India vs Australia, 3rd Test at Kolkata, Nov 02 1956 - Full Scorecard

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3rd Test, Eden Gardens, November 02 - 06, 1956, Australia tour of India

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Australia

177 & 189/9d

India

(T:231) 136 & 136

Australia won by 94 runs

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Australia 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

India 2nd Innings

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Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	b Ghulam Ahmed	3	-	-	0	0	-
Jim Burke	c Manjrekar b Ghulam Ahmed	10	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	c †Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed	7	-	-	-	0	-
Ian Craig	c †Tamhane b Gupte	36	-	-	-	0	-
Peter Burge	c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed	58	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Mackay	lbw b Mankad	5	-	-	-	0	-
Richie Benaud	b Ghulam Ahmed	24	-	-	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	b Ghulam Ahmed	8	-	-	-	0	-
Ian Johnson (c)	c Ghulam Ahmed b Mankad	1	-	-	0	0	-
Pat Crawford	c Contractor b Ghulam Ahmed	18	-	-	-	1	-
Gil Langley †	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6)	6
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 2.04)	177
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Colin McDonald), 2-22 (Neil Harvey), 3-25 (Jim Burke), 4-93 (Ian Craig), 5-106 (Ken Mackay), 6-141 (Peter Burge), 7-152 (Richie Benaud), 8-157 (Ray Lindwall), 9-163 (Ian Johnson), 10-177 (Pat Crawford)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Gulabrai Ramchand	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-
Polly Umrigar	16	3	30	0	1.87	-	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	2.39	-	-	-
Subhash Gupte	23	11	35	1	1.52	-	-	-
Vinoo Mankad	25	4	56	2	2.24	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	b Lindwall	13	-	-	-	0	-
Nari Contractor	lbw b Benaud	22	-	-	-	0	-
Polly Umrigar (c)	c Burge b Johnson	5	-	-	-	0	-
Vijay Manjrekar	c Harvey b Benaud	33	-	-	-	0	-
Vinoo Mankad	lbw b Benaud	4	-	-	-	0	-
Gulabrai Ramchand	st †Langley b Benaud	2	-	-	0	0	-
AG Kripal Singh	c Mackay b Benaud	14	-	-	-	0	-
Prakash Bhandari	lbw b Lindwall	17	-	-	-	0	-
Naren Tamhane †	b Benaud	5	-	-	-	0	-
Ghulam Ahmed	c Mackay b Lindwall	10	-	-	-	0	-
Subhash Gupte	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 7, lb 1, nb 2)	10
Total	78.2 Ov (RR: 1.73)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Pankaj Roy), 2-20 (Polly Umrigar), 3-76 (Nari Contractor), 4-80 (Vinoo Mankad), 5-82 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 6-98 (AG Kripal Singh), 7-99 (Vijay Manjrekar), 8-115 (Naren Tamhane), 9-135 (Prakash Bhandari), 10-136 (Ghulam Ahmed)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	25.2	12	32	3	1.26	-	-	-
Pat Crawford	3	3	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	12	2	27	1	2.25	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	29	10	52	6	1.79	-	-	-
Neil Harvey	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-
Jim Burke	8	3	15	0	1.87	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	lbw b Ramchand	0	-	-	0	0	-
Jim Burke	c Contractor b Ghulam Ahmed	2	-	-	0	0	-
Neil Harvey	c Umrigar b Mankad	69	-	187	-	0	-
Ian Craig	b Ghulam Ahmed	6	-	-	-	0	-
Peter Burge	c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed	22	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Mackay	hit wicket b Mankad	27	-	-	-	0	-
Richie Benaud	b Gupte	21	-	26	-	0	-
Ray Lindwall	c †Tamhane b Mankad	28	-	14	-	1	-
Ian Johnson (c)	st †Tamhane b Mankad	5	-	-	-	0	-
Pat Crawford	not out	1	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 6, lb 2)	8
Total	67.4 Ov (RR: 2.79)	189/9d
Did not bat: Gil Langley †
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Colin McDonald), 2-9 (Jim Burke), 3-27 (Ian Craig), 4-59 (Peter Burge), 5-122 (Ken Mackay), 6-149 (Richie Benaud), 7-159 (Neil Harvey), 8-188 (Ray Lindwall), 9-189 (Ian Johnson)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Gulabrai Ramchand	2	1	6	1	3.00	-	-	-
Polly Umrigar	20	9	21	0	1.05	-	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	29	5	81	3	2.79	-	-	-
Subhash Gupte	7	1	24	1	3.42	-	-	-
Vinoo Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	5.06	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings (T: 231 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	lbw b Burke	24	-	-	-	0	-
Nari Contractor	b Johnson	20	-	-	-	0	-
Polly Umrigar (c)	c Burke b Benaud	28	-	-	-	0	-
Vijay Manjrekar	c Harvey b Benaud	22	-	-	-	0	-
Vinoo Mankad	c Harvey b Benaud	24	-	-	-	1	-
Gulabrai Ramchand	b Burke	3	-	-	0	0	-
AG Kripal Singh	b Benaud	0	-	-	0	0	-
Prakash Bhandari	c Harvey b Burke	2	-	-	0	0	-
Naren Tamhane †	b Benaud	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ghulam Ahmed	b Burke	0	-	-	0	0	-
Subhash Gupte	not out	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 3)	13
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 1.96)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Nari Contractor), 2-50 (Pankaj Roy), 3-94 (Vijay Manjrekar), 4-99 (Polly Umrigar), 5-102 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 6-121 (AG Kripal Singh), 7-134 (Vinoo Mankad), 8-136 (Prakash Bhandari), 9-136 (Ghulam Ahmed), 10-136 (Naren Tamhane)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ray Lindwall	12	7	9	0	0.75	-	-	-
Pat Crawford	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-
Ian Johnson	14	5	23	1	1.64	-	-	-
Richie Benaud	24.2	6	53	5	2.17	-	-	-
Jim Burke	17	4	37	4	2.17	-	-	-

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Fri, 02 Nov - day 1 - India 1st innings 15/0 (Pankaj Roy 13*, Nari Contractor 0*)

Sat, 03 Nov - day 2 - India 1st innings 135/8 (Prakash Bhandari 17*, Ghulam Ahmed 10*)

Sun, 04 Nov - rest day

Mon, 05 Nov - day 3 - India 2nd innings 12/0 (Pankaj Roy 5*, Nari Contractor 5*)

Tue, 06 Nov - day 4 - India 2nd innings 136 (69.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Toss	India, elected to field first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	1956/57
Series result	Australia won the 3-match series 2-0
Match number	Test no. 433
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Balkrishna Mohoni George Ayling

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India Innings

Player Name		R
P Roy	lbw	24
NJ Contractor	bowled	20
PR Umrigar	caught	28
VL Manjrekar	caught	22
MH Mankad	caught	24
GS Ramchand	bowled	3
AG Kripal Singh	bowled	0
P Bhandari	caught	2
NS Tamhane	bowled	0
Ghulam Ahmed	bowled	0
SP Gupte	not out	0
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 3)
Total	136(10 wkts; 69.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RR Lindwall	12	7	9	0	0.75
WPA Crawford	2	1	1	0	0.5
IWG Johnson	14	5	23	1	1.64
R Benaud	24.2	6	53	5	2.17
JW Burke	17	4	37	4	2.17

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	44	Pankaj Roy	Nari Contractor
2nd	6	Polly Umrigar	Pankaj Roy
3rd	44	Polly Umrigar	Vijay Manjrekar
4th	5	Vinoo Mankad	Polly Umrigar
5th	3	Vinoo Mankad	Gulabrai Ramchand
6th	19	Vinoo Mankad	AG Kripal Singh
7th	13	Vinoo Mankad	Prakash Bhandari
8th	2	Naren Tamhane	Prakash Bhandari
9th	0	Ghulam Ahmed	Naren Tamhane
10th	0	Subhash Gupte	Naren Tamhane

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