f31784	Victoria v Indians
	India in Australia 1977/78
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th November 1977 (4-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Victoria won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Indians won by 6 wickets
Umpires	RC Bailhache, KJ Carmody
Scorers	BW Bright (Victoria), MP Ringham (Indians)
Close of play day 1	Victoria (1) 246/8 (Callen 3*, Hurst 5*)
Close of play day 2	Indians (1) 242/5 (Chauhan 91*, Madan Lal 38*)
Close of play day 3	Victoria (2) 143/5 (Whatmore 39*, Laughlin 18*)

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Victoria first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	c Madan Lal b Prasanna	100		328	-	-
JM Wiener	c Reddy b M Amarnath	5
*GN Yallop	b Chandrasekhar	61
DF Whatmore	run out	8
JK Moss	c M Amarnath b Prasanna	0
P Melville	b Venkataraghavan	31
TJ Laughlin	c Reddy b Chandrasekhar	23
+IL Maddocks	c M Amarnath b Venkataraghavan	7
IW Callen	not out	3
AG Hurst	not out	5
JD Higgs	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 83 overs)	246
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-109, 3-124, 4-125, 5-176, 6-211, 7-233, 8-238

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	6	1	10	0	-	-
M Amarnath	8	2	15	1	-	-
Prasanna	23	3	57	2	-	-
Venkataraghavan	22	0	65	2	-	-
Chandrasekhar	24	1	96	2	-	-

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Vengsarkar	c and b Higgs	54
CPS Chauhan	c Melville b Laughlin	157		516	2	-
S Amarnath	c Whatmore b Higgs	13
BP Patel	c Melville b Higgs	26
SM Gavaskar	st Maddocks b Higgs	0
M Amarnath	st Maddocks b Higgs	8
Madan Lal	run out	88		242
+B Reddy	lbw b Laughlin	0
*S Venkataraghavan	st Maddocks b Higgs	11
EAS Prasanna	not out	15
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 6 nb)	15
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 113.6 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-87, 2-110, 3-157, 4-157, 5-165, 6-351, 7-351, 8-367, 9-367

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	17	2	50	0	-	-
Callen	18	2	58	0	-	-
Laughlin	11.6	3	43	2	-	-
Higgs	38	4	131	6	-	-
Wiener	29	8	90	0	-	-

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Victoria second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Hibbert	c Reddy b Venkataraghavan	28
JM Wiener	b Venkataraghavan	27
*GN Yallop	b Chandrasekhar	9
DF Whatmore	b Venkataraghavan	45
JK Moss	st Reddy b Prasanna	13
P Melville	lbw b Prasanna	7
TJ Laughlin	not out	88
+IL Maddocks	c and b Chandrasekhar	17
IW Callen	c Patel b Venkataraghavan	17
AG Hurst	c M Amarnath b Prasanna	3
JD Higgs	c Reddy b Prasanna	0
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 86 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-51, 2-62, 3-68, 4-88, 5-114, 6-155, 7-202, 8-241, 9-258, 10-270 (86 ov)

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Madan Lal	3	0	19	0	-	-
M Amarnath	2	0	2	0	-	-
Prasanna	26	4	74	4	-	-
Venkataraghavan	29	4	93	4	-	-
Chandrasekhar	25	5	66	2	-	-
Chauhan	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DB Vengsarkar	lbw b Hurst	14
CPS Chauhan	c Whatmore b Laughlin	47
S Amarnath	c Melville b Hurst	7
BP Patel	run out	21
M Amarnath	not out	33
Madan Lal	not out	6
SM Gavaskar	did not bat
+B Reddy	did not bat
*S Venkataraghavan	did not bat
EAS Prasanna	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 33.2 overs)	130
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-34, 3-70, 4-121

Victoria bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hurst	12	1	36	2	-	-
Callen	5	0	21	0	-	-
Laughlin	1.2	0	5	1	-	-
Higgs	10	2	40	0	-	-
Wiener	5	0	26	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PA Hibbert (1) passed his previous highest score of 77 in First-Class matches
--> PA Hibbert (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> GN Yallop (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> CPS Chauhan (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 90
--> S Venkataraghavan made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> CPS Chauhan made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> Madan Lal made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> BP Patel made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> B Reddy made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> JD Higgs reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 4th wicket in the Indians first innings

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12th Men: JR Douglas (Victoria), KD Ghavri (Indians)

 

 

 

 

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