| Australian cricket team in India in 1959-60 | |||||||||||||
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| India | Australia | ||||||||||||
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| Gulabrai Ramchand | Richie Benaud | ||||||||||||
| Most runs | |||||||||||||
| Nari Contractor (438) Pankaj Roy (263) Ramnath Kenny (229) |
Norm O'Neill (376) Neil Harvey (356) Les Favell (229) |
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| Most wickets | |||||||||||||
| Jasu Patel (19) Bapu Nadkarni (10) Ramakant Desai (9) |
Richie Benaud (29) Alan Davidson (29) Ian Meckiff (12) |
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The Australian national cricket team toured India in the winter of 1959-60. The two teams played five Tests, with Australia winning two, India winning one, and two others being drawn. The Australians also played several matches against domestic Indian squads.
At the time of its arrival in India, the Australian cricket team was acclaimed as the strongest side in the world, having won 11 of its last 16 Tests and lost none. In the years just prior, they had not only defeated India, but also South Africa, England, and Pakistan as well. The confident Aussies, led by captain Richie Benaud, featured such names as Neil Harvey, Norm O'Neill, Ray Lindwall, and Ian Meckiff among others. Meanwhile, India had dropped 11 of its last 13 Tests, including humbling defeats at the hands of Australia, the West Indies, and England, and had not won a single one. The Indians seemed to be struggling with every aspect of the game – batting, bowling, and fielding – not to mention leadership and the maintenance of a "fighting spirit." Hence, this series between Benaud's Australians and Gulabrai Ramchand's Indian team had a true David vs. Goliath nature to it.[1]
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| 12 December - 16 December scorecard |
India 135 (59.4 overs) |
v | Australia 468 (143.0 overs) |
Australia won by an innings and 127 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Mohammad Yunus |
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| Nari Contractor 41 Richie Benaud 3-0 (3.4 overs) |
Neil Harvey 114 Polly Umrigar 4-49 (15.3 overs) |
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| 206 (111.0 overs) | |||||
| Pankaj Roy 99 Richie Benaud 5-76 (46 overs) |
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| 19 December - 24 December scorecard |
India 152 (70.1 overs) |
v | Australia 219 (77.5 overs) |
India won by 119 runs Modi Stadium, Kanpur, India Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Bapu Joshi |
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| Bapu Nadkarni 25 Alan Davidson 5-31 (20.1 overs) |
Colin McDonald 53 Jasu Patel 9-69 (35.5 overs) |
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| 291 (144.3 overs) | 105 (57.4 overs) | ||||
| Nari Contractor 74 Alan Davidson 7-93 (57.3 overs) |
Colin McDonald 34 Jasu Patel 5-55 (25.4 overs) |
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The second Test at Kanpur was notable for being India's first-ever Test victory over the Australians, and also the first match to be played on a turf wicket. Indian off-spinner Jasu Patel distinguished himself, taking 14 wickets in the match (nine wickets in the first innings and five in the second). He would go on to take 19 wickets in the series.[3]
| 1 January - 6 January scorecard |
India 289 (142.5 overs) |
v | Australia 387/8 dec. (140.0 overs) |
Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, India Umpires: Habib Choudhury and Noshirvan Nagarwala |
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| Nari Contractor 108 Alan Davidson 4-62 (34.5 overs) |
Norm O'Neill 163 Bapu Nadkarni 6-105 (51.0 overs) |
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| 226/5 dec. (101.0 overs) | 34/1 (8.0 overs) | ||||
| Abbas Ali Baig 58 Ian Meckiff 3-67 (28.0 overs) |
Wally Grout 22 Pankaj Roy 1-6 (2.0 overs) |
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| 13 January - 17 January scorecard |
Australia 342 (153.0 overs) |
v | India 149 (77.1 overs) |
Australia won by an innings and 55 runs Nehru Stadium, Madras, India Umpires: Narayan Sane and Mysore Vijayasarathi |
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| Les Favell 101 Ramakant Desai 4-93 (41.0 overs) |
Budhi Kunderan 71 Richie Benaud 5-43 (32.1 overs) |
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| 138 (105.0 overs) | |||||
| Nari Contractor 41 Richie Benaud 3-43 (35.0 overs) |
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| 23 January - 28 January scorecard |
India 194 (89.3 overs) |
v | Australia 331 (111.1 overs) |
Match drawn Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Narayan Sane |
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| C. D. Gopinath 39 Alan Davidson 3-37 (16.0 overs) |
Norm O'Neill 113 Ramakant Desai 4-111 (36.0 overs) |
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| 339 (146.2 overs) | 121/2 (52.0 overs) | ||||
| M. L. Jaisimha 74 Richie Benaud 4-103 (48.0 overs) |
Les Favell 62 Nari Contractor 1-9 (5.0 overs) |
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| 27 December - 29 December scorecard |
Indian Board President's XI 293 (90.2 overs) |
v | Australia 554/6 dec. (134.0 overs) |
Match drawn Commerce College Ground, Ahmedabad, India Umpires: Habib Choudhury and Badami Satyaji Rao |
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| Man Sood 73 Lindsay Kline 4-72 (27.0 overs) |
Norm O'Neill 284 William Ghosh 3-195 (40.0 overs) |
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| 143/5 (36.0 overs) | |||||
| Manohar Hardikar 59 Richie Benaud 2-13 (8.0 overs) |
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