First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

CEYLON v INDIA Played at Colombo Oval, Colombo, March 31, April 1, 2, 1945. Match drawn. CEYLON 1 G.R.J.de Soysa lbw b Mankad 38 c Merchant b Mankad 18 2 F.C.de Saram c Nayudu b Mankad 16 run out 1 3 G.J.D.Gooneratne c Merchant b Banerjee 10 c Nimbalkar b Amarnath 2 4 M.Sathasivam c Merchant b Banerjee 10 c Merchant b Mankad 111 5 *S.S.Jayawickreme c Nayudu b Mankad 4 c and b Amarnath 11 6 R.L.de Kretser b Mankad 3 7 G.M.Spittel not out 12 (6) c Hazare b Amarnath 1 8 P.C.D.McCarthy c Nayudu b Mankad 2 (7) b Modi 27 9 B.R.Heyn b Mankad 2 (8) not out 42 10 V.G.Prins b Mankad 0 11 †B.Navaratne b Mankad 6 Extras 4 12 —— —— 107 (7 wickets) 225 FoW (1): 1-39 (2), 2-66 (1), 3-72 (3), 4-79 (5), 5-80 (4), 6-87 (6), 7-95 (8), 8-101 (9), 9-101 (10), 10-107 (11) FoW (2): 1-7 (2), 2-16 (3), 3-50 (1), 4-73 (5), 5-75 (6), 6-144 (7), 7-225 (4) INDIA 1 *V.M.Merchant run out 36 2 M.H.Mankad b Spittel 3 3 †R.B.Nimbalkar c and b de Kretser 48 4 C.S.Nayudu c Heyn b Spittel 7 5 L.Amarnath c de Saram b Spittel 4 6 S.Mushtaq Ali run out 49 7 R.S.Modi not out 11 8 V.S.Hazare c Gooneratne b de Kretser 0 9 G.Kishenchand c Jayawickreme b de Kretser 0 10 C.R.Rangachari c Jayawickreme b de Kretser 9 11 S.N.Banerjee run out 1 Extras 11 —— 179 FoW (1): 1-3 (2), 2-62 (3), 3-71 (4), 4-75 (5), 5-134 (1), 6-164 (6), 7-164 (8), 8-164 (9), 9-178 (10), 10-179 (11) India Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 7 4 5 0 31 10 59 3 Banerjee 13 6 13 2 5 3 6 0 Rangachari 2 0 7 0 Modi 3 0 12 0 (3) 2 0 6 1 Nayudu 14 4 30 0 (4) 9 0 35 0 Mankad 21.3 8 35 8 (5) 36.1 7 83 2 Merchant 2 1 1 0 Hazare (6) 11 2 24 0 Ceylon Bowling O M R W Spittel 17.2 6 48 3 Jayawickreme 13 3 35 0 Heyn 3 1 5 0 de Kretser 21 2 56 4 Prins 6 1 24 0 Umpires: Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: No play; 2nd day: India 70-2 (Merchant not out, Nayudu not out). 256