Australia in India and Pakistan 1959/60
1st Test: India vs Australia | Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
| Toss | India, who chose to bat | Series | Australia In India And Pakistan 1959/60 |
| Umpires
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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 |
