RESULT

India vs Australia Scorecard, India vs Australia, 12 December, 1959, Arun Jaitley Stadium & Match Stats

AUS

468/10 (143.0 ov)

IND

135/10 (59.4 ov) & 206/10 (111.0 ov)

Australia won by an innings and 127 runs

India 1st Innings

135/10 (59.4 ov)

RR 2.27

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy c †Grout b Davidson	0	0	0	0	0.00
Nari Contractor b Davidson	41	0	0	0	0.00
Polly Umrigar c †Grout b Davidson	0	0	0	0	0.00
Abbas Ali Baig b Rorke	9	0	0	0	0.00
Chandu Borde c †Grout b Meckiff	14	0	0	0	0.00
Gulabrai Ramchand c †Grout b Kline	20	0	0	0	0.00
Bapu Nadkarni b Rorke	1	0	0	0	0.00
Nana Joshi b Benaud	15	0	0	0	0.00
R Surendranath not out	24	0	0	0	0.00
Venatappa Muddiah lbw b Benaud	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ramakant Desai c O'Neill b Benaud	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 6, lb 2, w 0, nb 3, p 0)	11
TOTAL (2.27 RUNS PER OVER)	135/10 (59.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 4-1 (Pankaj Roy, 0 ov), 69-5 (Nari Contractor, 0 ov), 8-2 (Polly Umrigar, 0 ov), 32-3 (Abbas Ali Baig, 0 ov), 66-4 (Chandu Borde, 0 ov), 100-7 (Gulabrai Ramchand, 0 ov), 70-6 (Bapu Nadkarni, 0 ov), 131-8 (Nana Joshi, 0 ov), 135-9 (Venatappa Muddiah, 0 ov), 135-10 (Ramakant Desai, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alan Davidson	14	9	22	3	1.57
Ian Meckiff	17	4	52	1	3.06
Gordon Rorke	14	5	30	2	2.14
Lindsay Kline	9	3	15	1	1.67
Richie Benaud	3.4	3	0	3	0.00
Kenneth Mackay	1	0	1	0	1.00
Norman O'Neill	1	0	4	0	4.00

Australia 1st Innings

468/10 (143.0 ov)

RR 3.27

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald b Surendranath	20	0	0	0	0.00
Leslie Favell b Surendranath	39	0	0	0	0.00
Neil Harvey lbw b Nadkarni	114	0	0	0	0.00
Norman O'Neill run out	39	0	0	0	0.00
Kenneth Mackay c †Joshi b Umrigar	78	0	0	0	0.00
Alan Davidson c Baig b Desai	25	0	0	0	0.00
Richie Benaud c Borde b Umrigar	20	0	0	0	0.00
Wally Grout b Umrigar	42	0	0	0	0.00
Lindsay Kline c & b Ramchand	14	0	0	0	0.00
Ian Meckiff not out	45	0	0	0	0.00
Gordon Rorke c sub b Umrigar	7	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 11, lb 13, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	25
TOTAL (3.27 RUNS PER OVER)	468/10 (143.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 53-1 (Colin McDonald, 0 ov), 64-2 (Leslie Favell, 0 ov), 275-4 (Neil Harvey, 0 ov), 143-3 (Norman O'Neill, 0 ov), 353-6 (Kenneth Mackay, 0 ov), 318-5 (Alan Davidson, 0 ov), 398-7 (Richie Benaud, 0 ov), 402-8 (Wally Grout, 0 ov), 443-9 (Lindsay Kline, 0 ov), 468-10 (Gordon Rorke, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Ramakant Desai	34.3	3	123	1	3.57
R Surendranath	38	8	101	2	2.66
Chandu Borde	15	3	49	0	3.27
Venatappa Muddiah	13	4	32	0	2.46
Bapu Nadkarni	20	6	62	1	3.10
Gulabrai Ramchand	7	1	27	1	3.86
Polly Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	3.16

India 2nd Innings

206/10 (111.0 ov)

RR 1.86

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy c Benaud b Kline	99	0	0	0	0.00
Nari Contractor c Favell b Benaud	34	0	0	0	0.00
Abbas Ali Baig run out	5	0	0	0	0.00
Chandu Borde c Davidson b Benaud	0	0	0	0	0.00
Polly Umrigar c Favell b Kline	32	0	0	0	0.00
Gulabrai Ramchand c Davidson b Kline	6	0	0	0	0.00
Bapu Nadkarni lbw b Benaud	7	0	0	0	0.00
Nana Joshi c Davidson b Kline	8	0	0	0	0.00
R Surendranath c Davidson b Benaud	0	0	0	0	0.00
Venatappa Muddiah not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ramakant Desai c Meckiff b Benaud	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 8, lb 5, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	15
TOTAL (1.86 RUNS PER OVER)	206/10 (111.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 172-4 (Pankaj Roy, 0 ov), 121-1 (Nari Contractor, 0 ov), 132-2 (Abbas Ali Baig, 0 ov), 132-3 (Chandu Borde, 0 ov), 187-5 (Polly Umrigar, 0 ov), 192-6 (Gulabrai Ramchand, 0 ov), 202-7 (Bapu Nadkarni, 0 ov), 206-8 (Nana Joshi, 0 ov), 206-9 (R Surendranath, 0 ov), 206-10 (Ramakant Desai, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Alan Davidson	14	5	16	0	1.14
Ian Meckiff	14	3	33	0	2.36
Gordon Rorke	7	3	5	0	0.71
Lindsay Kline	24	12	42	4	1.75
Richie Benaud	46	18	76	5	1.65
Norman O'Neill	5	0	19	0	3.80
Neil Harvey	1	1	0	0	0.00

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: India vs Australia
DATE & TIME: Saturday, December 12, 1959 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi