First-Class Cricket Matches 1949

CEYLON v PAKISTAN Played at Colombo Oval, April 8, 9, 10, 11, 1949. Pakistan won by ten wickets. CEYLON 1 M.Rodrigo b Khan Mohammad 2 c Fazal Mahmood b Maqsood Ahmed 26 2 M.Makkin Salih c Imtiaz Ahmed b Khan Mohammad 1 not out 0 3 *F.C.de Saram c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 118 b Fazal Mahmood 4 4 C.V.Abeysekera c Murawwat Hussain b Maqsood Ahmed 2 st Imtiaz Ahmed b Mohammad Amin 21 5 S.S.Jayawickreme c Mohammad Amin b Khan Mohammad 15 c Murawwat Hussain b Khan Mohammad 24 6 C.I.Gunasekara c Mohammad Saeed b Khan Mohammad 120 c Nazar Mohammad b Anwar Hussain 30 7 S.Coomaraswamy lbw b Chippa 7 lbw b Anwar Hussain 0 8 B.Wijesinha c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 10 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Khan Mohammad 30 9 †B.Navaratne c Murawwat Hussain b Khan Mohammad 11 c and b Mohammad Amin 58 10 L.E.de Zoysa c Mohammad Saeed b Fazal Mahmood 0 b Fazal Mahmood 3 11 L.Wadsworth not out 12 b Fazal Mahmood 0 Extras 13 14 —— —— 311 210 FoW (1): 1-2, 2-7, 3-10, 4-49, 5-230, 6-254, 7-272, 8-289, 9-289, 10-311 FoW (2): 1-14, 2-63, 3-116, 4-116, 5-161, 6-161, 7-179, 8-200, 9-210, 10-210 PAKISTAN 1 Nazar Mohammad c Gunasekara b Coomaraswamy 170 not out 25 2 Alimuddin c Gunasekara b Coomaraswamy 14 3 Murawwat Hussain lbw b Abeysekera 164 4 †Imtiaz Ahmed c Rodrigo b Wijesinha 4 (2) not out 23 5 *Mohammad Saeed lbw b Wijesinha 0 6 Maqsood Ahmed st Navaratne b Wadsworth 26 7 Anwar Hussain c Rodrigo b Wadsworth 4 8 Fazal Mahmood not out 65 9 Khan Mohammad b Coomaraswamy 3 10 U.R.Chippa c sub b Coomaraswamy 8 11 Mohammad Amin not out 5 Extras 11 —— —— (9 wickets, declared) 474 (no wicket) 48 FoW (1): 1-28, 2-297, 3-301, 4-301, 5-349, 6-377, 7-398, 8-408, 9-426 Pakistan Bowling O M R W O M R W Khan Mohammad 27 6 72 5 24 6 70 2 Anwar Hussain 9 1 34 0 6 3 12 2 Maqsood Ahmed 12 3 35 1 5 2 12 1 Fazal Mahmood 22 6 52 3 18 4 44 3 Chippa 18 0 58 1 9 3 12 0 Mohammad Amin 8 0 47 0 9 0 46 2 Nazar Mohammad 1 1 0 0 Ceylon Bowling O M R W O M R W Wijesinha 48 12 144 2 8 3 24 0 Coomaraswamy 35 13 81 4 6 2 20 0 Jayawickreme 20 10 27 0 Wadsworth 36 9 66 2 (3) 2 1 3 0 de Zoysa 41 10 84 0 (4) 1 0 1 0 Gunasekara 11 2 44 0 Abeysekera 5 1 17 1 Umpires: Toss: Ceylon Close of Play: 1st day: Ceylon (1) 291-9 (Navaratne 5*, Wadsworth 0*); 2nd day: Pakistan (1) 270-1 (Nazar Mohammad 157*, Murawwat Hussain 90*); 3rd day: Ceylon (2) 16-1. F.C.de Saram’s 118 took 205 minutes and included 13 fours. C.I.Gunasekara’s 120 took 145 minutes and included 16 fours. Nazar Mohammad’s 170 took 328 minutes and included 22 fours. Murawwat Hussain’s 164 took 132 minutes and included 14 fours. 91