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India vs Australia 1st Test Match 1959 Scorecard

Series: India vs Australia Test Series 1959-1960
Schedule: India vs Australia 1st Test Match 1959
Result: Australia won by an innings and 127 runs	Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Player of the match: -
Toss : India, Decided to Bat
Start Date: 1959-12-12	End Date: 1959-12-16

India First Innings		R	SR
Pankaj Roy	c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson	0	---
Nari Contractor	b Alan Davidson	41	---
Polly Umrigar	c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson	0	---
Abbas Ali Baig	b Gordon Rorke	9	---
Chandu Borde	c Wally Grout b Ian Meckiff	14	---
Gulabrai Ramchand	c Wally Grout b Lindsay Kline	20	---
Bapu Nadkarni	b Gordon Rorke	1	---
Nana Joshi	b Richard Benaud	15	---
Surendra Nath	not out	24	---
Venatappa Muddiah	lbw b Richard Benaud	0	---
Ramakant Desai	c Norm O'Neill b Richard Benaud	0	---
	Total (59.4 overs)	124 + 11 (extra) = 135/10

Extra : (b 6, lb 2, w 0, nb 3, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	14.0	9	22	3	1.571
Ian Meckiff	17.0	4	52	1	3.059
Gordon Rorke	14.0	5	30	2	2.143
Lindsay Kline	9.0	3	15	1	1.667
Richard Benaud	3.4	3	0	3	0.000
Ken Mackay	1.0	0	1	0	1.000
Norm O'Neill	1.0	0	4	0	4.000

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, 0.0)

Australia Second Innings		R	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	b Surendra Nath	20	0	---
Les Favell	b Surendra Nath	39	0	---
Neil Harvey	lbw b Bapu Nadkarni	114	0	---
Norm O'Neill	run out	39	0	---
Ken Mackay	c Nana Joshi b Polly Umrigar	78	0	---
Alan Davidson	c Abbas Ali Baig b Ramakant Desai	25	1	---
Richard Benaud	c Chandu Borde b Polly Umrigar	20	0	---
Wally Grout	b Polly Umrigar	42	0	---
Lindsay Kline	c & b Gulabrai Ramchand	14	0	---
Ian Meckiff	not out	45	0	---
Gordon Rorke	c & b Polly Umrigar	7	0	---
	Total (143 overs)	443 + 25 (extra) = 468/10	1

Extra : (b 11, lb 13, w 0, nb 1, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ramakant Desai	34.3	3	123	1	3.565
Surendra Nath	38.0	8	101	2	2.658
Chandu Borde	15.0	3	49	0	3.267
Venatappa Muddiah	13.0	4	32	0	2.462
Bapu Nadkarni	20.0	6	62	1	3.100
Gulabrai Ramchand	7.0	1	27	1	3.857
Polly Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	3.161

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( Richard Benaud, 0.0)

8 /402( Wally Grout, 0.0)

9 /443( Lindsay Kline, 0.0)

10 /468( Gordon Rorke, 0.0)

India Third Innings		R	SR
Pankaj Roy	c Richard Benaud b Lindsay Kline	99	---
Nari Contractor	c Les Favell b Richard Benaud	34	---
Abbas Ali Baig	run out	5	---
Chandu Borde	c Alan Davidson b Richard Benaud	0	---
Polly Umrigar	c Les Favell b Lindsay Kline	32	---
Gulabrai Ramchand	c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline	6	---
Bapu Nadkarni	lbw b Richard Benaud	7	---
Nana Joshi	c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline	8	---
Surendra Nath	c Alan Davidson b Richard Benaud	0	---
Venatappa Muddiah	not out	0	---
Ramakant Desai	c Ian Meckiff b Richard Benaud	0	---
	Total (111 overs)	191 + 15 (extra) = 206/10

Extra : (b 8, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, penalty 0)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	14.0	5	16	0	1.143
Ian Meckiff	14.0	3	33	0	2.357
Gordon Rorke	7.0	3	5	0	0.714
Lindsay Kline	24.0	12	42	4	1.750
Richard Benaud	46.0	18	76	5	1.652
Norm O'Neill	5.0	0	19	0	3.800
Neil Harvey	1.0	1	0	0	0.000

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(Surendra Nath, 0.0)

10 /206(Ramakant Desai, 0.0)

Match Details

Series Status
(Or Points)

India-0, Australia-1

Debut Player(s)

Venatappa Muddiah(India)

Umpire

Mohammad Yunus , Santosh Ganguli

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