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Australia v India, 1977/1978, 3rd test
Melbourne (MCG), 30/12/1977 - 04/01/1978

Toss: India
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Result: India won by 222 runs

India
SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Thomson                0
CPS Chauhan           c Mann             b Clark                  0
M Amarnath            c Simpson          b Clark                 72
GR Viswanath          c Rixon            b Thomson               59
DB Vengsarkar         c Simpson          b Thomson               37
AV Mankad             c Clark            b Gannon                44
+SMH Kirmani          lbw                b Simpson               29
KD Ghavri             c Rixon            b Gannon                 6
EAS Prasanna                             b Clark                  0
*BS Bedi              not out                                     2
BS Chandrasekhar                         b Clark                  0
Extras                b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 4                        7
Total                 all out                                   256

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Chauhan)                 2-0 (Gavaskar)                
3-105 (Viswanath)             4-174 (Amarnath)              
5-180 (Vengsarkar)            6-234 (Kirmani)               
7-254 (Ghavri)                8-254 (Mankad)                
9-256 (Prasanna)              10-256 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Thomson             16      2    78     3
Clark               19.2    2    73     4
Gannon              14      2    47     2
Cosier              12      3    25     0
Simpson              3      1    11     1
Mann                 5      1    15     0

Australia
J Dyson                                  b Ghavri                 0
GJ Cosier             c Chauhan          b Chandrasekhar         67
AD Ogilvie            lbw                b Ghavri                 6
CS Serjeant                              b Chandrasekhar         85
*RB Simpson           c Mankad           b Chandrasekhar          2
PM Toohey             c Viswanath        b Bedi                  14
AL Mann               c Gavaskar         b Bedi                  11
+SJ Rixon             lbw                b Chandrasekhar         11
WM Clark              lbw                b Chandrasekhar          3
JR Thomson            c Ghavri           b Chandrasekhar          0
JB Gannon             not out                                     0
Extras                b 6, lb 7, w 0, nb 1                       14
Total                 all out                                   213

Fall Of Wickets
1-0 (Dyson)                   2-18 (Ogilvie)                
3-122 (Cosier)                4-124 (Simpson)               
5-166 (Toohey)                6-178 (Mann)                  
7-202 (Rixon)                 8-211 (Serjeant)              
9-211 (Clark)                 10-213 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Ghavri               9      0    37     2
Gavaskar             2      0     7     0
Bedi                15      2    71     2
Chandrasekhar       14.1    2    52     6
Prasanna            10      1    32     0

India
SM Gavaskar           c Serjeant         b Gannon               118
CPS Chauhan           run out                                    20
+SMH Kirmani          c Thomson          b Mann                  29
GR Viswanath          lbw                b Clark                 54
DB Vengsarkar         c Cosier           b Clark                  6
AV Mankad                                b Clark                 38
M Amarnath                               b Cosier                41
KD Ghavri             c Simpson          b Clark                  6
EAS Prasanna          c Rixon            b Gannon                11
*BS Bedi              not out                                    12
BS Chandrasekhar      lbw                b Cosier                 0
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 7                        8
Total                 all out                                   343

Fall Of Wickets
1-40 (Chauhan)                2-89 (Kirmani)                
3-187 (Viswanath)             4-198 (Vengsarkar)            
5-265 (Mankad)                6-286 (Gavaskar)              
7-294 (Ghavri)                8-315 (Prasanna)              
9-343 (Amarnath)              10-343 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Thomson             18      4    47     0
Clark               29      3    96     4
Gannon              22      4    88     2
Cosier              12.7    2    58     2
Simpson              3      0    22     0
Mann                 4      0    24     1

Australia
J Dyson               lbw                b Bedi                  12
GJ Cosier                                b Chandrasekhar         34
AD Ogilvie            c Chauhan          b Bedi                   0
CS Serjeant                              b Chandrasekhar         17
*RB Simpson           lbw                b Chandrasekhar          4
PM Toohey             c Chauhan          b Chandrasekhar         14
AL Mann               c Gavaskar         b Chandrasekhar         18
+SJ Rixon                            c & b Chandrasekhar         12
WM Clark              c Ghavri           b Bedi                  33
JR Thomson                           c & b Bedi                   7
JB Gannon             not out                                     3
Extras                b 6, lb 4, w 0, nb 0                       10
Total                 all out                                   164

Fall Of Wickets
1-42 (Dyson)                  2-42 (Ogilvie)                
3-52 (Cosier)                 4-60 (Simpson)                
5-77 (Serjeant)               6-98 (Toohey)                 
7-115 (Mann)                  8-122 (Rixon)                 
9-151 (Thomson)               10-164 (Clark)                

Bowling
Ghavri               4      0    29     0
Bedi                16.1    5    58     4
Chandrasekhar       20      3    52     6
Prasanna             8      4     5     0
Amarnath             3      0    10     0