TestNo. 482MenScorecard

India v Australia

Australia won by an innings and 127 runs

12 to 16 December 1959Delhi

India

135 & 206111 ov

Australiawon by an innings and 127 runs

468143 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

India innings

13559.4 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Nari Contractor	bowled	41	-	130	-	0	-
Polly Umrigar	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Abbas Ali Baig	bowled	9	-	-	-	0	-
Chandu Borde	caught	14	-	-	-	0	-
Gulabrai Ramchand	caught	20	-	-	-	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	bowled	1	-	-	0	0	-
Nana Joshi	bowled	15	-	-	-	0	-
Surendra Nath	not out	24*	-	-	-	0	-
Venatappa Muddiah	lbw	0	-	-	0	0	-
Ramakant Desai	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	b 6, lb 2, nb 3	11
Total	all out, 59.4 overs	135

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-4 Pankaj Roy2-8 Polly Umrigar3-32 Abbas Ali Baig4-66 Chandu Borde5-69 Nari Contractor6-70 Bapu Nadkarni7-100 Gulabrai Ramchand8-131 Nana Joshi9-135 Venatappa Muddiah10-135 Ramakant Desai

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	14	9	22	3	1.57
Ian Meckiff	17	4	52	1	3.06
Gordon Rorke	14	5	30	2	2.14
Lindsay Kline	9	3	15	1	1.67
Richie Benaud	3.4	3	0	3	0.00
Ken Mackay	1	0	1	0	1.00
Norm O'Neill	1	0	4	0	4.00

Australia innings

468143 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Colin McDonald	bowled	20	-	-	-	0	-
Les Favell	bowled	39	-	-	-	0	-
Neil Harvey	lbw	114	-	230	-	0	-
Norm O'Neill	run out	39	-	-	-	0	-
Ken Mackay	caught	78	-	-	-	0	-
Alan Davidson	caught	25	-	-	-	1	-
Richie Benaud	caught	20	-	-	-	0	-
Wally Grout	bowled	42	-	-	-	0	-
Lindsay Kline	caught	14	-	-	-	0	-
Ian Meckiff	not out	45*	-	-	-	0	-
Gordon Rorke	caught	7	-	-	-	0	-
Extras	b 11, lb 13, nb 1	25
Total	all out, 143 overs	468

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-53 Colin McDonald2-64 Les Favell3-143 Norm O'Neill4-275 Neil Harvey5-318 Alan Davidson6-353 Ken Mackay7-398 Richie Benaud8-402 Wally Grout9-443 Lindsay Kline10-468 Gordon Rorke

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ramakant Desai	34.3	3	123	1	3.57
Surendra Nath	38	8	101	2	2.66
Chandu Borde	15	3	49	0	3.27
Venatappa Muddiah	13	4	32	0	2.46
Bapu Nadkarni	20	6	62	1	3.10
Gulabrai Ramchand	7	1	27	1	3.86
Polly Umrigar	15.3	1	49	4	3.16

India innings

206111 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	caught	99	-	-	-	0	-
Nari Contractor	caught	34	-	-	-	0	-
Abbas Ali Baig	run out	5	-	-	-	0	-
Chandu Borde	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Polly Umrigar	caught	32	-	-	-	0	-
Gulabrai Ramchand	caught	6	-	-	-	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	lbw	7	-	-	-	0	-
Nana Joshi	caught	8	-	-	-	0	-
Surendra Nath	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Venatappa Muddiah	not out	0*	-	-	0	0	-
Ramakant Desai	caught	0	-	-	0	0	-
Extras	b 8, lb 5, nb 2	15
Total	all out, 111 overs	206

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 470

1-121 Nari Contractor2-132 Abbas Ali Baig3-132 Chandu Borde4-172 Pankaj Roy5-187 Polly Umrigar6-192 Gulabrai Ramchand7-202 Bapu Nadkarni8-206 Nana Joshi9-206 Surendra Nath10-206 Ramakant Desai

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Alan Davidson	14	5	16	0	1.14
Ian Meckiff	14	3	33	0	2.36
Gordon Rorke	7	3	5	0	0.71
Lindsay Kline	24	12	42	4	1.75
Richie Benaud	46	18	76	5	1.65
Norm O'Neill	5	0	19	0	3.80
Neil Harvey	1	1	0	0	0.00

Tests in December 1959

3 matches

TestScorecardPakistan287 & 194/8d109.4Australia257 & 83/233Match drawnKarachi, 4 December TestScorecardIndia135 & 206111Australia468143Australia won by an innings and 127 runsDelhi, 12 December TestScorecardIndia152 & 291144.3Australia219 & 105/957.4India won by 119 runsKanpur, 19 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 482
Dates: 12 to 16 December 1959
Ground: Delhi
Result: Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1959-12-12-india-v-australia/scorecard200

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      "runs": 41, "balls": null, "minutes": 130, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Alan Davidson", "overs": "14", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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India v Australia

Previous meetingTest, Australia won by 94 runs, 2 November 1956 Next meetingTest, India won by 119 runs, 19 December 1959