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India in England Test Series - 1st Test

England v India

England won by an innings and 59 runs

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
CA Milton b Surendranath 9 26 0 1
K Taylor lbw b Gupte 24 82 2 0
MC Cowdrey c Borde b Surendranath 5 12 1 0
PBH May* c †Joshi b Gupte 106 219 18 0
KF Barrington b Nadkarni 56 146 6 2
MJ Horton c Nadkarni b Desai 58 130 6 0
TG Evans† c Umrigar b Nadkarni 73 75 73 12 0 100.00
FS Trueman b Borde 28 53 3 0
JB Statham not out 29 58 2 0
T Greenhough c Gaekwad b Gupte 0 3 0 0
AE Moss c Roy b Gupte 11 22 0 1
Extras (b 15, lb 7, w 1) 23
Total (all out; 143.2 overs) 422 (2.94 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Milton), 2-29 (Cowdrey), 3-60 (Taylor), 4-185 (Barrington), 5-221 (May), 6-327 (Evans), 7-358 (Horton), 8-389 (Trueman), 9-390 (Greenhough), 10-422 (Moss)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RB Desai 33 7 127 1 3.84
Surendranath 24 8 59 2 2.45
SP Gupte 38.1 11 102 4 2.67
RG Nadkarni 28.1 15 48 2 1.70
CG Borde 20 4 63 1 3.15
India 1st innings R M 4s 6s
P Roy b Trueman 54 183 4 0
NJ Contractor c Barrington b Greenhough 15 109 0 0
PR Umrigar b Trueman 21 67 1 0
VL Manjrekar lbw b Trueman 17 70 2 0
CG Borde retired hurt 15 53 1 0
DK Gaekwad* c †Evans b Statham 33 127 3 0
RG Nadkarni lbw b Trueman 15 47 0 0
PG Joshi† lbw b Moss 21 43 4 0
SP Gupte c Taylor b Moss 2 17 0 0
Surendranath not out 4 19 1 0
RB Desai b Statham 0 7 0 0
Extras (b 5, nb 4) 9
Total (all out; 102.5 overs) 206 (2.00 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-34 (Contractor), 2-85 (Umrigar), 3-95 (Roy), 3-120* (Borde, retired not out), 4-126 (Manjrekar), 5-158 (Nadkarni), 6-190 (Gaekwad), 7-198 (Gupte), 8-206 (Joshi), 9-206 (Desai)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 23.5 11 46 2 1.93
FS Trueman 24 9 45 4 1.87
AE Moss 24 11 33 2 1.37
T Greenhough 26 7 58 1 2.23
MJ Horton 5 0 15 0 3.00
India 2nd innings (following on) R M 4s 6s
P Roy c Trueman b Greenhough 49 169 8 0
NJ Contractor c Cowdrey b Statham 0 14 0 0
PR Umrigar b Statham 20 90 1 0
VL Manjrekar lbw b Greenhough 44 133 3 0
DK Gaekwad* c Horton b Statham 31 172 5 0
RG Nadkarni b Statham 1 82 0 0
PG Joshi† lbw b Trueman 1 14 0 0
SP Gupte c May b Statham 8 33 1 0
Surendranath not out 1 45 0 0
RB Desai c May b Trueman 1 12 0 0
CG Borde absent hurt -
Extras (nb 1) 1
Total (all out; 97.3 overs) 157 (1.61 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Contractor), 2-52 (Umrigar), 3-85 (Roy), 4-124 (Manjrekar), 5-140 (Nadkarni), 6-143 (Joshi), 7-147 (Gaekwad), 8-156 (Gupte), 9-157 (Desai)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JB Statham 21 10 31 5 1.47
FS Trueman 22.3 10 44 2 1.95
AE Moss 12 7 13 0 1.08
T Greenhough 23 5 48 2 2.08
MJ Horton 19 11 20 0 1.05
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0
Test debuts T Greenhough, MJ Horton and K Taylor (England)
Umpires JS Buller and WE Phillipson
Close of play
Thu, 4 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 358/6 (MJ Horton 58*, FS Trueman 11*)
Fri, 5 Jun - day 2 - India 1st innings 116/3 (VL Manjrekar 13*, CG Borde 11*)
Sat, 6 Jun - day 3 - India 2nd innings 96/3 (VL Manjrekar 23*, DK Gaekwad 3*)
Sun, 7 Jun - rest day
Mon, 8 Jun - day 4 - India 2nd innings 157 (97.3 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • CG Borde retired hurt at 120/3 (fractured left-hand little finger)
 
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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

Jun 8, 1959

Vijay Manjrekar turns one away, England v India, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 4th day, June 8, 1959

Vijay Manjrekar turns one away

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