The first-class match against Queensland was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

India's squad of 16 members for the tour of Australia and New Zealand was announced on 8 November 1967.

Five changes were made from the side that toured England earlier that year — Subrata Guha, Sadanand Mohol, Budhi Kunderan, Hanumant Singh and S. Venkataraghavan were replaced by Ramakant Desai, Umesh Kulkarni, Indrajitsinhji, Bapu Nadkarni and Syed Abid Ali.

[2] The Western Australia Country side was captained by Merv Hosking who won the toss and sent the Indians to bat first.

Ajit Wadekar top-scored for the Indians making 96, which included 16 boundaries.