First-Class Cricket Matches 1949/40-1945

NAWANAGAR v WESTERN INDIA Played at Ajitsinhji Ground, Jamnagar, November 8, 9, 1940. Western India won by two wickets. NAWANAGAR 1 M.H.Mankad b Saeed Ahmed 4 c Akbar Khan b Prithviraj 4 2 I.Oza c Rajkot b Prithviraj 22 st Faiz Ahmed b Purshottam 18 3 S.N.Banerjee c sub (Prataprai) b Nyalchand 13 (4) lbw b Nyalchand 16 4 S.H.M.Colah c Akbar Khan b Nyalchand 35 (3) c Nyalchand b Akbar Khan 15 5 *R.K.Yadvendrasinhji b Nyalchand 6 (6) lbw b Nyalchand 29 6 J.R.Oza b Nyalchand 8 (7) c Faiz Ahmed b Prithviraj 1 7 K.Mankad c Prithviraj b Nyalchand 11 (5) lbw b Prithviraj 15 8 Mubarak Ali b Nyalchand 0 c Purshottam b Nyalchand 15 9 Prabhat Singh not out 8 lbw b Akbar Khan 8 10 †K.Mehta b Akbar Khan 2 c Barritt b Akbar Khan 0 11 Mulwantrai b Nyalchand 2 not out 3 Extras 6 16 —— —— 117 140 FoW (1): 1-15 (1), 2-30 (2), 3-49 (3), 4-67 (5), 5-81 (6), 6-102 (4), 7-102 (8), 8-105 (7), 9-110 (10), 10-117 (11) FoW (2): 1- (1), 2- (2), 3- (3), 4-75 (5), 5-85 (4), 6-92 (7), 7-122 (6), 8- , 9- , 10-140 WESTERN INDIA 1 †Faiz Ahmed c J.R.Oza b Banerjee 14 lbw b Mubarak Ali 12 2 H.W.Barritt b Mubarak Ali 1 c Mehta b Mubarak Ali 2 3 Umar Khan c Colah b M.H.Mankad 12 b Mubarak Ali 16 4 Nawab of Manavadar c Mehta b Banerjee 13 (5) c Mehta b Banerjee 1 5 Purshottam c Mehta b Banerjee 2 (8) c I.Oza b Banerjee 31 6 Prithviraj st Mehta b M.H.Mankad 0 (4) c M.H.Mankad b J.R.Oza 53 7 K.S.Abdul Khaliq b M.H.Mankad 1 (10) not out 6 8 *Thakore Saheb of Rajkot not out 3 (6) c Colah b J.R.Oza 42 9 Akbar Khan b Banerjee 10 (7) c M.H.Mankad b Mubarak Ali 24 10 S.Nyalchand c Mehta b Banerjee 0 11 Saeed Ahmed absent hurt 0 (9) not out 9 Extras 1 7 —— —— 57 (8 wickets) 203 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2- , 3- , 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9-57 FoW (2): 1-6 (2), 2-23 (1), 3-36 (3), 4-51 (5), 5-129 (4), 6-150 (6), 7-183 (7), 8-197 (8) Western India Bowling O M R W O M R W Saeed Ahmed 9 5 6 1 Akbar Khan 22 4 42 1 (1) 14 4 28 3 Nyalchand 19.5 4 38 7 (2) 23.3 9 47 3 Prithviraj 8 2 25 1 (3) 13 2 34 3 Purshottam (4) 4 0 15 1 Nawanagar Bowling O M R W O M R W Banerjee 13.4 4 26 5 16 1 59 2 Mubarak Ali 7 2 6 1 17 0 86 4 M.H.Mankad 7 1 18 3 9 0 27 0 Mulwantrai 1 0 6 0 Prabhat Singh (4) 4 1 9 0 J.R.Oza (5) 4 0 15 2 Umpires: Toss: Nawanagar Close of Play: 1st day: Nawanagar (2) 46-3 (Banerjee 3*, K.Mankad 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. HYDERABAD v CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR Played in November 1940. Hyderabad won by a walk-over. It is not known exactly when this match should have been played but it was reported in the newspaper on 18 November that Central Provinces and Berar would not play. 68