First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

WESTERN INDIA v NORTHERN INDIA Played at European Gymkhana Ground, Rajkot, March 17, 18, 19, 20, 1944. Western India won by seven wickets. NORTHERN INDIA 1 Asghar Ali b Gandhi 21 run out 5 2 Khwaja Bashir c Jayantilal Vora b Gandhi 17 (7) run out 2 3 Aslam Khokhar b Gandhi 0 (2) b Akbar Khan 3 4 *R.P.Mehra b Saeed Ahmed 13 (5) lbw b Akbar Khan 2 5 Abdul Hafeez b Gandhi 12 (3) b Saeed Ahmed 143 6 Inayat Khan b Purshottam 25 (4) b Jayantilal Vora 33 7 Gulzar Mir c and b Saeed Ahmed 2 (6) c Prataprai b Jayantilal Vora 5 8 †Zafar Ahmed c Prithviraj b Gandhi 16 (10) not out 66 9 Fazal Mahmood not out 19 b Akbar Khan 11 10 Ahmed Khan c Jayantilal Vora b Gandhi 2 (8) c Saeed Ahmed b Gandhi 2 11 Salahuddin Ahmed run out 1 b Akbar Khan 1 Extras 17 10 —— —— 145 283 FoW (1): 1-37 (1), 2-37 (3), 3-53 (4), 4-75 (2), 5-76 (5), 6-86 (7), 7-120 (6), 8-120 (8), 9-126 (10), 10-145 (11) FoW (2): 1-8 (2), 2-11 (1), 3-96 (4), 4-103 (5), 5-118 (6), 6-132 (7), 7-136 (8), 8-168 (9), 9-272 (3), 10-283 (11) WESTERN INDIA 1 †Prataprai c Gulzar Mir b Abdul Hafeez 16 lbw b Asghar Ali 16 2 Jayantilal Vora lbw b Fazal Mahmood 19 c Khwaja Bashir b Fazal Mahmood 7 3 Umar Khan b Asghar Ali 27 not out 66 4 Prithviraj b Fazal Mahmood 37 c Mehra b Fazal Mahmood 43 5 Saeed Ahmed c Zafar Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 39 not out 23 6 S.B.Gandhi b Asghar Ali 1 7 Purshottam lbw b Asghar Ali 1 8 Sukhvantrai lbw b Fazal Mahmood 45 9 *H.W.Barritt c Khwaja Bashir b Fazal Mahmood 2 10 Akbar Khan b Fazal Mahmood 25 11 Basant Singh not out 2 Extras 40 20 —— —— 254 (3 wickets) 175 FoW (1): 1-30 (1), 2-48 (2), 3-124 (4), 4-125 (3), 5-127 (6), 6-135 (7), 7-212 (8), 8-218 (9), 9-235 (5), 10-254 (10) FoW (2): 1-13 (2), 2-39 (1), 3-118 (4) Western India Bowling O M R W O M R W Saeed Ahmed 27 15 25 2 32 13 62 1 Jayantilal Vora 25 12 29 0 (3) 22 4 56 2 Akbar Khan 18 11 13 0 (2) 28 5 65 4 Gandhi 18.3 5 37 6 16 2 43 1 Purshottam 7 0 24 1 14 3 34 0 Basant Singh (6) 2 0 10 0 Barritt (7) 1 0 3 0 Northern India Bowling O M R W O M R W Abdul Hafeez 18 8 28 1 17 8 35 0 Inayat Khan 13 8 12 0 9 4 14 0 Fazal Mahmood 36.5 11 65 6 (4) 36 12 59 2 Asghar Ali 37 17 62 3 (5) 20 6 37 1 Aslam Khokhar 13 4 34 0 (6) 2 1 1 0 Ahmed Khan 7 3 13 0 (3) 7 3 9 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and Vali Ahmed. Toss: Northern India Close of Play: 1st day: Western India (1) 19-0 (Prataprai 8*, Jayantilal Vora 10*); 2nd day: Western India (1) 254 all out; 3rd day: Northern India (2) 265-8 (Abdul Hafeez 140*, Zafar Ahmed 52*). Abdul Hafeez’s 143 took 327 minutes and included 8 fours. Amir Elahi and Gul Mohammad who had been playing for Northern India in previous rounds were forbidden by their employer (Manavadar State) to play against Western India. 211