Australia in India and Pakistan 1959/60

1st Test: India vs Australia  |  Australia won by an innings and 127 runs

Match Details
Toss India, who chose to bat Series Australia In India And Pakistan 1959/60
Umpires
SK Ganguli and Mohammad Yunus Match Date 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Dec 1959
Match Referee Ground Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi , Delhi
Player of Match    

India 1st Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Pankaj Roy c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson 0 0 0 0 0
2 Nari Contractor b Alan Davidson 41 130 0 0 0
3 Polly Umrigar c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson 0 0 0 0 0
4 Abbas Ali Baig b Gordon Rorke 9 0 0 0 0
5 Chandu Borde c Wally Grout b Ian Meckiff 14 0 0 0 0
6 Gulabrai Ramchand * c Wally Grout b Lindsay Kline 20 0 0 0 0
7 Bapu Nadkarni b Gordon Rorke 1 0 0 0 0
8 Nana Joshi † b Richie Benaud 15 0 0 0 0
9 Surendranath not out 24 0 0 0 0
10 Venatappa Muddiah lbw Richie Benaud 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ramakant Desai c Norm O\'Neill b Richie Benaud 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 6, lb 2, nb 3 11
Total 10 wickets; 59.4 overs; 135 2.26 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-4 ( Pankaj Roy, 0.0 ) ;   2-8 ( Polly Umrigar, 0.0 ) ;   3-32 ( Abbas Ali Baig, 0.0 ) ;   4-66 ( Chandu Borde, 0.0 ) ;   5-69 ( Nari Contractor, 0.0 ) ;   6-70 ( Bapu Nadkarni, 0.0 ) ;   7-100 ( Gulabrai Ramchand, 0.0 ) ;   8-131 ( Nana Joshi, 0.0 ) ;   9-135 ( Venatappa Muddiah, 0.0 ) ;   10-135 ( Ramakant Desai, 59.4 )

Bowling

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Alan Davidson 14.0 9 22 3 0 0
Ian Meckiff 17.0 4 52 1 0 0
Gordon Rorke 14.0 5 30 2 0 0
Lindsay Kline 9.0 3 15 1 0 0
Richie Benaud * 3.4 3 0 3 0 0
Ken Mackay 1.0 0 1 0 0 0
Norm O\'Neill 1.0 0 4 0 0 0

Australia 1st Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Colin McDonald b Surendranath 20 0 0 0 0
2 Les Favell b Surendranath 39 0 0 0 0
3 Neil Harvey lbw Bapu Nadkarni 114 230 0 0 0
4 Norm O\'Neill run out 39 0 0 0 0
5 Ken Mackay c Nana Joshi b Polly Umrigar 78 0 0 0 0
6 Alan Davidson c Abbas Ali Baig b Ramakant Desai 25 0 0 0 1
7 Richie Benaud * c Chandu Borde b Polly Umrigar 20 0 0 0 0
8 Wally Grout † b Polly Umrigar 42 0 0 0 0
9 Lindsay Kline c & b Gulabrai Ramchand 14 0 0 0 0
10 Ian Meckiff not out 45 0 0 0 0
11 Gordon Rorke c Budhi Kunderan b Polly Umrigar 7 0 0 0 0
Extra b 11, lb 13, nb 1 25
Total 10 wickets; 143.0 overs; 468 3.27 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-53 ( Colin McDonald, 0.0 ) ;   2-64 ( Les Favell, 0.0 ) ;   3-143 ( Norm O\'Neill, 0.0 ) ;   4-275 ( Neil Harvey, 0.0 ) ;   5-318 ( Alan Davidson, 0.0 ) ;   6-353 ( Ken Mackay, 0.0 ) ;   7-398 ( Richie Benaud, 0.0 ) ;   8-402 ( Wally Grout, 0.0 ) ;   9-443 ( Lindsay Kline, 0.0 ) ;   10-468 ( Gordon Rorke, 143.0 )

Bowling

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Ramakant Desai 34.3 3 123 1 0 0
Surendranath 38.0 8 101 2 0 0
Chandu Borde 15.0 3 49 0 0 0
Venatappa Muddiah 13.0 4 32 0 0 0
Bapu Nadkarni 20.0 6 62 1 0 0
Gulabrai Ramchand * 7.0 1 27 1 0 0
Polly Umrigar 15.3 1 49 4 0 0

India 2nd Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Pankaj Roy c Richie Benaud b Lindsay Kline 99 0 0 0 0
2 Nari Contractor c Les Favell b Richie Benaud 34 0 0 0 0
3 Abbas Ali Baig run out 5 0 0 0 0
4 Chandu Borde c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud 0 0 0 0 0
5 Polly Umrigar c Les Favell b Lindsay Kline 32 0 0 0 0
6 Gulabrai Ramchand * c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline 6 0 0 0 0
7 Bapu Nadkarni lbw Richie Benaud 7 0 0 0 0
8 Nana Joshi † c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline 8 0 0 0 0
9 Surendranath c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud 0 0 0 0 0
10 Venatappa Muddiah not out 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ramakant Desai c Ian Meckiff b Richie Benaud 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 8, lb 5, nb 2 15
Total 10 wickets; 111.0 overs; 206 1.86 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-121 ( Nari Contractor, 0.0 ) ;   2-132 ( Abbas Ali Baig, 0.0 ) ;   3-132 ( Chandu Borde, 0.0 ) ;   4-172 ( Pankaj Roy, 0.0 ) ;   5-187 ( Polly Umrigar, 0.0 ) ;   6-192 ( Gulabrai Ramchand, 0.0 ) ;   7-202 ( Bapu Nadkarni, 0.0 ) ;   8-206 ( Nana Joshi, 0.0 ) ;   9-206 ( Surendranath , 0.0 ) ;   10-206 ( Ramakant Desai, 111.0 )

Bowling

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Alan Davidson 14.0 5 16 0 0 0
Ian Meckiff 14.0 3 33 0 0 0
Gordon Rorke 7.0 3 5 0 0 0
Richie Benaud * 46.0 18 76 5 0 0
Lindsay Kline 24.0 12 42 4 0 0
Neil Harvey 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Norm O\'Neill 5.0 0 19 0 0 0