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Test # 295 (294/5)
Australia v India, 1947/48, 5th Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground
6,7,9,10 February 1948 (6-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 177 runs
Australia wins the 5-Test series 4-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: AN Barlow and GS Cooper
Test Debuts: LJ Johnson, SJE Loxton, DT Ring (Aus).

Balls per over: 8

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Australia 336/3 (Harvey 78*, Loxton 48*)
  • Day 2: Australia 575/8d, India 43/1 (Mankad 30*, Adhikari 10*)
  • Day 3: India 251/4 (Hazare 72*, Phadkar 8*)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    SG Barnes             run out                                  33  43  58  3 0
    WA Brown              run out                                  99 205 216  8 0
    *DG Bradman           retired hurt                             57  83  97  4 0
    KR Miller             c Sen              b Phadkar             14  44  54  1 0
    RN Harvey             c Sen              b Mankad             153 250 251 12 0
    SJE Loxton            c Sen              b Amarnath            80 129 155  6 0
    RR Lindwall           c Phadkar          b Mankad              35  51  47  2 0
    +D Tallon             c Sen              b Sarwate             37  55  53  3 0
    LJ Johnson            not out                                  25  62  51  1 0
    DT Ring               c Kishenchand      b Hazare              11  18  26  0 0
    WA Johnston           not out                                  23  22  15  2 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 4)                               8
    Total                 (8 wickets dec, 128 overs, 492 mins)    575
    
    FoW: 1-48 (Barnes), 2-182 (Miller), 3-219 (Brown),
         4-378 (Loxton), 5-457 (Lindwall), 6-497 (Harvey),
         7-527 (Tallon), 8-544 (Ring).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Phadkar                      9      0     58      1
    Amarnath                    23      1     79      1
    Rangachari                  17      1     97      0
    Hazare                      14      1     63      1
    Mankad                      33      2    107      2
    Sarwate                     18      1     82      1
    Nayudu                      13      0     77      0
    Adhikari                     1      0      4      0
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    MH Mankad             c Tallon           b Loxton             111 301 309  6 0
    CT Sarwate                               b Lindwall             0  11   8  0 0
    HR Adhikari           c Tallon           b Loxton              38 179 202  1 0
    VS Hazare             lbw                b Lindwall            74 176 179  7 0
    *L Amarnath           c Barnes           b Ring                12  21  26  1 0
    DG Phadkar            not out                                  56 152 168  5 0
    Gul Mohammad          c Lindwall         b Johnson              1   8   8  0 0
    G Kishenchand                            b Ring                14  36  36  2 0
    CS Nayudu             c Bradman          b Ring                 2   3   6  0 0
    +PK Sen                                  b Johnson             13  50  40  2 0
    CR Rangachari                            b Johnson              0   1   1  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 2, nb 2)                        10
    Total                 (all out, 123 overs, 478 mins)          331
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Sarwate), 2-127 (Adhikari), 3-206 (Mankad),
         4-231 (Amarnath), 5-257 (Hazare), 6-260 (Gul Mohammad),
         7-284 (Kishenchand), 8-286 (Nayudu), 9-331 (Sen),
         10-331 (Rangachari).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                    25      5     66      2 (1nb)
    Johnson                     30      8     66      3
    Loxton                      19      1     61      2 (1nb)
    Johnston                     8      4     14      0
    Ring                        36      8    103      3
    Miller                       3      0     10      0
    Barnes                       2      1      1      0
    
    India 2nd innings (following on)                                R   M   B  4 6
    MH Mankad             c Tallon           b Lindwall             0   1   2  0 0
    CT Sarwate            lbw                b Johnston            10  38  34  1 0
    HR Adhikari           c Bradman          b Loxton              17  42  44  1 0
    VS Hazare                            c & b Johnson             10  38  41  1 0
    DG Phadkar            lbw                b Johnston             0  11  22  0 0
    *L Amarnath           c Johnson          b Ring                 8  23   9  1 0
    Gul Mohammad          c Barnes           b Ring                 4  15  10  0 0
    G Kishenchand         c Barnes           b Johnson              0   5   6  0 0
    CS Nayudu             c Brown            b Ring                 0  14  13  0 0
    +PK Sen                                  b Johnson             10  13  14  2 0
    CR Rangachari         not out                                   0   2   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 1, nb 1)                         8
    Total                 (all out, 24.2 overs, 110 mins)          67
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Mankad), 2-22 (Sarwate), 3-28 (Adhikari),
         4-35 (Phadkar), 5-51 (Hazare), 6-51 (Amarnath),
         7-56 (Kishenchand), 8-56 (Gul Mohammad), 9-66 (Nayudu),
         10-67 (Sen).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Lindwall                     3      0      9      1
    Johnson                      5.2    2      8      3 (1nb)
    Loxton                       4      1     10      1
    Johnston                     7      0     15      2
    Ring                         5      1     17      3
    

    • DG Bradman retired hurt at 140/1




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    Team Pages: Australia, India.

    Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

    Australia Player Pages: SG Barnes, WA Brown, DG Bradman, KR Miller, RN Harvey, SJE Loxton, RR Lindwall, D Tallon, LJ Johnson, DT Ring, WA Johnston.

    India Player Pages: MH Mankad, CT Sarwate, HR Adhikari, VS Hazare, L Amarnath, DG Phadkar, Gul Mohammad, G Kishenchand, CS Nayudu, PK Sen, CR Rangachari.

    Match Officials' Pages: AN Barlow, GS Cooper.

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