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f43385 t1405	India v Australia
	Australia in India 1997/98 (1st Test)
Venue	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th March 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 179 runs
Umpires	G Sharp, S Venkataraghavan
Third umpire	K Murali
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Close of play day 1	India (1) 232/5 (Dravid 42, Kumble 19; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 193/7 (Healy 31, Warne 13; 74 overs)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 100/1 (Sidhu 55, Dravid 18; 34 overs)
Close of play day 4	Australia (2) 31/3 (Reiffel 0*; 14.4 overs)
Man of the Match	SR Tendulkar

India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	c Healy b Kasprowicz	58	132	180	9	-
NS Sidhu	run out (ME Waugh)	62	133	189	7	2
RS Dravid	c Robertson b Warne	52	169	241	5	-
SR Tendulkar	c Taylor b Warne	4	5	7	1	-
*M Azharuddin	c Reiffel b Warne	26	63	80	4	-
SC Ganguly	lbw b Robertson	3	20	21	-	-
A Kumble	c SR Waugh b Robertson	30	77	92	3	-
J Srinath	c Taylor b Warne	1	3	3	-	-
RK Chauhan	c Healy b Robertson	3	16	12	-	-
Harvinder Singh	not out	0	12	17	-	-
SLV Raju	b Robertson	0	2	5	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 6 lb, 4 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 428 minutes, 104.2 overs)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-122 (Mongia, 42.3 ov), 2-126 (Sidhu, 43.6 ov), 3-130 (Tendulkar, 45.5 ov), 4-186 (Azharuddin, 65.4 ov), 5-195 (Ganguly, 70.5 ov), 6-247 (Kumble, 96.4 ov), 7-248 (Srinath, 97.2 ov), 8-253 (Chauhan, 100.4 ov), 9-257 (Dravid, 103.4 ov), 10-257 (Raju, 104.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	21	8	44	1	-	3
Reiffel	15	4	27	0	-	2
Warne	35	11	85	4	-	1
Robertson	28.2	4	72	4	-	-
ME Waugh	1	0	4	0	-	-
SR Waugh	4	1	11	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Mongia b Harvinder Singh	12	73	103	-	-
MJ Slater	c Dravid b Kumble	11	34	43	2	-
ME Waugh	c Ganguly b Raju	66	130	180	8	1
SR Waugh	b Kumble	12	17	18	1	-
RT Ponting	c Mongia b Raju	18	34	50	1	-
GS Blewett	lbw b Chauhan	9	32	31	-	-
+IA Healy	c Ganguly b Raju	90	194	257	6	-
PR Reiffel	c Dravid b Kumble	15	51	51	1	-
SK Warne	c Tendulkar b Kumble	17	39	12	2	-
GR Robertson	c Mongia b Srinath	57	152	198	7	-
MS Kasprowicz	not out	11	33	54	2	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 517 minutes, 130.3 overs)	328
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Slater, 9.4 ov), 2-44 (Taylor, 24.2 ov), 3-57 (SR Waugh, 27.4 ov), 4-95 (Ponting, 41.1 ov), 5-119 (Blewett, 50.1 ov), 6-137 (ME Waugh, 55.1 ov), 7-173 (Reiffel, 69.2 ov), 8-201 (Warne, 79.5 ov), 9-297 (Healy, 116.6 ov), 10-328 (Robertson, 130.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	17.3	3	46	1	-	3
Harvinder Singh	11	4	28	1	-	1
Kumble	45	10	103	4	-	1
Chauhan	25	3	90	1	-	1
Raju	32	8	54	3	-	-

India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+NR Mongia	lbw b Blewett	18	57	69	2	-
NS Sidhu	c Ponting b Robertson	64	127	171	10	1
RS Dravid	c Healy b Warne	56	149	214	7	-
SR Tendulkar	not out	155	191	286	14	4
*M Azharuddin	c SR Waugh b ME Waugh	64	89	123	8	1
SC Ganguly	not out	30	36	49	4	-
A Kumble	did not bat
J Srinath	did not bat
RK Chauhan	did not bat
SLV Raju	did not bat
Harvinder Singh	did not bat
Extras	(18 b, 6 lb, 7 nb)	31
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 458 minutes, 107 overs)	418
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Mongia, 16.3 ov), 2-115 (Sidhu, 42.4 ov), 3-228 (Dravid, 68.3 ov), 4-355 (Azharuddin, 95.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	14	6	42	0	-	1
Reiffel	9	1	32	0	-	2
Robertson	27	4	92	1	-	1
Warne	30	7	122	1	-	2
Blewett	10	2	35	1	-	-
ME Waugh	9	0	44	1	-	-
SR Waugh	8	0	27	0	-	1

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	b Srinath	13	23	37	2	-
*MA Taylor	c Srinath b Kumble	13	42	66	2	-
GS Blewett	c Dravid b Kumble	5	12	18	1	-
PR Reiffel	c Azharuddin b Raju	8	84	100	1	-
ME Waugh	c Dravid b Kumble	18	38	41	3	-
SR Waugh	c Dravid b Raju	27	71	77	4	-
RT Ponting	lbw b Raju	2	7	9	-	-
+IA Healy	not out	32	72	92	3	-
SK Warne	c Kumble b Chauhan	35	52	58	4	1
GR Robertson	b Chauhan	0	1	1	-	-
MS Kasprowicz	c Srinath b Kumble	4	8	12	1	-
Extras	(4 b, 3 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 260 minutes, 67.5 overs)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Slater, 8.2 ov), 2-30 (Blewett, 12.1 ov), 3-31 (Taylor, 14.4 ov), 4-54 (ME Waugh, 26.4 ov), 5-79 (Reiffel, 39.1 ov), 6-91 (Ponting, 41.6 ov), 7-96 (SR Waugh, 47.4 ov), 8-153 (Warne, 64.3 ov), 9-153 (Robertson, 64.4 ov), 10-168 (Kasprowicz, 67.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	6	4	9	1	-	-
Harvinder Singh	2	0	9	0	-	-
Chauhan	22	7	66	2	-	4
Kumble	22.5	7	46	4	-	-
Raju	15	4	31	3	-	-

Notes
--> Harvinder Singh made his debut in Test Matches
--> ME Waugh (1) passed 5000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 61
--> GR Robertson made his debut in Test Matches
--> RS Dravid (2) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 28
--> SC Ganguly (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 19

Lunch: India 86/0 (Sidhu 52*, Mongia 32*, 28 overs)
Tea: India 159/3 (Dravid 10*, Azharuddin 16*, 57 overs)
Lunch: Australia 17/1 (Taylor 5*, ME Waugh 1*, 12 overs)
Tea: Australia 95/4 (ME Waugh 39*, 41.1 overs)
Lunch: Australia 274/8 (Healy 70*, Robertson 36*, 104 overs)
Tea: Australia 328 all out.
Lunch: India 200/2 (Tendulkar 50*, Dravid 44*, 62 overs)
Tea: India 312/3 (Tendulkar 116*, Azharuddin 29*, 88 overs)