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India tour of England 1959

Ramakant Desai - The tiny titan

By 1959, at the end of a sorry decade for Indian cricket, not only were there no bowlers in the country who could bowl anything above military medium, but the batsmen also were getting bombarded by pacemen from other countries

Fifth Test Match

England v India

Toss: India.

Fourth Test Match

England v India

This was the most interesting match of the series and the only one that went into the fifth day

Statistics

India in England Test Series, 1959

Most runs | Most wickets | High scores | Best bowling | More

India tour of England, Jun-Aug 1959

Tour records | Averages - First-class

Test matches

Overall | England | India | in England | England v India | Year 2013

Colin Cowdrey plays one back to the bowler
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Vijay Manjrekar turns one away
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Tour 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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