FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

ENGLAND v INDIA Played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, June 22, 24, 25, 1946. England won by ten wickets. INDIA 1 V.M.Merchant c Gibb b Bedser 12 lbw b Ikin 27 2 M.H.Mankad b Wright 14 c Hammond b Smailes 63 3 L.Amarnath lbw b Bedser 0 (8) b Smailes 50 4 V.S.Hazare b Bedser 31 c Hammond b Bedser 34 5 R.S.Modi not out 57 (3) lbw b Smailes 21 6 *Nawab of Pataudi c Ikin b Bedser 9 b Wright 22 7 Gul Mohammad b Wright 1 lbw b Wright 9 8 Abdul Hafeez b Bowes 43 (5) b Bedser 0 9 †D.D.Hindlekar lbw b Bedser 3 c Ikin b Bedser 17 10 C.S.Nayudu st Gibb b Bedser 4 b Bedser 13 11 S.G.Shinde b Bedser 10 not out 4 Extras b 10, lb 6 16 b 10, lb 2, nb 3 15 —— —— 200 275 FoW (1): 1-15 (1), 2-15 (3), 3-44 (2), 4-74 (4), 5-86 (6), 6-87 (7), 7-144 (8), 8-147 (9), 9-157 (10), 10-200 (11) FoW (2): 1-67 (1), 2-117 (2), 3-126 (3), 4-129 (5), 5-174 (4), 6-185 (7), 7-190 (6), 8-249 (9), 9-263 (8), 10-275 (10) ENGLAND 1 L.Hutton c Nayudu b Amarnath 7 not out 22 2 C.Washbrook c Mankad b Amarnath 27 not out 24 3 D.C.S.Compton b Amarnath 0 4 *W.R.Hammond b Amarnath 33 5 J.Hardstaff not out 205 6 †P.A.Gibb c Hazare b Mankad 60 7 J.T.Ikin c Hindlekar b Shinde 16 8 T.F.Smailes c Mankad b Amarnath 25 9 A.V.Bedser b Hazare 30 10 D.V.P.Wright b Mankad 3 11 W.E.Bowes lbw b Hazare 2 Extras b 11, lb 8, nb 1 20 lb 1, w 1 2 —— —— 428 (no wicket) 48 FoW (1): 1-16 (1), 2-16 (3), 3-61 (2), 4-70 (4), 5-252 (6), 6-284 (7), 7-344 (8), 8-416 (9), 9-421 (10), 10-428 (11) England Bowling O M R W O M R W Bowes 25 7 64 1 4 1 9 0 Bedser 29.1 11 49 7 32.1 3 96 4 2nb Smailes 5 1 18 0 (5) 15 2 44 3 1nb Wright 17 4 53 2 (3) 20 3 68 2 Ikin (4) 10 1 43 1 India Bowling O M R W O M R W Hazare 34.4 4 100 2 (2) 4 2 7 0 Amarnath 57 18 118 5 (1) 4 0 15 0 Gul Mohammad 2 0 2 0 Mankad 48 11 107 2 (3) 4.5 1 11 0 Shinde 23 2 66 1 1nb Nayudu 5 1 15 0 (4) 4 0 13 0 1w Umpires: H.G.Baldwin and J.A.Smart. Toss: India Close of Play: 1st day: England (1) 135-4 (Hardstaff 42*, Gibb 23*); 2nd day: India (2) 162-4 (Hazare 26*, Pataudi 16*). J.Hardstaff’s 205 took 405 balls in 318 minutes and included 16 fours and 1 five. 191