Australia Vs India 9Th Match
Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket in Australia - 1985 (1984/85) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 3 March 1985
India won by 8 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
India won by 8 wickets (with 83 balls remaining). Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 93* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 3 March 1985
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 8 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ravi Shastri
- Captains
- Allan Border (Australia), Sunil Gavaskar (India)
- Umpires
- PJ McConnell and AR Crafter
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Australia batted first and made 163 all out. Wayne Phillips top-scored with 60 off 92 balls. Roger Binny took 3 for 27 for India. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 17 runs, to 17 for 4. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 209 across 55 ODIs.
Chasing 164, India made 165 for 2. Kris Srikkanth top-scored with 93 not out off 115 balls, and Ravi Shastri made 51. The innings was built on a 124-run stand for the first wicket between Ravi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth, 75% of the total.
India won by 8 wickets (with 83 balls remaining).
AUSTRALIA: 163 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | bowled | 1 | 12 |
| Robbie Kerr | bowled | 4 | 8 |
| Kepler Wessels | c Madan Lal | 6 | 15 |
| Allan Border | bowled | 4 | 16 |
| Dean Jones | c Sadanand Viswanath | 12 | 21 |
| Wayne Phillips | c Mohinder Amarnath | 60 | 92 |
| Simon O'Donnell | c Mohinder Amarnath | 17 | 51 |
| Geoff Lawson | c Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 0 | 2 |
| Rodney Hogg | run out | 22 | 39 |
| Rod McCurdy | not out | 13 | 25 |
| Terry Alderman | bowled | 6 | 19 |
Extras 18 · Total 163 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 |
| Roger Binny | 7.3 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Madan Lal | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 7 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Ravi Shastri | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Robbie Kerr), 2-5 (Graeme Wood), 3-17 (Allan Border), 4-17 (Kepler Wessels), 5-37 (Dean Jones), 6-85 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-85 (Geoff Lawson), 8-134 (Rodney Hogg), 9-147 (Wayne Phillips), 10-163 (Terry Alderman)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Wood and Robbie Kerr | 5 |
| second | Graeme Wood and Kepler Wessels | 0 |
| third | Allan Border and Kepler Wessels | 12 |
| fourth | Kepler Wessels and Dean Jones | 0 |
| fifth | Wayne Phillips and Dean Jones | 20 |
| sixth | Wayne Phillips and Simon O'Donnell | 48 |
| seventh | Geoff Lawson and Wayne Phillips | 0 |
| eighth | Rodney Hogg and Wayne Phillips | 49 |
| ninth | Wayne Phillips and Rod McCurdy | 13 |
| tenth | Terry Alderman and Rod McCurdy | 16 |
INDIA: 165 FOR 2
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Shastri | c Wayne Phillips | 51 | 94 |
| Kris Srikkanth | not out | 93 | 115 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 11 | 16 |
Did not bat: Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Roger Binny, Sadanand Viswanath, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Extras 10 · Total 165 for 2
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Lawson | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Rodney Hogg | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 |
| Rod McCurdy | 7.1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Terry Alderman | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-124 (Ravi Shastri), 2-125 (Mohammad Azharuddin)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Ravi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth | 124 |
| second | Kris Srikkanth and Mohammad Azharuddin | 1 |
| third | Dilip Vengsarkar and Kris Srikkanth | 40 |
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