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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 482 (482/9)
India v Australia, 1959/60, 1st Test
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
12,13,14,16 December 1959 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
Australia leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: India
Umpires: SK Ganguli and Mohammad Yunus
Test Debuts: VM Muddiah (Ind).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 135, Australia 22/0 (McDonald 9*, Favell 13*)
  • Day 2: Australia 293/4 (Mackay 50*, Davidson 12*)
  • Day 3: Australia 468, India 46/0 (Roy 25*, Contractor 12*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   4  6
    P Roy                 c Grout            b Davidson             0       0  0
    NJ Contractor                            b Davidson            41 130      0
    PR Umrigar            c Grout            b Davidson             0       0  0
    AA Baig                                  b Rorke                9          0
    CG Borde              c Grout            b Meckiff             14          0
    *GS Ramchand          c Grout            b Kline               20          0
    RG Nadkarni                              b Rorke                1       0  0
    +PG Joshi                                b Benaud              15          0
    Surendranath          not out                                  24          0
    VM Muddiah            lbw                b Benaud               0       0  0
    RB Desai              c O'Neill          b Benaud               0       0  0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 2, nb 3)                        11
    Total                 (all out, 59.4 overs)                   135
    
    FoW: 1-4 (Roy), 2-8 (Umrigar), 3-32 (Baig), 4-66 (Borde),
         5-69 (Contractor), 6-70 (Nadkarni), 7-100 (Ramchand),
         8-131 (Joshi), 9-135 (Muddiah), 10-135 (Desai).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    14      9     22      3
    Meckiff                     17      4     52      1
    Rorke                       14      5     30      2
    Kline                        9      3     15      1
    Benaud                       3.4    3      0      3
    Mackay                       1      0      1      0
    O'Neill                      1      0      4      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   4  6
    CC McDonald                              b Surendranath        20          0
    LE Favell                                b Surendranath        39          0
    RN Harvey             lbw                b Nadkarni           114 230      0
    NC O'Neill            run out                                  39          0
    KD Mackay             c Joshi            b Umrigar             78          0
    AK Davidson           c Baig             b Desai               25          1
    *R Benaud             c Borde            b Umrigar             20          0
    +ATW Grout                               b Umrigar             42          0
    LF Kline                             c & b Ramchand            14          0
    I Meckiff             not out                                  45          0
    GF Rorke              c sub              b Umrigar              7          0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 13, nb 1)                      25
    Total                 (all out, 143 overs)                    468
    
    FoW: 1-53 (McDonald), 2-64 (Favell), 3-143 (O'Neill),
         4-275 (Harvey), 5-318 (Davidson), 6-353 (Mackay),
         7-398 (Benaud), 8-402 (Grout), 9-443 (Kline),
         10-468 (Rorke).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Desai                       34.3    3    123      1
    Surendranath                38      8    101      2
    Borde                       15      3     49      0
    Muddiah                     13      4     32      0
    Nadkarni                    20      6     62      1
    Ramchand                     7      1     27      1
    Umrigar                     15.3    1     49      4
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   4  6
    P Roy                 c Benaud           b Kline               99      0
    NJ Contractor         c Favell           b Benaud              34      0
    AA Baig               run out                                   5      0
    CG Borde              c Davidson         b Benaud               0   0  0
    PR Umrigar            c Favell           b Kline               32      0
    *GS Ramchand          c Davidson         b Kline                6      0
    RG Nadkarni           lbw                b Benaud               7      0
    +PG Joshi             c Davidson         b Kline                8      0
    Surendranath          c Davidson         b Benaud               0   0  0
    VM Muddiah            not out                                   0   0  0
    RB Desai              c Meckiff          b Benaud               0   0  0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 5, nb 2)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 111 overs)                    206
    
    FoW: 1-121 (Contractor), 2-132 (Baig), 3-132 (Borde),
         4-172 (Roy), 5-187 (Umrigar), 6-192 (Ramchand),
         7-202 (Nadkarni), 8-206 (Joshi), 9-206 (Surendranath),
         10-206 (Desai).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    14      5     16      0
    Meckiff                     14      3     33      0
    Rorke                        7      3      5      0
    Kline                       24     12     42      4
    Benaud                      46     18     76      5
    O'Neill                      5      0     19      0
    Harvey                       1      1      0      0
    


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    Team Pages: India, Australia.

    Ground Page: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

    India Player Pages: P Roy, NJ Contractor, PR Umrigar, AA Baig, CG Borde, GS Ramchand, RG Nadkarni, PG Joshi, Surendranath, VM Muddiah, RB Desai.

    Australia Player Pages: CC McDonald, LE Favell, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, KD Mackay, AK Davidson, R Benaud, ATW Grout, LF Kline, I Meckiff, GF Rorke.

    Match Officials' Pages: SK Ganguli, Mohammad Yunus.

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