- Test no. 625 | 1967/68 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 30 December 1967, 1,2,3 January 1968 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DN Sardesai | b McKenzie | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| FM Engineer† | c Connolly b McKenzie | 9 | 42 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| S Abid Ali | c †Jarman b McKenzie | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| AL Wadekar | c Connolly b McKenzie | 6 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| RF Surti | lbw b Simpson | 30 | 135 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| CG Borde | c Redpath b McKenzie | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Nawab of Pataudi jnr* | c †Jarman b Renneberg | 75 | 228 | 194 | 8 | 0 | 38.65 | |
| V Subramanya | b McKenzie | 5 | 41 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| EAS Prasanna | c Chappell b Renneberg | 14 | 38 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 37.83 | |
| RB Desai | not out | 13 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 37.14 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | c †Jarman b McKenzie | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, nb 6) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 57.4 overs) | 173 | (2.25 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McKenzie | 21.4 | 2 | 66 | 7 | 2.30 | |||
| DA Renneberg | 15 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1.85 | |||
| AN Connolly | 13 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1.90 | |||
| JW Gleeson | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1.35 | |||
| IM Chappell | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5.25 | |||
| RB Simpson | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.87 |
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RB Simpson* | b Surti | 109 | 220 | 186 | 8 | 0 | 58.60 | |
| WM Lawry | st †Engineer b Prasanna | 100 | 178 | 148 | 8 | 0 | 67.56 | |
| AP Sheahan | c †Engineer b Surti | 24 | 97 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| RM Cowper | b Prasanna | 12 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| IM Chappell | c Wadekar b Surti | 151 | 252 | 224 | 21 | 0 | 67.41 | |
| IR Redpath | run out | 26 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 68.42 | |
| BN Jarman† | b Prasanna | 65 | 118 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 69.14 | |
| GD McKenzie | c sub b Prasanna | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JW Gleeson | c Borde b Prasanna | 13 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| AN Connolly | c sub b Prasanna | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| DA Renneberg | not out | 8 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 10, nb 3) | 16 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 105.3 overs) | 529 | (3.76 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-191 (Lawry), 2-233 (Simpson), 3-246 (Cowper), 4-274 (Sheahan), 5-329 (Redpath), 6-463 (Jarman), 7-463 (McKenzie), 8-500 (Gleeson), 9-508 (Connolly), 10-529 (Chappell) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RB Desai | 12 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 3.93 | |||
| RF Surti | 29.3 | 4 | 150 | 3 | 3.82 | |||
| S Abid Ali | 20 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 3.97 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3.75 | |||
| EAS Prasanna | 34 | 6 | 141 | 6 | 3.11 | |||
| V Subramanya | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DN Sardesai | b McKenzie | 5 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.25 | |
| FM Engineer† | c Chappell b Renneberg | 42 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 113.51 | |
| AL Wadekar | c Sheahan b Simpson | 99 | 169 | 146 | 12 | 0 | 67.80 | |
| RF Surti | c †Jarman b McKenzie | 43 | 108 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 35.53 | |
| EAS Prasanna | c Chappell b Simpson | 21 | 38 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| CG Borde | c Redpath b Renneberg | 6 | 36 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Nawab of Pataudi jnr* | c Redpath b Simpson | 85 | 155 | 157 | 12 | 0 | 54.14 | |
| S Abid Ali | lbw b Cowper | 21 | 38 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 46.66 | |
| V Subramanya | lbw b McKenzie | 10 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 32.25 | |
| RB Desai | c Simpson b Connolly | 14 | 62 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 32.55 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, nb 1) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 84.7 overs) | 352 | (3.11 runs per 6 balls) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-11 (Sardesai), 2-66 (Engineer), 3-182 (Surti), 4-194 (Wadekar), 5-217 (Prasanna), 6-227 (Borde), 7-276 (Abid Ali), 8-292 (Subramanya), 9-346 (Pataudi), 10-352 (Desai) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McKenzie | 19 | 2 | 85 | 3 | 3.35 | |||
| DA Renneberg | 14 | 1 | 98 | 2 | 5.25 | |||
| AN Connolly | 11.7 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 3.03 | |||
| JW Gleeson | 14 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 1.98 | |||
| IM Chappell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2.62 | |||
| RB Simpson | 14 | 3 | 44 | 3 | 2.35 | |||
| RM Cowper | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1.87 |
| Match details |
| Balls per over 8 |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series Australia led the 4-match series 2-0 |
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Umpires
CJ Egar and LP Rowan |
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Close of play 30 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 156/8 (Nawab of Pataudi jnr 70*, RB Desai 3*) 31 Dec rest day 1 Jan day 2 - Australia 1st innings 329/5 (IM Chappell 45*, BN Jarman 0*) 2 Jan day 3 - India 2nd innings 190/3 (AL Wadekar 97*, EAS Prasanna 0*) 3 Jan day 4 - India 2nd innings 352 (84.7 ov) - end of match |
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