The omission of
India’s World Cup-winning trio of Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil and Syed
Kirmani, and the exclusion of Chetan Sharma, from the playing eleven paved the
way for the return of Ghulam Parkar and Surinder Khanna and the recall of Manoj
Prabhakar and Balvinder Singh Sandhu.
Australia made a couple of changes to their eleven, replacing Allan Border and Tom Hogan with Greg Ritchie and One-day International debutant Murray Bennett. On winning the toss, Kim Hughes, the Aussie skipper, inserted the hosts. It was a 44-overs-a-side match.
Parkar, who faced 24 balls, scored six. His innings included a boundary. Carl Rackemann broke the 23-run stand. Roger Binny scored 37. His 33-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ritchie. John Maguire broke the 60-run partnership.
Sunil Gavaskar, India’s captain, scored 40. His 46-run innings included three boundaries. Maguire broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 115.
Shastri, who bagged the player of the match award, scored 102. His 141-ball innings included 11 boundaries and (R)aVI. Maguire broke the nine-run stand.
Kirti Azad scored 11. His 10-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Steve Smith. Rackemann broke the 10-run stand. Kapil Dev scored 22. His 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Khanna, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.
Australia conceded 16 extras. India scored 235 for the loss of five wickets off 44 overs. Geoff Lawson and Bennett bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. The former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 48. The latter conceded 37.
Wessels bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 44. Rackemann bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a couple of wickets. Maguire bowled 10 overs, conceding 61. He picked up three scalps.
Wayne Phillips scored 33. His 23-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ashok Patel. Dev broke the 53-run stand. Smith scored 56. His 54-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Dev. Patel broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 69.
Graham Yallop scored 42. His 57-ball innings included four boundaries. Patel broke the 31-run stand. Ritchie scored 59. His 64-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
Although Hughes' innings included a boundary, he wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored six. He was caught by Prabhakar. Patel broke the 10-run stand.
Wessels, who was adjudged the (Ke)pl(ay)er of the series, scored 35. His 37-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
The hosts conceded five extras. Australia scored 236 for the loss of four wickets off 40.1 overs, winning by six wickets with 23 balls to spare.
Gavaskar bowled just one ball, conceding four. Azad and Prabhakar bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded 15.
Sandhu, Shastri and Madan Lal bowled six wicketless overs apiece, conceding 38, 35 and 19, respectively.
Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 62. He picked up a wicket. Patel, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up three scalps.
The hosts won the five-match series 3-0.
Australia made a couple of changes to their eleven, replacing Allan Border and Tom Hogan with Greg Ritchie and One-day International debutant Murray Bennett. On winning the toss, Kim Hughes, the Aussie skipper, inserted the hosts. It was a 44-overs-a-side match.
Parkar, who faced 24 balls, scored six. His innings included a boundary. Carl Rackemann broke the 23-run stand. Roger Binny scored 37. His 33-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ritchie. John Maguire broke the 60-run partnership.
Sunil Gavaskar, India’s captain, scored 40. His 46-run innings included three boundaries. Maguire broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 115.
Shastri, who bagged the player of the match award, scored 102. His 141-ball innings included 11 boundaries and (R)aVI. Maguire broke the nine-run stand.
Kirti Azad scored 11. His 10-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Steve Smith. Rackemann broke the 10-run stand. Kapil Dev scored 22. His 11-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Khanna, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run.
Australia conceded 16 extras. India scored 235 for the loss of five wickets off 44 overs. Geoff Lawson and Bennett bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. The former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 48. The latter conceded 37.
Wessels bowled six wicketless overs, conceding 44. Rackemann bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a couple of wickets. Maguire bowled 10 overs, conceding 61. He picked up three scalps.
Wayne Phillips scored 33. His 23-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ashok Patel. Dev broke the 53-run stand. Smith scored 56. His 54-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Dev. Patel broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 69.
Graham Yallop scored 42. His 57-ball innings included four boundaries. Patel broke the 31-run stand. Ritchie scored 59. His 64-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
Although Hughes' innings included a boundary, he wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored six. He was caught by Prabhakar. Patel broke the 10-run stand.
Wessels, who was adjudged the (Ke)pl(ay)er of the series, scored 35. His 37-ball innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
The hosts conceded five extras. Australia scored 236 for the loss of four wickets off 40.1 overs, winning by six wickets with 23 balls to spare.
Gavaskar bowled just one ball, conceding four. Azad and Prabhakar bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded 15.
Sandhu, Shastri and Madan Lal bowled six wicketless overs apiece, conceding 38, 35 and 19, respectively.
Dev, who bowled eight overs, conceded 62. He picked up a wicket. Patel, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 43. He picked up three scalps.
The hosts won the five-match series 3-0.
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