India vs Australia, 1st Test at Delhi, Dec 12 1959 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Test, Delhi, December 12 - 16, 1959, Australia tour of India
India 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Grout b Davidson | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Davidson | 41 | - | 130 | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Davidson | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Rorke | 9 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Meckiff | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Grout b Kline | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Rorke | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Benaud | 15 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 24 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Benaud | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c O'Neill b Benaud | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 2, nb 3) | 11 | |||||||
| Total | 59.4 Ov (RR: 2.26) | 135 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Pankaj Roy), 2-8 (Polly Umrigar), 3-32 (Abbas Ali Baig), 4-66 (Chandu Borde), 5-69 (Nari Contractor), 6-70 (Bapu Nadkarni), 7-100 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 8-131 (Nana Joshi), 9-135 (Venatappa Muddiah), 10-135 (Ramakant Desai) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 1.57 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 4 | 52 | 1 | 3.05 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2.14 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Surendranath | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Surendranath | 39 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Nadkarni | 114 | - | 230 | - | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 39 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c †Joshi b Umrigar | 78 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Baig b Desai | 25 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
| c Borde b Umrigar | 20 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| b Umrigar | 42 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c & b Ramchand | 14 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 45 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c sub b Umrigar | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 13, nb 1) | 25 | |||||||
| Total | 143 Ov (RR: 3.27) | 468 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Colin McDonald), 2-64 (Les Favell), 3-143 (Norm O'Neill), 4-275 (Neil Harvey), 5-318 (Alan Davidson), 6-353 (Ken Mackay), 7-398 (Richie Benaud), 8-402 (Wally Grout), 9-443 (Lindsay Kline), 10-468 (Gordon Rorke) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34.3 | 3 | 123 | 1 | 3.56 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 8 | 101 | 2 | 2.65 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 3.26 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 2.46 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 3.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 15.3 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 3.16 | - | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Benaud b Kline | 99 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Favell b Benaud | 34 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 5 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Benaud | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Favell b Kline | 32 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Kline | 6 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Benaud | 7 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Kline | 8 | - | - | - | 0 | - | |||
| c Davidson b Benaud | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Meckiff b Benaud | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, nb 2) | 15 | |||||||
| Total | 111 Ov (RR: 1.85) | 206 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-121 (Nari Contractor), 2-132 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-132 (Chandu Borde), 4-172 (Pankaj Roy), 5-187 (Polly Umrigar), 6-192 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 7-202 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-206 (Nana Joshi), 9-206 (Surendra Nath), 10-206 (Ramakant Desai) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1.14 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2.35 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.71 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | 12 | 42 | 4 | 1.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | 18 | 76 | 5 | 1.65 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sat, 12 Dec
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 22/0 (Colin McDonald 9*, Les Favell 13*)Sun, 13 Dec
day 2 - Australia 1st innings 293/4 (Ken Mackay 50*, Alan Davidson 12*)Mon, 14 Dec
day 3 - India 2nd innings 46/0 (Pankaj Roy 25*, Nari Contractor 12*)Tue, 15 Dec
rest dayWed, 16 Dec
day 4 - India 2nd innings 206 (111 ov) - end of matchMatch Details
GroundFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
TossIndia, elected to bat first
Series
Season1959/60
Series resultAustralia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 482
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
