First-Class Cricket Matches 1948

AUSTRALIA v INDIA Played at Sydney Cricket Ground, December 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1947. Match drawn. INDIA 1 M.H.Mankad b Lindwall 5 b Lindwall 5 2 C.T.Sarwate b Johnston 0 (3) c Johnson b Johnston 3 3 Gul Mohammad c Brown b Miller 29 (4) c Bradman b Johnson 5 4 V.S.Hazare b Miller 16 (5) not out 13 5 *L.Amarnath b Johnson 25 (7) c Morris b Johnson 14 6 G.Kishenchand b Johnson 44 (8) c McCool b Johnston 0 7 H.R.Adhikari lbw b Johnston 0 (9) not out 0 8 D.G.Phadkar c Miller b McCool 51 (6) c Tallon b Miller 2 9 C.S.Nayudu c and b McCool 6 10 Amir Elahi c Miller b McCool 4 (2) c Miller b Johnston 13 11 †J.K.Irani not out 1 Extras b 5, lb 2 7 b 3, lb 3 6 —— —— 188 (7 wickets) 61 FoW (1): 1-2 (2), 2-16 (1), 3-52 (3), 4-57 (4), 5-94 (5), 6-95 (7), 7-165 (6), 8-174 (9), 9-182 (10), 10-188 (8) FoW (2): 1-17 (2), 2-19 (1), 3-26 (4), 4-29 (3), 5-34 (6), 6-53 (7), 7-55 (8) AUSTRALIA 1 W.A.Brown run out (Mankad) 18 2 A.R.Morris lbw b Amarnath 10 3 *D.G.Bradman b Hazare 13 4 A.L.Hassett c Adhikari b Hazare 6 5 K.R.Miller lbw b Phadkar 17 6 R.A.Hamence c Adhikari b Mankad 25 7 I.W.G.Johnson lbw b Phadkar 1 8 C.L.McCool b Phadkar 9 9 R.R.Lindwall b Hazare 0 10 †D.Tallon c Irani b Hazare 6 11 W.A.Johnston not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 1 2 —— 107 FoW (1): 1-25 (1), 2-30 (2), 3-43 (4), 4-48 (3), 5-86 (5), 6-92 (6), 7-92 (7), 8-97 (9), 9-105 (8), 10-107 (10) Australia Bowling O M R W O M R W Lindwall 12 3 30 1 5 1 13 1 Johnston 17 4 33 2 13 5 15 3 Miller 9 3 25 2 6 2 5 1 McCool 18 2 71 3 Johnson 14 3 22 2 (4) 13 7 22 2 India Bowling O M R W Phadkar 10 2 14 3 Amarnath 14 4 31 1 Mankad 9 0 31 1 Hazare 13.2 3 29 4 Umpires: A.N.Barlow and G.E.Borwick. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: India (1) 38-2 (Gul Mohammad 24*, Hazare 5*); 2nd day: Australia (1) 28-1 (Morris 10*, Bradman 0*); 3rd day: No play; 4th day: No play; 5th day: India (2) 61-7 (Hazare 13*, Adhikari 0*). There was no play on the final day. W.A.Brown was run out when backing up by Mankad. 27