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Test no. 339

England in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v England

1951/52 season

Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, on 2,3,4,6,7 November 1951 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	M	6s
	JDB Robertson	lbw b Shinde	50	150	0
	FA Lowson	lbw b Phadkar	4		0
	D Kenyon	b Shinde	35		0
	DB Carr	c Joshi b Shinde	14		0
	AJ Watkins	c Joshi b Mankad	40		0
	RT Spooner	hit wicket b Shinde	11		0
	ND Howard	st Joshi b Mankad	13		0
	D Shackleton	st Joshi b Mankad	10		0
	JB Statham	b Shinde	4		0
	R Tattersall	not out	4		0
	F Ridgway	b Shinde	15		0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(all out; 102.3 overs)	203	(1.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Lowson), 2-79 (Kenyon), 3-102 (Robertson), 4-111 (Carr), 5-153 (Spooner), 6-161 (Watkins), 7-175 (Shackleton), 8-184 (Howard), 9-184 (Statham), 10-203 (Ridgway)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DG Phadkar	11	4	26	1	2.36
NR Chowdhury	18	4	30	0	1.66
VS Hazare	5	5	0	0	0.00
MH Mankad	33	15	53	3	1.60
SG Shinde	35.3	9	91	6	2.56


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	VM Merchant	b Statham	154	450		0
	P Roy	lbw b Shackleton	12			0
	PR Umrigar	run out	21			0
	VS Hazare	not out	164	515		0
	DG Phadkar	run out	3		0	0
	MH Mankad	c Spooner b Tattersall	4			0
	RS Modi	lbw b Tattersall	7			0
	HR Adhikari	not out	38			0
	Extras	(b 12, lb 2, nb 1)	15

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 175 overs)	418	(2.38 runs per over)

Did not bat SG Shinde,

PG Joshi, NR Chowdhury

Fall of wickets1-18 (Roy), 2-64 (Umrigar), 3-275 (Merchant), 4-278 (Phadkar), 5-292 (Mankad), 6-328 (Modi)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	21	4	49	1	2.33
F Ridgway	20	1	55	0	2.75
AJ Watkins	31	7	60	0	1.93
D Shackleton	29	7	76	1	2.62
R Tattersall	53	17	95	2	1.79
DB Carr	16	4	56	0	3.50
JDB Robertson	5	1	12	0	2.40


England 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JDB Robertson	c Phadkar b Mankad	22			0
	FA Lowson	c Phadkar b Mankad	68			0
	D Kenyon	c Roy b Shinde	6			0
	AJ Watkins	not out	137	540		0
	DB Carr	c Umrigar b Shinde	76	300		0
	RT Spooner	b Mankad	1		0	0
	ND Howard	lbw b Mankad	9			0
	D Shackleton	not out	21			0
	Extras	(b 18, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)	28

	Total	(6 wickets; 221 overs)	368	(1.66 runs per over)

Did not bat JB Statham, R Tattersall, F Ridgway

Fall of wickets1-61 (Robertson), 2-78 (Kenyon), 3-116 (Lowson), 4-274 (Carr), 5-275 (Spooner), 6-309 (Howard)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DG Phadkar	14	3	28	0	2.00
NR Chowdhury	31	11	45	0	1.45
VS Hazare	12	4	24	0	2.00
MH Mankad	76	47	58	4	0.76
SG Shinde	73	26	162	2	2.21
PR Umrigar	6	1	8	0	1.33
RS Modi	5	1	14	0	2.80
P Roy	4	3	1	0	0.25

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts DB Carr, ND Howard, D Kenyon, F Ridgway and RT Spooner (England); PG Joshi and P Roy (India)

Umpires BJ Mohoni and MG Vijayasarathi

Close of play
2 Nov day 1 - England 1st innings 203
3 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 186/2 (VM Merchant 106*, VS Hazare 45*)
4 Nov day 3 - India 1st innings 418/6 (VS Hazare 164*, HR Adhikari 38*)
5 Nov rest day
6 Nov day 4 - England 2nd innings 202/3 (AJ Watkins 51*, DB Carr 44*)
7 Nov day 5 - England 2nd innings 368/6 (221 ov) - end of match

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