- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras1 (b 1)TOTAL394 all out (94.1 Overs, RR: 3.13 per 6 ball, 341 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (SG Barnes), 2-99 (AR Morris), 3-268 (AL Hassett), 4-280 (DG Bradman), 5-302 (KR Miller), 6-339 (RR Lindwall), 7-341 (D Tallon), 8-352 (RA Hamence), 9-387 (IWG Johnson), 10-394 (WA Johnston)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DG Phadkar 15 1 80 1 4.00 0 0 L Amarnath 21 3 78 4 2.78 0 0 VS Hazare 16.1 0 62 0 2.88 0 0 MH Mankad 37 4 135 4 2.73 0 0 CT Sarwate 3 0 16 0 4.00 0 0 CS Nayudu 2 0 22 0 8.25 0 0
31/12Result
3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 1-5 1948
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291/9d & 125 (25.7 ov)
31/12Result
3rd Test, India tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 1-5 1948
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394 & 255/4d -
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291/9d & 125 (25.7 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 9, lb 3, nb 1)TOTAL291/9d (69 Overs, RR: 3.16 per 6 ball, 280 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-124 (CT Sarwate), 2-145 (Gul Mohammad), 3-188 (VS Hazare), 4-188 (L Amarnath), 5-198 (MH Mankad), 6-260 (HR Adhikari), 7-264 (K Rai Singh), 8-280 (KM Rangnekar), 9-284 (PK Sen)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RR Lindwall 12 0 47 0 2.93 0 1 KR Miller 13 2 46 0 2.65 0 0 WA Johnston 12 0 33 2 2.06 0 0 IWG Johnson 14 1 59 4 3.16 0 0 B Dooland 12 0 68 1 4.25 0 0 SG Barnes 6 1 25 2 3.12 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (b 3, nb 1)TOTAL255/4d (65 Overs, RR: 2.94 per 6 ball, 246 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (IWG Johnson), 2-11 (B Dooland), 3-13 (WA Johnston), 4-32 (SG Barnes)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DG Phadkar 10 1 28 1 2.10 0 0 L Amarnath 20 3 52 3 1.95 0 0 VS Hazare 11 1 55 0 3.75 0 0 MH Mankad 18 4 74 0 3.08 0 0 CT Sarwate 5 0 41 0 6.15 0 1 Gul Mohammad 1 0 1 0 0.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (b 6, lb 1)TOTAL125 all out (25.7 Overs, RR: 3.62 per 6 ball, 118 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (CT Sarwate), 2-27 (MH Mankad), 3-44 (VS Hazare), 4-60 (Gul Mohammad), 5-60 (L Amarnath), 6-69 (HR Adhikari), 7-100 (K Rai Singh), 8-107 (DG Phadkar), 9-125 (KM Rangnekar), 10-125 (PK Sen)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RR Lindwall 3 0 10 1 2.50 0 0 KR Miller 7 0 29 1 3.10 0 0 WA Johnston 10 1 44 4 3.30 0 0 IWG Johnson 5.7 0 35 4 4.46 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Series result
Australia led the 5-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
1,2,3,5 January 1948 (6-day match)
Test debut
Balls per over
8
Close of Play
- Thu, 01 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 355/8 (B Dooland 2*, IWG Johnson 2*)
- Fri, 02 Jan - day 2 - India 1st innings 262/6 (DG Phadkar 43*, K Rai Singh 2*)
- Sat, 03 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 255/4 (AR Morris 100*, DG Bradman 127*)
- Sun, 04 Jan - rest day
- Mon, 05 Jan - day 4 - India 2nd innings 125 (25.7 ov) - end of match
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