India in Australia Test Series - 5th Test
Australia won by an innings and 177 runs
- Test no. 295 | 1947/48 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 6,7,9,10 February 1948 (6-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SG Barnes | run out | 33 | 43 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 56.89 | |
| WA Brown | run out | 99 | 205 | 216 | 8 | 0 | 45.83 | |
| DG Bradman* | retired hurt | 57 | 83 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 58.76 | |
| KR Miller | c †Sen b Phadkar | 14 | 44 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 25.92 | |
| RN Harvey | c †Sen b Mankad | 153 | 250 | 251 | 12 | 0 | 60.95 | |
| SJE Loxton | c †Sen b Amarnath | 80 | 129 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 51.61 | |
| RR Lindwall | c Phadkar b Mankad | 35 | 51 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 74.46 | |
| D Tallon† | c †Sen b Sarwate | 37 | 55 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 69.81 | |
| LJ Johnson | not out | 25 | 62 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 49.01 | |
| DT Ring | c Kishenchand b Hazare | 11 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 42.30 | |
| WA Johnston | not out | 23 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 153.33 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 4) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 128 overs; 492 mins) | 575 | (3.36 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-48 (Barnes), 1-140* (Bradman, retired not out), 2-182 (Miller), 3-219 (Brown), 4-378 (Loxton), 5-457 (Lindwall), 6-497 (Harvey), 7-527 (Tallon), 8-544 (Ring) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DG Phadkar | 9 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 4.83 | |||
| L Amarnath | 23 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 2.57 | |||
| CR Rangachari | 17 | 1 | 97 | 0 | 4.27 | |||
| VS Hazare | 14 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 3.37 | |||
| MH Mankad | 33 | 2 | 107 | 2 | 2.43 | |||
| CT Sarwate | 18 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 3.41 | |||
| CS Nayudu | 13 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 4.44 | |||
| HR Adhikari | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3.00 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MH Mankad | c †Tallon b Loxton | 111 | 301 | 309 | 6 | 0 | 35.92 | |
| CT Sarwate | b Lindwall | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HR Adhikari | c †Tallon b Loxton | 38 | 179 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 18.81 | |
| VS Hazare | lbw b Lindwall | 74 | 176 | 179 | 7 | 0 | 41.34 | |
| L Amarnath* | c Barnes b Ring | 12 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| DG Phadkar | not out | 56 | 152 | 168 | 5 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Gul Mohammad | c Lindwall b Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| G Kishenchand | b Ring | 14 | 36 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 38.88 | |
| CS Nayudu | c Bradman b Ring | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| PK Sen† | b Johnson | 13 | 50 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 32.50 | |
| CR Rangachari | b Johnson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 2, nb 2) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 123 overs; 478 mins) | 331 | (2.01 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-3 (Sarwate), 2-127 (Adhikari), 3-206 (Mankad), 4-231 (Amarnath), 5-257 (Hazare), 6-260 (Gul Mohammad), 7-284 (Kishenchand), 8-286 (Nayudu), 9-331 (Sen), 10-331 (Rangachari) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 25 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 1.98 | (1nb) | ||
| LJ Johnson | 30 | 8 | 66 | 3 | 1.65 | |||
| SJE Loxton | 19 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 2.40 | (1nb) | ||
| WA Johnston | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1.31 | |||
| DT Ring | 36 | 8 | 103 | 3 | 2.14 | |||
| KR Miller | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| SG Barnes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.37 |
| India 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MH Mankad | c †Tallon b Lindwall | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CT Sarwate | lbw b Johnston | 10 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| HR Adhikari | c Bradman b Loxton | 17 | 42 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 38.63 | |
| VS Hazare | c & b Johnson | 10 | 38 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 24.39 | |
| DG Phadkar | lbw b Johnston | 0 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| L Amarnath* | c Johnson b Ring | 8 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| Gul Mohammad | c Barnes b Ring | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| G Kishenchand | c Barnes b Johnson | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CS Nayudu | c Brown b Ring | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| PK Sen† | b Johnson | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| CR Rangachari | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 1, nb 1) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 24.2 overs; 110 mins) | 67 | (2.07 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Mankad), 2-22 (Sarwate), 3-28 (Adhikari), 4-35 (Phadkar), 5-51 (Hazare), 6-51 (Amarnath), 7-56 (Kishenchand), 8-56 (Gul Mohammad), 9-66 (Nayudu), 10-67 (Sen) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RR Lindwall | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2.25 | |||
| LJ Johnson | 5.2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1.14 | (1nb) | ||
| SJE Loxton | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1.87 | |||
| WA Johnston | 7 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1.60 | |||
| DT Ring | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2.55 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series Australia won the 5-match series 4-0 |
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Test debuts
LJ Johnson,
SJE Loxton and
DT Ring
(Australia) |
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Umpires
AN Barlow and GS Cooper |
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Close of play 6 Feb day 1 - Australia 1st innings 336/3 (RN Harvey 78*, SJE Loxton 48*) 7 Feb day 2 - India 1st innings 43/1 (MH Mankad 30*, HR Adhikari 10*) 8 Feb rest day 9 Feb day 3 - India 1st innings 251/4 (VS Hazare 72*, DG Phadkar 8*) 10 Feb day 4 - India 2nd innings 67 (24.2 ov) - end of match |
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