FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

DELHI v NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, December 28, 29, 30, 1945. Delhi won by three wickets. NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE 1 *†Karim Baksh c Turab Ali b Idrees Baig 3 (7) lbw b Idrees Baig 6 2 Qazi Daud run out 46 c Suraj Narain b Ejaz Ahmed 4 3 Paramanand b de Mello 0 (10) lbw b Ejaz Ahmed 5 4 Altaf Ahmed c Ejaz Ahmed b de Mello 2 (3) c Suraj Narain b Ejaz Ahmed 3 5 B.Mohan Lal lbw b Premnath 42 b Ejaz Ahmed 55 6 Rajindernath b Premnath 12 b Idrees Baig 2 7 G.C.Kapoor c Premnath b Akhtar Hussain 20 (4) c Suraj Narain b Idrees Baig 25 8 A.N.Mehra b Premnath 0 (1) c Abdur Rauf b Ejaz Ahmed 32 9 Fazal Karim c Premnath b Akhtar Hussain 0 b Ejaz Ahmed 8 10 Fazal Rahim b Ejaz Ahmed 0 (11) not out 1 11 Clarke not out 4 (8) c de Mello b Ejaz Ahmed 7 Extras 12 2 —— —— 141 150 FoW (1): 1-8 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-13 (4), 4-95 (5), 5-115 (2), 6-117 (6), 7-117 (8), 8-124 (9), 9-133, 10-141 FoW (2): 1-19 (2), 2-28 (3), 3-42 (1), 4-82 (4), 5-84 (6), 6-100 (7), 7-115 (8), 8-139 (5), 9- , 10-150 DELHI 1 †Suraj Narain b Rajindernath 9 lbw b Rajindernath 11 2 Abdur Rauf c Mohan Lal b Rajindernath 1 c Karim Baksh b Rajindernath 67 3 Ejaz Ahmed c Rajindernath b Kapoor 1 (7) not out 14 4 Akhtar Hussain b Rajindernath 6 (6) b Altaf Ahmed 7 5 Idrees Baig c Altaf Ahmed b Rajindernath 15 b Altaf Ahmed 28 6 Turab Ali c Karim Baksh b Kapoor 3 (4) lbw b Rajindernath 32 7 Gurbaksh Singh b Altaf Ahmed 25 (3) b Rajindernath 9 8 Premnath b Rajindernath 10 (9) not out 4 9 J.Sen not out 11 (8) c Qazi Daud b Altaf Ahmed 6 10 *A.S.de Mello b Rajindernath 3 11 Ashanul Haque run out 4 Extras 3 25 —— —— 91 (7 wickets) 203 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-6 (3), 3-17 (1), 4-20 (4), 5-23 (6), 6-41 (5), 7-58 (8), 8-77 (7), 9-80 (10), 10-91 (11) FoW (2): 1-12 (1), 2-104 (4), 3-106 (3), 4-151 (5), 5-165 (6), 6-188 (2), 7-195 (8) Delhi Bowling O M R W O M R W de Mello 12 0 40 2 8 1 29 0 Idrees Baig 7 3 7 1 (5) 8 0 17 3 Ejaz Ahmed 5 0 17 1 (2) 17.3 1 57 7 Premnath 11 3 24 3 4 0 9 0 Sen 3 0 18 0 Akhtar Hussain 9 2 23 2 (3) 12 1 36 0 North West Frontier Province Bowling O M R W O M R W Rajindernath 15 0 59 6 37 15 42 4 Kapoor 13 2 22 2 18 8 35 0 Altaf Ahmed 2 0 7 1 24 7 52 3 Mohan Lal (4) 8 2 13 0 Fazal Karim (5) 9 1 29 0 Qazi Daud (6) 1 0 7 0 Umpires: Toss: North West Frontier Province Close of Play: 1st day: Delhi (1) 91 all out; 2nd day: Delhi (2) 104-1 (Abdur Rauf 44*, Turab Ali 32*). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. Gurbaksh Singh retired hurt in the Delhi second innings having scored 8 (team score 31-1) - he returned when the score was 104-2. 34