First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

INDIAN XI v SERVICES XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 11, 12, 13, 14, 1944. Indian XI won by six wickets. SERVICES XI 1 H.R.Adhikari b Hazare 23 run out 81 2 S.J.Cray c Amir Elahi b Nayudu 12 c Mushtaq Ali b Amir Elahi 18 3 Mohammad Saeed c Gul Mohammad b Amir Elahi 47 b Amir Elahi 37 4 J.Hardstaff c Srinivasan b Modi 41 (5) c Sohoni b Modi 129 5 *D.R.Jardine run out 43 (4) c Nazar Mohammad b Nayudu 13 6 P.A.H.Carey b Banerjee 40 c Kishenchand b Nayudu 1 7 A.G.Skinner not out 30 c and b Nayudu 2 8 R.G.Hunt b Banerjee 2 c and b Amir Elahi 19 9 T.C.Dodds lbw b Banerjee 2 c Sohoni b Hazare 14 10 †H.D.King b Amir Elahi 6 not out 17 11 H.J.Butler b Banerjee 23 st Srinivasan b Amir Elahi 4 Extras 34 6 —— —— 303 341 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-48 (1), 3-109 (3), 4-166 (4), 5-221 (5), 6-221 (6), 7-229 (8), 8-235 (9), 9-266 (10), 10-303 (11) FoW (2): 1-75 (2), 2-125 (3), 3-147 (1), 4-156 (4), 5-174 (6), 6-182 (7), 7-230 (8), 8-293 (9), 9-328 (5), 10-341 (11) INDIAN XI 1 Nazar Mohammad lbw b Butler 11 lbw b Butler 21 2 S.W.Sohoni b Butler 74 lbw b Carey 16 3 *S.Mushtaq Ali c Jardine b Skinner 77 lbw b Carey 8 4 V.S.Hazare c and b Carey 39 5 G.Kishenchand c Butler b Carey 13 not out 42 6 Gul Mohammad not out 144 (4) b Butler 8 7 R.S.Modi lbw b Dodds 75 8 C.S.Nayudu c Skinner b Carey 32 9 S.N.Banerjee not out 13 10 Amir Elahi (6) not out 48 11 †M.O.Srinivasan Extras 24 4 —— —— (7 wickets, declared) 502 (4 wickets) 147 FoW (1): 1-34 (1), 2-151 (2), 3-192 (3), 4-218 (5), 5-233 (4), 6-418 (7), 7-477 (8) FoW (2): 1-31 (2), 2-45 (3), 3-49 (1), 4-68 (4) Indian XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 19.4 6 37 4 20 3 67 0 Sohoni 21 8 54 0 14 4 30 0 Hazare 19 8 33 1 (4) 20 7 44 1 Nayudu 21 5 55 1 (3) 25 5 70 3 Amir Elahi 24 4 79 2 (6) 30.3 5 85 4 Modi 4 0 11 1 (7) 6 1 12 1 Gul Mohammad (5) 6 2 18 0 Nazar Mohammad (8) 4 0 9 0 Services XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Butler 43 10 114 2 12 4 38 2 Carey 34 10 108 3 11 2 47 2 Dodds 11 0 73 1 Skinner 26 2 92 1 2 0 26 0 Hunt 2 0 16 0 Adhikari 16 2 48 0 (5) 1.4 0 18 0 Mohammad Saeed 6 2 18 0 Hardstaff 3 0 9 0 (3) 1 0 14 0 Umpires: J.Birtwistle and D.K.Naik. Toss: Services XI Close of Play: 1st day: Services XI (1) 303-9 (Skinner 30*, Butler 23*); 2nd day: Indian XI (1) 342-5 (Gul Mohammad 70*, Modi 40*); 3rd day: Services XI (2) 134-2 (Adhikari 74*, Jardine 3*). Gul Mohammad’s 144 took 310 minutes and included 12 fours. J.Hardstaff’s 129 took 196 minutes and included 11 fours. This match was played for the Red Cross Fund. 204