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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 478 (478/24)
England v India, 1959, 5th Test
Kennington Oval, London
20,21,22,24 August 1959 (5-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 27 runs
England wins the 5-Test series 5-0

Toss: India
Umpires: DE Davies and FS Lee

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 140, England 35/0 (Pullar 20*, Subba Row 15*)
  • Day 2: England 289/6 (Illingworth 20*, Swetman 33*)
  • Day 3: England 361, India 146/5 (Nadkarni 69*, Ghorpade 15*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   4  6
    P Roy                                    b Statham              3  51   0  0
    NJ Contractor         c Illingworth      b Dexter              22 199   1  0
    AA Baig               c Cowdrey          b Trueman             23  54   2  0
    RG Nadkarni           c Swetman          b Trueman              6  15   1  0
    CG Borde                                 b Greenhough           0   9   0  0
    *DK Gaekwad           c Barrington       b Dexter              11  43   0  0
    JM Ghorpade                              b Greenhough           5   4   1  0
    +NS Tamhane           c Swetman          b Statham             32 115   3  0
    Surendranath          c Illingworth      b Trueman             27  83   3  0
    SP Gupte                                 b Trueman              2   1   0  0
    RB Desai              not out                                   3  13   0  0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 4, nb 1)                         6
    Total                 (all out, 85.3 overs)                   140
    
    FoW: 1-12 (Roy), 2-43 (Baig), 3-49 (Nadkarni), 4-50 (Borde),
         5-67 (Gaekwad), 6-72 (Ghorpade), 7-74 (Contractor),
         8-132 (Surendranath), 9-134 (Gupte), 10-140 (Tamhane).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trueman                     17      6     24      4
    Statham                     16.3    6     24      2
    Dexter                      16      7     24      2
    Greenhough                  29     11     36      2
    Illingworth                  1      0      2      0
    Barrington                   6      0     24      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    G Pullar              c Tamhane          b Surendranath        22  53   0  0
    R Subba Row           c Tamhane          b Desai               94 306  11  0
    *MC Cowdrey           c Borde            b Surendranath         6  38   0  0
    MJK Smith                                b Desai               98 197  14  0
    KF Barrington         c sub              b Gupte                8  32   1  0
    ER Dexter             c Tamhane          b Surendranath         0   9   0  0
    R Illingworth         c Gaekwad          b Nadkarni            50 141   7  0
    +R Swetman            c Baig             b Surendranath        65 104  10  0
    FS Trueman            st Tamhane         b Nadkarni             1  10   0  0
    JB Statham            not out                                   3  17   0  0
    T Greenhough          c Contractor       b Surendranath         2   1   0  0
    Extras                (b 3, lb 8, w 1)                         12
    Total                 (all out, 147.3 overs)                  361
    
    FoW: 1-38 (Pullar), 2-52 (Cowdrey), 3-221 (Smith),
         4-232 (Subba Row), 5-233 (Dexter), 6-235 (Barrington),
         7-337 (Swetman), 8-347 (Trueman), 9-358 (Illingworth),
         10-361 (Greenhough).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Desai                       33      5    103      2
    Surendranath                51.3   25     75      5
    Gupte                       38      9    119      1
    Nadkarni                    25     11     52      2
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   4  6
    P Roy                 lbw                b Statham              0  13   0  0
    NJ Contractor         c Trueman          b Statham             25  69   2  0
    AA Baig               c Cowdrey          b Statham              4  14   1  0
    RG Nadkarni           lbw                b Illingworth         76 235   8  0
    CG Borde              run out                                   6  36   0  0
    *DK Gaekwad           c Swetman          b Greenhough          15  83   1  0
    JM Ghorpade                              b Greenhough          24  56   5  0
    +NS Tamhane                              b Trueman              9  44   1  0
    Surendranath          not out                                  17  67   3  0
    SP Gupte              c Greenhough       b Trueman              5  16   1  0
    RB Desai              c Swetman          b Trueman              0  19   0  0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 3)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 95 overs)                     194
    
    FoW: 1-5 (Roy), 2-17 (Baig), 3-44 (Contractor), 4-70 (Borde),
         5-106 (Gaekwad), 6-159 (Ghorpade), 7-163 (Nadkarni),
         8-173 (Tamhane), 9-188 (Gupte), 10-194 (Desai).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Trueman                     14      4     30      3
    Statham                     18      4     50      3
    Dexter                       7      1     11      0
    Greenhough                  27     12     47      2
    Illingworth                 29     10     43      1
    


  • Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, India.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    India Player Pages: P Roy, NJ Contractor, AA Baig, RG Nadkarni, CG Borde, DK Gaekwad, JM Ghorpade, NS Tamhane, Surendranath, SP Gupte, RB Desai.

    England Player Pages: G Pullar, R Subba Row, MC Cowdrey, MJK Smith, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, R Illingworth, R Swetman, FS Trueman, JB Statham, T Greenhough.

    Match Officials' Pages: DE Davies, FS Lee.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by murari (venka@*me.utexas.edu)  
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