Australian national cricket team in India and Pakistan in 1964-65

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The Australian national cricket team's tour to India and Pakistan in the 1964/65 season took place from October 2 to October 29, 1964. The international cricket tours were part of the 1964/65 international cricket season and included three tests in India and one test in Pakistan. The series against India ended 1–1, the series against Pakistan 0–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for the three teams. The last meeting of Australia and India on a tour took place in India in the 1959/60 season . The encounter in Pakistan was the first meeting on a tour of the two teams since the tour in the 1959/60 season in Australia .

Tour in India

Stages

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Brabourne Stadium Mumbai 25,000 2nd test
Eden Gardens Calcutta 82,000 3rd test
MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras 46,000 1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
India India Australia Australia
  • Chandu Borde
  • Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
  • Salim Durani
  • Prince Indrajitsinhji
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Sanjay Manjrekar
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Vasant Ranjane
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Hanumant Singh
  • AG Kripal Singh
  • Rusi Surti
  • Nawab of Pataudi
  • Brian Booth
  • Peter Burge
  • Alan Connolly
  • Bob Cowper
  • Wally Grout
  • Neil Hawke
  • Barry Jarman
  • Bill Lawry
  • Johnny Martin
  • Graham McKenzie
  • Norm O'Neill
  • Ian Redpath
  • Rex Sellers
  • Bob Simpson
  • Tom Veivers

Testing

First test in Madras

October
2-7 scorecard
Madras Australia Australia
211 (72) & 397 (158.4)
- India India
276 (132.3) & 193 (80)
Australia wins with 139 runs

Second test in Bombay

June
10-15 scorecard
Bombay Australia Australia
320 (103.5) & 274 (99.4)
- India India
341 (152.3) & 256-8 (128.4)
India wins with 2 wickets

Third test in Calcutta

October
17-22 Scorecard
Calcutta Australia Australia
174 (84.5) & 143-1 (46)
- India India
235 (130)
draw

Tour in Pakistan

Stadion

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
National Stadium Karachi 34,228 1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Pakistan Pakistan Australia Australia
  • Abdul Razzaq
  • Asif Iqbal
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Intikhab Alam
  • Javed Burki
  • Khalid Ibadulla
  • Majid Khan
  • Nasim-ul-Ghani
  • Pervez Sajjad
  • Saeed Anwar
  • Shafqat Rana
  • Brian Booth
  • Peter Burge
  • Bob Cowper
  • Wally Grout
  • Neil Hawke
  • Bill Lawry
  • Johnny Martin
  • Graham McKenzie
  • Ian Redpath
  • Bob Simpson
  • Tom Veivers

Test in Karachi

October
24-29 Scorecard
Karachi Pakistan Pakistan
414 (138) & 279-8d (122)
- Australia Australia
352 (133.5) & 227-2 (82)
draw

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