| Tour of Pakistan & India 1956-57 Captain: Ian Johnson | |
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| 25th Australian
Test tour (part of the England tour
1956) First Test-playing tour
of Pakistan
and India by Australia (September- October 1956) | West P A G E I N P R E P A R A T I O N | Other
Australian Tours Previous
tour England 1956 Next
tour South
Africa 1957-58 Next
tour of Pakistan & India 1959-60 | |
| Members
of the Test tour party (1 |
| State
representation N New South Wales ( Q Queensland
( S South Australia ( T Tasmania
( V Victoria ( W Western Australia ( Average age of team at time of first Test match (5 March 1999) : yrs
months ODI | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Healy | | |
| Team
Officials | | Manager | | Coach | | Physiotherapist | | Fitness adviser | | Analyst |
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| Selectors | Trevor Hohns (chairman), | | |
| Selection | The Unavailable: Mark Taylor Tour Party Announced: Not selected : | Time between selection and departure from Australia x days (23 - 13? February | |
| Travel Sydney Q Auckland Wellington T Southampton | The | Time spent in Pakistan & India x days (14 February - 9 ? February) | |
| On-tour
selection | Ian Johnson (captain), Keith Miller (vice-captain), Gil Langley. | | |
| Reinforcements | None. Ron Archer twisted his knee on the mat
during the Karachi Test and could not play again on the tour. Keith Miller did not play in India. | | |
| Fixtures/Results | a | KARACHI | PAKISTAN Test Match | | b | | | | c | | | | d | | | |
| † not first-class ⊕ T20 international § one-day international Time
spent in Pakistan before First Test: x days (14 February - 14 December) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 4 - | | |
| Highlights | • Mi • M • Richie Benaud took 6-52 on the second day at
Calcutta to
set up the Australian victoria • With opening batsman Jim Burke (4-37),
Benaud took 5-53 in the 2nd innings to dismiss the Indians. | | |
| Tour
Summary | | P | W | L | D | Aban | Test Matches | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | Other first-class matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | ϯ Minor matches | 0 | - | - | - | - | All Matches | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
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| Return
to Australia Calcutta Q Sydney | After three Test matches in India,
they left Benares on 7 November returning to Australia. Australians arrived back on
the weekend of 10 November | Time away from Australia 224
days (1 April to 10 November) | |
| Finances | ….. | | |
| Written
accounts of the tour | …….. | | |
| Postscript | | | |