f17823 t295	Australia v India
	India in Australia 1947/48 (5th Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th February 1948 (6-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 177 runs
Umpires	AN Barlow, GS Cooper
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 336/3 (Harvey 78*, Loxton 48*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 43/1 (Mankad 30*, Adhikari 10*)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 251/4 (Hazare 72*, Phadkar 8*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SG Barnes	run out	33	58	43	3	-
WA Brown	run out	99	216	205	8	-
*DG Bradman	retired hurt	57	97	83	4	-
KR Miller	c Sen b Phadkar	14	54	44	1	-
RN Harvey	c Sen b Mankad	153	251	249	11	-
SJE Loxton	c Sen b Amarnath	80	155	129	6	-
RR Lindwall	c Phadkar b Mankad	35	47	51	2	-
+D Tallon	c Sen b Sarwate	37	53	55	3	-
LJ Johnson	not out	25	51	62	1	-
DT Ring	c Kishenchand b Hazare	11	26	18	-	-
WA Johnston	not out	23	15	22	2	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 128 overs)	575
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Barnes), 2-182 (Miller), 3-219 (Brown), 4-378 (Loxton), 5-457 (Lindwall), 6-497 (Harvey), 7-527 (Tallon), 8-544 (Ring)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	9	0	58	1	-	-
Amarnath	23	1	79	1	-	-
Rangachari	17	1	97	0	-	-
Hazare	14	1	63	1	-	-
Mankad	33	2	107	2	-	-
Sarwate	18	1	82	1	-	-
Nayudu	13	0	77	0	-	-
Adhikari	1	0	4	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Mankad	c Tallon b Loxton	111	309	300	6	-
CT Sarwate	b Lindwall	0	8	11	-	-
HR Adhikari	c Tallon b Loxton	38	202	179	1	-
VS Hazare	lbw b Lindwall	74	179	176	7	-
*L Amarnath	c Barnes b Ring	12	26	21	1	-
DG Phadkar	not out	56	168	152	5	-
Gul Mohammad	c Lindwall b Johnson	1	8	8	-	-
G Kishenchand	b Ring	14	36	36	2	-
CS Nayudu	c Bradman b Ring	2	6	3	-	-
+PK Sen	b Johnson	13	40	50	2	-
CR Rangachari	b Johnson	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 123 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Sarwate), 2-127 (Adhikari), 3-206 (Mankad), 4-231 (Amarnath), 5-257 (Hazare), 6-260 (Gul Mohammad), 7-284 (Kishenchand), 8-286 (Nayudu), 9-331 (Sen), 10-331 (Rangachari, 123 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	25	5	66	2	-	-
Johnson	30	8	66	3	-	-
Loxton	19	1	61	2	-	-
Johnston	8	4	14	0	-	-
Ring	36	8	103	3	-	-
Miller	3	0	10	0	-	-
Barnes	2	1	1	0	-	-

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India second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Mankad	c Tallon b Lindwall	0	2	1	-	-
CT Sarwate	lbw b Johnston	10	34	38	1	-
HR Adhikari	c Bradman b Loxton	17	44	42	1	-
VS Hazare	c and b Johnson	10	41	38	1	-
DG Phadkar	lbw b Johnston	0	9	11	-	-
*L Amarnath	c Johnson b Ring	8	22	23	1	-
Gul Mohammad	c Barnes b Ring	4	10	15	-	-
G Kishenchand	c Barnes b Johnson	0	6	5	-	-
CS Nayudu	c Brown b Ring	0	13	14	-	-
+PK Sen	b Johnson	10	14	13	2	-
CR Rangachari	not out	0	0	2	-	-
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 24.2 overs)	67
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Mankad), 2-22 (Sarwate), 3-28 (Adhikari), 4-35 (Phadkar), 5-51 (Hazare), 6-51 (Amarnath), 7-56 (Kishenchand), 8-56 (Gul Mohammad), 9-66 (Nayudu), 10-67 (Sen, 24.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	3	0	9	1	-	-
Johnson	5.2	2	8	3	-	-
Loxton	4	1	10	1	-	-
Johnston	7	0	15	2	-	-
Ring	5	1	17	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four.
--> RN Harvey scored 1 five in the Australia first innings
--> SJE Loxton made his debut in Test matches
--> LJ Johnson made his debut in Test matches
--> DT Ring made his debut in Test matches
--> LJ Johnson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> WA Brown (1) 50 in 134 balls, 124 minutes with 2 fours
--> WA Brown (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 80
--> DG Bradman (1) 50 in 85 balls, 72 minutes with 4 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 83 balls, 80 minutes with 4 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) 100 in 164 balls, 168 minutes with 7 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) 150 in 238 balls with 11 fours
--> SJE Loxton (1) 50 in 123 balls, 90 minutes with 2 fours
--> WA Johnston (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in First-Class matches
--> MH Mankad (1) 50 in 110 balls, 113 minutes with 3 fours
--> MH Mankad (1) 100 in 263 balls, 265 minutes with 6 fours
--> VS Hazare (1) 50 in 116 balls, 110 minutes with 6 fours
--> VS Hazare (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 32
--> DG Phadkar (1) 50 in 153 balls, 140 minutes with 4 fours
--> LJ Johnson made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> SJE Loxton made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> DT Ring made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> DG Bradman retired hurt in the Australia first innings having scored 57 (team score 140/1)

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