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India v Australia @ Corporation Stadium, Madras
19, 20, 22, 23 October 1956 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: DD Desai, MG Vijayasarathi
Match Result: Australia won by an innings and 5 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vinoo Mankad | c Colin McDonald b Richie Benaud | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Pankaj Roy | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| *3. Polly Umrigar | c Ian Craig b Richie Benaud | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Vijay Manjrekar | lbw b Richie Benaud | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Gulabrai Ramchand | b Pat Crawford | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Hemu Adhikari | c Jim Burke b Pat Crawford | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. AG Kripal Singh | c Neil Harvey b Pat Crawford | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | not out | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Jasubhai Patel | c Ian Johnson b Richie Benaud | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Ghulam Ahmed | c Neil Harvey b Richie Benaud | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fergie Gupte | c Colin McDonald b Richie Benaud | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-41 (Vinoo Mankad), 2-44 (Pankaj Roy), 3-97 (Polly Umrigar), 4-98 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 5-106 (Hemu Adhikari), 6-134 (Vijay Manjrekar), 7-134 (AG Kripal Singh), 8-137 (Jasubhai Patel), 9-151 (Ghulam Ahmed), 161 (Fergie Gupte). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 99.3 ovs) 161 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ray Lindwall | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Crawford | 26 | 8 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 29.3 | 10 | 72 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Mackay | 20 | 9 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Johnson | 15 | 10 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Colin McDonald | st Naren Tamhane b Vinoo Mankad | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Jim Burke | c Naren Tamhane b Fergie Gupte | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Neil Harvey | b Vinoo Mankad | 37 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Ian Craig | c Gulabrai Ramchand b Vinoo Mankad | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Peter Burge | lbw b Jasubhai Patel | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Ken Mackay | c Naren Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Richie Benaud | b Ghulam Ahmed | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. Ray Lindwall | c Hemu Adhikari b Fergie Gupte | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| *9. Ian Johnson | c Pankaj Roy b Fergie Gupte | 73 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Pat Crawford | st Naren Tamhane b Vinoo Mankad | 34 | - | - | - | - |
| +11. Gil Langley | not out | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Jim Burke), 2-58 (Neil Harvey), 3-97 (Colin McDonald), 4-152 (Ian Craig), 5-186 (Ken Mackay), 6-186 (Peter Burge), 7-198 (Richie Benaud), 8-200 (Ray Lindwall), 9-287 (Pat Crawford), 319 (Ian Johnson). |
| Extras | 5b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 134.3 ovs) 319 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Gulabrai Ramchand | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Polly Umrigar | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 28.3 | 6 | 89 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ghulam Ahmed | 38 | 17 | 67 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinoo Mankad | 45 | 15 | 90 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jasubhai Patel | 14 | 3 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vinoo Mankad | c Gil Langley b Ray Lindwall | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Pankaj Roy | c Neil Harvey b Ray Lindwall | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| *3. Polly Umrigar | c Gil Langley b Ray Lindwall | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| +4. Naren Tamhane | c Pat Crawford b Richie Benaud | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Vijay Manjrekar | b Pat Crawford | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 6. Gulabrai Ramchand | lbw b Ian Johnson | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Hemu Adhikari | lbw b Ray Lindwall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 8. AG Kripal Singh | not out | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Jasubhai Patel | b Ray Lindwall | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Ghulam Ahmed | c Peter Burge b Ray Lindwall | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Fergie Gupte | b Ray Lindwall | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Pankaj Roy), 2-22 (Vinoo Mankad), 3-39 (Naren Tamhane), 4-63 (Vijay Manjrekar), 5-99 (Gulabrai Ramchand), 6-100 (Hemu Adhikari), 7-113 (Polly Umrigar), 8-119 (Jasubhai Patel), 9-143 (Ghulam Ahmed), 153 (Fergie Gupte). |
| Extras | 10b, 5lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 63.5 ovs) 153 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ray Lindwall | 22.5 | 9 | 43 | 7 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Crawford | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richie Benaud | 20 | 5 | 59 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Johnson | 9 | 5 | 15 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Vinoo Mankad, Pankaj Roy, Polly Umrigar, Naren Tamhane, Vijay Manjrekar, Gulabrai Ramchand, Hemu Adhikari, AG Kripal Singh, Jasubhai Patel, Ghulam Ahmed, Fergie Gupte