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The [[Australian Services cricket team]] which had played in England in 1945 went home via [[British India|India]] and [[British Ceylon|Ceylon]], playing further [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in both countries.
The Services team was captained by [[Lindsay Hassett]] and included other notable players in [[Keith Miller]] and [[Cec Pepper]].
The team arrived in India during October and played eight matches in India. They played a Prince's XI, four zone teams and three matches against an [[India national cricket team|Indian XI]]. These three games were played, respectively, at [[Brabourne Stadium]] in [[Bombay]]; [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Calcutta]]; and [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]] in [[Madras]]. The first two were drawn and the Indian XI won the third by 6 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Services in India: Oct-Dec 1945 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/AUS-SVCS_IN_IND/ |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
The Services team moved on to Ceylon in December and played one [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/17/17517.html first-class match] versus [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Ceylon]] at the [[Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium]] in [[Colombo]]. Australian Services won by an innings and 44 runs, largely thanks to a century by Miller.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Services in Ceylon: Dec 1945 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/AUS-SVCS_IN_CEYLON/ |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
Arriving back in Australia shortly before Christmas, the team continued its tour by playing against each of the Australian state teams, ending with a game against [[Tasmania cricket team|Tasmania]] in [[Hobart]] at the end of January 1946.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Services in Australia, Dec 1945 - Jan 1946 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1945-46/AUS-SVCS_IN_AUS/ |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 October 2020}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Australian Services cricket team in England in 1945]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106171409/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/IND/1945-46_IND_Australian_Services_in_India_1945-46.html India itinerary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080709005822/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/SL/1945-46_SL_Australian_Services_in_Ceylon_1945-46.html Ceylon itinerary]
==Further reading==
* [[Mihir Bose]], ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre-Deutsch, 1990
* [[Ramachandra Guha]], ''A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport'', Picador, 2001
* ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1946''
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