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New Zealand in India Test Series - 1st Test

India v New Zealand

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M 4s 6s
MH Mankad c Alabaster b MacGibbon 30 0
P Roy c †Petrie b Hayes 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c †Petrie b Hayes 223 503 26 0
VL Manjrekar c MacGibbon b Hayes 118 235 20 0
AG Kripal Singh not out 100 0
GS Ramchand not out 12 0
Extras (b 8, lb 4, nb 3) 15
Total (4 wickets dec; 175.1 overs) 498 (2.84 runs per over)
Did not bat DG Phadkar, VN Swamy, NS Tamhane†, SP Gupte, Ghulam Ahmed*
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Roy), 2-48 (Mankad), 3-286 (Manjrekar), 4-457 (Umrigar)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Hayes 26 5 91 3 3.50
AR MacGibbon 43.1 15 102 1 2.36
JR Reid 16 2 63 0 3.93
HB Cave 41 20 59 0 1.43
JC Alabaster 31 5 96 0 3.09
MB Poore 9 2 36 0 4.00
B Sutcliffe 9 1 36 0 4.00
New Zealand 1st innings R M 4s 6s
B Sutcliffe c Umrigar b Gupte 17 0
EC Petrie† b Gupte 15 0
JW Guy c Ghulam Ahmed b Mankad 102 465 13 0
JR Reid lbw b Ramchand 54 115 9 0
SN McGregor st †Tamhane b Gupte 19 0
NS Harford lbw b Gupte 4 0
AR MacGibbon c Kripal Singh b Ghulam Ahmed 59 8 0
MB Poore lbw b Gupte 23 0
HB Cave* st †Tamhane b Gupte 14 0
JC Alabaster lbw b Gupte 11 0
JA Hayes not out 1 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5) 7
Total (all out; 209.4 overs) 326 (1.55 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Sutcliffe), 2-36 (Petrie), 3-119 (Reid), 4-154 (McGregor), 5-166 (Harford), 6-253 (MacGibbon), 7-292 (Guy), 8-305 (Poore), 9-325 (Cave), 10-326 (Alabaster)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DG Phadkar 25 11 34 0 1.36
VN Swamy 8 2 15 0 1.87
SP Gupte 76.4 35 128 7 1.66
Ghulam Ahmed 39 15 56 1 1.43
MH Mankad 36 16 48 1 1.33
GS Ramchand 20 12 33 1 1.65
AG Kripal Singh 1 0 5 0 5.00
PR Umrigar 4 4 0 0 0.00
New Zealand 2nd innings (following on) R M 4s 6s
B Sutcliffe not out 137 300 15 0
EC Petrie† lbw b Gupte 4 0
JW Guy c Ghulam Ahmed b Mankad 21 0
JR Reid not out 45 2
Extras (b 2, lb 2, nb 1) 5
Total (2 wickets; 92 overs) 212 (2.30 runs per over)
Did not bat SN McGregor, NS Harford, AR MacGibbon, MB Poore, HB Cave*, JC Alabaster, JA Hayes
Fall of wickets 1-42 (Petrie), 2-104 (Guy)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DG Phadkar 12 5 24 0 2.00
VN Swamy 10 3 30 0 3.00
SP Gupte 18 7 28 1 1.55
Ghulam Ahmed 13 2 36 0 2.76
MH Mankad 25 7 75 1 3.00
GS Ramchand 14 7 14 0 1.00
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series level 0-0
Test debuts AG Kripal Singh and VN Swamy (India)
Umpires JR Patel and MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play
Sat, 19 Nov - day 1 - India 1st innings 250/2 (PR Umrigar 112*, VL Manjrekar 102*)
Sun, 20 Nov - day 2 - New Zealand 1st innings 1/0 (B Sutcliffe 1*, EC Petrie 0*)
Mon, 21 Nov - rest day
Tue, 22 Nov - day 3 - New Zealand 1st innings 170/5 (JW Guy 57*, AR MacGibbon 2*)
Wed, 23 Nov - day 4 - New Zealand 1st innings 326
Thu, 24 Nov - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 212/2 (92 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • First ever test match between New Zealand and India
 
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Series Results
India v New Zealand at Chennai - Jan 6-11, 1956
India won by an innings and 109 runs
India v New Zealand at Kolkata - Dec 28, 1955 - Jan 2, 1956
Match drawn
India v New Zealand at Delhi - Dec 16-21, 1955
Match drawn
India v New Zealand at Mumbai (BS) - Dec 2-7, 1955
India won by an innings and 27 runs
India v New Zealand at Hyderabad (Deccan) - Nov 19-24, 1955
Match drawn
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