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Test no. 482

Australia in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v Australia

1959/60 season

Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 12,13,14,16 December 1959 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by an innings and 127 runs


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	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	(2.26 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (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	Econ
AK Davidson	14	9	22	3	1.57
I Meckiff	17	4	52	1	3.05
GF Rorke	14	5	30	2	2.14
LF Kline	9	3	15	1	1.66
R Benaud	3.4	3	0	3	0.00
KD Mackay	1	0	1	0	1.00
NC O'Neill	1	0	4	0	4.00


Australia 1st innings			R	M	6s
	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	(3.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-53 (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	Econ
RB Desai	34.3	3	123	1	3.56
Surendranath	38	8	101	2	2.65
CG Borde	15	3	49	0	3.26
VM Muddiah	13	4	32	0	2.46
RG Nadkarni	20	6	62	1	3.10
GS Ramchand	7	1	27	1	3.85
PR Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	3.16


India 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	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	(1.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-121 (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	Econ
AK Davidson	14	5	16	0	1.14
I Meckiff	14	3	33	0	2.35
GF Rorke	7	3	5	0	0.71
LF Kline	24	12	42	4	1.75
R Benaud	46	18	76	5	1.65
NC O'Neill	5	0	19	0	3.80
RN Harvey	1	1	0	0	0.00

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debut VM Muddiah (India)

Umpires SK Ganguli and Mohammad Yunus

Close of play
12 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 22/0 (CC McDonald 9*, LE Favell 13*)
13 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 293/4 (KD Mackay 50*, AK Davidson 12*)
14 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 46/0 (P Roy 25*, NJ Contractor 12*)
15 Dec rest day
16 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 206 (111 ov) - end of match

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