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152 & 291
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219 & 105-9
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Overs: 144.3 RR: 2.01 vs spin: 2.21
vs seam: 1.68
Overs: 57.4 RR: 1.82 vs spin: 2.14
vs seam: 1.57
Sat 19/12/59 India v Australia, 2nd Test, Modi Stadium, Kanpur
INDIA WIN India won by 119 runs
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India - 1st Inns 152 (70.1; RR: 2.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Harvey b Benaud 17 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Jarman b Benaud 24 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c Davidson b Kline 6 0 0 0
AA Baig b Davidson 19 0 0 0
CG Borde c Kline b Davidson 20 0 0 0
GS Ramchand c Mackay b Benaud 24 0 0 0
RB Kenny b Davidson 0 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni c Harvey b Davidson 25 0 0 0
NS Tamhane b Benaud 1 0 0 0
JM Patel c Kline b Davidson 4 0 0 0
Surendranath not out 8 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb) 4  
TOTAL 152 all out (70.1 overs; RR: 2.17)

Fall of wickets

38-1 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 47-2 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 51-3 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 77-4 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 112-5 (AA Baig 0.0 ov), 112-6 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 126-7 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 128-8 (NS Tamhane 0.0 ov), 141-9 (JM Patel 0.0 ov), 152-10 (RG Nadkarni 70.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 20.1 7 31 5 1.55 0 0
I Meckiff 8.0 2 15 0 1.88 0 0
R Benaud 25.0 8 63 4 2.52 0 0
GF Rorke 2.0 1 3 0 1.50 0 0
LF Kline 15.0 7 36 1 2.40 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 219 (77.5; RR: 2.81)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Patel 53 0 0 0
GB Stevens c & b Patel 25 0 0 0
RN Harvey b Patel 51 0 6 0
NCL O'Neill b Borde 16 0 0 0
KD Mackay lbw b Patel 0 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Patel 41 0 0 0
R Benaud b Patel 7 0 0 0
BN Jarman lbw b Patel 1 0 0 0
LF Kline b Patel 9 0 0 0
I Meckiff not out 1 0 0 0
GF Rorke c Baig b Patel 0 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 2lb, 0w, 4nb) 15  
TOTAL 219 all out (77.5 overs; RR: 2.81)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (GB Stevens 0.0 ov), 128-2 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 149-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 159-4 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 159-5 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 174-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 186-7 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 216-8 (LF Kline 0.0 ov), 219-9 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 219-10 (GF Rorke 77.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Surendranath 4.0 0 13 0 3.25 0 0
GS Ramchand 6.0 3 14 0 2.33 0 0
JM Patel 35.5 16 69 9 1.97 0 0
PR Umrigar 15.0 1 40 0 2.67 0 0
CG Borde 15.0 1 61 1 4.07 0 0
RG Nadkarni 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 291 (144.3; RR: 2.01)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Benaud b Davidson 8 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Harvey b Davidson 74 0 6 0
PR Umrigar c Rorke b Davidson 14 0 0 0
AA Baig c Harvey b Benaud 36 0 0 0
CG Borde c O'Neill b Meckiff 44 0 0 0
GS Ramchand b Harvey 5 0 0 0
RB Kenny c Jarman b Davidson 51 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni lbw b Davidson 46 0 0 0
NS Tamhane c Harvey b Davidson 0 0 0 0
Surendranath not out 4 0 0 0
JM Patel b Davidson 0 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 9  
TOTAL 291 all out (144.3 overs; RR: 2.01)

Fall of wickets

32-1 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 72-2 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 121-3 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 147-4 (AA Baig 0.0 ov), 153-5 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 214-6 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 286-7 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 286-8 (NS Tamhane 0.0 ov), 291-9 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 291-10 (JM Patel 144.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 57.3 23 93 7 1.63 0 0
I Meckiff 18.0 4 37 1 2.06 0 0
KD Mackay 10.0 5 14 0 1.40 0 0
R Benaud 38.0 15 81 1 2.13 0 0
RN Harvey 12.0 3 31 1 2.58 0 0
LF Kline 7.0 3 14 0 2.00 0 0
NCL O'Neill 2.0 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 105-9 (57.4; RR: 1.82)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald st Tamhane b Patel 34 0 0 0
GB Stevens c Kenny b Patel 7 0 0 0
RN Harvey c Nadkarni b Umrigar 25 0 0 0
NCL O'Neill c Nadkarni b Umrigar 5 0 0 0
KD Mackay lbw b Umrigar 0 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Patel 8 0 0 0
R Benaud c Ramchand b Patel 0 0 0 0
BN Jarman b Umrigar 0 0 0 0
LF Kline b Patel 0 0 0 0
I Meckiff not out 14 0 0 0
GF Rorke  
Extras (5b, 7lb, 0w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 105-9 (57.4 overs; RR: 1.82)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (GB Stevens 0.0 ov), 49-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 59-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 61-4 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 78-5 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 78-6 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 79-7 (BN Jarman 0.0 ov), 84-8 (LF Kline 0.0 ov), 105-9 (CC McDonald 57.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Surendranath 4.0 2 4 0 1.00 0 0
GS Ramchand 3.0 0 7 0 2.33 0 0
JM Patel 25.4 7 55 5 2.20 0 0
PR Umrigar 25.0 11 27 4 1.08 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test

Date

Saturday December 19, 1959

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Modi Stadium, Kanpur

Umpires

SK Ganguli, AR Joshi

India Team

Playing XI

PR Umrigar, P Roy, GS Ramchand, NS Tamhane, JM Patel, NJ Contractor, RG Nadkarni, CG Borde, RB Kenny, Surendranath, AA Baig

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, CC McDonald, AK Davidson, KD Mackay, LF Kline, I Meckiff, NCL O'Neill, GF Rorke, GB Stevens, BN Jarman