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 25 | 8 | 65 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 57 | 21 | 101 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 62.3 | 21 | 99 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 22 | 2 | 79 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 13 | 2 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Boon | run out ( > > ) | 25 | 72 | 89 | 2 | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | lbw b Shivlal Yadav | 28 | 84 | 91 | 2 | - |
| 3. Greg Ritchie | not out | 17 | 157 | 166 | 1 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | lbw b Ravi Shastri | 0 | 21 | 20 | - | - |
| +5. Wayne Phillips | c Kris Srikkanth b Ravi Shastri | 22 | 62 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 6. Greg Matthews | c Kapil Dev b Shivlal Yadav | 17 | 29 | 29 | 2 | - |
| *7. Allan Border | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan b Shivlal Yadav | 4 | 0 | 19 | - | - |
| 8. Ray Bright | not out | 0 | 18 | 20 | - | - |
| 9. Dave Gilbert | ||||||
| 10. Bruce Reid | ||||||
| 11. Bob Holland |
| FOW | 1-57 (David Boon), 2-57 (Geoff Marsh), 3-60 (Steve Waugh), 4-87 (Wayne Phillips), 5-111 (Greg Matthews), 6-115 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 3b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 77 ovs) 119 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shivlal Yadav | 33 | 22 | 19 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Sharma | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 25 | 12 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 9 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Greg Ritchie, Steve Waugh, Wayne Phillips, Greg Matthews, Allan Border, Ray Bright, Dave Gilbert, Bruce Reid, Bob Holland