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TESTS AT ADELAIDE OVAL FROM 1884 TO 1998

Summary of Results

	Played	Won	Lost	Draw
Australia	57	26	15	16
England	27	8	14	5
India	6	-	4	2
New Zealand	2	-	1	1
Pakistan	4	-	1	3
South Africa	6	2	2	2
Sri Lanka	1	-	1	-
West Indies	11	5	3	3
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-

Note: The first Test to be played here was from 12-16 December, 1884 between
Australia and England.

Summary of Matches Played between Australia and India

Number	Start Date	End Date	Result
1	23rd Jan 1948	28th Jan 1948	Aus inn & 16
2	23rd Dec 1967	28th Dec 1967	Aus 146 runs
3	28th Jan 1978	3rd Feb 1978	Aus 47 runs
4	23rd Jan 1981	27th Jan 1981	drawn
5	13th Dec 1985	17th Dec 1985	drawn
6	25th Jan 1992	29th Jan 1992	Aus 38 runs

Highest Team Scores

Total	For	v.	Inn.	Series
674	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
624	Pakistan	Australia	1st	1983-84
616	West Indies	Australia	2nd	1968-69

Highest for India

Total	For	v.	Inn.	Series
520	India	Australia	1st	1985-86

Lowest Team Scores

Total	For	v.	Inn.	Series
82	Australia	West Indies	1st	1951-52
100	Australia	England	1st	1891-92
105	West Indies	Australia	1st	1951-52

Lowest for India

Total	For	v.	Inn.	Series
225	India	Australia	1st	1991-92

Highest Individual Scores

	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
DG Bradman	299*	Australia	South Africa	1st	1931-32
RB Simpson	225	Australia	England	1st	1965-66
DM Jones	216	Australia	West Indies	1st	1988-89
VJ Trumper	214*	Australia	South Africa	1st	1910-11
KJ Hughes	213	Australia	India	1st	1980-81
DG Bradman	212	Australia	England	2nd	1936-37
AR Morris	206	Australia	England	1st	1950-51
AR Border	205	Australia	New Zealand	1st	1987-88
J Ryder	201*	Australia	England	1st	1924-25
EJ Barlow	201	South Africa	Australia	1st	1963-64
DG Bradman	201	Australia	India	1st	1947-48

Note: In all 131 hundreds have been scored at this ground

Hundreds against India (13)

	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
KJ Hughes	213	Australia	India	1st	1980-81
DG Bradman	201	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
AL Hassett	198*	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
DC Boon	135	Australia	India	2nd	1991-92
GM Ritchie	128	Australia	India	1st	1985-86
GM Wood	125	Australia	India	1st	1980-81
DG Boon	123	Australia	India	1st	1985-86
GN Yallop	121	Australia	India	1st	1977-78
SG Barnes	112	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
RM Cowper	108	Australia	India	2nd	1967-68
RB Simpson	103	Australia	India	2nd	1967-68
MA Taylor	100	Australia	India	2nd	1991-92
RB Simpson	100	Australia	India	1st	1977-78

Hundreds for India (6)

	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
SM Patil	147	India	Australia	1st	1980-81
SM Gavaskar	166*	India	Australia	1st	1985-86
VS Hazare	145	India	Australia	2nd	1947-48
DG Phadkar	123	India	Australia	1st	1947-48
VS Hazare	116	India	Australia	1st	1947-48
M Azharuddin	106	India	Australia	2nd	1991-92

Note: Hazare (see above) scored hundreds in each innings in 1947-48

Best Partnerships for each Wicket

	Wicket	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
WM Lawry & RB Simpson	1st	244	Australia	England	1st	1965-66
CC McDonald & AL Hassett	2nd	275	Australia	South Africa	1st	1952-53
EJ Barlow & RG Pollock	3rd	341	South Africa	Australia	1st	1963-64
DM Jones & AR Border	4th	214	Australia	West Indies	1st	1988-89
AR Border & SR Waugh	5th	208	Australia	South Africa	1st	1993-94
Imran Khan & Wasim Akram	6th	191	Pakistan	Australia	2nd	1989-90
RW Marsh & KJ O�Keeffe	7th	168	Australia	New Zealand	1st	1973-74
C Hill & RJ Hartigan	8th	243	Australia	England	2nd	1907-08
JL Hendriks & DAJ Holford	9th	122	West Indies	Australia	2nd	1968-69
SM Gavaskar & NS Yadav	10th	94	India	Australia	1st	1985-86

Best Partnerships for each Wicket for Australia

	Wicket	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
WM Lawry & RB Simpson	1st	99	Australia	India	1st	1967-68
SG Barnes & DG Bradman	2nd	236	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
RB Simpson & RM Cowper	3rd	172	Australia	India	2nd	1967-68
AL Hassett & KR Miller	4th	142	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
DW Hookes & GM Ritchie	5th	77	Australia	India	1st	1985-86
RM Cowper & BN Jarman	6th	76	Australia	India	1st	1967-68
AL Hassett & IW Johnson	7th	58	Australia	India	1st	1947-48
JW Gleeson & GD McKenzie	8th	42	Australia	India	2nd	1967-68
KJ Hughes & RM Hogg	9th	44	Australia	India	1st	1980-81
IW Callen & JR Thomson	10th	47	Australia	India	1st	1977-78

Best Partnerships for each Wicket for India

	Wicket	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
SM Gavaskar & K Srikkanth	1st	95	India	Australia	1st	1985-86
FM Engineer & AL Wadekar	2nd	61	India	Australia	1st	1967-68
M Amarnath & GR Viswanath	3rd	131	India	Australia	2nd	1977-78
DB Vengsarkar & GR Viswanath	4th	136	India	Australia	1st	1977-78
CPS Chauhan & SM Patil	5th	108	India	Australia	1st	1980-81
VS Hazare & DG Phadkar	6th	188	India	Australia	1st	1947-48
VS Hazare & HR Adhikari	7th	132	India	Australia	2nd	1947-48
SM Gavaskar & RMH Binny	8th	76	India	Australia	1st	1985-86
M Prabhakar & SLV Raju	9th	36	India	Australia	2nd	1991-92
SM Gavaskar & NS Yadav	10th	94	India	Australia	1st	1985-86

Best Bowling in an Innings

	Wkts	Runs	For	v.	Inn.	Series
AE Trott	8	43	Australia	England	2nd	1894-95
AA Mallett	8	59	Australia	Pakistan	2nd	1972-73
Kapil Dev	8	106	India	Australia	1st	1985-86
GF Lawson	8	112	Australia	West Indies	1st	1984-85
JC White	8	126	England	Australia	2nd	1928-29
RR Lindwall	7	38	Australia	India	2nd	1947-48

Best Bowling in a Match

	Wkts	Runs	For	v.	Series	1st	2nd
CV Grimmett	14	199	Australia	South Afirca	1931-32	7/116	7/83
JC White	13	256	England	Australia	1928-29	5/130	8/126
J Briggs	12	136	England	Australia	1891-92	6/49	6/87

Best bowling in a match against India

	Wkts	Runs	For	v.	Series	1st	2nd
CJ McDermott	10	168	Australia	India	1991-92	5/76	5/92

Best bowling in a match for India

	Wkts	Runs	For	v.	Series	1st	2nd
Kapil Dev	8	109	Australia	India	1985-86	8/106	0/03

Mohandas Menon