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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1985 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | RA French, RC Isherwood |
| Scorers | MP Ringham (Australia), MK Walsh (India) |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 210/8 (Matthews 54*, Reid 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | India (1) 187/3 (Vengsarkar 38*, Azharuddin 5*) |
| Close of play day 3 | India (1) 431/9 (Sivaramakrishnan 6*, Yadav 2*) |
| Close of play day 4 | Australia (2) 228/8 (Border 98*, Reid 11*) |
| Player of the Match | AR Border |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WB Phillips | b Yadav | 7 | 65 | 77 | - | - | |
| DC Boon | lbw b Shastri | 14 | 46 | 57 | 1 | - | |
| GR Marsh | c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav | 30 | 131 | 163 | 3 | - | |
| *AR Border | c and b Sivaramakrishnan | 11 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
| DW Hookes | b Shastri | 42 | 67 | 67 | 6 | - | |
| SR Waugh | c Kapil Dev b Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 32 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| GRJ Matthews | not out | 100 | 152 | 195 | 9 | 2 | |
| RJ Bright | b Shastri | 28 | 76 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| CJ McDermott | c Kapil Dev b Shastri | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | |
| BA Reid | c Srikkanth b Kapil Dev | 1 | 21 | 28 | - | - | |
| DR Gilbert | c Kirmani b Yadav | 4 | 19 | 49 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 392 minutes, 103.5 overs) | 262 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Boon), 2-26 (Phillips), 3-41 (Border), 4-90 (Hookes), 5-109 (Waugh), 6-127 (Marsh), 7-193 (Bright), 8-195 (McDermott), 9-216 (Reid), 10-262 (Gilbert, 103.5 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 23 | 6 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Binny | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Shastri | 37 | 13 | 87 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yadav | 27.5 | 10 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | - | |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | b Gilbert | 6 | 5 | 17 | - | - | |
| K Srikkanth | lbw b Gilbert | 86 | 89 | 105 | 16 | - | |
| M Amarnath | c Phillips b Reid | 45 | 128 | 173 | 5 | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c and b Matthews | 75 | 239 | 320 | 6 | - | |
| M Azharuddin | b Matthews | 37 | 111 | 145 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Shastri | c Phillips b Waugh | 49 | 173 | 230 | 1 | - | |
| *Kapil Dev | c Hookes b Reid | 55 | 76 | 78 | 6 | - | |
| RMH Binny | c Matthews b Reid | 0 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | c Phillips b Waugh | 35 | 46 | 59 | 4 | - | |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | c Phillips b Reid | 15 | 28 | 38 | 2 | - | |
| NS Yadav | not out | 6 | 27 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 15 lb, 17 nb) | 36 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 606 minutes, 148.2 overs) | 445 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Gavaskar), 2-116 (Srikkanth), 3-172 (Amarnath), 4-246 (Azharuddin), 5-291 (Vengsarkar), 6-370 (Kapil Dev), 7-372 (Binny), 8-420 (Shastri), 9-425 (Kirmani), 10-445 (Sivaramakrishnan, 148.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McDermott | 15 | 5 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gilbert | 22 | 1 | 81 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Reid | 38.2 | 11 | 100 | 4 | - | 6 | |
| Bright | 31 | 8 | 76 | 0 | - | - | |
| Matthews | 31 | 7 | 81 | 2 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 11 | 5 | 36 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Marsh | c Sivaramakrishnan b Shastri | 19 | 40 | 66 | 3 | - | |
| DC Boon | c and b Kapil Dev | 19 | 43 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| *AR Border | st Kirmani b Yadav | 163 | 358 | 410 | 16 | - | |
| DW Hookes | c Srikkanth b Shastri | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| SR Waugh | b Shastri | 5 | 20 | 31 | 1 | - | |
| GRJ Matthews | c Azharuddin b Sivaramakrishnan | 16 | 65 | 71 | 1 | - | |
| +WB Phillips | c Srikkanth b Yadav | 13 | 42 | 48 | 2 | - | |
| RJ Bright | lbw b Kapil Dev | 20 | 78 | 71 | 3 | - | |
| CJ McDermott | c and b Shastri | 2 | 9 | 7 | - | - | |
| BA Reid | c Sivaramakrishnan b Yadav | 13 | 24 | 36 | - | - | |
| DR Gilbert | not out | 10 | 65 | 115 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (11 b, 16 lb, 1 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 454 minutes, 123.5 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Boon), 2-54 (Marsh), 3-54 (Hookes), 4-84 (Waugh), 5-126 (Matthews), 6-161 (Phillips), 7-202 (Bright), 8-205 (McDermott), 9-231 (Reid), 10-308 (Border, 123.5 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 22 | 7 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Shastri | 47 | 13 | 92 | 4 | - | - | |
| Yadav | 38.5 | 15 | 84 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sivaramakrishnan | 13 | 1 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | b Reid | 8 | 54 | 68 | - | - | |
| K Srikkanth | c Bright b Reid | 38 | 61 | 94 | 3 | - | |
| M Amarnath | not out | 3 | 27 | 40 | - | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | not out | 1 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| M Azharuddin | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Shastri | did not bat | ||||||
| *Kapil Dev | did not bat | ||||||
| RMH Binny | did not bat | ||||||
| +SMH Kirmani | did not bat | ||||||
| L Sivaramakrishnan | did not bat | ||||||
| NS Yadav | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 4 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 109 minutes, 25 overs) | 59 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Gavaskar), 2-57 (Srikkanth) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McDermott | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gilbert | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Reid | 8 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Bright | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 50/3 (Marsh 8*, Hookes 9*)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 140/6 (Matthews 15*, Bright 2*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: India (1) 52/1 (Srikkanth 41*, Amarnath 5*)
--> Day 2 Tea: India (1) 145/2 (Amarnath 32*, Vengsarkar 20*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: India (1) 246/4 (Vengsarkar 50*)
--> Day 3 Tea: India (1) 332/5 (Shastri 22*, Kapil Dev 35*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Australia (1) 58/3 (Border 13*, Waugh 0*)
--> Day 4 Tea: Australia (1) 156/5 (Border 69*, Phillips 11*)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (1) 306/9 (Border 161*, Gilbert 10*)
--> Day 5 Tea: India (2) 59/2 (Amarnath 3*, Vengsarkar 1*)
--> SR Waugh made his debut in Test matches
--> DW Hookes made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AR Border (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 2
--> GRJ Matthews (1) 50 in 99 balls, 127 minutes
--> GRJ Matthews (1) 100 in 151 balls, 191 minutes with 9 fours and 1 six
--> GRJ Matthews (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 96
--> K Srikkanth (1) 50 in 53 balls, 70 minutes
--> K Srikkanth (1) passed his previous highest score of 84 in Test matches
--> M Amarnath (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 6
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) 50 in 132 balls, 175 minutes
--> Kapil Dev (1) 50 in 52 balls, 68 minutes
--> Kapil Dev (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 46
--> AR Border (2) 50 in 92 balls, 102 minutes
--> AR Border (2) 100 in 233 balls, 296 minutes with 9 fours
--> AR Border (2) 150 in 332 balls, 386 minutes with 15 fours
--> SR Waugh made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> L Sivaramakrishnan made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> NS Yadav reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WB Phillips, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> BA Reid achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the India first innings (previous best was 4-113)
--> BA Reid reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed L Sivaramakrishnan, his 4th wicket in the India first innings
--> GRJ Matthews reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DB Vengsarkar, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> RJ Shastri reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed CJ McDermott, his 4th wicket in the Australia second innings
12th Men: M.G.Hughes (Australia) & C.Sharma (India).
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