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India v Australia @ Chepauk, Madras
11, 12, 14, 15, 16 September 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: MV Gothoskar, S Kishen
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | c Venkat b Kapil Dev | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 33 | 83 | 124 | 5 | - |
| 3. Allan Border | run out ( > > ) | 162 | 0 | 416 | 24 | 1 |
| *4. Kim Hughes | c Venkat b Dilip Doshi | 100 | 0 | 276 | 10 | 1 |
| 5. Graham Yallop | c Yajurvindra Singh b Dilip Doshi | 18 | 53 | 55 | 2 | - |
| 6. Dav Whatmore | c Venkat b Dilip Doshi | 20 | 0 | 36 | 3 | - |
| +7. Kevin Wright | b Venkat | 20 | 36 | 32 | 4 | - |
| 8. Geoff Dymock | lbw b Kapil Dev | 16 | 58 | 62 | 4 | - |
| 9. Rodney Hogg | c Kapil Dev b Dilip Doshi | 3 | 4 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Alan Hurst | c Syed Kirmani b Dilip Doshi | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Jim Higgs | not out | 1 | 21 | 26 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-75 (Graeme Wood), 3-297 (Kim Hughes), 4-318 (Allan Border), 5-339 (Graham Yallop), 6-352 (Dav Whatmore), 7-369 (Kevin Wright), 8-375 (Rodney Hogg), 9-376 (Alan Hurst), 390 (Geoff Dymock). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 143.4 ovs) 390 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 25.4 | 3 | 95 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 20 | 4 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 46 | 16 | 101 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 43 | 10 | 103 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Graeme Wood b Rodney Hogg | 50 | 0 | 130 | 7 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Kevin Wright b Jim Higgs | 26 | 91 | 115 | 3 | - |
| +3. Syed Kirmani | c Allan Border b Rodney Hogg | 57 | 206 | 235 | 6 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Kim Hughes b Jim Higgs | 17 | 45 | 65 | 3 | - |
| 5. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Dav Whatmore b Jim Higgs | 65 | 77 | 111 | 10 | 1 |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Jim Higgs | 52 | 0 | 204 | 4 | - |
| 7. Yajurvindra Singh | c Kevin Wright b Graham Yallop | 15 | 47 | 72 | 3 | - |
| 8. Kapil Dev | c Alan Hurst b Jim Higgs | 83 | 0 | 104 | 14 | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 23 | 38 | 49 | 4 | - |
| 10. Venkat | lbw b Jim Higgs | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | c Rodney Hogg b Jim Higgs | 3 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-80 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-89 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-122 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-221 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 5-240 (Syed Kirmani), 6-281 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-371 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-394 (Kapil Dev), 9-417 (Venkat), 425 (Dilip Doshi). |
| Extras | 2b, 5lb, 0w, 23nb, 0pen) 30 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 130.3 ovs) 425 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 22 | 1 | 85 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Hurst | 23 | 8 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jim Higgs | 41.3 | 12 | 143 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Dymock | 24 | 6 | 65 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 14 | 4 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Yallop | 6 | 1 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | lbw b Dilip Doshi | 55 | 0 | 211 | 5 | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | c Chetan Chauhan b Kapil Dev | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| 3. Allan Border | b Venkat | 50 | 0 | 174 | 8 | - |
| *4. Kim Hughes | lbw b Venkat | 36 | 0 | 135 | - | - |
| 5. Graham Yallop | run out ( > > ) | 2 | 23 | 25 | - | - |
| 6. Dav Whatmore | c Chetan Chauhan b Dilip Doshi | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - |
| +7. Kevin Wright | b Venkat | 5 | 24 | 25 | - | - |
| 8. Geoff Dymock | not out | 28 | 69 | 85 | 3 | - |
| 9. Rodney Hogg | not out | 8 | 58 | 60 | 1 | - |
| 10. Alan Hurst | ||||||
| 11. Jim Higgs |
| FOW | 1-2 (Graeme Wood), 2-103 (Allan Border), 3-123 (Andrew Hilditch), 4-127 (Graham Yallop), 5-146 (Dav Whatmore), 6-156 (Kevin Wright), 7-175 (Kim Hughes). |
| Extras | 11b, 4lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 113.4 ovs) 212 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 9 | 3 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 17.4 | 8 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 45 | 10 | 77 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 42 | 15 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Chetan Chauhan, Syed Kirmani, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma, Yajurvindra Singh, Kapil Dev, Karsan Ghavri, Venkat, Dilip Doshi