First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

UNITED PROVINCES v CENTRAL INDIA Played at Muir Central College Ground, Allahabad, January 6, 7, 1940. United Provinces won by an innings and 96 runs. UNITED PROVINCES 1 Ranjit Singh b Mushtaq Ali 22 2 *P.E.Palia lbw b Mushtaq Ali 47 3 Shamim Khwaja b Mushtaq Ali 125 4 Iqbal Ahmed Khan b Mushtaq Ali 2 5 Shahabuddin c Mushtaq Ali b Das 25 6 A.S.N.Murthy lbw b Boga 19 7 B.K.Garudachar lbw b Mushtaq Ali 20 8 Hasan not out 25 9 E.Alexander b Pavri 1 10 Masood Salahuddin b Mushtaq Ali 1 11 †S.J.Dastoor b Mushtaq Ali 15 Extras 24 —— 326 FoW (1): 1-45 (1), 2-123 (2), 3-145 (4), 4-199 (5), 5-242 (6), 6-280 (7), 7-288 (3), 8-293 (9), 9-294 (10), 10-326 (11) CENTRAL INDIA 1 S.Mushtaq Ali b Alexander 15 (5) b Garudachar 74 2 N.C.Pavri lbw b Garudachar 12 lbw b Masood Salahuddin 0 3 S.Ishtiaq Ali lbw b Garudachar 9 (1) b Garudachar 19 4 Abdul Salim b Garudachar 10 (7) b Palia 2 5 J.N.Bhaya c Palia b Garudachar 6 (6) b Alexander 41 6 B.Maneckshaw lbw b Alexander 5 (4) lbw b Murthy 15 7 *R.N.Zutchi b Alexander 1 (8) b Alexander 3 8 Har Swarup b Garudachar 0 (3) c Dastoor b Alexander 0 9 N.Godrej b Garudachar 0 b Garudachar 1 10 K.B.Boga not out 1 (11) not out 1 11 V.P.Das b Alexander 0 (10) b Garudachar 0 Extras 5 10 —— —— 64 166 FoW (1): 1-22 (1), 2-30 (2), 3-45 (3), 4-56 (4), 5-57 (5), 6-59, 7-60, 8-62, 9-64, 10-64 FoW (2): 1-2 (2), 2-3 (3), 3-35 (4), 4-49 (1), 5-127 (5), 6- (7), 7-161 (6), 8- , 9- , 10-166 Central India Bowling O M R W Boga 17 4 64 1 Pavri 15 2 57 1 Mushtaq Ali 39.1 11 108 7 Bhaya 13 1 39 0 Das 8 2 15 1 Zutchi 4 0 15 0 Ishtiaq Ali 1 0 4 0 United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Alexander 11.2 3 15 4 18 5 61 3 Masood Salahuddin 3 0 8 0 4 2 4 1 Garudachar 11 3 30 6 17.3 1 59 4 Palia 3 0 6 0 (5) 10 1 18 1 Murthy (4) 4 0 14 1 Umpires: Toss: Central India Close of Play: 1st day: United Provinces (1) 324-9 (Hasan 25*, Dastoor 13*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. Shamim Khwaja’s 125 took 193 minutes and included 16 fours. 42