Australia Vs India Final
Rothmans Four-Nations Cup Australia, England, India, Pakistan in United Arab Emirates - 1985 (1984/85) · Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah · 29 March 1985
India won by 3 wickets (with 64 balls remaining)
India won by 3 wickets (with 64 balls remaining). Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 35 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah (then Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium)
- Date
- 29 March 1985
- Toss
- India, chose to field
- Result
- India won by 3 wickets (with 64 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Mohinder Amarnath
- Captains
- Allan Border (Australia), Kapil Dev (India)
- Umpires
- HD Bird and Khizer Hayat
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
India won the toss and chose to field.
Australia batted first and made 139 all out. Kepler Wessels top-scored with 30 off 68 balls. From 114 for 4 they lost 6 wickets for 25 runs, to 139 for 10. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, 203 across 45 ODIs.
Chasing 140, India made 140 for 7. Dilip Vengsarkar top-scored with 35 off 43 balls. Craig McDermott took 3 for 36 for Australia.
India won by 3 wickets (with 64 balls remaining).
AUSTRALIA: 139 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | run out | 27 | 37 |
| Kepler Wessels | c Sunil Gavaskar | 30 | 68 |
| Dean Jones | c Sadanand Viswanath | 8 | 10 |
| Allan Border | c Mohinder Amarnath | 27 | 38 |
| Kim Hughes | c Mohinder Amarnath | 11 | 24 |
| Greg Matthews | lbw | 11 | 31 |
| Simon O'Donnell | run out | 3 | 25 |
| Steve Rixon | run out | 4 | 14 |
| Murray Bennett | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Rod McCurdy | c Dilip Vengsarkar | 0 | 5 |
| Craig McDermott | not out | 0 | – |
Extras 18 · Total 139 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Roger Binny | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Madan Lal | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Laxman Sivaramakrishnan | 8 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| Ravi Shastri | 9.3 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-60 (Graeme Wood), 2-71 (Dean Jones), 3-78 (Kepler Wessels), 4-114 (Kim Hughes), 5-115 (Allan Border), 6-131 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-138 (Greg Matthews), 8-139 (Steve Rixon), 9-139 (Murray Bennett), 10-139 (Rod McCurdy)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Wood and Kepler Wessels | 60 |
| second | Kepler Wessels and Dean Jones | 11 |
| third | Allan Border and Kepler Wessels | 7 |
| fourth | Kim Hughes and Allan Border | 36 |
| fifth | Allan Border and Greg Matthews | 1 |
| sixth | Greg Matthews and Simon O'Donnell | 16 |
| seventh | Steve Rixon and Greg Matthews | 7 |
| eighth | Steve Rixon and Murray Bennett | 1 |
| ninth | Murray Bennett and Rod McCurdy | 0 |
| tenth | Craig McDermott and Rod McCurdy | 0 |
INDIA: 140 FOR 7
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Shastri | c Steve Rixon | 9 | 26 |
| Kris Srikkanth | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | c Dean Jones | 22 | 44 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | bowled | 35 | 43 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | run out | 20 | 50 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | not out | 24 | 44 |
| Kapil Dev | bowled | 1 | 14 |
| Roger Binny | bowled | 2 | 5 |
| Madan Lal | not out | 7 | 14 |
Did not bat: Sadanand Viswanath, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
Extras 20 · Total 140 for 7
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
| Rod McCurdy | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Simon O'Donnell | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Murray Bennett | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Greg Matthews | 10 | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| Allan Border | 1.2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-2 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-37 (Ravi Shastri), 3-41 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 4-98 (Sunil Gavaskar), 5-103 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 6-117 (Kapil Dev), 7-120 (Roger Binny)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Ravi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth | 2 |
| second | Ravi Shastri and Mohammad Azharuddin | 35 |
| third | Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 |
| fourth | Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar | 57 |
| fifth | Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar | 5 |
| sixth | Mohinder Amarnath and Kapil Dev | 14 |
| seventh | Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny | 3 |
| eighth | Mohinder Amarnath and Madan Lal | 20 |
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