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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 ODI tournament 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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Indians
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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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Indians
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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
116 (38 overs) |
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Indians
6/175 (50 overs) |
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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Indians
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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[]
Test Series[]
First Test[]
13–17 December 1985
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Australia
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India
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381 (149 overs)
Greg Ritchie 128 (321) Kapil Dev 8/106 (38 overs) |
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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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India
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Australia
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396 (179.3 overs)
David Boon 131 (311) Shivlal Yadav 5/99 (62.3 overs) | ||
- 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
Categories:
- 1985 in Australian cricket
- 1985 in Indian cricket
- 1985–86 Australian cricket season
- 1986 in Australian cricket
- 1986 in Indian cricket
- Indian cricket tours of Australia
- International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988