England win ....:

India only Test side to be dismissed twice on same day

By A.C. De Silva

Saturday, July 19th 1952: India became only test side to be dismissed twice on the same day.

It was the third Test and the venue was Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England. England batting first, declared their first innings at 347 for 9 wickets with captain Len Hulton scoring 104.

Then came India's turn to bat and in Freddie Trueman England had a bowler who had the Indian batsmen all wrapped up and the Indian team were bunded out for unbelievable score of 58 with only two players making double figures.

They were V.S. Hazare (16) and V.L. Marjsekar (22).

England's Trueman had memorable figures of 8 for 31.

India were sent in for the follow-on and they were bundled out for 82 in the 2nd innings with Alex Bedser (5 for 27) and Tony Lock (4 for 36) taking nine wickets between them and Trueman took the other wicket for 9 runs.

England won the match by an innings and 207 runs.