First-Class Cricket Matches 1951

INDIA PRIME MINISTER’S XI v COMMONWEALTH XI Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, March 3, 4, 5, 6, 1951. Match drawn. COMMONWEALTH XI 1 H.Gimblett c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 8 not out 55 2 L.B.Fishlock c Fazal Mahmood b de Zoysa 138 c sub (P.G.Joshi) b Khan Mohammad 21 3 G.M.Emmett c Mushtaq Ali b Khan Mohammad 56 c sub (P.G.Joshi) b Nayudu 27 4 F.M.M.Worrell c Imtiaz Ahmed b Banerjee 16 c Khan Mohammad b Nayudu 10 5 †K.J.Grieves c Nayudu b Banerjee 89 c Jayasinghe b Nayudu 10 6 *L.E.G.Ames not out 116 not out 5 7 B.Dooland not out 69 8 F.Ridgway 9 D.Shackleton 10 R.R.Dovey 11 S.Ramadhin Extras 13 b 2 2 —— —— (5 wickets, declared) 505 (4 wickets) 130 FoW (1): 1-17, 2-110, 3-154, 4-302, 5-331 FoW (2): 1-29, 2-70, 3-92, 4-122 INDIA PRIME MINISTER’S XI 1 *V.M.Merchant c Emmett b Dooland 42 (9) not out 16 2 †Imtiaz Ahmed c Grieves b Ridgway 28 (1) not out 300 3 R.S.Modi c Emmett b Ridgway 0 b Ramadhin 79 4 S.Mushtaq Ali c Ridgway b Shackleton 10 c and b Dooland 30 5 S.Jayasinghe b Ramadhin 18 c Grieves b Dooland 19 6 V.L.Manjrekar c Shackleton b Dooland 6 b Dovey 66 7 S.N.Banerjee c Emmett b Dooland 6 (2) c Gimblett b Ramadhin 15 8 C.S.Nayudu b Dovey 15 (7) c Fishlock b Worrell 6 9 Fazal Mahmood not out 17 (8) b Dovey 0 10 L.E.de Zoysa c Gimblett b Dovey 17 11 Khan Mohammad b Ramadhin 12 Extras lb 2 2 b 12, lb 1 13 —— —— 173 (7 wickets, declared) 544 FoW (1): 1-53, 2-53, 3-65, 4-90, 5-100, 6-107, 7-126, 8-128, 9-159, 10-173 FoW (2): 1-60 (2), 2-199 (3), 3-260 (4), 4-294 (5), 5-485 (6), 6-497 (7), 7-501 (8) India Prime Minister’s XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Khan Mohammad 14 1 50 1 9 1 25 1 Banerjee 26.3 3 115 2 7 1 17 0 Nayudu 12 0 71 0 9 0 40 3 de Zoysa 15 0 71 1 2 0 20 0 Jayasinghe 2 1 14 0 4 0 14 0 Modi 4 0 29 0 2 0 12 0 Fazal Mahmood 37 7 136 1 Mushtaq Ali 1 0 6 0 Commonwealth XI Bowling O M R W O M R W Ridgway 9 2 34 2 30 5 88 0 Shackleton 10 3 28 1 26 1 87 0 Ramadhin 10.1 3 31 2 33 4 109 2 Dooland 11 0 47 3 28 4 102 2 Dovey 7 1 31 2 25.2 5 73 2 Worrell (6) 27 5 72 1 Umpires: A.R.Joshi and B.J.Mohoni. Toss: India Prime Minister’s XI Close of Play: 1st day: Commonwealth XI (1) 331-5 (Ames 16*); 2nd day: India Prime Minister’s XI (2) 17-0 (Imtiaz Ahmed 15*, Banerjee 1*); 3rd day: India Prime Minister’s XI (2) 363-4 (Imtiaz Ahmed 187*, Manjrekar 24*). L.B.Fishlock’s 138 included 17 fours. L.E.G.Ames’s 116 included 16 fours. Imtiaz Ahmed’s 300 took 478 minutes and included 31 fours. Imtiaz Ahmed retired hurt, hit in the face by a ball from Dovery, in the India Prime Minister’s XI second innings having scored 263 (team score 482-4) - he returned when the score was 485-5. 120