- Test no. 292 | 1947/48 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 1,2,3,5 January 1948 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SG Barnes | b Mankad | 12 | 34 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 32.43 | |
| AR Morris | b Amarnath | 45 | 100 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 36.58 | |
| DG Bradman* | lbw b Phadkar | 132 | 199 | 204 | 8 | 0 | 64.70 | |
| AL Hassett | lbw b Mankad | 80 | 123 | 148 | 9 | 0 | 54.05 | |
| KR Miller | lbw b Mankad | 29 | 22 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 100.00 | |
| RA Hamence | st †Sen b Amarnath | 25 | 55 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 51.02 | |
| RR Lindwall | b Amarnath | 26 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 76.47 | |
| D Tallon† | c Mankad b Amarnath | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| B Dooland | not out | 21 | 63 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 30.88 | |
| IWG Johnson | lbw b Mankad | 16 | 45 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 31.37 | |
| WA Johnston | run out | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1) | 1 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 94.1 overs; 341 mins) | 394 | (3.13 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-29 (Barnes), 2-99 (Morris), 3-268 (Hassett), 4-280 (Bradman), 5-302 (Miller), 6-339 (Lindwall), 7-341 (Tallon), 8-352 (Hamence), 9-387 (Johnson), 10-394 (Johnston) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DG Phadkar | 15 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 4.00 | |||
| L Amarnath | 21 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 2.78 | |||
| VS Hazare | 16.1 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 2.88 | |||
| MH Mankad | 37 | 4 | 135 | 4 | 2.73 | |||
| CT Sarwate | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| CS Nayudu | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8.25 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MH Mankad | c †Tallon b Johnston | 116 | 182 | 187 | 13 | 0 | 62.03 | |
| CT Sarwate | c †Tallon b Johnston | 36 | 91 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Gul Mohammad | c & b Dooland | 12 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 63.15 | |
| VS Hazare | c †Tallon b Barnes | 17 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 43.58 | |
| L Amarnath* | lbw b Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DG Phadkar | not out | 55 | 120 | 124 | 7 | 0 | 44.35 | |
| HR Adhikari | st †Tallon b Johnson | 26 | 54 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 45.61 | |
| K Rai Singh | c Barnes b Johnson | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| KM Rangnekar | c & b Johnson | 6 | 23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| PK Sen† | b Johnson | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| CS Nayudu | not out | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 3, nb 1) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 69 overs; 280 mins) | 291 | (3.16 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-124 (Sarwate), 2-145 (Gul Mohammad), 3-188 (Hazare), 4-188 (Amarnath), 5-198 (Mankad), 6-260 (Adhikari), 7-264 (Rai Singh), 8-280 (Rangnekar), 9-284 (Sen) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 2.93 | (1nb) | ||
| KR Miller | 13 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 2.65 | |||
| WA Johnston | 12 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 2.06 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 14 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 3.16 | |||
| B Dooland | 12 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 4.25 | |||
| SG Barnes | 6 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3.12 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Hazare b Amarnath | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| B Dooland | lbw b Phadkar | 6 | 38 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| WA Johnston | lbw b Amarnath | 3 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7.69 | |
| SG Barnes | c †Sen b Amarnath | 15 | 25 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 36.58 | |
| AR Morris | not out | 100 | 198 | 210 | 7 | 0 | 47.61 | |
| DG Bradman* | not out | 127 | 178 | 169 | 13 | 0 | 75.14 | |
| Extras | (b 3, nb 1) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (4 wickets dec; 65 overs; 246 mins) | 255 | (2.94 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Did not bat AL Hassett, KR Miller, RA Hamence, RR Lindwall, D Tallon† |
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Johnson), 2-11 (Dooland), 3-13 (Johnston), 4-32 (Barnes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DG Phadkar | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2.10 | |||
| L Amarnath | 20 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 1.95 | |||
| VS Hazare | 11 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| MH Mankad | 18 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 3.08 | |||
| CT Sarwate | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6.15 | (1nb) | ||
| Gul Mohammad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.75 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 359 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MH Mankad | b Johnston | 13 | 37 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 30.23 | |
| CT Sarwate | b Johnston | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Gul Mohammad | c Morris b Johnson | 28 | 53 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| VS Hazare | c Barnes b Miller | 10 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 58.82 | |
| L Amarnath* | b Lindwall | 8 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 | |
| DG Phadkar | c Barnes b Johnston | 13 | 38 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 46.42 | |
| HR Adhikari | c Lindwall b Johnson | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| K Rai Singh | c †Tallon b Johnston | 24 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 96.00 | |
| KM Rangnekar | c Hamence b Johnson | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 128.57 | |
| PK Sen† | c Hassett b Johnson | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| CS Nayudu | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 25.7 overs; 118 mins) | 125 | (3.62 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-10 (Sarwate), 2-27 (Mankad), 3-44 (Hazare), 4-60 (Gul Mohammad), 5-60 (Amarnath), 6-69 (Adhikari), 7-100 (Rai Singh), 8-107 (Phadkar), 9-125 (Rangnekar), 10-125 (Sen) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 | |||
| KR Miller | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3.10 | |||
| WA Johnston | 10 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 3.30 | |||
| IWG Johnson | 5.7 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 4.46 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 5-match series 2-0 |
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Test debuts
K Rai Singh and
PK Sen
(India) |
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Umpires
AN Barlow and HAR Elphinstone |
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Close of play 1 Jan day 1 - Australia 1st innings 355/8 (B Dooland 2*, IWG Johnson 2*) 2 Jan day 2 - India 1st innings 262/6 (DG Phadkar 43*, K Rai Singh 2*) 3 Jan day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 255/4 (AR Morris 100*, DG Bradman 127*) 4 Jan rest day 5 Jan day 4 - India 2nd innings 125 (25.7 ov) - end of match |
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