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149 & 138
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
342
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Overs: 105.0 RR: 1.31 vs spin: 1.07
vs seam: 1.49
Overs: 153.0 RR: 2.24 vs spin: 2.21
vs seam: 2.13
Wed 13/01/60 India v Australia, 4th Test, Nehru Stadium, Madras
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 55 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 342 (153.0; RR: 2.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Patel 16 0 0 0
LE Favell st Kunderam b Nadkarni 101 0 10 0
RN Harvey b Desai 11 0 0 0
NCL O'Neill b Desai 40 0 0 0
PJP Burge b Desai 35 0 0 0
KD Mackay st Kunderam b Patel 89 0 0 0
AK Davidson lbw b Nadkarni 6 0 0 0
ATW Grout c Singh b Nadkarni 2 0 0 0
R Benaud b Borde 25 0 0 0
I Meckiff c Roy b Desai 8 0 0 0
LF Kline not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (3b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 9  
TOTAL 342 all out (153.0 overs; RR: 2.24)

Fall of wickets

58-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 77-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 147-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 197-4 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 216-5 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 239-6 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 249-7 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 308-8 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 329-9 (I Meckiff 0.0 ov), 342-10 (KD Mackay 153.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RB Desai 41.0 10 93 4 2.27 0 0
GS Ramchand 15.0 6 26 0 1.73 0 0
RG Nadkarni 44.0 15 75 3 1.70 0 0
JM Patel 37.0 12 84 2 2.27 0 0
CG Borde 16.0 1 55 1 3.44 0 0

India - 1st Inns 149 (77.1; RR: 1.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Grout b Davidson 1 0 0 0
BK Kunderam b Benaud 71 0 12 0
RB Kenny b Mackay 33 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Kline b Benaud 7 0 0 0
CG Borde c Grout b Kline 3 0 0 0
GS Ramchand c Harvey b Benaud 13 0 0 0
AG Milkha Singh b Davidson 16 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni c Kline b Benaud 3 0 0 0
MM Sood st Grout b Davidson 0 0 0 0
RB Desai c McDonald b Benaud 0 0 0 0
JM Patel not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 149 all out (77.1 overs; RR: 1.93)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 95-2 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 111-3 (BK Kunderam 0.0 ov), 114-4 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 130-5 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 130-6 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 145-7 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 148-8 (MM Sood 0.0 ov), 149-9 (AG Milkha Singh 0.0 ov), 149-10 (RB Desai 77.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 19.0 6 36 3 1.89 0 0
I Meckiff 7.0 4 21 0 3.00 0 0
R Benaud 32.1 14 43 5 1.34 0 0
LF Kline 15.0 8 21 1 1.40 0 0
RN Harvey 1.0 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
KD Mackay 3.0 0 17 1 5.67 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 138 (105.0; RR: 1.31)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c O'Neill b Meckiff 3 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Meckiff b Kline 41 0 0 0
RB Kenny c Grout b Meckiff 1 0 0 0
BK Kunderam b Benaud 33 0 6 0
CG Borde c Davidson b Benaud 1 0 0 0
AG Milkha Singh b Harvey 9 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni run out 18 0 0 0
GS Ramchand st Grout b Benaud 22 0 0 0
MM Sood b Davidson 3 0 0 0
RB Desai not out 0 0 0 0
JM Patel c Kline b Davidson 0 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 138 all out (105.0 overs; RR: 1.31)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 11-2 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 54-3 (BK Kunderam 0.0 ov), 62-4 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 78-5 (AG Milkha Singh 0.0 ov), 100-6 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 127-7 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 138-8 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 138-9 (MM Sood 0.0 ov), 138-10 (JM Patel 105.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 19.0 7 33 2 1.74 0 0
I Meckiff 22.0 10 33 2 1.50 0 0
KD Mackay 4.0 3 1 0 0.25 0 0
R Benaud 35.0 19 43 3 1.23 0 0
LF Kline 12.0 5 13 1 1.08 0 0
RN Harvey 13.0 7 8 1 0.62 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Madras, 4th Test

Date

Wednesday January 13, 1960

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Nehru Stadium, Madras

Umpires

MG Vijayasarathi, ND Sane

India Team

Playing XI

P Roy, GS Ramchand, JM Patel, NJ Contractor, RG Nadkarni, CG Borde, RB Kenny, RB Desai, BK Kunderam, AG Milkha Singh, MM Sood

Australia Team

Playing XI

RN Harvey, R Benaud, CC McDonald, AK Davidson, LE Favell, PJP Burge, KD Mackay, ATW Grout, LF Kline, I Meckiff, NCL O'Neill