f22998 t482	India v Australia
	Australia in India and Pakistan 1959/60 (1st Test)
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th December 1959 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
Umpires	SK Ganguli, Mohammad Yunus
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 22/0 (McDonald 9*, Favell 13*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 293/4 (Mackay 50*, Davidson 12*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 46/0 (Roy 25*, Contractor 12*)
Articles	Lindsay Kline

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	c Grout b Davidson	0
NJ Contractor	b Davidson	41		130		-
PR Umrigar	c Grout b Davidson	0
AA Baig	b Rorke	9
CG Borde	c Grout b Meckiff	14
*GS Ramchand	c Grout b Kline	20
RG Nadkarni	b Rorke	1
+PG Joshi	b Benaud	15
Surendranath	not out	24
VM Muddiah	lbw b Benaud	0
RB Desai	c O'Neill b Benaud	0
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Roy), 2-8 (Umrigar), 3-32 (Baig), 4-66 (Borde), 5-69 (Contractor), 6-70 (Nadkarni), 7-100 (Ramchand), 8-131 (Joshi), 9-135 (Muddiah), 10-135 (Desai, 59.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	14	9	22	3	-	-
Meckiff	17	4	52	1	-	-
Rorke	14	5	30	2	-	-
Kline	9	3	15	1	-	-
Benaud	3.4	3	0	3	-	-
Mackay	1	0	1	0	-	-
O'Neill	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	b Surendranath	20
LE Favell	b Surendranath	39
RN Harvey	lbw b Nadkarni	114		230	14	-
NCL O'Neill	run out	39
KD Mackay	c Joshi b Umrigar	78
AK Davidson	c Baig b Desai	25				1
*R Benaud	c Borde b Umrigar	20
+ATW Grout	b Umrigar	42
LF Kline	c and b Ramchand	14
I Meckiff	not out	45
GF Rorke	c sub (BK Kunderam) b Umrigar	7
Extras	(11 b, 13 lb, 1 nb)	25
Total	(all out, 143 overs)	468
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (McDonald), 2-64 (Favell), 3-143 (O'Neill), 4-275 (Harvey), 5-318 (Davidson), 6-353 (Mackay), 7-398 (Benaud), 8-402 (Grout), 9-443 (Kline), 10-468 (Rorke, 143 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Desai	34.3	3	123	1	-	-
Surendranath	38	8	101	2	-	-
Borde	15	3	49	0	-	-
Muddiah	13	4	32	0	-	-
Nadkarni	20	6	62	1	-	-
Ramchand	7	1	27	1	-	-
Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	c Benaud b Kline	99		305	14	-
NJ Contractor	c Favell b Benaud	34
AA Baig	run out	5
CG Borde	c Davidson b Benaud	0			-	-
PR Umrigar	c Favell b Kline	32
*GS Ramchand	c Davidson b Kline	6
RG Nadkarni	lbw b Benaud	7
+PG Joshi	c Davidson b Kline	8
Surendranath	c Davidson b Benaud	0			-	-
VM Muddiah	not out	0			-	-
RB Desai	c Meckiff b Benaud	0			-	-
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 2 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 111 overs)	206
Fall of wickets:
1-121 (Contractor), 2-132 (Baig), 3-132 (Borde), 4-172 (Roy), 5-187 (Umrigar), 6-192 (Ramchand), 7-202 (Nadkarni), 8-206 (Joshi), 9-206 (Surendranath), 10-206 (Desai, 111 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Davidson	14	5	16	0	-	-
Meckiff	14	3	33	0	-	-
Rorke	7	3	5	0	-	-
Benaud	46	18	76	5	-	-
Kline	24	12	42	4	-	-
Harvey	1	1	0	0	-	-
O'Neill	5	0	19	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> VM Muddiah made his debut in Test matches
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
--> RN Harvey (1) 50 in 125 minutes
--> RN Harvey (1) 100 in 203 minutes with 12 fours
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 83
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> KD Mackay (1) 50 in 145 minutes
--> KD Mackay (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 64
--> I Meckiff (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> P Roy (2) 50 in 178 minutes
--> PR Umrigar (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 2
--> VM Muddiah made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> ATW Grout made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> ATW Grout made his debut in India in Test matches
--> LF Kline made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> LF Kline made his debut in India in Test matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> I Meckiff made his debut in India in Test matches
--> NCL O'Neill made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> NCL O'Neill made his debut in India in Test matches
--> GF Rorke made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> GF Rorke made his debut in India in Test matches
--> AA Baig made his debut in India in Test matches
--> LE Favell made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> LE Favell made his debut in India in Test matches

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