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575-8d
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331 & 67
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Overs: 128.0 RR: 4.49 vs spin: 3.12
vs seam: 3.32
Overs: 24.2 RR: 2.75 vs spin: 2.55
vs seam: 1.65
Fri 06/02/48 Australia v India, 5th Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 177 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 575-8 (128.0; RR: 4.49)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SG Barnes run out 33 58 3 0 56.90
WA Brown run out 99 216 8 0 45.83
DG Bradman retired not out (hurt) 57 97 4 0 58.76
KR Miller c Sen b Phadkar 14 54 1 0 25.93
RN Harvey c Sen b Mankad 153 251 11 0 60.96
SJE Loxton c Sen b Amarnath 80 155 6 0 51.61
RR Lindwall c Phadkar b Mankad 35 47 2 0 74.47
D Tallon c Sen b Sarwate 37 53 3 0 69.81
LJ Johnson not out 25 51 1 0 49.02
DT Ring c Kishenchand b Hazare 11 26 0 0 42.31
WA Johnston not out 23 15 2 0 153.33
Extras (4b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 575-8 (128.0 overs; RR: 4.49)

Fall of wickets

48-1 (SG Barnes 0.0 ov), 182-2 (KR Miller 0.0 ov), 219-3 (WA Brown 0.0 ov), 378-4 (SJE Loxton 0.0 ov), 457-5 (RR Lindwall 0.0 ov), 497-6 (RN Harvey 0.0 ov), 527-7 (D Tallon 0.0 ov), 544-8 (DT Ring 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Phadkar 9.0 0 58 1 6.44 0 0
L Amarnath 23.0 1 79 1 3.43 0 0
CR Rangachari 17.0 1 97 0 5.71 0 0
Vijay S Hazare 14.0 1 63 1 4.50 0 0
MH Mankad 33.0 2 107 2 3.24 0 0
CT Sarwate 18.0 1 82 1 4.56 0 0
CS Nayudu 13.0 0 77 0 5.92 0 0
HR Adhikari 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 331 (123.0; RR: 2.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MH Mankad c Tallon b Loxton 111 309 6 0 35.92
CT Sarwate b Lindwall 0 8 0 0 0.00
HR Adhikari c Tallon b Loxton 38 202 1 0 18.81
Vijay S Hazare lbw b Lindwall 74 179 7 0 41.34
L Amarnath c Barnes b Ring 12 26 1 0 46.15
DG Phadkar not out 56 168 5 0 33.33
Gul Mohammad c Lindwall b Johnson 1 8 0 0 12.50
G Kishenchand b Ring 14 36 2 0 38.89
CS Nayudu c Bradman b Ring 2 6 0 0 33.33
PK Sen b Johnson 13 40 2 0 32.50
CR Rangachari b Johnson 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb) 10  
TOTAL 331 all out (123.0 overs; RR: 2.69)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (CT Sarwate 0.0 ov), 127-2 (HR Adhikari 0.0 ov), 206-3 (MH Mankad 0.0 ov), 231-4 (L Amarnath 0.0 ov), 257-5 (Vijay S Hazare 0.0 ov), 260-6 (Gul Mohammad 0.0 ov), 284-7 (G Kishenchand 0.0 ov), 286-8 (CS Nayudu 0.0 ov), 331-9 (PK Sen 0.0 ov), 331-10 (CR Rangachari 123.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 25.0 5 66 2 2.64 0 0
LJ Johnson 30.0 8 66 3 2.20 0 0
SJE Loxton 19.0 1 61 2 3.21 0 0
WA Johnston 8.0 4 14 0 1.75 0 0
DT Ring 36.0 8 103 3 2.86 0 0
KR Miller 3.0 0 10 0 3.33 0 0
SG Barnes 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 67 (24.2; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MH Mankad c Tallon b Lindwall 0 2 0 0 0.00
CT Sarwate lbw b Johnston 10 34 1 0 29.41
HR Adhikari c Bradman b Loxton 17 44 1 0 38.64
Vijay S Hazare c & b Johnson 10 41 1 0 24.39
DG Phadkar lbw b Johnston 0 9 0 0 0.00
L Amarnath c Johnson b Ring 8 22 1 0 36.36
Gul Mohammad c Barnes b Ring 4 10 0 0 40.00
G Kishenchand c Barnes b Johnson 0 6 0 0 0.00
CS Nayudu c Brown b Ring 0 13 0 0 0.00
PK Sen b Johnson 10 14 2 0 71.43
CR Rangachari not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (6b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 67 all out (24.2 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MH Mankad 0.0 ov), 22-2 (CT Sarwate 0.0 ov), 28-3 (HR Adhikari 0.0 ov), 35-4 (DG Phadkar 0.0 ov), 51-5 (Vijay S Hazare 0.0 ov), 51-6 (L Amarnath 0.0 ov), 56-7 (G Kishenchand 0.0 ov), 56-8 (Gul Mohammad 0.0 ov), 66-9 (CS Nayudu 0.0 ov), 67-10 (PK Sen 24.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RR Lindwall 3.0 0 9 1 3.00 0 0
LJ Johnson 5.2 2 8 3 1.60 0 0
SJE Loxton 4.0 1 10 1 2.50 0 0
WA Johnston 7.0 0 15 2 2.14 0 0
DT Ring 5.0 1 17 3 3.40 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v India at Melbourne, 5th Test

Date

Friday February 6, 1948

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

1:00am UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

AN Barlow, GS Cooper

Australia Team

Playing XI

DG Bradman, WA Brown, SG Barnes, RR Lindwall, KR Miller, D Tallon, WA Johnston, RN Harvey, LJ Johnson, SJE Loxton, DT Ring

India Team

Playing XI

L Amarnath, CS Nayudu, Gul Mohammad, Vijay S Hazare, MH Mankad, CT Sarwate, HR Adhikari, G Kishenchand, DG Phadkar, PK Sen, CR Rangachari