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Test no. 668

Australia in India Test Series - 4th Test
India v Australia

1969/70 season

Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on 12,13,14,16 December 1969 (6-day match)

Result Australia won by 10 wickets


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	FM Engineer	c Stackpole b McKenzie	0		0	0
	AV Mankad	c Stackpole b McKenzie	9			0
	AL Wadekar	c Freeman b McKenzie	0		0	0
	GR Viswanath	c Taber b Mallett	54	132	6	0
	Nawab of Pataudi jnr	c Chappell b Mallett	15			0
	AK Roy	c Taber b McKenzie	18			0
	ED Solkar	c Taber b McKenzie	42			0
	S Venkataraghavan	c Stackpole b Mallett	24			0
	EAS Prasanna	run out	26			0
	S Guha	b McKenzie	4			0
	BS Bedi	not out	9			0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 1, nb 4)	11

	Total	(all out; 96.4 overs)	212	(2.19 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Engineer), 2-0 (Wadekar), 3-22 (Mankad), 4-64 (Pataudi), 5-103 (Viswanath), 6-103 (Roy), 7-154 (Venkataraghavan), 8-178 (Solkar), 9-184 (Guha), 10-212 (Prasanna)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	33.4	12	67	6	1.99
EW Freeman	17	6	43	0	2.52
AN Connolly	17	5	27	0	1.58
AA Mallett	27	9	55	3	2.03
KR Stackpole	2	0	9	0	4.50


Australia 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	WM Lawry	c Solkar b Bedi	35			1
	KR Stackpole	run out	41			1
	IM Chappell	c Wadekar b Bedi	99	305	16	0
	KD Walters	st Engineer b Bedi	56	118	3	1
	IR Redpath	c Wadekar b Bedi	0		0	0
	AP Sheahan	run out	32			0
	EW Freeman	c Prasanna b Bedi	29			0
	HB Taber	b Bedi	2		0	0
	GD McKenzie	c Pataudi b Bedi	0		0	0
	AA Mallett	not out	2		0	0
	AN Connolly	c Guha b Solkar	31			4
	Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 2)	8

	Total	(all out; 143.1 overs)	335	(2.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-65 (Stackpole), 2-84 (Lawry), 3-185 (Walters), 4-185 (Redpath), 5-257 (Sheahan), 6-279 (Chappell), 7-302 (Taber), 8-302 (Freeman), 9-302 (McKenzie), 10-335 (Connolly)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Guha	19	5	55	0	2.89
ED Solkar	9.1	1	28	1	3.05
EAS Prasanna	49	15	116	0	2.36
S Venkataraghavan	16	6	30	0	1.87
BS Bedi	50	19	98	7	1.96


India 2nd innings			R	4s	6s
	FM Engineer	c Redpath b Freeman	10		0
	AV Mankad	c Taber b McKenzie	20		0
	AL Wadekar	lbw b Freeman	62		0
	GR Viswanath	b Freeman	5		0
	ED Solkar	lbw b Connolly	21		0
	Nawab of Pataudi jnr	c Connolly b Mallett	1	0	0
	AK Roy	c Sheahan b Connolly	19		0
	S Venkataraghavan	b Connolly	0	0	0
	EAS Prasanna	c Stackpole b Freeman	0	0	0
	BS Bedi	c Chappell b Connolly	7		0
	S Guha	not out	1	0	0
	Extras	(b 6, lb 4, nb 5)	15

	Total	(all out; 77.1 overs)	161	(2.08 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-29 (Engineer), 2-31 (Mankad), 3-40 (Viswanath), 4-90 (Solkar), 5-93 (Pataudi), 6-141 (Roy), 7-141 (Venkataraghavan), 8-142 (Prasanna), 9-159 (Wadekar), 10-161 (Bedi)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McKenzie	18	4	34	1	1.88
EW Freeman	26	7	54	4	2.07
AN Connolly	16.1	3	31	4	1.91
AA Mallett	17	5	27	1	1.58


Australia 2nd innings (target: 39 runs)			R	6s
	WM Lawry	not out	17	0
	KR Stackpole	not out	25	0
	Extras		0

	Total	(0 wickets; 5 overs)	42	(8.40 runs per over)

Did not bat IM Chappell, KD Walters, IR Redpath, AP Sheahan, EW Freeman,

HB Taber, GD McKenzie, AA Mallett, AN Connolly


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
S Guha	3	1	25	0	8.33
AL Wadekar	2	0	17	0	8.50

Toss Australia, who chose to field first
Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-1

Umpires SP Pan and J Reuben

Close of play
12 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 176/7 (ED Solkar 41*, EAS Prasanna 5*)
13 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 95/2 (IM Chappell 10*, KD Walters 5*)
14 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 12/0 (FM Engineer 5*, AV Mankad 7*)
15 Dec rest day
16 Dec day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 42/0 (5 ov) - end of match

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