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
India 1st Innings 
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Statham | 3 | - | 51 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Illingworth b Dexter | 22 | - | 199 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c Cowdrey b Trueman | 23 | - | 54 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Swetman b Trueman | 6 | - | 15 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Greenhough | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Barrington b Dexter | 11 | - | 43 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Greenhough | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Swetman b Statham | 32 | - | 115 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| c Illingworth b Trueman | 27 | - | 83 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| b Trueman | 2 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 1.41 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16.3 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 1.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 1.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 1.24 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 
England 1st Innings 
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Tamhane b Surendranath | 22 | - | 53 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Tamhane b Desai | 94 | - | 306 | 11 | 0 | - | |||
| c Borde b Surendranath | 6 | - | 38 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| b Desai | 98 | - | 197 | 14 | 0 | - | |||
| c sub b Gupte | 8 | - | 32 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Tamhane b Surendranath | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Gaekwad b Nadkarni | 50 | - | 141 | 7 | 0 | - | |||
| c Baig b Surendranath | 65 | - | 104 | 10 | 0 | - | |||
| st †Tamhane b Nadkarni | 1 | - | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 3 | - | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 5 | 103 | 2 | 3.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 51.3 | 25 | 75 | 5 | 1.45 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 9 | 119 | 1 | 3.13 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 2.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 
India 2nd Innings 
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbw b Statham | 0 | - | 13 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c Trueman b Statham | 25 | - | 69 | 2 | 0 | - | |||
| c Cowdrey b Statham | 4 | - | 14 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| lbw b Illingworth | 76 | - | 235 | 8 | 0 | - | |||
| run out | 6 | - | 36 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| c †Swetman b Greenhough | 15 | - | 83 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| b Greenhough | 24 | - | 56 | 5 | 0 | - | |||
| b Trueman | 9 | - | 44 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| not out | 17 | - | 67 | 3 | 0 | - | |||
| c Greenhough b Trueman | 5 | - | 16 | 1 | 0 | - | |||
| 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2.14 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 2.77 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1.57 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 1.74 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 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
| Kennington Oval, London | |
| Toss | India, elected to bat first | 
| Series | |
| Season | 1959 | 
| Series result | England won the 5-match series 5-0 | 
| Match number | Test no. 478 | 
| Match days | day (5-day match) | 
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