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Australia v India, 1977/1978, 5th test
Adelaide, 28/01/1978 - 03/02/1978

Toss: Australia
Umpires: RA French, MG O'Connell
Result: Australia won by 47 runs

Australia
GM Wood               st Kirmani         b Chandrasekhar         39
WM Darling            c Vengsarkar       b Chandrasekhar         65
GN Yallop             c Gavaskar         b Amarnath             121
PM Toohey             c Gavaskar         b Chandrasekhar         60
*RB Simpson           c Viswanath        b Ghavri               100
GJ Cosier                                b Ghavri                 1
+SJ Rixon                                b Bedi                  32
B Yardley                            c & b Ghavri                22
JR Thomson            c Ghavri           b Chandrasekhar         24
WM Clark                                 b Chandrasekhar          0
IW Callen             not out                                    22
Extras                b 4, lb 14, w 0, nb 1                      19
Total                 all out                                   505

Fall Of Wickets
1-89 (Wood)                   2-110 (Darling)               
3-230 (Toohey)                4-334 (Yallop)                
5-337 (Cosier)                6-406 (Rixon)                 
7-450 (Yardley)               8-457 (Simpson)               
9-458 (Clark)                 10-505 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Ghavri              22      2    93     3
Amarnath            12      0    45     1
Bedi                34      1   127     1
Prasanna            10      1    48     0
Chandrasekhar       29.4    0   136     5
Gaekwad              5      0    37     0

India
SM Gavaskar           c Toohey           b Thomson                7
CPS Chauhan           c Cosier           b Clark                 15
M Amarnath            c Cosier           b Thomson                0
GR Viswanath          c Rixon            b Callen                89
DB Vengsarkar         c Rixon            b Callen                44
AD Gaekwad            c Rixon            b Callen                27
+SMH Kirmani          run out                                    48
KD Ghavri             c Simpson          b Clark                  3
EAS Prasanna          not out                                    15
*BS Bedi              c                  b Clark                  6
BS Chandrasekhar                     c & b Clark                  2
Extras                b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 8                       13
Total                 all out                                   269

Fall Of Wickets
1-23 (Gavaskar)               2-23 (Chauhan)                
3-23 (Amarnath)               4-159 (Viswanath)             
5-166 (Vengsarkar)            6-216 (Gaekwad)               
7-226 (Ghavri)                8-249 (Kirmani)               
9-263 (Bedi)                  10-269 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Thomson              3.3    1    12     2
Clark               20.7    6    62     4
Callen              22      0    83     3
Cosier               4      3     4     0
Yardley             23      6    62     0
Simpson              9      0    33     0

Australia
GM Wood               c Vengsarkar       b Bedi                   8
WM Darling                               b Bedi                  56
GN Yallop                                b Bedi                  24
PM Toohey             c Kirmani          b Prasanna              10
*RB Simpson           lbw                b Ghavri                51
GJ Cosier             st Kirmani         b Bedi                  34
+SJ Rixon             run out                                    13
B Yardley             c Vengsarkar       b Ghavri                26
WM Clark              lbw                b Ghavri                 1
IW Callen             not out                                     4
JR Thomson            c Amarnath         b Ghavri                 3
Extras                b 5, lb 15, w 3, nb 3                      26
Total                 all out                                   256

Fall Of Wickets
1-17 (Wood)                   2-84 (Yallop)                 
3-95 (Darling)                4-107 (Toohey)                
5-172 (Cosier)                6-210 (Rixon)                 
7-214 (Simpson)               8-240 (Clark)                 
9-248 (Yardley)               10-256 (Thomson)              

Bowling
Ghavri              10.5    2    45     4
Amarnath             4      0    12     0
Bedi                20      3    53     4
Prasanna            34      7    68     1
Chandrasekhar       14      0    52     0

India
SM Gavaskar           c Rixon            b Callen                29
CPS Chauhan           c Wood             b Yardley               32
M Amarnath            c Callen           b Yardley               86
GR Viswanath          c Simpson          b Clark                 73
DB Vengsarkar         c Toohey           b Yardley               78
AD Gaekwad                           c & b Yardley               12
+SMH Kirmani                             b Clark                 51
KD Ghavri             c                  b Callen                23
EAS Prasanna          not out                                    10
*BS Bedi              c Cosier           b Callen                16
BS Chandrasekhar      c Rixon            b Simpson                2
Extras                b 6, lb 11, w 0, nb 16                     33
Total                 all out                                   445

Fall Of Wickets
1-40 (Gavaskar)               2-79 (Chauhan)                
3-210 (Amarnath)              4-256 (Viswanath)             
5-323 (Gaekwad)               6-348 (Vengsarkar)            
7-415 (Ghavri)                8-417 (Kirmani)               
9-442 (Bedi)                  10-445 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Clark               29      6    79     2
Callen              33      5   108     3
Cosier              13      6    21     0
Yardley             43      6   134     4
Simpson             23.4    6    70     1