INDIAN COLLAPSE IN SECOND CRICKET TEST

Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1947, Page 7

INDIAN COLLAPSE IN SECOND CRICKET TEST

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Received Sundav, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, Dee. 14. ' On a good wicket India could sco're only 188 runa iii thc first innings of ihe se'-oud test. The Auslraiian bowlers performed extremely weil aixd alwnys had coinmand of play. • lndia's total however, may prove a very kard oue t'or Australia to surpass as further rain is forecast for next week. At stumps Australia had reduced thc leeway by 28 runs and had nine wiekets in hand. The ground was saturated o\ ernight, but'a drying wind and sun plus the ell'orts of a dozen groundsmen enabled the ghme to start at 1 p.m. — an hour late. There was an oecasional kicking bali early, but therekfter the pitch played easily. lndia's lirst setDack came when iiazare 's stumps wero sent apravrling by a good lengtli inswinger which the batsman did not attempt to play. Iru! Mahomed g-ave the easiest of catehes io sillypoint. Miller in taking these two wiekets had two t'or 10 today and lndia was four for 57. Against an accuratc and varied attack the Jndians found runs extremely liard to get only oue run being added in the lirst (juarter of an hour after luneh. Armamath, after a stubborn stand with Kishenchand, was out when defending his wiekets with his pads. The ball ran from his legs into the stumps. India was now tiro for 05 and a new ball was takcn — after 4(1 overs. lt b rough t an immediate result, Adhilcari losing his wicket. Finally the. total reaehcd 100 after 181 1111110168' batting. Kishenchand and 1'hadkar were then associated in a seventh wicket. partnershi]> wliich helpod lndia's total to far mere respectable proportions. In one over Lindwall bowled four short ' ' bumpers ' ' and Phadkar dispatehcd three of tlie'm to the fence. The part uership was worth 70 in 68 minutes. lndia's innings closed after 26S minutes. Pradkar, thc last man out, niadc his 51 in 100 minutes.Australia batted for 38 minutes beforc stumps. Brown was missed by the wicketkecper when six. Later hc was dismisscd in the same way as in the Australian eleven versus India game. Mankad in liis run up to deliver the bali slopped and reinoved the bails with Brown baeking up too far. Beores: —

INDIA First innings Mankad, b Lindwall 5 Sarwate, I) Johnston 0 (iul .Mahomed, e Brown b Miller .. 20 Ila/.are, b Miller 16 Amarnath, I) Ian Johnson 25 Kichenehand, b lan Johnson .... 44 Adhikari, lliw b Johnston 0 Bhadkar. e Miller b Met'ool .... 51 Xayudu, e and b Met'ool 0 Ainir Flalii, e Miller b McCooi ... 4 Irani, not out 1 Extras 7 Total 13Bow liug: Lindwall oue for 30, , WJohnston two tor 33, Aliller two for 25, MeCool three for 71, Tan Johnson twe for 22. AFSTRALLA First Innings 7 Brown. run out 18 Morris, not out .. . 16 Bradman, not out -..t 6 Total for one wicket .. .. 2s Bnwling: Phudkar *-5fHrtty "for 4 Amanmtli uone for 16, Mankad uone tor 3.