FIrst-Class Cricket Matches 1946

EAST ZONE v NORTH ZONE Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, February 15, 16, 1946. North Zone won by an innings and 73 runs. EAST ZONE 1 S.N.Banerjee b Amarnath 2 (10) not out 2 2 C.T.Sarwate c Amarnath b Fazal Mahmood 5 c Inayat Khan b Fazal Mahmood 46 3 S.Mushtaq Ali b Amarnath 13 (4) st Irani b Inderjit Barhoke 107 4 B.B.Nimbalkar b Amarnath 0 (5) c Amarnath b Fazal Mahmood 2 5 N.M.Bose b Amarnath 1 (6) c Inderjit Barhoke b Inayat Khan 2 6 M.M.Jagdale c Abdul Hafeez b Inayat Khan 24 (7) c Amarnath b Fazal Mahmood 9 7 C.S.Nayudu c Irani b Fazal Mahmood 0 (8) b Fazal Mahmood 0 8 *C.K.Nayudu lbw b Fazal Mahmood 8 (9) c sub b Abdul Hafeez 11 9 N.C.Chatterjee b Inayat Khan 2 (3) b Fazal Mahmood 2 10 †T.V.Parthasarathi st Irani b Fazal Mahmood 6 (1) b Amarnath 2 11 N.R.Chowdhury not out 1 run out 0 Extras 3 9 —— —— 65 192 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-22 (3), 3-22 (2), 4-22 (4), 5-27 (5), 6-34 (7), 7-50 (8), 8-58 (9), 9-59 (6), 10-65 (10) FoW (2): 1-4 (1), 2-9 (3), 3-130 (2), 4-136 (5), 5-139 (6), 6-152 (7), 7-152 (8), 8-169 (9), 9-191 (4), 10-192 (11) NORTH ZONE 1 Nazar Mohammad c Bose b Jagdale 31 2 Mohammad Saeed lbw b C.S.Nayudu 42 3 Abdul Hafeez run out (sub [P.K.Sen]) 99 4 G.Kishenchand lbw b C.S.Nayudu 5 5 K.Rai Singh run out 8 6 Inayat Khan retired out 100 7 Fazal Mahmood lbw b Sarwate 12 8 *Nawab of Pataudi retired out 1 9 Inderjit Barhoke lbw b C.S.Nayudu 6 10 †J.K.Irani b Sarwate 2 11 L.Amarnath not out 0 Extras 24 —— 330 FoW (1): 1-82 (1), 2-90 (2), 3-108 (4), 4-140 (5), 5-265 (3), 6-310 (7), 7-322 (6), 8-322 (8), 9-330 (10), 10-330 (9) North Zone Bowling O M R W O M R W Amarnath 14 6 20 4 15 4 44 1 Fazal Mahmood 15.5 4 24 4 27 7 59 5 Inayat Khan 4 0 9 2 (4) 18 6 26 1 Abdul Hafeez 5 1 9 0 (3) 9 2 9 1 Inderjit Barhoke (5) 6 0 45 1 Kishenchand (6) 0.3 0 0 0 East Zone Bowling O M R W Banerjee 12 1 73 0 Nimbalkar 2 0 11 0 Chowdhury 2 0 10 0 C.S.Nayudu 22.4 1 100 3 Jagdale 9 1 45 1 Sarwate 14 1 46 2 C.K.Nayudu 4 0 21 0 Umpires: D.K.Naik and J.R.Patel. Toss: East Zone Close of Play: 1st day: East Zone (2) 3-0 (Parthasarathi 1*, Sarwate 1*). The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two. Inayat Khan’s 100 took 122 minutes and included 14 fours. S.Mushtaq Ali’s 107 took 164 minutes and included 11 fours and 1 six. Pataudi declared North Zone’s innings when Inayat Khan reached his hundred at 322/6 but when both teams had returned to the dressing rooms the umpires pointed out that under the Laws no team can declare on the first day of a three-day game. North Zone had to return to the wicket but the not out batsmen chose to retire. 71