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India in England Test Series - 4th Test

England v India

England won by 171 runs

England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
WGA Parkhouse c Roy b Surendranath 17 0
G Pullar c †Joshi b Surendranath 131 330 14 0
MC Cowdrey* c †Joshi b Nadkarni 67 10 1
MJK Smith c Desai b Borde 100 210 12 0
KF Barrington lbw b Surendranath 87 180 11 2
ER Dexter c Roy b Surendranath 13 0
R Illingworth c Gaekwad b Desai 21 0
JB Mortimore c Contractor b Gupte 29 1
R Swetman† c †Joshi b Gupte 9 0
FS Trueman b Surendranath 0 0 0
HJ Rhodes not out 0 0 0
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 2) 16
Total (all out; 174.1 overs) 490 (2.81 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-33 (Parkhouse), 2-164 (Cowdrey), 3-262 (Pullar), 4-371 (Smith), 5-417 (Dexter), 6-440 (Barrington), 7-454 (Illingworth), 8-490 (Mortimore), 9-490 (Swetman), 10-490 (Trueman)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RB Desai 39 7 129 1 3.30
Surendranath 47.1 17 115 5 2.43
PR Umrigar 19 3 47 0 2.47
SP Gupte 28 8 98 2 3.50
RG Nadkarni 28 14 47 1 1.67
CG Borde 13 1 38 1 2.92
India 1st innings R M 4s 6s
P Roy c Smith b Rhodes 15 0
NJ Contractor c †Swetman b Rhodes 23 0
AA Baig c Cowdrey b Illingworth 26 0
DK Gaekwad* lbw b Trueman 5 0
PR Umrigar b Rhodes 2 0 0
CG Borde c & b Barrington 75 162 9 0
RG Nadkarni b Barrington 31 0
PG Joshi† run out 5 0
Surendranath b Illingworth 11 0
SP Gupte not out 4 0
RB Desai b Barrington 5 0
Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6
Total (all out; 79 overs) 208 (2.63 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Roy), 2-54 (Contractor), 3-70 (Gaekwad), 4-72 (Baig), 5-78 (Umrigar), 6-124 (Nadkarni), 7-154 (Joshi), 8-199 (Borde), 9-199 (Surendranath), 10-208 (Desai)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 15 4 29 1 1.93
HJ Rhodes 18 3 72 3 4.00
ER Dexter 3 0 3 0 1.00
R Illingworth 16 10 16 2 1.00
JB Mortimore 13 6 46 0 3.53
KF Barrington 14 3 36 3 2.57
England 2nd innings R M 6s
WGA Parkhouse c Contractor b Nadkarni 49 169 0
G Pullar c †Joshi b Gupte 14 75 0
ER Dexter c Umrigar b Gupte 45 0
MJK Smith c Desai b Gupte 9 0
MC Cowdrey* c Borde b Gupte 9 0
KF Barrington lbw b Nadkarni 46 0
R Illingworth not out 47 0
FS Trueman c Baig b Borde 8 0
JB Mortimore c Nadkarni b Borde 7 0
R Swetman† not out 21 0
Extras (b 9, lb 1) 10
Total (8 wickets dec; 90 overs) 265 (2.94 runs per over)
Did not bat HJ Rhodes
Fall of wickets 1-44 (Pullar), 2-100 (Parkhouse), 3-117 (Smith), 4-132 (Cowdrey), 5-136 (Dexter), 6-196 (Barrington), 7-209 (Trueman), 8-219 (Mortimore)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RB Desai 8 2 14 0 1.75
Surendranath 8 5 15 0 1.87
PR Umrigar 7 3 4 0 0.57
SP Gupte 26 6 76 4 2.92
RG Nadkarni 30 6 93 2 3.10
CG Borde 11 1 53 2 4.81
India 2nd innings (target: 548 runs) R M 4s 6s
P Roy c Illingworth b Dexter 21 0
NJ Contractor c Barrington b Rhodes 56 0
AA Baig run out 112 260 12 0
DK Gaekwad* c Illingworth b Rhodes 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c Illingworth b Barrington 118 260 13 0
CG Borde c †Swetman b Mortimore 3 0 0
RG Nadkarni lbw b Trueman 28 0
PG Joshi† b Illingworth 5 0
Surendranath c Trueman b Barrington 4 0
SP Gupte b Trueman 8 0
RB Desai not out 7 0
Extras (b 8, lb 5, nb 1) 14
Total (all out; 145.1 overs) 376 (2.59 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-35 (Roy), 2-144 (Contractor), 3-146 (Gaekwad), 3-173* (Baig, retired not out), 4-180 (Borde), 5-243 (Nadkarni), 6-321 (Baig), 7-334 (Joshi), 8-358 (Umrigar), 9-361 (Surendranath), 10-376 (Gupte)
Bowling O M R W Econ
FS Trueman 23.1 6 75 2 3.23
HJ Rhodes 28 2 87 2 3.10
ER Dexter 12 2 33 1 2.75
R Illingworth 39 13 63 1 1.61
JB Mortimore 16 6 29 1 1.81
KF Barrington 27 4 75 2 2.77
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 4-0
Test debut AA Baig (India)
Umpires JS Buller and CS Elliott
Close of play
Thu, 23 Jul - day 1 - England 1st innings 304/3 (MJK Smith 55*, KF Barrington 22*)
Fri, 24 Jul - day 2 - India 1st innings 127/6 (CG Borde 22*, PG Joshi 2*)
Sat, 25 Jul - day 3 - England 2nd innings 265/8 (R Illingworth 47*, R Swetman 21*)
Sun, 26 Jul - rest day
Mon, 27 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 236/4 (PR Umrigar 37*, RG Nadkarni 2*)
Tue, 28 Jul - day 5 - India 2nd innings 376 (145.1 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • AA Baig (2) retired hurt on 85* from 173/3 to 243/5
 
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Series Results
England v India at The Oval - Aug 20-24, 1959
England won by an innings and 27 runs
England v India at Manchester - Jul 23-28, 1959
England won by 171 runs
England v India at Leeds - Jul 2-4, 1959
England won by an innings and 173 runs
England v India at Lord's - Jun 18-20, 1959
England won by 8 wickets
England v India at Nottingham - Jun 4-8, 1959
England won by an innings and 59 runs
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Photos

Jul 27, 1959

Colin Cowdrey plays one back to the bowler, England v India, 4th Test, Old Trafford, 27 July, 1959

Colin Cowdrey plays one back to the bowler

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