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England in India Test Series - 1st Test

India v England

England won by 9 wickets

India 1st innings R 4s 6s
S Wazir Ali lbw b Nichols 36 0
JG Navle† c Nichols b Verity 13 0
L Amarnath lbw b Langridge 38 0
CK Nayudu* lbw b Clark 28 1
LP Jai c Mitchell b Langridge 19 0
VM Merchant lbw b Nichols 23 0
SHM Colah c †Elliott b Nichols 31 0
L Amar Singh st †Elliott b Langridge 0 0 0
M Nissar c Mitchell b Verity 13 0
L Ramji b Verity 1 0 0
RJD Jamshedji not out 4 0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, nb 6) 13
Total (all out; 91.2 overs) 219 (2.39 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-44 (Navle), 2-71 (Wazir Ali), 3-117 (Nayudu), 4-135 (Amarnath), 5-148 (Jai), 6-175 (Merchant), 7-186 (Amar Singh), 8-209 (Nissar), 9-212 (Ramji), 10-219 (Colah)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MS Nichols 23.2 8 53 3 2.27
EW Clark 13 3 41 1 3.15
CJ Barnett 2 1 1 0 0.50
H Verity 27 11 44 3 1.62
James Langridge 17 4 42 3 2.47
LF Townsend 9 2 25 0 2.77
England 1st innings R M 4s 6s
A Mitchell b Nissar 5 0
CF Walters c Merchant b Amar Singh 78 0
CJ Barnett c & b Jamshedji 33 0
James Langridge lbw b Nissar 31 0
DR Jardine* b Nissar 60 180 0
BH Valentine c Merchant b Jamshedji 136 180 12 1
LF Townsend c & b Jamshedji 15 0
MS Nichols run out 2 0 0
H Verity c Ramji b Nissar 24 0
H Elliott† not out 37 0
EW Clark b Nissar 1 0 0
Extras (b 7, lb 9) 16
Total (all out; 136.5 overs) 438 (3.20 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-12 (Mitchell), 2-67 (Barnett), 3-143 (Walters), 4-164 (Langridge), 5-309 (Jardine), 6-362 (Townsend), 7-371 (Valentine), 8-373 (Nichols), 9-431 (Verity), 10-438 (Clark)
Bowling O M R W Econ
M Nissar 33.5 3 90 5 2.66
L Ramji 23 5 64 0 2.78
L Amar Singh 36 5 119 1 3.30
RJD Jamshedji 35 4 137 3 3.91
CK Nayudu 7 2 10 0 1.42
L Amarnath 2 1 2 0 1.00
India 2nd innings R M 4s 6s
S Wazir Ali c Nichols b Clark 5 0
JG Navle† c †Elliott b Clark 4 0
L Amarnath c Nichols b Clark 118 185 21 0
CK Nayudu* c Valentine b Nichols 67 0
LP Jai c Jardine b Nichols 0 0 0
VM Merchant c †Elliott b Langridge 30 0
L Amar Singh lbw b Verity 1 0 0
SHM Colah c †Elliott b Nichols 12 0
M Nissar lbw b Nichols 1 0 0
RJD Jamshedji not out 1 0 0
L Ramji lbw b Nichols 0 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 8) 19
Total (all out; 90.5 overs) 258 (2.84 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-9 (Wazir Ali), 2-21 (Navle), 3-207 (Nayudu), 4-208 (Amarnath), 5-208 (Jai), 6-214 (Amar Singh), 7-248 (Merchant), 8-249 (Nissar), 9-258 (Colah), 10-258 (Ramji)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MS Nichols 23.5 7 55 5 2.30
EW Clark 19 5 69 3 3.63
H Verity 20 9 50 1 2.50
James Langridge 16 7 32 1 2.00
LF Townsend 12 5 33 0 2.75
England 2nd innings (target: 40 runs) R 6s
A Mitchell lbw b Amar Singh 9 0
CF Walters not out 14 0
CJ Barnett not out 17 2
Extras 0
Total (1 wicket; 7.2 overs) 40 (5.45 runs per over)
Did not bat James Langridge, DR Jardine*, BH Valentine, LF Townsend, MS Nichols, H Verity, H Elliott†, EW Clark
Fall of wickets1-15 (Mitchell)
Bowling O M R W Econ
M Nissar 4 1 25 0 6.25
L Amar Singh 3.2 1 15 1 4.50
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series England led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debuts A Mitchell and BH Valentine (England); L Amarnath, LP Jai, RJD Jamshedji, VM Merchant and L Ramji (India)
Umpires JW Hitch (England) and FA Tarrant (Australia)
Close of play
15 Dec day 1 - India 1st innings 212/9 (SHM Colah 28*, RJD Jamshedji 0*)
16 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 294/4 (DR Jardine 53*, BH Valentine 79*)
17 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 159/2 (L Amarnath 102*, CK Nayudu 44*)
18 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 40/1 (7.2 ov) - end of match
Match notes
  • General
  • First ever test match in India
 
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