First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

BOMBAY v NORTHERN INDIA Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 1945. Bombay won by ten wickets. NORTHERN INDIA 1 Nazar Mohammad c U.M.Merchant b V.M.Merchant 3 lbw b Raiji 86 2 D.Muni Lal c Mantri b V.M.Merchant 6 c Ibrahim b Phadkar 55 3 Abdul Hafeez c Raiji b Phadkar 145 (5) c Mantri b Tarapore 0 4 R.P.Mehra lbw b Phadkar 48 (3) c Mantri b Modi 54 5 *Mohammad Saeed c Modi b Phadkar 8 (7) c Raiji b Tarapore 12 6 M.R.Bhide not out 60 c Palwankar b Tarapore 3 7 Aslam Khokhar st Mantri b Raiji 0 (8) c U.M.Merchant b Raiji 26 8 †Imtiaz Ahmed b Palwankar 55 (4) b Tarapore 14 9 Fazal Mahmood c Phadkar b Palwankar 0 (10) c Tarapore b Raiji 11 10 Badaruddin Malik b Raiji 8 (9) not out 31 11 Munawwar Ali Khan lbw b Tarapore 13 c V.M.Merchant b Raiji 0 Extras b 8, lb 9 17 b 11, lb 8, nb 1 20 —— —— 363 312 FoW (1): 1-3 (1), 2-24 (2), 3-209 (4), 4-214 (3), 5-231 (5), 6-237 (7), 7-315 (8), 8-320 (9), 9-345 (10), 10-363 (11) FoW (2): 1-124 (2), 2-168 (1), 3-193 (4), 4-193 (5), 5-199 (6), 6-221 (7), 7-262 (3), 8-287 (8), 9-312 (10), 10-312 (11) BOMBAY 1 K.C.Ibrahim c Mohammad Saeed b Aslam Khokhar 67 not out 31 2 †M.K.Mantri run out 17 not out 27 3 R.S.Cooper c Imtiaz Ahmed b Aslam Khokhar 68 4 R.S.Modi b Mohammad Saeed 113 5 *V.M.Merchant run out 15 6 D.G.Phadkar c Mohammad Saeed b Abdul Hafeez 73 7 U.M.Merchant c Mohammad Saeed b Munawwar Ali Khan 183 8 Y.B.Palwankar b Abdul Hafeez 4 9 M.N.Raiji lbw b Abdul Hafeez 4 10 K.K.Tarapore lbw b Badaruddin Malik 41 11 J.J.Kore not out 14 Extras b 17, lb 3, nb 1 21 —— —— 620 (no wicket) 58 FoW (1): 1-36 (2), 2-128 (1), 3-176 (3), 4-221 (5), 5-321 (4), 6-394 (6), 7-412 (8), 8-442 (9), 9-539 (10), 10-620 (7) Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 25 3 61 3 13 1 45 1 V.M.Merchant 22 4 66 2 (3) 20 9 20 0 Modi 4 0 10 0 (2) 5 1 12 1 Palwankar 17 6 30 2 12 4 20 0 Tarapore 24.3 6 64 1 46 13 91 4 Kore 14 2 42 0 (7) 5 0 25 0 Raiji 26 7 72 2 (6) 28 5 79 4 Ibrahim 1 0 1 0 Cooper 1 1 0 0 Northern India Bowling O M R W O M R W Munawwar Ali Khan 20.3 1 76 1 3 1 11 0 Abdul Hafeez 63 17 157 3 7.4 1 37 0 Fazal Mahmood 9 2 20 0 Badaruddin Malik 58 11 166 1 (3) 5 0 10 0 Aslam Khokhar 28 2 96 2 Mohammad Saeed 20 5 55 1 Nazar Mohammad 8 1 28 0 Muni Lal 1 0 1 0 Umpires: M.G.Bhave and M.G.Vijayasarathi. Toss: Northern India Close of Play: 1st day: Northern India (1) 309-6 (Bhide 37*, Imtiaz Ahmed 49*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 265-4 (Modi 79*, Phadkar 9*); 3rd day: Bombay (1) 559-9 (U.M.Merchant 140*, Kore 0*); 4th day: Northern India (2) 242-6 (Mehra 48*, Aslam Khokhar 11*). Abdul Hafeez’s 145 took 202 minutes and included 17 fours. R.S.Modi’s 113 took 167 minutes and included 13 fours. U.M.Merchant’s 183 took 305 minutes and included 19 fours. 248