f21321 t433	India v Australia
	Australia in India 1956/57 (3rd Test)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th November 1956 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 94 runs
Umpires	G Ayling, BJ Mohoni
Close of play day 1	India (1) 15/0 (Roy 13*, Contractor 0*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 135/8 (Bhandari 17*, Ghulam Ahmed 10*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 12/0 (Roy 5*, Contractor 5*)

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	b Ghulam Ahmed	3			-	-
JW Burke	c Manjrekar b Ghulam Ahmed	10
RN Harvey	c Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed	7
ID Craig	c Tamhane b Gupte	36
PJP Burge	c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed	58
KD Mackay	lbw b Mankad	5
R Benaud	b Ghulam Ahmed	24
RR Lindwall	b Ghulam Ahmed	8
*IWG Johnson	c Ghulam Ahmed b Mankad	1			-	-
WPA Crawford	c Contractor b Ghulam Ahmed	18				1
+GRA Langley	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 86.3 overs)	177
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (McDonald), 2-22 (Harvey), 3-25 (Burke), 4-93 (Craig), 5-106 (Mackay), 6-141 (Burge), 7-152 (Benaud), 8-157 (Lindwall), 9-163 (Johnson), 10-177 (Crawford, 86.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramchand	2	1	1	0	-	-
Umrigar	16	3	30	0	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	20.3	6	49	7	-	-
Gupte	23	11	35	1	-	-
Mankad	25	4	56	2	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	b Lindwall	13
NJ Contractor	lbw b Benaud	22
*PR Umrigar	c Burge b Johnson	5
VL Manjrekar	c Harvey b Benaud	33
MH Mankad	lbw b Benaud	4
GS Ramchand	st Langley b Benaud	2			-	-
AG Kripal Singh	c Mackay b Benaud	14
P Bhandari	lbw b Lindwall	17
+NS Tamhane	b Benaud	5
Ghulam Ahmed	c Mackay b Lindwall	10
SP Gupte	not out	1			-	-
Extras	(7 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 78.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Roy), 2-20 (Umrigar), 3-76 (Contractor), 4-80 (Mankad), 5-82 (Ramchand), 6-98 (Kripal Singh), 7-99 (Manjrekar), 8-115 (Tamhane), 9-135 (Bhandari), 10-136 (Ghulam Ahmed, 78.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	25.2	12	32	3	-	-
Crawford	3	3	0	0	-	-
Johnson	12	2	27	1	-	-
Benaud	29	10	52	6	-	-
Harvey	1	1	0	0	-	-
Burke	8	3	15	0	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CC McDonald	lbw b Ramchand	0
JW Burke	c Contractor b Ghulam Ahmed	2
RN Harvey	c Umrigar b Mankad	69		187		-
ID Craig	b Ghulam Ahmed	6
PJP Burge	c Ramchand b Ghulam Ahmed	22
KD Mackay	hit wkt b Mankad	27
R Benaud	b Gupte	21		26		-
RR Lindwall	c Tamhane b Mankad	28		14		1
*IWG Johnson	st Tamhane b Mankad	5
WPA Crawford	not out	1
+GRA Langley	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 2 lb)	8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 67.4 overs)	189
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (McDonald), 2-9 (Burke), 3-27 (Craig), 4-59 (Burge), 5-122 (Mackay), 6-149 (Benaud), 7-159 (Harvey), 8-188 (Lindwall), 9-189 (Johnson, 67.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramchand	2	1	6	1	-	-
Umrigar	20	9	21	0	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	29	5	81	3	-	-
Mankad	9.4	1	49	4	-	-
Gupte	7	1	24	1	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	lbw b Burke	24
NJ Contractor	b Johnson	20
*PR Umrigar	c Burke b Benaud	28
VL Manjrekar	c Harvey b Benaud	22
MH Mankad	c Harvey b Benaud	24				1
GS Ramchand	b Burke	3			-	-
AG Kripal Singh	b Benaud	0			-	-
P Bhandari	c Harvey b Burke	2			-	-
+NS Tamhane	b Benaud	0			-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	b Burke	0			-	-
SP Gupte	not out	0			-	-
Extras	(5 b, 5 lb, 3 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 69.2 overs)	136
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Contractor), 2-50 (Roy), 3-94 (Manjrekar), 4-99 (Umrigar), 5-102 (Ramchand), 6-121 (Kripal Singh), 7-134 (Mankad), 8-136 (Bhandari), 9-136 (Ghulam Ahmed), 10-136 (Tamhane, 69.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lindwall	12	7	9	0	-	-
Crawford	2	1	1	0	-	-
Benaud	24.2	6	53	5	-	-
Johnson	14	5	23	1	-	-
Burke	17	4	37	4	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> CC McDonald (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 3
--> RN Harvey (2) passed 14000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 45
--> IWG Johnson (2) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 5
--> Ghulam Ahmed achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed RR Lindwall in the Australia first innings (previous best was 5-70)
--> Ghulam Ahmed reached 350 wickets in First-Class Matches when he dismissed CC McDonald, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> JW Burke achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed P Roy in the India second innings (previous best was 0-0)

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