England vs India, 5th Test at London, Aug 20 1959 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

5th Test, The Oval, August 20 - 24, 1959, India tour of England

140 & 194

361

England won by an innings and 27 runs

India 1st Innings

England 1st Innings

India 2nd Innings

Info

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	b Statham	3	-	51	0	0	-
Nari Contractor	c Illingworth b Dexter	22	-	199	1	0	-
Abbas Ali Baig	c Cowdrey b Trueman	23	-	54	2	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	c †Swetman b Trueman	6	-	15	1	0	-
Chandu Borde	b Greenhough	0	-	9	0	0	-
Datta Gaekwad (c)	c Barrington b Dexter	11	-	43	0	0	-
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade	b Greenhough	5	-	4	1	0	-
Naren Tamhane †	c †Swetman b Statham	32	-	115	3	0	-
Surendra Nath	c Illingworth b Trueman	27	-	83	3	0	-
Subhash Gupte	b Trueman	2	-	1	0	0	-
Ramakant Desai	not out	3	-	13	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, nb 1)	6
Total	85.3 Ov (RR: 1.63)	140
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Pankaj Roy), 2-43 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-49 (Bapu Nadkarni), 4-50 (Chandu Borde), 5-67 (Datta Gaekwad), 6-72 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 7-74 (Nari Contractor), 8-132 (Surendra Nath), 9-134 (Subhash Gupte), 10-140 (Naren Tamhane)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Fred Trueman	17	6	24	4	1.41	-	0	0
Brian Statham	16.3	6	24	2	1.45	-	0	0
Ted Dexter	16	7	24	2	1.50	-	0	0
Tommy Greenhough	29	11	36	2	1.24	-	0	0
Ray Illingworth	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	0	0
Ken Barrington	6	0	24	0	4.00	-	0	0

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Pullar	c †Tamhane b Surendranath	22	-	53	0	0	-
Raman Subba Row	c †Tamhane b Desai	94	-	306	11	0	-
Colin Cowdrey (c)	c Borde b Surendranath	6	-	38	0	0	-
Mike Smith	b Desai	98	-	197	14	0	-
Ken Barrington	c sub b Gupte	8	-	32	1	0	-
Ted Dexter	c †Tamhane b Surendranath	0	-	9	0	0	-
Ray Illingworth	c Gaekwad b Nadkarni	50	-	141	7	0	-
Roy Swetman †	c Baig b Surendranath	65	-	104	10	0	-
Fred Trueman	st †Tamhane b Nadkarni	1	-	10	0	0	-
Brian Statham	not out	3	-	17	0	0	-
Tommy Greenhough	c Contractor b Surendranath	2	-	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, w 1)	12
Total	147.3 Ov (RR: 2.44)	361
Fall of wickets 1-38 (Geoff Pullar), 2-52 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-221 (Mike Smith), 4-232 (Raman Subba Row), 5-233 (Ted Dexter), 6-235 (Ken Barrington), 7-337 (Roy Swetman), 8-347 (Fred Trueman), 9-358 (Ray Illingworth), 10-361 (Tommy Greenhough)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Ramakant Desai	33	5	103	2	3.12	-	0	0
Surendra Nath	51.3	25	75	5	1.45	-	0	0
Subhash Gupte	38	9	119	1	3.13	-	0	0
Bapu Nadkarni	25	11	52	2	2.08	-	0	0

India 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Pankaj Roy	lbw b Statham	0	-	13	0	0	-
Nari Contractor	c Trueman b Statham	25	-	69	2	0	-
Abbas Ali Baig	c Cowdrey b Statham	4	-	14	1	0	-
Bapu Nadkarni	lbw b Illingworth	76	-	235	8	0	-
Chandu Borde	run out	6	-	36	0	0	-
Datta Gaekwad (c)	c †Swetman b Greenhough	15	-	83	1	0	-
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade	b Greenhough	24	-	56	5	0	-
Naren Tamhane †	b Trueman	9	-	44	1	0	-
Surendra Nath	not out	17	-	67	3	0	-
Subhash Gupte	c Greenhough b Trueman	5	-	16	1	0	-
Ramakant Desai	c †Swetman b Trueman	0	-	19	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 3)	13
Total	95 Ov (RR: 2.04)	194
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Pankaj Roy), 2-17 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-44 (Nari Contractor), 4-70 (Chandu Borde), 5-106 (Datta Gaekwad), 6-159 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 7-163 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-173 (Naren Tamhane), 9-188 (Subhash Gupte), 10-194 (Ramakant Desai)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Fred Trueman	14	4	30	3	2.14	-	0	0
Brian Statham	18	4	50	3	2.77	-	0	0
Ted Dexter	7	1	11	0	1.57	-	0	0
Tommy Greenhough	27	12	47	2	1.74	-	0	0
Ray Illingworth	29	10	43	1	1.48	-	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 20 Aug

day 1 - England 1st innings 35/0 (Geoff Pullar 20*, Raman Subba Row 15*)

Fri, 21 Aug

day 2 - England 1st innings 289/6 (Ray Illingworth 20*, Roy Swetman 33*)

Sat, 22 Aug

day 3 - India 2nd innings 146/5 (Bapu Nadkarni 69*, Jayasinghrao Ghorpade 15*)

Sun, 23 Aug

rest day

Mon, 24 Aug

day 4 - India 2nd innings 194 (95 ov) - end of match

Match Details

GroundKennington Oval, London

TossIndia, elected to bat first

Series

India tour of England

Season1959

Series resultEngland won the 5-match series 5-0

Match numberTest no. 478

Match daysday (5-day match)

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