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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th January 1948 (6-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 233 runs |
| Umpires | AN Barlow, HAR Elphinston |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 355/8 (Dooland 2*, Johnson 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | India (1) 262/6 (Phadkar 43*, Rai Singh 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 255/4 (Morris 100*, Bradman 127*) |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Barnes | b Mankad | 12 | 37 | 34 | - | - | |
| AR Morris | b Amarnath | 45 | 123 | 100 | 3 | - | |
| *DG Bradman | lbw b Phadkar | 132 | 204 | 197 | 8 | - | |
| AL Hassett | lbw b Mankad | 80 | 148 | 123 | 9 | - | |
| KR Miller | lbw b Mankad | 29 | 29 | 22 | - | 3 | |
| RA Hamence | st Sen b Amarnath | 25 | 49 | 55 | 1 | - | |
| RR Lindwall | b Amarnath | 26 | 34 | 21 | 3 | - | |
| +D Tallon | c Mankad b Amarnath | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| B Dooland | not out | 21 | 68 | 63 | 1 | - | |
| IWG Johnson | lbw b Mankad | 16 | 51 | 45 | - | - | |
| WA Johnston | run out | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 94.1 overs) | 394 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Barnes), 2-99 (Morris), 3-268 (Hassett), 4-280 (Bradman), 5-302 (Miller), 6-339 (Lindwall), 7-341 (Tallon), 8-352 (Hamence), 9-387 (Johnson), 10-394 (Johnston, 94.1 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Phadkar | 15 | 1 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 21 | 3 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hazare | 16.1 | 0 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mankad | 37 | 4 | 135 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sarwate | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nayudu | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Mankad | c Tallon b Johnston | 116 | 187 | 182 | 13 | - | |
| CT Sarwate | c Tallon b Johnston | 36 | 84 | 91 | 3 | - | |
| Gul Mohammad | c and b Dooland | 12 | 19 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| VS Hazare | c Tallon b Barnes | 17 | 39 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| *L Amarnath | lbw b Barnes | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| DG Phadkar | not out | 55 | 124 | 120 | 7 | - | |
| HR Adhikari | st Tallon b Johnson | 26 | 57 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| K Rai Singh | c Barnes b Johnson | 2 | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| KM Rangnekar | c and b Johnson | 6 | 28 | 23 | - | - | |
| +PK Sen | b Johnson | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| CS Nayudu | not out | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Extras | (9 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 69 overs) | 291 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-124 (Sarwate), 2-145 (Gul Mohammad), 3-188 (Hazare), 4-188 (Amarnath), 5-198 (Mankad), 6-260 (Adhikari), 7-264 (Rai Singh), 8-280 (Rangnekar), 9-284 (Sen) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lindwall | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | - | - | |
| Miller | 13 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 12 | 0 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 14 | 1 | 59 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dooland | 12 | 0 | 68 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barnes | 6 | 1 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IWG Johnson | c Hazare b Amarnath | 0 | 9 | 6 | - | - | |
| B Dooland | lbw b Phadkar | 6 | 54 | 39 | - | - | |
| WA Johnston | lbw b Amarnath | 3 | 39 | 38 | - | - | |
| SG Barnes | c Sen b Amarnath | 15 | 41 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| AR Morris | not out | 100 | 210 | 198 | 7 | - | |
| *DG Bradman | not out | 127 | 169 | 178 | 13 | - | |
| AL Hassett | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Hamence | did not bat | ||||||
| RR Lindwall | did not bat | ||||||
| +D Tallon | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 65 overs) | 255 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Johnson), 2-11 (Dooland), 3-13 (Johnston), 4-32 (Barnes) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Phadkar | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Amarnath | 20 | 3 | 52 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mankad | 18 | 4 | 74 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hazare | 11 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gul Mohammad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sarwate | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MH Mankad | b Johnston | 13 | 43 | 37 | 2 | - | |
| CT Sarwate | b Johnston | 1 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| Gul Mohammad | c Morris b Johnson | 28 | 50 | 53 | 4 | - | |
| VS Hazare | c Barnes b Miller | 10 | 17 | 12 | 2 | - | |
| *L Amarnath | b Lindwall | 8 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - | |
| DG Phadkar | c Barnes b Johnston | 13 | 28 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| HR Adhikari | c Lindwall b Johnson | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| K Rai Singh | c Tallon b Johnston | 24 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| KM Rangnekar | c Hamence b Johnson | 18 | 14 | 14 | 3 | - | |
| +PK Sen | c Hassett b Johnson | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| CS Nayudu | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25.7 overs) | 125 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Sarwate), 2-27 (Mankad), 3-44 (Hazare), 4-60 (Gul Mohammad), 5-60 (Amarnath), 6-69 (Adhikari), 7-100 (Rai Singh), 8-107 (Phadkar), 9-125 (Rangnekar), 10-125 (Sen, 25.7 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Miller | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnston | 10 | 1 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lindwall | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnson | 5.7 | 0 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for six days but completed in four.
--> K Rai Singh made his debut in Test matches
--> PK Sen made his debut in Test matches
--> RA Hamence made his last appearance in Test matches
--> B Dooland made his last appearance in Test matches
--> K Rai Singh made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DG Bradman (1) 50 in 95 balls, 84 minutes with 3 fours
--> DG Bradman (1) 100 in 170 balls, 159 minutes with 5 fours
--> DG Bradman (1) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> AL Hassett (1) 50 in 121 balls, 96 minutes with 4 fours
--> KR Miller (1) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> MH Mankad (1) 50 in 71 balls, 65 minutes with 4 fours
--> MH Mankad (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Test matches
--> MH Mankad (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> MH Mankad (1) 100 in 154 balls, 139 minutes with 10 fours
--> CT Sarwate (1) passed his previous highest score of 26 in Test matches
--> DG Phadkar (1) 50 in 115 balls, 67 minutes with 7 fours
--> DG Phadkar (1) passed his previous highest score of 51 in Test matches
--> HR Adhikari (1) passed his previous highest score of 13 in Test matches
--> AR Morris (2) 50 in 133 balls, 143 minutes with 2 fours
--> AR Morris (2) 100 in 204 balls, 195 minutes with 7 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 50 in 85 balls, 88 minutes with 5 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) 100 in 129 balls, 128 minutes with 11 fours
--> DG Bradman (2) passed 25000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> CT Sarwate (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> K Rai Singh made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> PK Sen made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> WA Johnston achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed DG Phadkar in the India second innings (previous best was 3-15)
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