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India v Australia @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
12, 13, 14, 16 December 1959 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: SK Ganguli, Mohammad Yunus
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 127 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | b Alan Davidson | 41 | - | 130 | - | - |
| 3. Polly Umrigar | c Wally Grout b Alan Davidson | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Abbas Ali Baig | b Gordon Rorke | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Chandu Borde | c Wally Grout b Ian Meckiff | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Gulabrai Ramchand | c Wally Grout b Lindsay Kline | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Bapu Nadkarni | b Gordon Rorke | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
| +8. Nana Joshi | b Richie Benaud | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Surendranath | not out | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Venatappa Muddiah | lbw b Richie Benaud | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | c Norm O'Neill b Richie Benaud | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Pankaj Roy), 2-8 (Polly Umrigar), 3-32 (Abbas Ali Baig), 4-66 (Chandu Borde), 5-69 (Nari Contractor), 6-70 (Bapu Nadkarni), 7-100 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 8-131 (Nana Joshi), 9-135 (Venatappa Muddiah), 135 (Ramakant Desai). |
| Extras | 6b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 59.4 ovs) 135 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 14 | 9 | 22 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Meckiff | 17 | 4 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gordon Rorke | 14 | 5 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lindsay Kline | 9 | 3 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 3.4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norm O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | b Surendranath | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Les Favell | b Surendranath | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | lbw b Bapu Nadkarni | 114 | - | 230 | - | - |
| 4. Norm O'Neill | run out ( > > ) | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Mackay | c Nana Joshi b Polly Umrigar | 78 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Alan Davidson | c Abbas Ali Baig b Ramakant Desai | 25 | - | - | - | 1 |
| *7. Richie Benaud | c Chandu Borde b Polly Umrigar | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Wally Grout | b Polly Umrigar | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Lindsay Kline | c & b Gulabrai Ramchand | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Ian Meckiff | not out | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Gordon Rorke | c sub b Polly Umrigar | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-53 (Colin McDonald), 2-64 (Les Favell), 3-143 (Norm O'Neill), 4-275 (Neil Harvey), 5-318 (Alan Davidson), 6-353 (Ken Mackay), 7-398 (Richie Benaud), 8-402 (Wally Grout), 9-443 (Lindsay Kline), 468 (Gordon Rorke). |
| Extras | 11b, 13lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 143 ovs) 468 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ramakant Desai | 34.3 | 3 | 123 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Surendranath | 38 | 8 | 101 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chandu Borde | 15 | 3 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venatappa Muddiah | 13 | 4 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bapu Nadkarni | 20 | 6 | 62 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Polly Umrigar | 15.3 | 1 | 49 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Richie Benaud b Lindsay Kline | 99 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | c Les Favell b Richie Benaud | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Abbas Ali Baig | run out ( > > ) | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Chandu Borde | c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Polly Umrigar | c Les Favell b Lindsay Kline | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Gulabrai Ramchand | c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Bapu Nadkarni | lbw b Richie Benaud | 7 | 0 | - | - | - |
| +8. Nana Joshi | c Alan Davidson b Lindsay Kline | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Surendranath | c Alan Davidson b Richie Benaud | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Venatappa Muddiah | not out | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | c Ian Meckiff b Richie Benaud | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-121 (Nari Contractor), 2-132 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-132 (Chandu Borde), 4-172 (Pankaj Roy), 5-187 (Polly Umrigar), 6-192 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 7-202 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-206 (Nana Joshi), 9-206 (Surendranath), 206 (Ramakant Desai). |
| Extras | 8b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 111 ovs) 206 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Alan Davidson | 14 | 5 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Meckiff | 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gordon Rorke | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lindsay Kline | 24 | 12 | 42 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 46 | 18 | 76 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norm O'Neill | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Harvey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Pankaj Roy, Nari Contractor, Abbas Ali Baig, Chandu Borde, Polly Umrigar, Gulabrai Ramchand, Bapu Nadkarni, Nana Joshi, Surendranath, Venatappa Muddiah, Ramakant Desai