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India in Australia Test Series - 1st Test

Australia v India

Australia won by 146 runs

Australia 1st innings R M 4s 6s
RB Simpson* c & b Abid Ali 55 144 2 0
WM Lawry c †Engineer b Abid Ali 42 125 2 0
AP Sheahan lbw b Prasanna 81 121 10 0
RM Cowper c †Engineer b Abid Ali 92 255 7 0
IR Redpath c Borde b Prasanna 0 1 0 0
IM Chappell c Borde b Prasanna 2 15 0 0
BN Jarman† b Abid Ali 34 94 3 0
GD McKenzie c Borde b Abid Ali 5 25 0 0
JW Gleeson lbw b Abid Ali 1 12 0 0
AN Connolly not out 7 13 0 0
DA Renneberg b Chandrasekhar 1 9 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 10, nb 3) 15
Total (all out; 92.1 overs) 335 (2.72 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-99 (Lawry), 2-109 (Simpson), 3-227 (Sheahan), 4-227 (Redpath), 5-235 (Chappell), 6-311 (Jarman), 7-319 (McKenzie), 8-324 (Cowper), 9-330 (Gleeson), 10-335 (Renneberg)
Bowling O M R W Econ
UN Kulkarni 5 0 25 0 3.75
RF Surti 7 0 30 0 3.21
S Abid Ali 17 2 55 6 2.42
RG Nadkarni 17 2 68 0 3.00
BS Chandrasekhar 27.1 3 72 1 1.99
EAS Prasanna 17 2 60 3 2.64
V Subramanya 2 0 10 0 3.75
India 1st innings R M 4s 6s
FM Engineer† c †Jarman b McKenzie 89 110 14 0
DN Sardesai c Redpath b Renneberg 1 17 0 0
AL Wadekar st †Jarman b Connolly 28 51 3 0
CG Borde* lbw b Gleeson 69 195 7 0
RF Surti b Simpson 70 125 9 0
RG Nadkarni lbw b Gleeson 3 19 0 0
S Abid Ali c & b Connolly 33 68 4 0
V Subramanya b Connolly 7 26 1 0
EAS Prasanna c Lawry b McKenzie 1 6 0 0
UN Kulkarni lbw b Connolly 0 15 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar not out 1 9 0 0
Extras (nb 5) 5
Total (all out; 71.4 overs) 307 (3.22 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-19 (Sardesai), 2-80 (Wadekar), 3-129 (Engineer), 4-250 (Surti), 5-259 (Nadkarni), 6-272 (Borde), 7-287 (Subramanya), 8-288 (Prasanna), 9-291 (Kulkarni), 10-307 (Abid Ali)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McKenzie 15 1 70 2 3.50
DA Renneberg 6 0 45 1 5.62
AN Connolly 12.4 1 54 4 3.24
JW Gleeson 13 4 36 2 2.07
IM Chappell 10 1 41 0 3.07
RB Simpson 12 2 42 1 2.62
RM Cowper 3 0 14 0 3.50
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RB Simpson* b Surti 103 232 12 0
WM Lawry c †Engineer b Kulkarni 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
AP Sheahan lbw b Prasanna 35 67 2 0
RM Cowper b Abid Ali 108 211 13 0
IM Chappell b Surti 13 43 0 0
BN Jarman† c & b Surti 17 36 1 0
IR Redpath lbw b Surti 34 64 4 0
GD McKenzie run out 28 79 4 0
JW Gleeson not out 18 59 1 0
AN Connolly c sub b Surti 0 4 0 0
DA Renneberg run out 0 7 0 0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, nb 2) 13
Total (all out; 88.5 overs) 369 (3.12 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Lawry), 2-61 (Sheahan), 3-233 (Simpson), 4-263 (Chappell), 5-263 (Cowper), 6-295 (Jarman), 7-322 (Redpath), 8-364 (McKenzie), 9-365 (Connolly), 10-369 (Renneberg)
Bowling O M R W Econ
UN Kulkarni 4 1 12 1 2.25
RF Surti 20.1 6 74 5 2.75
S Abid Ali 16 2 61 1 2.85
RG Nadkarni 9.4 3 24 0 1.89
BS Chandrasekhar 13 1 67 0 3.86
EAS Prasanna 25 2 109 1 3.27
V Subramanya 1 0 9 0 6.75
India 2nd innings (target: 398 runs) R M 4s 6s
FM Engineer† run out 19 53 0 0
DN Sardesai c †Jarman b Renneberg 11 38 2 0
AL Wadekar c †Jarman b Renneberg 0 1 0 0
CG Borde* b Renneberg 12 20 2 0
RF Surti c Redpath b Gleeson 53 111 1 0
S Abid Ali lbw b Renneberg 33 45 4 0
V Subramanya run out 75 146 9 0
RG Nadkarni b McKenzie 15 69 2 0
EAS Prasanna not out 18 42 3 0
BS Chandrasekhar c Simpson b Gleeson 0 1 0 0
UN Kulkarni c Chappell b Renneberg 2 18 0 0
Extras (b 3, lb 8, nb 2) 13
Total (all out; 60.2 overs) 251 (3.12 runs per 6 balls)
Fall of wickets 1-24 (Sardesai), 2-24 (Wadekar), 3-46 (Engineer), 4-49 (Borde), 5-104 (Abid Ali), 6-159 (Surti), 7-209 (Nadkarni), 8-232 (Subramanya), 9-236 (Chandrasekhar), 10-251 (Kulkarni)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GD McKenzie 17 2 91 1 4.01
DA Renneberg 14.2 2 39 5 2.05
AN Connolly 3 0 21 0 5.25
JW Gleeson 16 4 38 2 1.78
IM Chappell 5 0 24 0 3.60
RB Simpson 5 0 25 0 3.75
Match details
Balls per over 8
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Australia led the 4-match series 1-0
Test debuts JW Gleeson and AP Sheahan (Australia); S Abid Ali and UN Kulkarni (India)
Umpires CJ Egar and LP Rowan
Close of play
Sat, 23 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 311/6 (RM Cowper 85*)
Sun, 24 Dec - rest day
Mon, 25 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 288/8 (S Abid Ali 16*)
Tue, 26 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 305/6 (IR Redpath 20*, GD McKenzie 5*)
Wed, 27 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 236/9 (EAS Prasanna 5*, UN Kulkarni 0*)
Thu, 28 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 251 (60.2 ov) - end of match
 
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Australia v India at Brisbane - Jan 19-24, 1968
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Australia v India at Melbourne - Dec 30, 1967 - Jan 3, 1968
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Australia v India at Adelaide - Dec 23-28, 1967
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Dec 23, 1967

Bapu Nadkarni bowling against Australia, Australia v India, 1st Test, Adelaide, December 23, 1967

Bapu Nadkarni bowling against Australia

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