Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86
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Indian cricket team in Australia in 1985–86 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 13 December 1985 – 9 February 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | 3-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
Limited overs: Australian Capital Territory vs Indians
27 November
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Australian Capital Territory
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- No toss.
- 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Four-day: South Australia vs Indians
29 November–2 December
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- South Australia won the toss and decided to bat.
- 12 players per side (11 batting, 11 fielding).
Limited overs: Victoria Country vs Indians
4 December
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Victoria Country
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G. Salmon 21
Roger Binny 3/17 (6 overs) |
Dilip Vengsarkar 64*
P. Newland 2/41 (11 overs) |
- 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
6–9 December
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- 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
Test Series
First Test
13–17 December 1985
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- Australia won the toss and decided to bat
- Geoff Marsh, Bruce Reid and Merv Hughes (all Aus) made their Test debut.
Second Test
Third Test
2–6 January 1986
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6/119 (77 overs)
Geoff Marsh 28 (84) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
External links
- India in Australia Test Series, 1985/86
- India in Australia 1985/86 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
References
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack
- ^ [1]
- ^ Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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