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Test no. 278

India in England Test Series - 3rd Test
England v India

1946 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 17,19,20 August 1946 (3-day match)

Result Match drawn


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	VM Merchant	run out	128	315	12	0
	S Mushtaq Ali	run out	59	110		0
	Nawab of Pataudi snr	b Edrich	9			0
	L Amarnath	b Edrich	8			0
	VS Hazare	c Compton b Gover	11			0
	RS Modi	b Smith	27			0
	Abdul Hafeez	b Edrich	1		0	0
	MH Mankad	b Bedser	42	60		0
	SW Sohoni	not out	29			0
	CS Nayudu	c Washbrook b Bedser	4			0
	DD Hindlekar	lbw b Edrich	3		0	0
	Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 4)	10

	Total	(all out; 127.2 overs)	331	(2.59 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-94 (Mushtaq Ali), 2-124 (Pataudi), 3-142 (Amarnath), 4-162 (Hazare), 5-225 (Modi), 6-226 (Abdul Hafeez), 7-272 (Merchant), 8-313 (Mankad), 9-325 (Nayudu), 10-331 (Hindlekar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
AR Gover	21	3	56	1	2.66
AV Bedser	32	6	60	2	1.87
TPB Smith	21	4	58	1	2.76
WJ Edrich	19.2	4	68	4	3.51
James Langridge	29	9	64	0	2.20
DCS Compton	5	0	15	0	3.00


England 1st innings			R	6s
	L Hutton	lbw b Mankad	25	0
	C Washbrook	c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad	17	0
	LB Fishlock	c Merchant b Nayudu	8	0
	DCS Compton	not out	24	0
	WR Hammond	not out	9	0
	Extras	(b 11, lb 1)	12

	Total	(3 wickets; 50 overs)	95	(1.90 runs per over)

Did not bat WJ Edrich, James Langridge, TPB Smith,

TG Evans, AV Bedser, AR Gover

Fall of wickets1-48 (Washbrook), 2-55 (Hutton), 3-67 (Fishlock)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
L Amarnath	15	6	30	0	2.00
SW Sohoni	4	3	2	0	0.50
VS Hazare	2	1	4	0	2.00
MH Mankad	20	7	28	2	1.40
CS Nayudu	9	2	19	1	2.11

Toss India, who chose to bat first
Series England won the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts TG Evans and TPB Smith (England)

Umpires F Chester and JA Smart

Close of play
17 Aug day 1 - India 1st innings 79/0 (VM Merchant 30*, S Mushtaq Ali 48*)
18 Aug rest day
19 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 95/3 (DCS Compton 24*, WR Hammond 9*, 50 ov)
20 Aug day 3 - no play

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