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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
194 & 339 Series badge AUS
331 & 121-2 AUS flag
Overs: 146.2 RR: 2.32 vs spin: 2.15
vs seam: 2.23
 Overs: 52.0 RR: 2.33 vs spin: 2.59
vs seam: 1.63
Sat 23/01/60 India v Australia, 5th Test, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 194 (89.3; RR: 2.17)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BK Kunderam b Mackay 12 0 0 0
NJ Contractor b Benaud 36 0 0 0
P Roy c Grout b Davidson 33 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni c Burge b Lindwall 2 0 0 0
RB Kenny c Grout b Lindwall 7 0 0 0
CD Gopinath b Benaud 39 0 0 0
CG Borde b Benaud 6 0 0 0
GS Ramchand b Davidson 12 0 0 0
ML Jaisimha not out 20 0 0 0
RB Desai c Grout b Davidson 17 0 0 0
JM Patel run out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 1lb, 1w, 3nb) 10  
TOTAL 194 all out (89.3 overs; RR: 2.17)

Fall of wickets

30-1 (BK Kunderam 0.0 ov), 59-2 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 71-3 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 83-4 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 112-5 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 131-6 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 142-7 (CD Gopinath 0.0 ov), 158-8 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 194-9 (RB Desai 0.0 ov), 194-10 (JM Patel 89.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 16.0 2 37 3 2.31 0 0
I Meckiff 17.0 5 28 0 1.65 0 0
KD Mackay 11.0 5 16 1 1.45 0 0
RR Lindwall 16.0 6 44 2 2.75 0 0
R Benaud 29.3 12 59 3 2.03 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 331 (111.1; RR: 2.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LE Favell b Desai 26 0 0 0
ATW Grout b Patel 50 0 0 0
RN Harvey c Jaisimha b Patel 17 0 0 0
NCL O'Neill c Kunderam b Desai 113 0 15 0
PJP Burge b Desai 60 0 0 0
CC McDonald lbw b Borde 27 0 0 0
KD Mackay b Patel 18 0 0 0
RR Lindwall c Kunderam b Desai 10 0 0 0
AK Davidson b Borde 4 0 0 0
R Benaud c & b Borde 3 0 0 0
I Meckiff not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 331 all out (111.1 overs; RR: 2.98)

Fall of wickets

76-1 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 76-2 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 116-3 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 266-4 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 273-5 (PJP Burge 0.0 ov), 299-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 323-7 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 325-8 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 328-9 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 331-10 (AK Davidson 111.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RB Desai 36.0 4 111 4 3.08 0 0
GS Ramchand 10.0 1 37 0 3.70 0 0
JM Patel 26.0 2 104 3 4.00 0 0
RG Nadkarni 22.0 10 36 0 1.64 0 0
CG Borde 13.1 4 23 3 1.77 0 0
ML Jaisimha 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 339 (146.2; RR: 2.32)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
BK Kunderam b Davidson 0 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Davidson b Benaud 30 0 0 0
P Roy lbw b Benaud 39 0 0 0
ML Jaisimha b Mackay 74 0 8 0
CD Gopinath c Grout b Benaud 0 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni c Grout b Lindwall 29 0 0 0
CG Borde b Meckiff 50 0 0 0
RB Kenny c Grout b Mackay 62 0 0 0
GS Ramchand b Benaud 9 0 0 0
RB Desai not out 17 0 0 0
JM Patel c Benaud b Davidson 12 0 0 0
Extras (11b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb) 17  
TOTAL 339 all out (146.2 overs; RR: 2.32)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (BK Kunderam 0.0 ov), 67-2 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 78-3 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 78-4 (CD Gopinath 0.0 ov), 123-5 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 206-6 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 289-7 (ML Jaisimha 0.0 ov), 294-8 (RB Kenny 0.0 ov), 316-9 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 339-10 (JM Patel 146.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 36.2 13 76 2 2.11 0 0
RR Lindwall 20.0 3 66 1 3.30 0 0
I Meckiff 21.0 2 41 1 1.95 0 0
R Benaud 48.0 23 103 4 2.15 0 0
KD Mackay 21.0 7 36 2 1.71 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 121-2 (52.0; RR: 2.33)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
LE Favell not out 62 0 0 0
CC McDonald run out 6 0 0 0
RN Harvey c & b Contractor 36 0 0 0
R Benaud not out 10 0 0 0
ATW Grout  
NCL O'Neill  
PJP Burge  
KD Mackay  
RR Lindwall  
AK Davidson  
I Meckiff  
Extras (1b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 121-2 (52.0 overs; RR: 2.33)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 104-2 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RB Desai 11.0 4 18 0 1.64 0 0
GS Ramchand 3.0 2 4 0 1.33 0 0
JM Patel 7.0 1 15 0 2.14 0 0
CG Borde 13.0 1 45 0 3.46 0 0
RG Nadkarni 7.0 4 10 0 1.43 0 0
ML Jaisimha 6.0 2 13 0 2.17 0 0
NJ Contractor 5.0 1 9 1 1.80 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Kolkata, 5th Test

Date

Saturday January 23, 1960

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

ND Sane, SK Ganguli

India Team

Playing XI

P Roy, CD Gopinath, GS Ramchand, JM Patel, NJ Contractor, RG Nadkarni, CG Borde, RB Kenny, RB Desai, ML Jaisimha, BK Kunderam

Australia Team

Playing XI

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