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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 487 (486/13)
India v Australia, 1959/60, 5th Test
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
23,24,25,27,28 January 1960 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
Australia wins the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: India
Umpires: SK Ganguli and ND Sane

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 158/7 (Ramchand 12*, Jaisimha 2*)
  • Day 2: India 194, Australia 229/3 (O'Neill 93*, Burge 43*)
  • Day 3: Australia 331, India 67/2 (Roy 31*, Jaisimha 0*)
  • Day 4: India 243/6 (Jaisimha 59*, Kenny 26*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   4  6
    +BK Kunderan                             b Mackay              12      0
    NJ Contractor                            b Benaud              36      0
    P Roy                 c Grout            b Davidson            33      0
    RG Nadkarni           c Burge            b Lindwall             2   0  0
    RB Kenny              c Grout            b Lindwall             7      0
    CD Gopinath                              b Benaud              39      0
    CG Borde                                 b Benaud               6      0
    *GS Ramchand                             b Davidson            12      0
    ML Jaisimha           not out                                  20      0
    RB Desai              c Grout            b Davidson            17      0
    JM Patel              run out                                   0   0  0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 3)                   10
    Total                 (all out, 89.3 overs)                   194
    
    FoW: 1-30 (Kunderan), 2-59 (Contractor), 3-71 (Nadkarni),
         4-83 (Kenny), 5-112 (Roy), 6-131 (Borde), 7-142 (Gopinath),
         8-158 (Ramchand), 9-194 (Desai), 10-194 (Patel).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    16      2     37      3
    Meckiff                     17      5     28      0
    Mackay                      11      5     16      1
    Lindwall                    16      6     44      2
    Benaud                      29.3   12     59      3
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   4   6
    LE Favell                                b Desai               26       0
    +ATW Grout                               b Patel               50       0
    RN Harvey             c Jaisimha         b Patel               17       0
    NC O'Neill            c Kunderan         b Desai              113  15   0
    PJP Burge                                b Desai               60       0
    CC McDonald           lbw                b Borde               27       0
    KD Mackay                                b Patel               18       0
    RR Lindwall           c Kunderan         b Desai               10       0
    AK Davidson                              b Borde                4       0
    *R Benaud                            c & b Borde                3   0   0
    I Meckiff             not out                                   0   0   0
    Extras                (lb 3)                                    3
    Total                 (all out, 111.1 overs)                  331
    
    FoW: 1-76 (Grout), 2-76 (Favell), 3-116 (Harvey),
         4-266 (O'Neill), 5-273 (Burge), 6-299 (Mackay),
         7-323 (McDonald), 8-325 (Lindwall), 9-328 (Benaud),
         10-331 (Davidson).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Desai                       36      4    111      4
    Ramchand                    10      1     37      0
    Patel                       26      2    104      3
    Nadkarni                    22     10     36      0
    Borde                       13.1    4     23      3
    Jaisimha                     4      0     17      0
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   4  6
    +BK Kunderan                             b Davidson             0   0  0
    NJ Contractor         c Davidson         b Benaud              30      0
    P Roy                 lbw                b Benaud              39      0
    ML Jaisimha                              b Mackay              74      0
    CD Gopinath           c Grout            b Benaud               0   0  0
    RG Nadkarni           c Grout            b Lindwall            29      0
    CG Borde                                 b Meckiff             50      0
    RB Kenny              c Grout            b Mackay              62      0
    *GS Ramchand                             b Benaud               9      0
    RB Desai              not out                                  17      0
    JM Patel              c Benaud           b Davidson            12      0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 4, nb 2)                       17
    Total                 (all out, 146.2 overs)                  339
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Kunderan), 2-67 (Contractor), 3-78 (Roy),
         4-78 (Gopinath), 5-123 (Nadkarni), 6-206 (Borde),
         7-289 (Jaisimha), 8-294 (Kenny), 9-316 (Ramchand),
         10-339 (Patel).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Davidson                    36.2   13     76      2
    Meckiff                     21      2     41      1
    Mackay                      21      7     36      2
    Lindwall                    20      3     66      1
    Benaud                      48     23    103      4
    
    Australia 2nd innings (target: 203 runs)                        R   4  6
    LE Favell             not out                                  62      0
    CC McDonald           run out                                   6      0
    RN Harvey                            c & b Contractor          36      0
    *R Benaud             not out                                  10      0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 5, nb 1)                         7
    Total                 (2 wickets, 52 overs)                   121
    
    DNB: +ATW Grout, NC O'Neill, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, RR Lindwall,
         AK Davidson, I Meckiff.
    
    FoW: 1-20 (McDonald), 2-104 (Harvey).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Desai                       11      4     18      0
    Ramchand                     3      2      4      0
    Patel                        7      1     15      0
    Nadkarni                     7      4     10      0
    Borde                       13      1     45      0
    Jaisimha                     6      2     13      0
    Contractor                   5      1      9      1
    


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    Team Pages: India, Australia.

    Ground Page: Eden Gardens, Calcutta

    India Player Pages: BK Kunderan, NJ Contractor, P Roy, RG Nadkarni, RB Kenny, CD Gopinath, CG Borde, GS Ramchand, ML Jaisimha, RB Desai, JM Patel.

    Australia Player Pages: LE Favell, ATW Grout, RN Harvey, NC O'Neill, PJP Burge, CC McDonald, KD Mackay, RR Lindwall, AK Davidson, R Benaud, I Meckiff.

    Match Officials' Pages: SK Ganguli, ND Sane.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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