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Tue, 11 Sep - Sun, 16 Sep 1979 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Match drawn
India
431/10 (34.00)
Australia
452/8 (20.00) & 212/7 (113.4)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Allan Border
2
Andrew Hilditch
2
Sunil Gavaskar
1
Syed Kirmani
1
Dilip Vengsarkar
1
Most Runs Conceed
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
178
Dilip Doshi
167
Jim Higgs
143
Kapil Dev
125
Rodney Hogg
85
Best Economy
Karsan Ghavri
1.925133
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
1.956043
Dilip Doshi
1.964705
Allan Border
2.142857
Alan Hurst
2.217391
Most Wickets
Dilip Doshi
8
Jim Higgs
7
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
4
Kapil Dev
3
Rodney Hogg
2
Best Bowling Fig
Jim Higgs
7
Dilip Doshi
6
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
3
Rodney Hogg
2
Kapil Dev
2
Most 50s
Kapil Dev
1
Yashpal Sharma
1
Most Runs
Allan Border
212
Kim Hughes
136
Kapil Dev
83
Dilip Vengsarkar
65
Andrew Hilditch
59
Best Averages
Allan Border
106.000000
Kapil Dev
83.000000
Kim Hughes
68.000000
Dilip Vengsarkar
65.000000
Syed Kirmani
57.000000
Best Strike Rate
Kapil Dev
1.121621
Dilip Vengsarkar
0.844155
Dilip Doshi
0.750000
Sunil Gavaskar
0.625000
Karsan Ghavri
0.605263
Best Average
Jim Higgs
20.428571
Dilip Doshi
20.875000
Graham Yallop
21.000000
Kapil Dev
41.666666
Rodney Hogg
42.500000
Highest Score
Allan Border
162
Kim Hughes
100
Kapil Dev
83
Dilip Vengsarkar
65
Syed Kirmani
57
Most Fours
Allan Border
32
Kapil Dev
14
Kim Hughes
10
Dilip Vengsarkar
10
Sunil Gavaskar
7
Geoff Dymock
7
Syed Kirmani
6
Most Wickets
Graham Yallop
1
Most Runs Conceed
Karsan Ghavri
72
Geoff Dymock
65
Best Bowling Fig
Graham Yallop
1
Most Not Outs
Geoff Dymock
2
Rodney Hogg
2
Karsan Ghavri
1
Jim Higgs
1
Best Economy
Geoff Dymock
2.708333
Yajurvindra Singh
3.222222
Best Strike Rate
Jim Higgs
35.4
Graham Yallop
36
Dilip Doshi
63.75
Most Runs
Syed Kirmani
57
Yashpal Sharma
52
Most Ducks
Alan Hurst
1
Best Strike Rate
Rodney Hogg
66
Kapil Dev
68.8
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
136.5
Best Average
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
44.500000
Highest Score
Andrew Hilditch
55
Yashpal Sharma
52
Most sixes
Allan Border
1
Dilip Vengsarkar
1
Kim Hughes
1
Best Strike Rate
Allan Border
0.425702
Kevin Wright
0.416666
Most Fours
Karsan Ghavri
4
Dav Whatmore
4
Kevin Wright
4
Most Balls Faced
Syed Kirmani
206
Andrew Hilditch
196
Yashpal Sharma
150
Geoff Dymock
127
Chetan Chauhan
91
Allan Border
498
Kim Hughes
329
Best Averages
Yashpal Sharma
52.000000
Sunil Gavaskar
50.000000
Most 100s
Kim Hughes
2
Allan Border
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Jim Higgs
143
Dilip Doshi
103
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
101
Kapil Dev
95
Rodney Hogg
85
Geoff Dymock
65
Alan Hurst
51