The third match of the five-match Test series between India and Australia has started today (14 December) at Gabba in Brisbane. The Indian team won the Perth Test by 295 runs. While Australia won the Adelaide Test by 10 wickets. Now whichever team wins this match will take the lead in the series.
If we look at it, Brisbane's Gabba ground has given many historical moments to the cricket world. 64 years ago, in the year 1960, on 14 December, history was created at Gabba. Then the Test match played between Australia and West Indies (9-14 December) was tied. This was the first tied Test match in cricket history.
In that Test match, West Indies won the toss and batted first and scored 453 runs. Gary Sobers played a brilliant innings of 132 runs. Fast bowler Alan Davidson took 5 wickets for Australia. In reply, Australia scored 505 runs in the first innings thanks to Norm O'Neill's 181 runs. That is, Australia got a lead of 52 runs on the basis of the first innings. Wes Hall took four wickets for West Indies. Then the West Indies team was reduced to 284 runs in their second innings. Alan Davidson again bowled brilliantly for Australia and took six wickets. Now the host team had a target of 233 runs. While chasing the target, Australia lost 6 wickets at a score of 92 runs.
But Alan Davidson and Kangaroo captain Richie Benaud stood firm. There was a partnership of 134 runs between the two for the seventh wicket. This partnership ended in an unfortunate way, when Davidson was run out on a personal score of 80 runs. However, by then the match had reached a thrilling turn. Australia needed 6 runs to win in the last over and it had three wickets left. That over was bowled by fast bowler Wes Hall. Let us tell you that at that time 8 balls were bowled in an over. Only 5 runs were scored in that over and Australia's remaining three wickets also fell. Due to which the Kangaroo team was all out for 232 runs and the match was tied. Hall first got Richie Benaud (52 runs) caught behind the wicket. While Wally Grout and Ian Meckiff were run out. Hall took 5 wickets in Australia's second innings.
Till now only two matches have been tied in Test cricket. In 1986 the Madras (now Chennai) Test match between India and Australia was also tied. The special thing is that Australian cricketer Bob Simpson has been a witness to both the tied Test matches so far. In the first tied Test match in history he was present on the field as a player. In the second he was in the role of the head coach of the Australian team.
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