- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 15, lb 7, w 1)TOTAL422 all out (143.2 Overs, RR: 2.94)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Arthur Milton), 2-29 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-60 (Ken Taylor), 4-185 (Ken Barrington), 5-221 (Peter May), 6-327 (Godfrey Evans), 7-358 (Martin Horton), 8-389 (Fred Trueman), 9-390 (Tommy Greenhough), 10-422 (Alan Moss)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RB Desai 33 7 127 1 3.84 0 0 Surendranath 24 8 59 2 2.45 0 0 SP Gupte 38.1 11 102 4 2.67 0 0 RG Nadkarni 28.1 15 48 2 1.7 0 0 CG Borde 20 4 63 1 3.15 0 0
04/06Result
1st Test, India tour of England at Nottingham, Jun 4-8 1959
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![India]( "India")
206 & 157 (97.3 ov) (f/o)
04/06Result
1st Test, India tour of England at Nottingham, Jun 4-8 1959
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![England]( "England")
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![India]( "India")
206 & 157 (97.3 ov) (f/o)
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras9 (b 5, nb 4)TOTAL206 all out (102.5 Overs, RR: 2)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Nari Contractor), 2-85 (Polly Umrigar), 3-95 (Pankaj Roy), 3-120* (Chandu Borde, retired not out ), 4-126 (Vijay Manjrekar), 5-158 (Bapu Nadkarni), 6-190 (Datta Gaekwad), 7-198 (Subhash Gupte), 8-206 (Nana Joshi), 9-206 (Ramakant Desai)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JB Statham 23.5 11 46 2 1.93 0 0 FS Trueman 24 9 45 4 1.87 0 0 AE Moss 24 11 33 2 1.37 0 0 T Greenhough 26 7 58 1 2.23 0 0 MJ Horton 5 0 15 0 3 0 0
- BATSMENRM4s6sExtras1 (nb 1)TOTAL157 all out (f/o) (97.3 Overs, RR: 1.61)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Nari Contractor), 2-52 (Polly Umrigar), 3-85 (Pankaj Roy), 4-124 (Vijay Manjrekar), 5-140 (Bapu Nadkarni), 6-143 (Nana Joshi), 7-147 (Datta Gaekwad), 8-156 (Subhash Gupte), 9-157 (Ramakant Desai)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JB Statham 21 10 31 5 1.47 0 0 FS Trueman 22.3 10 44 2 1.95 0 0 AE Moss 12 7 13 0 1.08 0 0 T Greenhough 23 5 48 2 2.08 0 0 MJ Horton 19 11 20 0 1.05 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Series result
England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
4,5,6,8 June 1959 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
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
- CG Borde retired hurt at 120/3 (fractured left-hand little finger)
India tour of England 1959 News
Ramakant Desai - The tiny titan
By 1959, at the end of a sorry decade for Indian cricket, not onlywere there no bowlers in the country who could bowl anythingabove military medium, but the batsmen also were getting bombardedby pacemen from other countries