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Australia v India @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
30 December 1967, 1, 2, 3 January 1968 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: CJ Egar, LP Rowan
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 4 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dilip Sardesai | b Garth McKenzie | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| +2. Farokh Engineer | c Alan Connolly b Garth McKenzie | 9 | 0 | 42 | - | - |
| 3. Syed Abid Ali | c Barry Jarman b Garth McKenzie | 4 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 4. Ajit Wadekar | c Alan Connolly b Garth McKenzie | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 5. Rusi Surti | lbw b Bob Simpson | 30 | 0 | 135 | 2 | - |
| 6. Chandu Borde | c Ian Redpath b Garth McKenzie | 0 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| *7. Nawab of Pataudi | c Barry Jarman b David Renneberg | 75 | 0 | 228 | 8 | - |
| 8. Venkataraman Subramanya | b Garth McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 41 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | c Ian Chappell b David Renneberg | 14 | 37 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 10. Ramakant Desai | not out | 13 | 0 | 37 | 2 | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | c Barry Jarman b Garth McKenzie | 0 | 10 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Dilip Sardesai), 2-10 (Syed Abid Ali), 3-18 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-25 (Farokh Engineer), 5-25 (Chandu Borde), 6-47 (Venkataraman Subramanya), 7-72 (Erapalli Prasanna), 8-146 (Rusi Surti), 173 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 8b, 2lb, 0w, 6nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 57.4 ovs) 173 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Garth McKenzie | 21.4 | 2 | 66 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Renneberg | 15 | 4 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Connolly | 13 | 3 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Gleeson | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Chappell | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Bob Simpson | b Rusi Surti | 109 | 0 | 220 | 8 | - |
| 2. Bill Lawry | st Farokh Engineer b Erapalli Prasanna | 100 | 148 | 178 | 8 | - |
| 3. Paul Sheahan | c Farokh Engineer b Rusi Surti | 24 | 0 | 97 | 3 | - |
| 4. Bob Cowper | b Erapalli Prasanna | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ian Chappell | c Ajit Wadekar b Rusi Surti | 151 | 0 | 252 | 21 | - |
| 6. Ian Redpath | run out ( > > ) | 26 | 38 | 42 | 4 | - |
| +7. Barry Jarman | b Erapalli Prasanna | 65 | 94 | 118 | 7 | - |
| 8. Garth McKenzie | c sub b Erapalli Prasanna | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. John Gleeson | c Chandu Borde b Erapalli Prasanna | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 10. Alan Connolly | c sub b Erapalli Prasanna | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. David Renneberg | not out | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-191 (Bill Lawry), 2-233 (Bob Simpson), 3-246 (Bob Cowper), 4-274 (Paul Sheahan), 5-329 (Ian Redpath), 6-463 (Barry Jarman), 7-463 (Garth McKenzie), 8-500 (John Gleeson), 9-508 (Alan Connolly), 529 (Ian Chappell). |
| Extras | 3b, 10lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 105.3 ovs) 529 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ramakant Desai | 12 | 0 | 63 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rusi Surti | 29.3 | 4 | 150 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Syed Abid Ali | 20 | 0 | 106 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 7 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 34 | 6 | 141 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkataraman Subramanya | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dilip Sardesai | b Garth McKenzie | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - |
| +2. Farokh Engineer | c Ian Chappell b David Renneberg | 42 | 0 | 52 | 3 | - |
| 3. Ajit Wadekar | c Paul Sheahan b Bob Simpson | 99 | 0 | 169 | 12 | - |
| 4. Rusi Surti | c Barry Jarman b Garth McKenzie | 43 | 0 | 108 | 4 | - |
| 5. Erapalli Prasanna | c Ian Chappell b Bob Simpson | 21 | 45 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 6. Chandu Borde | c Ian Redpath b David Renneberg | 6 | 0 | 36 | - | - |
| *7. Nawab of Pataudi | c Ian Redpath b Bob Simpson | 85 | 0 | 155 | 12 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | lbw b Bob Cowper | 21 | 0 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 9. Venkataraman Subramanya | lbw b Garth McKenzie | 10 | 0 | 26 | - | - |
| 10. Ramakant Desai | c Bob Simpson b Alan Connolly | 14 | 0 | 62 | 2 | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-11 (Dilip Sardesai), 2-66 (Farokh Engineer), 3-182 (Rusi Surti), 4-194 (Ajit Wadekar), 5-217 (Erapalli Prasanna), 6-227 (Chandu Borde), 7-276 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-292 (Venkataraman Subramanya), 9-346 (Nawab of Pataudi), 352 (Ramakant Desai). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 84.7 ovs) 352 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Garth McKenzie | 19 | 2 | 85 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Renneberg | 14 | 1 | 98 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Connolly | 11.7 | 2 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Gleeson | 14 | 5 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Chappell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Simpson | 14 | 3 | 44 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cowper | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry, Paul Sheahan, Bob Cowper, Ian Chappell, Ian Redpath, Barry Jarman, Garth McKenzie, John Gleeson, Alan Connolly, David Renneberg