First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

MAHARASHTRA v SOUTHERN PUNJAB Played at Poona Club Ground, February 17, 18, 19, 20, 1940. Match drawn. SOUTHERN PUNJAB 1 Roshan Lal c Harris b Patwardhan 47 (9) not out 35 2 †Abdur Rehman lbw b Patwardhan 4 (7) b Hazare 22 3 Azmat Hayat c Hazare b Sohoni 40 (8) b Hazare 0 4 *S.Wazir Ali c Jadhav b Sohoni 13 b Jadhav 152 5 S.Nazir Ali c sub b Sohoni 151 c Bhandarkar b Jadhav 21 6 Mohammad Saeed c Patwardhan b Deodhar 76 (1) b Hazare 17 7 Bhalindra Singh b Hazare 23 (10) b Patwardhan 11 8 Murawwat Hussain b Sohoni 6 (6) b Jadhav 2 9 Amir Elahi b Harris 9 (2) b Hazare 32 10 Ahmed Saeed b Hazare 36 (3) b Hazare 0 11 Shahabuddin not out 2 not out 4 Extras 22 13 —— —— 429 (9 wickets, declared) 309 FoW (1): 1-23 (2), 2-71 (3), 3-94 (4), 4-142 (1), 5-305 (6), 6-355 (7), 7-378 (5), 8-389 (8), 9-413 (9), 10-429 (10) FoW (2): 1-31 (1), 2-39 (3), 3-89 (2), 4-136 (5), 5-140 (6), 6-207 (7), 7-207 (8), 8-270 (4), 9-295 (10) MAHARASHTRA 1 †K.V.Bhandarkar c Abdur Rehman b Amir Elahi 35 c and b Amir Elahi 15 2 S.W.Sohoni run out 60 lbw b Nazir Ali 15 3 S.Nazir Ali c Bhalindra Singh b Shahabuddin 21 lbw b Amir Elahi 0 4 *D.B.Deodhar c Abdur Rehman b Shahabuddin 25 (6) c Azmat Hayat b Wazir Ali 51 5 V.S.Hazare c Amir Elahi b Bhalindra Singh 155 st Ahmed Saeed b Azmat Hayat 55 6 K.M.Rangnekar lbw b Nazir Ali 87 (7) not out 22 7 N.D.Nagarwala st Abdur Rehman b Amir Elahi 22 (4) lbw b Bhalindra Singh 29 8 J.G.Harris lbw b Nazir Ali 27 not out 1 9 D.S.Doctor b Nazir Ali 8 10 M.K.Patwardhan b Bhalindra Singh 13 11 K.M.Jadhav not out 15 Extras 14 15 —— —— 482 (6 wickets) 203 FoW (1): 1-50 (1), 2-104 (3), 3-120 (2), 4-161 (4), 5-308 (6), 6-358 (7), 7-416 (8), 8-432 (9), 9-455 (5), 10-482 (10) FoW (2): 1-19 (1), 2-19 (3), 3-39 (2), 4-72 (4), 5-174 (6), 6-198 (5) Maharashtra Bowling O M R W O M R W Patwardhan 39 7 113 2 (2) 8 0 44 1 Hazare 41.2 12 92 2 (1) 26 4 79 5 Harris 21 6 50 1 (7) 6 1 27 0 Sohoni 20 4 105 4 (3) 8 0 63 0 Jadhav 6 0 25 0 (4) 16 1 61 3 Deodhar 8 3 22 1 (5) 2 0 15 0 Rangnekar (6) 2 0 7 0 Southern Punjab Bowling O M R W O M R W Shahabuddin 27 2 113 2 9 2 20 0 Nazir Ali 22 2 71 3 9 1 32 1 Murawwat Hussain 23 4 78 0 4 2 3 0 Amir Elahi 35 4 131 2 26 5 80 2 Bhalindra Singh 26.4 4 63 2 11 2 29 1 Wazir Ali 1 0 7 0 (7) 4 1 3 1 Mohammad Saeed 2 0 5 0 Abdur Rehman (6) 4 0 15 0 Azmat Hayat (8) 1 0 6 1 Umpires: S.Hassan Shah and M.Nagarkar. Toss: Southern Punjab Close of Play: 1st day: Southern Punjab (1) 340-5 (Nazir Ali 129*, Bhalindra Singh 15*); 2nd day: Maharashtra (1) 264-4 (Hazare 61*, Rangnekar 56*); 3rd day: Southern Punjab (2) 135-3 (Wazir Ali 60*, Nazir Ali 21*). S.Nazir Ali’s 151 took 286 minutes and included 16 fours and 2 sixes. V.S.Hazare’s 155 took 323 minutes and included 10 fours. S.Wazir Ali’s 152 took 207 minutes and included 17 fours. Ahmed Saeed kept wicket in the Maharashtra second innings. 58