Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86

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Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86
Date13 December 1985 – 9 February 1986
LocationAustralia Australia
Result3-match series drawn 0–0
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The Indian national cricket team toured Australia in the 1985–86 season. They played 3 Test matches. The Test series was drawn 0-0. Kapil Dev and Kris Srikkanth were awarded as joint players of the series.

After the Test series India also competed in a tri nation[1] ODI tournament.[2] with Australia and New Zealand they won 5 of their 10-round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2–0.

One of cricket's most respected and important figures, Steve Waugh, made his debut on the Boxing Day test at Melbourne in second test of the series.

Tour matches[edit | edit source]

Limited overs: Australian Capital Territory vs Indians[edit | edit source]

27 November
Scorecard
Australian Capital Territory
v
No result
Manuka Oval, Canberra
  • No toss.
  • 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Four-day: South Australia vs Indians[edit | edit source]

29 November–2 December
Scorecard
v
135 (60.3 overs)
Peter Sleep 22 (64)
Kapil Dev 4/24 (15 overs)
245 (87.2 overs)
Ashok Malhotra 67 (140)
Sam Parkinson 6/56 (21.2 overs)
8/438d (138 overs)
Robert Zadow 120 (267)
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/124 (27 overs)
6/329 (89 overs)
Kapil Dev 88 (117)
Tim May 2/70 (18 overs)
  • South Australia won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).

Limited overs: Victoria Country vs Indians[edit | edit source]

4 December
Scorecard
Victoria Country
116 (38 overs)
v
 Indians
6/175 (50 overs)
G. Salmon 21
Roger Binny 3/17 (6 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 64*
P. Newland 2/41 (11 overs)
Indians won by 6 wickets
Reid Oval, Warrnambool
  • Victoria Country played with 12 players, Indians with 11; both with 11 batting, 11 fielding.
  • Indians batted on after winning the match.

Four-day: Victoria vs Indians[edit | edit source]

6–9 December
Scorecard
v
233 (88.1 overs)
Dean Jones 83 (190)
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 3/75 (28.1 overs)
7/182 (91 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 46 (190)
Merv Hughes 3/42 (26 overs)
  • Victoria won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Denis Hickey and Geoff Parker (Victoria) made their first-class debuts.
  • Play was stopped before tea on the fourth day.

Four-day: Tasmania vs Indians[edit | edit source]

20–23 December
Scorecard
v
No result
TCA Ground, Hobart
  • No toss.

Test Series[edit | edit source]

First Test[edit | edit source]

13–17 December 1985
Scorecard
v
381 (149 overs)
Greg Ritchie 128 (321)
Kapil Dev 8/106 (38 overs)
520 (202 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 166* (416)
Bruce Reid 4/113 (53 overs)
0/17 (8 overs)
David Boon 11* (28)
Ravi Shastri 0/0 (1 over)

Second Test[edit | edit source]

26–30 December 1985
Scorecard
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262 (103.5 overs)
Greg Matthews 100* (152)
Ravi Shastri 4/87 (37 overs)
445 (148.2 overs)
K Srikkanth 86 (89)
Bruce Reid 4/100 (38.2 overs)
308 (123.5 overs)
Allan Border 163 (358)
Ravi Shastri 4/92 (47 overs)
2/59 (25 overs)
K Srikkanth 38 (61)
Bruce Reid 2/23 (8 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to field.

Third Test[edit | edit source]

2–6 January 1986
Scorecard
v
4/600d (169 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 172 (400)
Dave Gilbert 2/135 (37 overs)
396 (179.3 overs)
David Boon 131 (311)
Shivlal Yadav 5/99 (62.3 overs)
6/119 (77 overs)
Geoff Marsh 28 (84)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.

External links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack
  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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