First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

CEYLON, INDIA AND PAKISTAN COMBINED XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Colombo Oval, February 24, 25, 26, 27, 1951. Commonwealth XI won by 120 runs. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 G.M.Emmett c Imtiaz Ahmed b Gul Mohammad 36 c Gunasekara b Prins 37 2 J.T.Ikin c Imtiaz Ahmed b Banerjee 5 c Imtiaz Ahmed b Banerjee 3 3 L.B.Fishlock c Hazare b Khan Mohammad 31 c Gunasekara b Gul Mohammad 31 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Imtiaz Ahmed b Khan Mohammad 54 b Gul Mohammad 1 5 †K.J.Grieves c Imtiaz Ahmed b Khan Mohammad 8 c Hazare b Gul Mohammad 5 6 *L.E.G.Ames b Jayasinghe 16 not out 12 7 B.Dooland st Imtiaz Ahmed b Gul Mohammad 105 not out 12 8 W.H.H.Sutcliffe b Khan Mohammad 50 9 D.Shackleton not out 19 10 F.Ridgway b Khan Mohammad 2 11 S.Ramadhin b Hazare 13 Extras b 4, lb 5, nb 2 11 6 —— —— 350 (5 wickets, declared) 107 FoW (1): 1-18, 2-48, 3-91, 4-103, 5-133, 6-163, 7-301, 8-314, 9-318, 10-350 FoW (2): 1-19, 2-53, 3-72, 4-81, 5-84 CEYLON, INDIA AND PAKISTAN COMBINED XI 1 †Imtiaz Ahmed b Ridgway 3 b Ridgway 7 2 H.I.Fernando c Emmett b Ridgway 0 (8) c and b Dooland 9 3 C.H.Gunasekara c Grieves b Shackleton 10 (2) c Emmett b Ridgway 2 4 *V.S.Hazare c Grieves b Dooland 102 c Shackleton b Ridgway 2 5 Gul Mohammad c Grieves b Shackleton 56 c Emmett b Ramadhin 57 6 C.D.Gopinath c Worrell b Shackleton 25 lbw b Ridgway 2 7 S.Jayasinghe c Worrell b Ridgway 9 c Dooland b Ramadhin 4 8 V.G.Prins b Shackleton 9 (3) b Ridgway 0 9 S.N.Banerjee run out 9 c Ramadhin b Dooland 12 10 Khan Mohammad not out 1 not out 0 11 B.Wijesinha absent hurt 0 absent hurt 0 Extras 12 6 —— —— 236 101 FoW (1): 1-4, 2-4, 3-55, 4-153, 5-200, 6-212, 7-216, 8-235, 9-236 FoW (2): 1-7, 2-7, 3-10, 4-11, 5-15, 6-20, 7-77, 8-101, 9-101 Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Khan Mohammad 38 5 127 5 16 1 35 0 Banerjee 24 3 65 1 8 2 19 1 Hazare 21 6 36 1 1 0 1 0 Gul Mohammad 19 4 49 2 13 4 25 3 Wijesinha 4 0 10 0 Jayasinghe 15 1 44 1 Prins 2 0 8 0 (5) 5 0 21 1 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 22 5 48 3 13 6 27 5 Shackleton 41 12 62 4 5 0 12 0 Worrell 18 6 39 0 Ramadhin 21 5 45 0 (3) 12.4 3 25 2 Dooland 10 1 30 1 (4) 5 0 31 2 Umpires: Toss: Commonwealth XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 223-6 (Dooland 55*, Sutcliffe 14*); 2nd day: Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI (1) 31-2 (Gunasekara 2*, Hazare 25*); 3rd day: Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI (1) 236 all out. B.Dooland’s 105 took 180 minutes and included 10 fours. V.S.Hazare’s 102 took 223 minutes and included 11 fours. B.Wijesinha injured himself on Day 1 chasing a shot from Dooland when he collided against the pavilion parapet wall twisting his ankle. 115