FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR v HYDERABAD Played at Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur, December 21, 22, 23, 1945. Hyderabad won by an innings and 118 runs. HYDERABAD 1 Asadullah Qureshi c Khalique b Thube 4 2 Ali Hussain lbw b Thakur 85 3 Durga Prasad b Lokhande 12 4 E.B.Aibara c Poacha b Thakur 128 5 Asghar Ali b Thakur 9 6 B.C.Khanna c Thakur b Thube 0 7 Hisamuddin c Mohani b Lokhande 19 8 Ibrahim Khan c Bhide b Thakur 0 9 *S.R.Mehta b Lokhande 23 10 Ghulam Ahmed c Bhide b Thakur 76 11 †I.Sanjiva Rao not out 8 Extras 35 —— 399 FoW (1): 1- (1), 2- (3), 3- (4), 4- , 5- , 6- , 7- , 8-310, 9-310, 10-399 CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR 1 †A.D.Mohani b Ibrahim Khan 0 c Durga Prasad b Asadullah Qureshi 7 2 M.R.Bhide run out 10 c Asadullah Qureshi b Khanna 19 3 S.K.Naidu c Mehta b Ibrahim Khan 6 (4) c Khanna b Ghulam Ahmed 12 4 T.S.Naidu c Hisamuddin b Ghulam Ahmed 56 (3) c Durga Prasad b Ghulam Ahmed 14 5 M.A.Khalique c Asghar Ali b Ghulam Ahmed 10 (7) b Ibrahim Khan 9 6 S.S.Thakur c Sanjiva Rao b Ghulam Ahmed 6 b Ghulam Ahmed 11 7 Zahoor Ahmed lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 12 (8) st Sanjiva Rao b Asghar Ali 0 8 P.V.Varadan lbw b Ghulam Ahmed 2 (5) c Asadullah Qureshi b Ghulam Ahmed 1 9 *R.F.Poacha b Ghulam Ahmed 17 (10) c Mehta b Khanna 12 10 S.K.Thube not out 17 (9) c Asadullah Qureshi b Ibrahim Khan 3 11 M.L.Lokhande c Asghar Ali b Ghulam Ahmed 0 not out 28 Extras 18 11 —— —— 154 127 FoW (1): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4-52, 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-154 FoW (2): 1- , 2- , 3- , 4-58, 5- , 6- , 7- , 8- , 9- , 10-127 Central Provinces and Berar Bowling O M R W Zahoor Ahmed 6 0 24 0 Thube 25 10 60 2 Thakur 36.2 7 111 5 Lokhande 27 5 93 3 Varadan 7 0 25 0 Poacha 4 1 16 0 Bhide 5 0 35 0 Hyderabad Bowling O M R W O M R W Ibrahim Khan 10 1 25 2 8 1 22 2 Khanna 4 2 7 0 9.4 2 23 2 Ghulam Ahmed 20.2 4 65 7 12 4 19 4 Mehta 10 4 23 0 Durga Prasad 4 1 11 0 (4) 5 2 11 0 Asadullah Qureshi 1 0 5 0 (5) 4 0 12 1 Aibara (6) 4 0 11 0 Hisamuddin (7) 2 0 15 0 Asghar Ali (8) 2 0 3 1 Umpires: Toss: Close of Play: 1st day: Hyderabad (1) 310-7 (Hisamuddin 19*, Mehta 23*); 2nd day: Central Provinces and Berar (2) 58-4 (Varadan 0*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. 208 runs were added for the 3rd wicket in the Hyderabad first innings (Ali Hussain and E.B.Aibara). E.B.Aibara’s 128 included 15 fours. 25