First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI v INDIA TO CEYLON TOURING TEAM Played at Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras, March 16, 17, 18, 1945. Match drawn. INDIA TO CEYLON TOURING TEAM 1 *V.M.Merchant c Johnstone b Ghulam Ahmed 27 (8) not out 40 2 M.H.Mankad lbw b Ram Singh 70 (1) lbw b Ram Singh 10 3 S.Mushtaq Ali st Sanjiva Rao b Palia 54 (7) c Rangachari b Ram Singh 7 4 V.S.Hazare b Palia 17 lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 4 5 L.Amarnath b Rangachari 77 (6) not out 100 6 R.S.Modi c Johnstone b Rangachari 38 (5) b Ghulam Ahmed 11 7 G.Kishenchand c and b Rangachari 4 (3) lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 30 8 †R.B.Nimbalkar c Gopalan b Rangachari 3 9 C.S.Nayudu b Rangachari 58 10 C.T.Sarwate not out 6 (2) c Sanjiva Rao b Gopalan 1 11 S.N.Banerjee b Rangachari 0 Extras 17 16 —— —— 371 (6 wickets, declared) 219 FoW (1): 1-78 (1), 2-132 (2), 3-168 (3), 4-177 (4), 5-248 (6), 6-260 (7), 7-270 (8), 8-364 (9), 9-371 (5), 10-371 (11) FoW (2): 1-9 (2), 2-38 (1), 3-51 (3), 4-54 (4), 5-71 (5), 6-94 (7) MADRAS GOVERNOR’S XI 1 *C.P.Johnstone lbw b Sarwate 20 lbw b Merchant 35 2 B.C.Khanna c Hazare b Amarnath 3 (4) lbw b Mushtaq Ali 17 3 P.E.Palia lbw b Nayudu 1 (2) b Modi 68 4 Asghar Ali c Nayudu b Hazare 36 (3) c Nimbalkar b Kishenchand 11 5 A.G.Ram Singh c Merchant b Hazare 60 c Mushtaq Ali b Modi 18 6 A.Ananthanarayanan c Nayudu b Amarnath 16 lbw b Mushtaq Ali 0 7 M.J.Gopalan b Sarwate 46 not out 25 8 F.F.Richardson b Sarwate 3 not out 5 9 †I.Sanjiva Rao lbw b Hazare 2 10 C.R.Rangachari not out 10 11 Ghulam Ahmed st Nimbalkar b Sarwate 2 Extras 22 17 —— —— 221 (6 wickets) 196 FoW (1): 1-14 (2), 2-15 (3), 3-31 (1), 4-122 (4), 5-133 (5), 6-194 (6), 7-199 (8), 8-208 (7), 9-212 (9), 10-221 (11) FoW (2): 1-88 (1), 2-123 (2), 3-123 (3), 4-154 (4), 5-154 (6), 6-176 (5) Madras Governor’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Rangachari 30 3 74 6 14 1 50 0 Khanna 7 3 11 0 Ram Singh 23 1 96 1 (2) 17 2 69 2 Ghulam Ahmed 23 2 76 1 (3) 15 2 56 3 Palia 26 7 56 2 (4) 3 1 7 0 Richardson 5 1 19 0 Gopalan 7 0 22 0 (5) 9 5 21 1 India to Ceylon Touring Team Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 10 1 32 0 4 0 8 0 Amarnath 14 8 19 2 5 2 5 0 Nayudu 25 5 60 1 (4) 4 0 34 0 Sarwate 18.4 3 35 4 (5) 8 1 37 0 Hazare 16 3 36 3 (3) 8 1 23 0 Merchant 5 2 14 0 6 3 4 1 Mankad 4 2 3 0 Modi (7) 13 2 27 2 Kishenchand (8) 7 1 20 1 Mushtaq Ali (9) 5 0 21 2 Umpires: V.S.Natarajan and L.O’Callaghan. Toss: India to Ceylon Touring Team Close of Play: 1st day: India to Ceylon Touring Team (1) 368-8 (Amarnath 77*, Sarwate 3*); 2nd day: India to Ceylon Touring Team (2) 38-2 (Kishenchand 22*). L.Amarnath’s 100 took 110 minutes and included 12 fours and 1 six. This match was played for the Red Cross Fund. 255