FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

BOMBAY v SIND Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, January 25, 26, 27, 28, 1946. Bombay won by an innings and 20 runs. SIND 1 J.Parsram c U.M.Merchant b Phadkar 1 c U.M.Merchant b Palwankar 18 2 †J.K.Irani c Hindlekar b Phadkar 41 b Phadkar 0 3 A.Dipchand c V.M.Merchant b Phadkar 0 (4) b Anwar Hussain 5 4 Inayat Khan c Raiji b Palwankar 38 (5) hit wkt b Palwankar 87 5 *G.Kishenchand c U.M.Merchant b Palwankar 37 (6) b Tarapore 75 6 Qamaruddin Sheikh b Raiji 33 (7) st Hindlekar b Raiji 13 7 G.S.Ramchand b Tarapore 12 (9) b Tarapore 2 8 Daud Khan lbw b Palwankar 23 c U.M.Merchant b Raiji 58 9 S.Rupchand b Anwar Hussain 19 (10) run out 8 10 D.Narottam c Palwankar b Phadkar 8 (3) b Palwankar 16 11 F.G.Lakda not out 0 not out 10 Extras b 19, lb 3 22 b 9, lb 4, nb 1 14 —— —— 234 306 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-2 (3), 3-69 (2), 4-109 (4), 5-162 (5), 6-180 (7), 7-182 (6), 8-215 (9), 9-228 (10), 10-234 (8) FoW (2): 1-1 (2), 2-22 (3), 3-29 (4), 4-96 (1), 5-139 (5), 6-163 (7), 7-281 (6), 8-285 (9), 9-293 (8), 10-306 (10) BOMBAY 1 K.C.Ibrahim st Irani b Narottam 46 2 †D.D.Hindlekar b Narottam 13 3 R.S.Modi c Irani b Ramchand 18 4 *V.M.Merchant not out 234 5 U.M.Merchant c Irani b Narottam 40 6 K.M.Rangnekar b Parsram 175 7 Anwar Hussain 8 M.N.Raiji 9 D.G.Phadkar 10 Y.B.Palwankar 11 K.K.Tarapore Extras b 20, lb 11, w 3 34 —— (5 wickets, declared) 560 FoW (1): 1-31 (2), 2-104 (1), 3-132 (3), 4-235 (5), 5-560 (6) Bombay Bowling O M R W O M R W Phadkar 21 2 61 4 14 3 29 1 V.M.Merchant 6 1 16 0 Anwar Hussain 8 1 26 1 (2) 17 4 36 1 Palwankar 19.5 3 49 3 (3) 25 3 82 3 Modi 2 0 9 0 Tarapore 13 5 18 1 (5) 41.1 9 88 2 Raiji 12 1 33 1 (4) 20 1 54 2 U.M.Merchant (6) 3 1 3 0 Sind Bowling O M R W Parsram 21.1 1 85 1 Ramchand 9 1 39 1 Qamaruddin Sheikh 18 0 72 0 Narottam 39 4 130 3 Inayat Khan 28 7 59 0 Lakda 25 2 81 0 Rupchand 8 0 31 0 Dipchand 2 0 12 0 Kishenchand 3 0 17 0 Umpires: D.D.Desai and R.Modi. Toss: Sind Close of Play: 1st day: Bombay (1) 48-1 (Ibrahim 21*, Modi 13*); 2nd day: Bombay (1) 430-4 (V.M.Merchant 176*, Rangnekar 111*); 3rd day: Sind (2) 197-6 (Kishenchand 33*, Daud Khan 16*). V.M.Merchant’s 234 took 451 minutes and included 19 fours. K.M.Rangnekar’s 175 took 256 minutes and included 20 fours and 1 six. 56