- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras12 (b 7, lb 5)TOTAL450/2d (176 Overs, RR: 2.55)Fall of wickets: 1-98 (JG Leggat), 2-228 (JW Guy)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GR Sunderam 39 5 99 1 2.53 0 0 GS Ramchand 38 11 82 0 2.15 0 0 SP Gupte 39 10 98 1 2.51 0 0 RG Nadkarni 54 13 132 0 2.44 0 0 P Bhandari 6 0 27 0 4.50 0 0
15/12Result
3rd Test, New Zealand tour of India at Delhi, Dec 16-21 1955
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450/2d & 112/1 (58 ov) -
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531/7d
15/12Result
3rd Test, New Zealand tour of India at Delhi, Dec 16-21 1955
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450/2d & 112/1 (58 ov) -
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531/7d
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras27 (b 16, lb 4, nb 7)TOTAL531/7d (241.5 Overs, RR: 2.19)Fall of wickets: 1-68 (VL Mehra), 2-111 (PR Umrigar), 3-119 (NJ Contractor), 4-208 (AG Kripal Singh), 5-335 (GS Ramchand), 6-458 (VL Manjrekar), 7-531 (P Bhandari)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AR MacGibbon 59.5 16 121 2 2.02 0 0 HB Cave 50 28 68 1 1.36 0 0 JA Hayes 44 9 105 2 2.38 0 0 JR Reid 41 14 86 1 2.09 0 0 JC Alabaster 29 9 90 0 3.10 0 0 MB Poore 15 4 26 1 1.73 0 0 B Sutcliffe 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0
- BATSMENRM6sExtras3 (lb 2, nb 1)TOTAL112/1 (58 Overs, RR: 1.93)Fall of wickets: 1-101 (SN McGregor)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GR Sunderam 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0 GS Ramchand 3 0 11 0 3.66 0 0 SP Gupte 6 1 22 0 3.66 0 0 RG Nadkarni 3 1 10 0 3.33 0 0 P Bhandari 7 2 12 0 1.71 0 0 VL Manjrekar 20 13 16 1 0.80 0 0 AG Kripal Singh 7 3 10 0 1.42 0 0 NJ Contractor 6 1 17 0 2.83 0 0 VL Mehra 3 0 3 0 1.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Series result
India led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
16,17,18,20,21 December 1955 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Fri, 16 Dec - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 218/1 (B Sutcliffe 134*, JW Guy 44*)
- Sat, 17 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 24/0 (VL Mehra 10*, NJ Contractor 14*)
- Sun, 18 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 187/3 (VL Manjrekar 30*, AG Kripal Singh 31*)
- Mon, 19 Dec - rest day
- Tue, 20 Dec - day 4 - India 1st innings 393/5 (VL Manjrekar 140*, RG Nadkarni 11*)
- Wed, 21 Dec - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 112/1 (58 ov) - end of match
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