f21550 t431	India v Australia
	Australia in India and Pakistan 1956/57 (1st Test)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Madras on 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd October 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 5 runs
Umpires	DD Desai, MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play day 1	India (1) 117/5 (Manjrekar 33*, Kripal Singh 4*)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 120/3 (Craig 30*, Burge 12*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 29/2 (Umrigar 0*, Tamhane 3*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Mankad	c McDonald b Benaud	27
P Roy	c Harvey b Benaud	13
*PR Umrigar	c Craig b Benaud	31
VL Manjrekar	lbw b Benaud	41
GS Ramchand	b Crawford	0			-	-
HR Adhikari	c Burke b Crawford	5
AG Kripal Singh	c Harvey b Crawford	13
+NS Tamhane	not out	9
JM Patel	c Johnson b Benaud	3			-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	c Harvey b Benaud	11
SP Gupte	c McDonald b Benaud	4
Extras	(4 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 99.3 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-41 (Mankad), 2-44 (Roy), 3-97 (Umrigar), 4-98 (Ramchand), 5-106 (Adhikari), 6-134 (Manjrekar), 7-134 (Kripal Singh), 8-137 (Patel), 9-151 (Ghulam Ahmed), 10-161 (Gupte, 99.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	9	1	15	0	-	-
Crawford	26	8	32	3	-	-
Benaud	29.3	10	72	7	-	-
Mackay	20	9	25	0	-	-
Johnson	15	10	13	0	-	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	st Tamhane b Mankad	29
JW Burke	c Tamhane b Gupte	10
RN Harvey	b Mankad	37
ID Craig	c Ramchand b Mankad	40
PJP Burge	lbw b Patel	35
KD Mackay	c Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed	29
R Benaud	b Ghulam Ahmed	6
RR Lindwall	c Adhikari b Gupte	8
*IWG Johnson	c Roy b Gupte	73			7	-
WPA Crawford	st Tamhane b Mankad	34
+GRA Langley	not out	10
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 134.3 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Burke), 2-58 (Harvey), 3-97 (McDonald), 4-152 (Craig), 5-186 (Mackay), 6-186 (Burge), 7-198 (Benaud), 8-200 (Lindwall), 9-287 (Crawford), 10-319 (Johnson, 134.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramchand	5	1	12	0	-	-
Umrigar	4	0	17	0	-	-
Gupte	28.3	6	89	3	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	38	17	67	2	-	-
Mankad	45	15	90	4	-	-
Patel	14	3	36	1	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Mankad	c Langley b Lindwall	11
P Roy	c Harvey b Lindwall	9
*PR Umrigar	c Langley b Lindwall	25
+NS Tamhane	c Crawford b Benaud	5
VL Manjrekar	b Crawford	16
GS Ramchand	lbw b Johnson	28
HR Adhikari	lbw b Lindwall	0			-	-
AG Kripal Singh	not out	20
JM Patel	b Lindwall	0			-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	c Burge b Lindwall	13
SP Gupte	b Lindwall	8
Extras	(10 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 63.5 overs)	153
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Roy), 2-22 (Mankad), 3-39 (Tamhane), 4-63 (Manjrekar), 5-99 (Ramchand), 6-100 (Adhikari), 7-113 (Umrigar), 8-119 (Patel), 9-143 (Ghulam Ahmed), 10-153 (Gupte, 63.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	22.5	9	43	7	-	-
Crawford	12	6	18	1	-	-
Benaud	20	5	59	1	-	-
Johnson	9	5	15	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> PR Umrigar (1) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> RN Harvey (1) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 31
--> PJP Burge (1) equalled his previous highest score of 35 in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson (1) 50 in 76 minutes with 6 fours
--> VL Manjrekar (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> PJP Burge made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> PJP Burge made his debut in India in Test matches
--> WPA Crawford made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> WPA Crawford made his debut in India in Test matches
--> KD Mackay made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> KD Mackay made his debut in India in Test matches
--> IWG Johnson made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> IWG Johnson made his debut in India in Test matches
--> RR Lindwall made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> RR Lindwall made his debut in India in Test matches
--> RN Harvey made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> RN Harvey made his debut in India in Test matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> JW Burke made his debut in India in Test matches
--> GRA Langley made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> GRA Langley made his debut in India in Test matches
--> R Benaud made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> R Benaud made his debut in India in Test matches
--> CC McDonald made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> CC McDonald made his debut in India in Test matches
--> ID Craig made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> ID Craig made his debut in India in Test matches
--> WPA Crawford achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed GS Ramchand in the India first innings (previous best was 0-4)
--> R Benaud achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed JM Patel in the India first innings (previous best was 4-15)
--> R Benaud achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the India first innings
--> MH Mankad reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed ID Craig, his 3rd wicket in the Australia first innings

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