India lose 1st Test-four to follow
By A. C. De Silva
The bright sunlight of a lifetime was somewhat mercilessly
illuminated the Indian cricket tour of England in 1959, but it lacked in
both enterprise and fighting quality, but no one was truly surprised
when they set up the unenviable record of being the first side to lose
all five Tests of a rubber in England.
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Pankaj Roy gave strength to the Indian batting with knocks
of 54 and 49 in the first and second innings against
England. |
Peter May made the top score of 106 and helped England to
make 422 in the Test against India at Nottingham.
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The match was played at Nottingham on June 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th.
The Indian team surprised many spectators when they played like
sixteen lonely individuals and set up the unenviable record of being the
first side to lose all five Tests of a rubber in England.
The cricket board in India must have been as dismayed by the tour as
English cricket followers: but, outwardly at least, the touring players
bore their defeat somewhat bravely and gave no public hint of any
dissension - if, indeed any existed among them.
The side's troubles began even before it was picked. In the 1958-59
'home' series against the West Indies, India had four different captains
in five Tests - and three of those four did not make the tour to
England.
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Godfrey Evans – the England wicket-keeper made 73 and helped
England to pile on the runs. |
Ghulam Ahmed, who would have been the senior member of the side,
withdraw a few days after his selection.
The touring captaincy was given to D.K. Gaekwad, who had played in
only one Test against the West Indies, and that as a reserve brought in
when Kripal Singh had to withdraw because of injury.
Peter May was the England captain for the 23rd time in 33 Tests as
captain and he led the team from the front making a century - 106 and
pushed the batsmen along to make 422 in their first innings. Besides
May, the others to make useful scores were: Ken Barrington 56, M. Horton
58, Godfrey Evans 73.
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M.J. Horton made 58 runs and gave much strength to the
England batting. |
Ken Barrington of England made 56 and added ‘beef’ to the
middle order batting. |
Peter May let the England innings run its course on the second day
and then India gave a solid display, scoring 116 runs off 65.1 overs in
220 minutes before a thunderstorm cut short play.
India were all out for 206 runs in the first innings with opening
batsman P. Roy making 54 in 183 minutes batting. India were forced to
follow-on.
England's Fred Trueman took 4 for 45, while Statham had 2 for 46 and
Moss 2 for 33.
Forced to follow-on, India made 157 in their second turn with opening
batsman Roy making 49 and V.L. Manjrekar 44. So, England won the Test by
an innings and 59 runs.
It was Statham who was in the forefront of the bowling with a haul of
five wickets for 31 runs, while Trueman had 2 for 44 and Greenheigh 2
for 48.
SCOREBOARD
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS
C.A. Milton b Surendra Nath 09
K. Taylor lbw b Gupte 24
M.C. Cowdrey c Borde b Surendra Nath 05
P.B.H. May c Joshi b Gupte 106
K.F. Barrington b Nadkarni 56
M.J. Horten c Nadkarni b Desai 58
T.G. Evans c Umrigar b Nadkarni 73
F.S. Trueman b Borde 28
J.B. Statham not out 29
T. Greenhough c Gaekwad b Gupte 00
A.E. Moss c Roy b Gupte 11
Extras (B-15, LB-7, W-1) 23
Total 422
Fall of wickets:1-17, 2-29, 3-60, 4-185, 5-221, 6-327
7-358, 8-389, 9-390
Bowling: R.B. Desai 33-7-127-1
Surendra Nath 24-8-59-2
S.P. Gupte 38.1-11-102-4
R.G. Nadkarni 28.1-16-48-2
C.G. Borde 20-4-63-1
INDIA 1ST INNINGS
P. Roy b Trueman 54
N.J. Contractor c Barrington b Greenough 15
P.R. Umrigar b Trueman 21
V.L. Manjrekar lbw b Trueman 17
C.G. Borde retired hurt 15
D.K. Gaekwad c Evans b Staham 33
R.G. Nadkarni lbw b Trueman 15
P.G. Joshi lbw b Moss 21
S.P. Gupte c Taylor b Moss 02
Surendra Nath not out 04
R.B. Desai b Statham 00
Extras (B5, NB4) 09
Total 206
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-85, 3-95, 4-126, 5-158, 6-190
7-198, 8-206, 9-206
Bowling: J.B. Statham 23.5-11-46-2
F.S. Trueman 24-9-45-4
A.E. Moss 24-11-33-2
T. Greenhough 26-7-58-1
M.J. Horton 5-0-15-0
INDIA 2ND INNINGS
P. Roy c Trueman b Greenhough 49
N.J. Contractor c Cowdrey b Statham 00
P.R. Umrigar b Statham 20
V.L. Manjrekar lbw b Greenhough 44
C.G. Borde absent --
D.K. Gaekwad c Horton b Statham 31
R.G. Nadkarni b Statham 01
P.G. Joshi lbw b Trueman 01
S.P. Gupte c May b Statham 08
Surendra Nath not out 01
R.B. Desai c May b Trueman 01
Extras (NB 1) 01
Total 157
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-52, 3-85, 4-124, 5-140, 6-143
7-147, 8-156, 9-157
Bowling: J.B. Statham 21-10-31-5
F.S. Trueman 22.3-10-44-2
A.E. Moss 12-7-13-0
T. Greenhough 23-5-48-2
M.J. Horton 19-11-20-0 |
