First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

DELHI v SOUTHERN PUNJAB Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, January 29, 30, 1944. Southern Punjab won by an innings and 201 runs. DELHI 1 †Suraj Narain run out 15 c Murawwat Hussain b Shahabuddin 4 2 Gurbaksh Singh b Amarnath 0 b Shahabuddin 2 3 Idrees Baig c sub b Amarnath 11 b Shahabuddin 21 4 H.Kishenchand b Amarnath 0 (5) run out 18 5 K.Bahadur b Badaruddin Malik 0 (4) b Shahabuddin 3 6 *M.R.Bhide b Badaruddin Malik 2 (7) c and b Bhalindra Singh 6 7 Leach lbw b Amarnath 9 (8) b Shahabuddin 0 8 Ejaz Ahmed lbw b Badaruddin Malik 3 (6) lbw b Bhalindra Singh 2 9 Shujauddin b Inderjit Barhoke 8 c Gian Prakash b Inderjit Barhoke 15 10 Hargopal Singh c sub b Inderjit Barhoke 18 c sub b Bhalindra Singh 21 11 Mohammad Yunus Khan not out 0 not out 0 Extras 18 11 —— —— 84 103 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8-48, 9- , 10-84 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3-16, 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-103 SOUTHERN PUNJAB 1 Murawwat Hussain c Suraj Narain b Ejaz Ahmed 89 2 D.MuniLal b Ejaz Ahmed 3 3 L.Amarnath c Suraj Narain b Ejaz Ahmed 148 4 K.Rai Singh lbw b Shujauddin 24 5 *Bhalindra Singh c and b Shujauddin 13 6 Roshan Lal b Shujauddin 29 7 Inderjit Barhoke b Ejaz Ahmed 8 8 Badaruddin Malik lbw b Shujauddin 0 9 Padminder Singh b Ejaz Ahmed 18 10 Gian Prakash not out 10 11 Shahabuddin c Kishenchand b Shujauddin 27 Extras 19 —— 388 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-199 (1), 3-257 (4), 4- (5), 5- (3), 6- (7), 7- (8), 8-351 (6), 9-351 (9), 10-388 (11) Southern Punjab Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 11 5 18 4 6 3 14 0 Shahabuddin 3 0 13 0 8 2 31 5 Badaruddin Malik 9 0 28 3 Inderjit Barhoke 2.1 1 4 2 (3) 5.4 1 16 1 Murawwat Hussain 1 0 3 0 Bhalindra Singh (4) 9 0 31 3 Delhi Bowling O M R W Ejaz Ahmed 39 9 95 5 Mohammad Yunus Khan 12 1 31 0 Hargopal Singh 21 4 57 0 Shujauddin 42.4 5 96 5 Bahadur 18 5 33 0 Leach 7 4 12 0 Idrees Baig 11 1 35 0 Gurbaksh Singh 3 0 10 0 Umpires: Toss: Delhi Close of Play: 1st day: Southern Punjab (1) 208-2 (Amarnath 104*, Rai Singh 2*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. L.Amarnath’s 148 took 330 minutes and included 10 fours. Shujauddin and Hargopal Singh added 36 for the 9th wicket in the Delhi second innings. 201