FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

UNITED PROVINCES v BENGAL Played at Green Park, Kanpur, December 20, 21, 22, 1945. Bengal won by 45 runs. BENGAL 1 A.Sen b Bashir Ahmed 7 b Majeed 1 2 P.B.Datta lbw b Bashir Ahmed 63 lbw b Firasat Hussain 51 3 P.K.Sen b Firasat Hussain 1 c Majeed b Bashir Ahmed 13 4 N.C.Chatterjee c Majeed b Bashir Ahmed 3 lbw b Firasat Hussain 71 5 *N.M.Bose b Bashir Ahmed 1 c Firasat Hussain b Bashir Ahmed 1 6 Maharaja of Cooch Behar b Bashir Ahmed 4 b Firasat Hussain 33 7 D.R.Puri lbw b Bashir Ahmed 6 b Nissar 11 8 K.Bhattacharya b Bashir Ahmed 0 st Mazhar b Firasat Hussain 6 9 †T.V.Parthasarathi b Bashir Ahmed 13 c Shamim Khwaja b Majeed 36 10 S.A.Banerjee not out 24 b Firasat Hussain 13 11 N.R.Chowdhury c Jaseem Khan b Firasat Hussain 2 not out 0 Extras 2 3 —— —— 126 239 FoW (1): 1-26 (1), 2-28 (3), 3-39 (4), 4-43 (5), 5-49 (6), 6-55 (7), 7-55 (8), 8-87 (2), 9-119 (9), 10-126 (11) FoW (2): 1-19 (1), 2-53 (3), 3-81 (2), 4-82 (5), 5-156 (6), 6-179 (7), 7-188 (4), 8-191 (8), 9-213 (10), 10-239 (9) UNITED PROVINCES 1 S.K.Ganguli c Parthasarathi b Puri 2 st Parthasarathi b Datta 36 2 K.R.Asundi c A.Sen b Banerjee 4 b Puri 0 3 †S.M.Mazhar c A.Sen b Puri 17 lbw b Puri 0 4 Shamim Khwaja b Chowdhury 19 (6) b Puri 21 5 Jaseem Khan c Parthasarathi b Puri 0 (9) c and b Chowdhury 44 6 Firasat Hussain lbw b Puri 0 (8) c Bose b Puri 13 7 A.Majeed lbw b Banerjee 11 b Chowdhury 4 8 Wahidullah c and b Puri 11 (4) c Bhattacharya b Chowdhury 51 9 *M.Nissar c Puri b Banerjee 10 (5) b Datta 15 10 Bashir Ahmed not out 4 c Parthasarathi b Chowdhury 13 11 Fazal Halim b Puri 5 not out 2 Extras 16 22 —— —— 99 221 FoW (1): 1-14 (1), 2-22 (2), 3-38 (3), 4-42 (5), 5-42 (6), 6-54 (4), 7-69 (7), 8-84 (9), 9-90 (8), 10-99 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-7 (3), 3-59 (1), 4-78 (5), 5-129 (4), 6-138 (7), 7-155 (6), 8-177 (8), 9-215 (9), 10-221 (10) United Provinces Bowling O M R W O M R W Bashir Ahmed 19 3 42 8 17 5 52 2 Firasat Hussain 13 7 16 2 32 6 68 5 Nissar 15 5 47 0 15 3 57 1 Majeed 8 1 19 0 17 3 49 2 Jaseem Khan (5) 2 0 10 0 Bengal Bowling O M R W O M R W Puri 14 5 28 6 23 6 59 4 Banerjee 18 8 27 3 17 5 33 0 Chowdhury 6 0 28 1 (4) 15 2 48 4 Bhattacharya (3) 15 3 46 0 Datta (5) 5 2 13 2 Umpires: M.K.Banerjee and D.K.Naik. Toss: Bengal Close of Play: 1st day: United Provinces (1) 91-9 (Bashir Ahmed 1*, Fazal Halim 0*); 2nd day: United Provinces (2) 17-2 (Ganguli 15*, Wahidullah 2*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 24