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Australia v India, 1977/1978, 2nd test
Perth (WACA), 16/12/1977 - 21/12/1977

Toss: India
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French
Result: Australia won by 2 wickets

India
SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Clark                  4
CPS Chauhan           c Gannon           b Simpson               88
M Amarnath            c Gannon           b Thomson               90
GR Viswanath                             b Thomson               38
DB Vengsarkar         c Rixon            b Clark                 49
BP Patel              c Rixon            b Thomson                3
+SMH Kirmani          c Rixon            b Thomson               38
S Venkataraghavan     c Simpson          b Gannon                37
S Madan Lal                              b Gannon                43
*BS Bedi                                 b Gannon                 3
BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                     0
Extras                b 1, lb 0, w 0, nb 8                        9
Total                 all out                                   402

Fall Of Wickets
1-14 (Gavaskar)               2-163 (Chauhan)               
3-224 (Viswanath)             4-229 (Amarnath)              
5-235 (Patel)                 6-311 (Kirmani)               
7-319 (Vengsarkar)            8-383 (Madan Lal)             
9-391 (Bedi)                  10-402 (Venkataraghavan)      

Bowling
Thomson             24      1   101     4
Clark               17      0    95     2
Gannon              16.6    1    84     3
Mann                11      0    63     0
Simpson             11      0    50     1

Australia
J Dyson               c Patel            b Bedi                  53
CS Serjeant           c Kirmani          b Madan Lal             13
AD Ogilvie                               b Bedi                  27
PM Toohey             st Kirmani         b Bedi                   0
*RB Simpson           c Vengsarkar       b Venkataraghavan      176
+SJ Rixon             c Kirmani          b Amarnath              50
KJ Hughes             c Patel            b Bedi                  28
AL Mann               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                   7
WM Clark              c Patel            b Chandrasekhar         15
JR Thomson            c Amarnath         b Venkataraghavan        0
JB Gannon             not out                                     0
Extras                b 0, lb 25, w 0, nb 0                      25
Total                 all out                                   394

Fall Of Wickets
1-19 (Serjeant)               2-61 (Ogilvie)                
3-65 (Toohey)                 4-149 (Dyson)                 
5-250 (Rixon)                 6-321 (Hughes)                
7-341 (Mann)                  8-388 (Simpson)               
9-388 (Thomson)               10-394 (Clark)                

Bowling
Madan Lal           15      1    54     1
Amarnath            16      2    57     1
Chandrasekhar       33.6    6   114     1
Bedi                31      6    89     5
Venkataraghavan     23      4    55     2

India
SM Gavaskar                              b Clark                127
CPS Chauhan           c Ogilvie          b Thomson               32
M Amarnath            c Rixon            b Simpson              100
GR Viswanath          c Rixon            b Clark                  1
DB Vengsarkar         c Hughes           b Gannon                 9
BP Patel                                 b Gannon                27
+SMH Kirmani          lbw                b Gannon                 2
S Venkataraghavan     c Hughes           b Gannon                14
S Madan Lal                              b Thomson                3
*BS Bedi              not out                                     0
BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                     0
Extras                b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 10                      15
Total                 for 9 wickets                             330

Fall Of Wickets
1-47 (Chauhan)                2-240 (Gavaskar)              
3-244 (Viswanath)             4-283 (Amarnath)              
5-287 (Vengsarkar)            6-289 (Kirmani)               
7-327 (Venkataraghavan)       8-328 (Patel)                 
9-330 (Madan Lal)             

Bowling
Thomson             21.5    3    65     2
Clark               18      1    83     2
Gannon              18      2    77     4
Mann                 8      0    49     0
Simpson              8      2    41     1

Australia
J Dyson               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                   4
CS Serjeant           c Kirmani          b Madan Lal             12
AL Mann               c Kirmani          b Bedi                 105
AD Ogilvie                               b Bedi                  47
PM Toohey             c Amarnath         b Bedi                  83
*RB Simpson           run out                                    39
KJ Hughes             lbw                b Madan Lal              0
+SJ Rixon             lbw                b Bedi                  23
WM Clark              not out                                     5
JR Thomson            not out                                     6
Extras                b 8, lb 10, w 0, nb 0                      18
Total                 for 8 wickets                             342

Fall Of Wickets
1-13 (Dyson)                  2-33 (Serjeant)               
3-172 (Mann)                  4-195 (Ogilvie)               
5-295 (Simpson)               6-296 (Hughes)                
7-330 (Toohey)                8-330 (Rixon)                 

Bowling
Madan Lal           11      0    44     2
Amarnath             3      0    22     0
Chandrasekhar       15      0    67     0
Bedi                30.2    6   105     5
Venkataraghavan     28      9    86     0