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2nd Test-India in Australia Test Series 1985
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Summary
2nd Test-India in Australia Test Series 1985 Summary
RESULT
TEST
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Thu, 26 Dec - Mon, 30 Dec 1985
AUS
Australia
553/10 (20.00) & 308/10 (123.5)
VS
India
451/3 (20.00) & 59/2 (25)
IND
Match drawn
PREVIEW
SUMMARY
SCORECARD
MATCH STATS
PERFORMANCE
AUS vs IND — 2nd Test
Match No
2nd Test
Date
Thu, 26 Dec 1985
Teams
Australia vs India
Series
India in Australia Test Series
Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss
India, elected to field first
Umpires
Dick FrenchRaymond Isherwood
Result
Match drawn
Season
1985/86
Player of Match
Allan Border
Australia innings
553/10 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
262 103.5 Ov (RR: 2.52)
262 (262)
Greg Matthews
100 (100)
David Hookes
42 (42)
BOWLING
Ravi Shastri
4/87
Shivlal Yadav
3/64
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
2/51
India innings
451/3 (20.00)
BATTING
Total
445 148.2 Ov (RR: 3.00)
445 (445)
Kris Srikkanth
86 (86)
Dilip Vengsarkar
75 (75)
BOWLING
Bruce Reid
4/100
Dave Gilbert
2/81
Greg Matthews
2/81
Australia innings
308/10 (123.5)
BATTING
Total
308 123.5 Ov (RR: 2.48)
308 (308)
Allan Border (c)
163 (163)
Extras
(b 11, lb 16, nb 1)
28 (28)
BOWLING
Ravi Shastri
4/92
Shivlal Yadav
3/84
Kapil Dev
2/53
India innings
59/2 (25)
BATTING
Total
59/2 25 Ov (RR: 2.36)
59 (59)
Kris Srikkanth
38 (38)
Extras
(b 4, lb 1, nb 4)
9 (9)
BOWLING
Bruce Reid
2/23
Ray Bright
0/5
Dave Gilbert
0/9
RECENT RESULTS
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ODI
India in New Zealand ODI Series
NZ
185 (40.2)
IND
143/5 (22.4)
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