Australia vs India, 1st Test at Adelaide, Dec 23 1967 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Adelaide, December 23 - 28, 1967, India tour of Australia

Australia

335 & 369

India

(T:398) 307 & 251

Australia won by 146 runs

Australia 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

Australia 2nd Innings

India 2nd Innings

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Simpson (c)	c & b Abid Ali	55	-	144	2	0	-
Bill Lawry	c †Engineer b Abid Ali	42	-	125	2	0	-
Paul Sheahan	lbw b Prasanna	81	-	121	10	0	-
Bob Cowper	c †Engineer b Abid Ali	92	-	255	7	0	-
Ian Redpath	c Borde b Prasanna	0	-	1	0	0	-
Ian Chappell	c Borde b Prasanna	2	-	15	0	0	-
Barry Jarman †	b Abid Ali	34	-	94	3	0	-
Graham McKenzie	c Borde b Abid Ali	5	-	25	0	0	-
John Gleeson	lbw b Abid Ali	1	-	12	0	0	-
Alan Connolly	not out	7	-	13	0	0	-
David Renneberg	b Chandrasekhar	1	-	9	0	0	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 10, nb 3)	15
Total	92.1 Ov (RR: 3.63)	335
Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Bill Lawry), 2-109 (Bob Simpson), 3-227 (Paul Sheahan), 4-227 (Ian Redpath), 5-235 (Ian Chappell), 6-311 (Barry Jarman), 7-319 (Graham McKenzie), 8-324 (Bob Cowper), 9-330 (John Gleeson), 10-335 (David Renneberg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Umesh Kulkarni	5	0	25	0	3.75	-	-	-
Rusi Surti	7	0	30	0	3.21	-	-	-
Syed Abid Ali	17	2	55	6	2.42	-	-	-
Bapu Nadkarni	17	2	68	0	3.00	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	27.1	3	72	1	1.99	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	17	2	60	3	2.64	-	-	-
Venkataraman Subramanya	2	0	10	0	3.75	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Farokh Engineer †	c †Jarman b McKenzie	89	-	110	14	0	-
Dilip Sardesai	c Redpath b Renneberg	1	-	17	0	0	-
Ajit Wadekar	st †Jarman b Connolly	28	-	51	3	0	-
Chandu Borde (c)	lbw b Gleeson	69	-	195	7	0	-
Rusi Surti	b Simpson	70	-	125	9	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	lbw b Gleeson	3	-	19	0	0	-
Syed Abid Ali	c & b Connolly	33	-	68	4	0	-
Venkataraman Subramanya	b Connolly	7	-	26	1	0	-
Erapalli Prasanna	c Lawry b McKenzie	1	-	6	0	0	-
Umesh Kulkarni	lbw b Connolly	0	-	15	0	0	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	not out	1	-	9	0	0	-
Extras	(nb 5)	5
Total	71.4 Ov (RR: 4.29)	307
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Dilip Sardesai), 2-80 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-129 (Farokh Engineer), 4-250 (Rusi Surti), 5-259 (Bapu Nadkarni), 6-272 (Chandu Borde), 7-287 (Venkataraman Subramanya), 8-288 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-291 (Umesh Kulkarni), 10-307 (Syed Abid Ali)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	15	1	70	2	3.50	-	-	-
David Renneberg	6	0	45	1	5.62	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	12.4	1	54	4	3.24	-	-	-
John Gleeson	13	4	36	2	2.07	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	10	1	41	0	3.07	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	12	2	42	1	2.62	-	-	-
Bob Cowper	3	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bob Simpson (c)	b Surti	103	-	232	12	0	-
Bill Lawry	c †Engineer b Kulkarni	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Paul Sheahan	lbw b Prasanna	35	-	67	2	0	-
Bob Cowper	b Abid Ali	108	-	211	13	0	-
Ian Chappell	b Surti	13	-	43	0	0	-
Barry Jarman †	c & b Surti	17	-	36	1	0	-
Ian Redpath	lbw b Surti	34	-	64	4	0	-
Graham McKenzie	run out	28	-	79	4	0	-
John Gleeson	not out	18	-	59	1	0	-
Alan Connolly	c sub b Surti	0	-	4	0	0	-
David Renneberg	run out	0	-	7	0	0	-
Extras	(b 5, lb 6, nb 2)	13
Total	88.5 Ov (RR: 4.16)	369
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bill Lawry), 2-61 (Paul Sheahan), 3-233 (Bob Simpson), 4-263 (Ian Chappell), 5-263 (Bob Cowper), 6-295 (Barry Jarman), 7-322 (Ian Redpath), 8-364 (Graham McKenzie), 9-365 (Alan Connolly), 10-369 (David Renneberg)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Umesh Kulkarni	4	1	12	1	2.25	-	-	-
Rusi Surti	20.1	6	74	5	2.75	-	-	-
Syed Abid Ali	16	2	61	1	2.85	-	-	-
Bapu Nadkarni	9.4	3	24	0	1.89	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	13	1	67	0	3.86	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	25	2	109	1	3.27	-	-	-
Venkataraman Subramanya	1	0	9	0	6.75	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings (T: 398 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Farokh Engineer †	run out	19	-	53	0	0	-
Dilip Sardesai	c †Jarman b Renneberg	11	-	38	2	0	-
Ajit Wadekar	c †Jarman b Renneberg	0	-	1	0	0	-
Chandu Borde (c)	b Renneberg	12	-	20	2	0	-
Rusi Surti	c Redpath b Gleeson	53	-	111	1	0	-
Syed Abid Ali	lbw b Renneberg	33	-	45	4	0	-
Venkataraman Subramanya	run out	75	-	146	9	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	b McKenzie	15	-	69	2	0	-
Erapalli Prasanna	not out	18	-	42	3	0	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	c Simpson b Gleeson	0	-	1	0	0	-
Umesh Kulkarni	c Chappell b Renneberg	2	-	18	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 2)	13
Total	60.2 Ov (RR: 4.16)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Dilip Sardesai), 2-24 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-46 (Farokh Engineer), 4-49 (Chandu Borde), 5-104 (Syed Abid Ali), 6-159 (Rusi Surti), 7-209 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-232 (Venkataraman Subramanya), 9-236 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar), 10-251 (Umesh Kulkarni)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Graham McKenzie	17	2	91	1	4.01	-	-	-
David Renneberg	14.2	2	39	5	2.05	-	-	-
Alan Connolly	3	0	21	0	5.25	-	-	-
John Gleeson	16	4	38	2	1.78	-	-	-
Ian Chappell	5	0	24	0	3.60	-	-	-
Bob Simpson	5	0	25	0	3.75	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Sat, 23 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 311/6 (Bob Cowper 85*)

Sun, 24 Dec - rest day

Mon, 25 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 288/8 (Syed Abid Ali 16*)

Tue, 26 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 305/6 (Ian Redpath 20*, Graham McKenzie 5*)

Wed, 27 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 236/9 (Erapalli Prasanna 5*, Umesh Kulkarni 0*)

Thu, 28 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 251 (60.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of Australia
Season	1967/68
Series result	Australia led the 4-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 624
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Paul Sheahan John Gleeson Syed Abid Ali Umesh Kulkarni
Umpires	Col Egar Lou Rowan

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India Innings

Player Name		R
FM Engineer	run out	19
DN Sardesai	caught	11
AL Wadekar	caught	0
CG Borde	bowled	12
RF Surti	caught	53
S Abid Ali	lbw	33
V Subramanya	run out	75
RG Nadkarni	bowled	15
EAS Prasanna	not out	18
BS Chandrasekhar	caught	0
UN Kulkarni	caught	2
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 2)
Total	251(10 wkts; 60.2 ovs)

Player Name	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	3.6
RB Simpson	5	0	25	0	3.75

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	24	Farokh Engineer	Dilip Sardesai
2nd	0	Farokh Engineer	Ajit Wadekar
3rd	22	Chandu Borde	Farokh Engineer
4th	3	Chandu Borde	Rusi Surti
5th	55	Rusi Surti	Syed Abid Ali
6th	55	Rusi Surti	Venkataraman Subramanya
7th	50	Bapu Nadkarni	Venkataraman Subramanya
8th	23	Erapalli Prasanna	Venkataraman Subramanya
9th	4	Erapalli Prasanna	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
10th	15	Erapalli Prasanna	Umesh Kulkarni

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