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f43416 t1409	India v Australia
	Australia in India 1997/98 (2nd Test)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st March 1998 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by an innings and 219 runs
Umpires	BC Cooray, K Parthasarathy
Third umpire	S Choudhary
Referee	PL van der Merwe
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 233 all out
Close of play day 2	India (1) 369/3 (Dravid 76, Azharuddin 9; 90 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 38/1 (Taylor 11, Blewett 19; 19 overs)
Man of the Match	J Srinath

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	c Dravid b Srinath	0	6	3	-	-
*MA Taylor	c Mongia b Ganguly	3	21	49	-	-
GS Blewett	b Srinath	0	1	1	-	-
ME Waugh	lbw b Srinath	10	19	27	2	-
SR Waugh	run out (Dravid->Kumble)	80	175	229	13	-
RT Ponting	b Kumble	60	127	149	7	-
+IA Healy	c Laxman b Kumble	1	6	12	-	-
SK Warne	c Azharuddin b Kumble	11	17	23	2	-
GR Robertson	lbw b Ganguly	29	99	127	3	-
MS Kasprowicz	c Azharuddin b Ganguly	25	83	92	3	-
P Wilson	not out	0	2	7	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 12 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 367 minutes, 89.4 overs)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Slater, 0.5 ov), 2-1 (Blewett, 0.6 ov), 3-15 (ME Waugh, 6.4 ov), 4-29 (Taylor, 9.2 ov), 5-141 (Ponting, 46.4 ov), 6-151 (Healy, 50.1 ov), 7-168 (Warne, 56.1 ov), 8-178 (SR Waugh, 62.5 ov), 9-232 (Kasprowicz, 87.5 ov), 10-233 (Robertson, 89.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	17	0	80	3	-	10
Ganguly	13.4	3	28	3	-	1
Kumble	28	11	44	3	-	1
Tendulkar	2	0	6	0	-	-
Raju	17	2	42	0	-	-
Chauhan	11	2	30	0	-	-
Laxman	1	0	1	0	-	-

India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VVS Laxman	c Healy b Robertson	95	161	225	16	-
NS Sidhu	lbw b ME Waugh	97	152	204	16	-
RS Dravid	c and b Blewett	86	150	209	12	-
SR Tendulkar	c Blewett b Kasprowicz	79	86	109	12	2
*M Azharuddin	not out	163	246	311	18	3
SC Ganguly	c sub (DS Lehmann) b Robertson	65	128	175	6	1
+NR Mongia	not out	30	44	56	5	-
J Srinath	did not bat
RK Chauhan	did not bat
SLV Raju	did not bat
A Kumble	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 lb, 9 nb)	18
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 647 minutes, 159 overs)	633
Fall of wickets: 1-191 (Sidhu, 49.2 ov), 2-207 (Laxman, 54.1 ov), 3-347 (Tendulkar, 81.3 ov), 4-400 (Dravid, 101.4 ov), 5-558 (Ganguly, 144.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kasprowicz	34	6	122	1	-	3
Wilson	12	2	50	0	-	-
Blewett	20	3	65	1	-	-
Warne	42	4	147	0	-	7
Robertson	33	2	163	2	-	-
ME Waugh	18	1	77	1	-	3

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	run out (Laxman->Mongia)	45	116	187	5	-
MJ Slater	b Srinath	5	14	22	-	-
GS Blewett	lbw b Srinath	25	76	94	2	-
ME Waugh	c Laxman b Kumble	0	5	6	-	-
RT Ponting	c Srinath b Kumble	9	25	40	1	-
+IA Healy	lbw b Srinath	38	104	118	6	-
SR Waugh	lbw b Kumble	33	138	173	5	-
SK Warne	c and b Kumble	9	33	44	1	-
GR Robertson	c Azharuddin b Kumble	0	3	3	-	-
MS Kasprowicz	c Raju b Chauhan	10	24	30	1	-
P Wilson	not out	0	2	1	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 364 minutes, 88.4 overs)	181
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Slater, 4.1 ov), 2-55 (Blewett, 26.3 ov), 3-56 (ME Waugh, 27.5 ov), 4-81 (Ponting, 35.6 ov), 5-91 (Taylor, 41.3 ov), 6-133 (Healy, 68.5 ov), 7-158 (Warne, 79.2 ov), 8-158 (Robertson, 79.5 ov), 9-181 (SR Waugh, 87.6 ov), 10-181 (Kasprowicz, 88.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Srinath	19	6	44	3	-	2
Ganguly	4	0	9	0	-	1
Kumble	31	10	62	5	-	-
Chauhan	18.4	4	42	1	-	-
Raju	16	7	20	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> SR Waugh (1) passed 16500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 66
--> RT Ponting (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 42
--> MS Kasprowicz (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 21
--> P Wilson made his debut in Test Matches
--> VVS Laxman (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 64
--> NS Sidhu (1) passed 3000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 67
--> SR Tendulkar (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class Matches for the season when he reached 31
--> M Azharuddin (1) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 24
--> SC Ganguly achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-71)
--> A Kumble reached 550 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed SR Waugh, his 5th wicket in the Australia second innings

Lunch: Australia 67/4 (SR Waugh 29*, Ponting 20*; 29 overs)
Tea: Australia 175/7 (SR Waugh 79*, Robertson 0*; 58 overs)
Srinath took two wickets in the opening over of the Test, only the second such instance (prev. SJ Snooke, South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1909-10)
SR Waugh used a runner (Blewett) due to injury from over 55, when 74*. He was dismissed when the runner was caught out of his ground attempting a single.
Lunch: India 95/0 (Laxman 47*, Sidhu 42*; 29 overs)
Tea: India 228/2 (Dravid 16*, Tendulkar 12*; 58 overs)