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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
135 & 206 Series badge AUS
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Overs: 111.0 RR: 1.86 vs spin: 1.66
vs seam: 1.54
 Overs: 143.0 RR: 3.27 vs spin: 3.17
vs seam: 3.16
Sat 12/12/59 India v Australia, 1st Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
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India - 1st Inns 135 (59.4; RR: 2.26)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Grout b Davidson 0 0 0 0
NJ Contractor b Davidson 41 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c Grout b Davidson 0 0 0 0
AA Baig b Rorke 9 0 0 0
CG Borde c Grout b Meckiff 14 0 0 0
GS Ramchand c Grout b Kline 20 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni b Rorke 1 0 0 0
PG Joshi b Benaud 15 0 0 0
Surendranath not out 24 0 0 0
VM Muddiah lbw b Benaud 0 0 0 0
RB Desai c O'Neill b Benaud 0 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 11  
TOTAL 135 all out (59.4 overs; RR: 2.26)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 8-2 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 32-3 (AA Baig 0.0 ov), 66-4 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 69-5 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 70-6 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 100-7 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 131-8 (PG Joshi 0.0 ov), 135-9 (VM Muddiah 0.0 ov), 135-10 (RB Desai 59.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 14.0 9 22 3 1.57 0 0
I Meckiff 17.0 4 52 1 3.06 0 0
GF Rorke 14.0 5 30 2 2.14 0 0
LF Kline 9.0 3 15 1 1.67 0 0
R Benaud 3.4 3 0 3 0.00 0 0
KD Mackay 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
NCL O'Neill 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 468 (143.0; RR: 3.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC McDonald b Surendranath 20 0 0 0
LE Favell b Surendranath 39 0 0 0
RN Harvey lbw b Nadkarni 114 0 14 0
NCL O'Neill run out 39 0 0 0
KD Mackay c Joshi b Umrigar 78 0 0 0
AK Davidson c Baig b Desai 25 0 0 1
R Benaud c Borde b Umrigar 20 0 0 0
ATW Grout b Umrigar 42 0 0 0
LF Kline c & b Ramchand 14 0 0 0
I Meckiff not out 45 0 0 0
GF Rorke c b Umrigar 7 0 0 0
Extras (11b, 13lb, 0w, 1nb) 25  
TOTAL 468 all out (143.0 overs; RR: 3.27)

Fall of wickets

53-1 (CC McDonald 0.0 ov), 64-2 (LE Favell 0.0 ov), 143-3 (NCL O'Neill 0.0 ov), 275-4 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 318-5 (AK Davidson 0.0 ov), 353-6 (KD Mackay 0.0 ov), 398-7 (R Benaud 0.0 ov), 402-8 (ATW Grout 0.0 ov), 443-9 (LF Kline 0.0 ov), 468-10 (GF Rorke 143.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RB Desai 34.3 3 123 1 3.62 0 0
Surendranath 38.0 8 101 2 2.66 0 0
CG Borde 15.0 3 49 0 3.27 0 0
VM Muddiah 13.0 4 32 0 2.46 0 0
RG Nadkarni 20.0 6 62 1 3.10 0 0
GS Ramchand 7.0 1 27 1 3.86 0 0
PR Umrigar 15.3 1 49 4 3.27 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 206 (111.0; RR: 1.86)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Benaud b Kline 99 0 14 0
NJ Contractor c Favell b Benaud 34 0 0 0
AA Baig run out 5 0 0 0
CG Borde c Davidson b Benaud 0 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c Favell b Kline 32 0 0 0
GS Ramchand c Davidson b Kline 6 0 0 0
RG Nadkarni lbw b Benaud 7 0 0 0
PG Joshi c Davidson b Kline 8 0 0 0
Surendranath c Davidson b Benaud 0 0 0 0
VM Muddiah not out 0 0 0 0
RB Desai c Meckiff b Benaud 0 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb) 15  
TOTAL 206 all out (111.0 overs; RR: 1.86)

Fall of wickets

121-1 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 132-2 (AA Baig 0.0 ov), 132-3 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 172-4 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 187-5 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 192-6 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 202-7 (RG Nadkarni 0.0 ov), 206-8 (PG Joshi 0.0 ov), 206-9 (Surendranath 0.0 ov), 206-10 (RB Desai 111.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AK Davidson 14.0 5 16 0 1.14 0 0
I Meckiff 14.0 3 33 0 2.36 0 0
GF Rorke 7.0 3 5 0 0.71 0 0
R Benaud 46.0 18 76 5 1.65 0 0
LF Kline 24.0 12 42 4 1.75 0 0
RN Harvey 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
NCL O'Neill 5.0 0 19 0 3.80 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test

Date

Saturday December 12, 1959

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Umpires

SK Ganguli, Mohammad Yunus

India Team

Playing XI

PR Umrigar, PG Joshi, P Roy, GS Ramchand, NJ Contractor, RG Nadkarni, CG Borde, Surendranath, RB Desai, AA Baig, VM Muddiah

Australia Team

Playing XI

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