Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947-48

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The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1947-48 season to play a five-match Test series against Australia. Australia won the series 4-0, with one match drawn.

This was India's inaugural tour of Australia and it was also the first tour by a team representing the newly independent India. Independence had been finalised only two months before the tour began.

Contents 1 First-class matches 2 Test series summary 2.1 1st Test 3 External sources 4 Annual reviews 5 Further reading

[edit] First-class matches

In addition to the Test series, the tourists played nine other first-class matches against Western Australia (2 games - the tour opener and the last game of the tour); South Australia; Victoria; New South Wales; Australia XI; Queensland; and Tasmania (2 matches). India won two and lost three of these matches, the other four being drawn.

[edit] Test series summary

• 1st Test at Brisbane Cricket Ground – Australia won by an innings and 226 runs
• 2nd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground – match drawn
• 3rd Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by 233 runs
• 4th Test at Adelaide Oval – Australia won by an innings and 16 runs
• 5th Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia won by an innings and 177 runs

[edit] 1st Test

Nov 28 - Dec 4, 1947 (Scorecard)
	Australia  382/8(dec) (115 overs)	vs	India 58 (21.3 overs)	Australia win by an innings and 226 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Andrew Barlow (AUS) and George Borwick (AUS)
	Don Bradman 185* Keith Miller 58 Lala Amarnath 4/84 (39 overs) Vinoo Mankad 3/113 (34 overs)		Lala Amarnath 22 Ernie Toshack 5/2 (2.3 overs) Ray Lindwall 2/11 (5 overs)
			98 (49.7 overs)
			Chandra Sarwate 26 Ernie Toshack 6/29 (17 overs) Ray Lindwall 2/19 (11.7 overs)
Only One hour play on Day 2 One session play on Day 3. One session play on Day 4.

[edit] External sources

• CricketArchive tour itinerary

[edit] Annual reviews

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1948

[edit] Further reading

• Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
• Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket, Andre Deutsch, 1993
• Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under, Cassell, 1975
• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001

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Preceded by First Tour

India Tour of Australia 1947/48 Season 5 Test Matches

Succeeded by 1967/68 Tour