Indian cricket team in England in 1959
The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1959 season. The team played five Test matches against England and lost them all: the first time that England had won all the matches in a five-match series. Only one of the Tests, the game at Manchester, went into the fifth day. In all first-class matches, the Indian team won just six times and lost 11, with 16 of the 33 games left drawn.
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Indian cricket team in England in 1959
The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1959 season. The team played five Test matches against England and lost them all: the first time that England had won all the matches in a five-match series. Only one of the Tests, the game at Manchester, went into the fifth day. In all first-class matches, the Indian team won just six times and lost 11, with 16 of the 33 games left drawn.
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The Indian cricket team toured ...... 16 of the 33 games left drawn.
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England won by 171 runs
England won by 8 wickets
England won by an innings and 173 runs
England won by an innings and 27 runs
England won by an innings and 59 runs
runs-team1-inns
Bapu Nadkarni 76
Chandu Borde 41
Geoff Pullar 131
Gilbert Parkhouse 49
Naren Tamhane 32
Nari Contractor 81
Polly Umrigar 29
Vijay Manjrekar 61
runs-team2-inns
Chandu Borde 75
Colin Cowdrey 63
Ken Barrington 80
Polly Umrigar 118
colin Cowdrey 160
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score-team2-inns
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Indian cricket team in England in 1959
team1 captain
team1 name
team1 tests most runs
team1 tests most wickets
team1 tests won
team2 captain
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team2 tests most runs
team2 tests most wickets
team2 tests won
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1959-08-24
toss
England won the toss and decided to bat
India won the toss and decided to bat
umpires
DE Davies, CS Elliott
DE Davies, FS Lee
FS Lee, WE Phillipson
JS Buller, CS Elliott
JS Buller, WE Phillipson
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wickets-team1-inns
Brian Close 4/35
Brian Statham 3/45
Fred Trueman 3/30
Fred Trueman 4/24
Harold Rhodes 4/50
Subhash Gupte 4/102
Subhash Gupte 4/76
Surendranath 5/115
Tommy Greenhough 5/35
wickets-team2-inns
Barrington 3/36
Brian Statham 5/31
Fred Trueman 2/75
Fred Trueman 4/45
Ramakant Desai 1/29
Ramakant Desai 5/89
Subhash Gupte 4/111
Surendranath 5/75
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The Indian cricket team toured ...... 16 of the 33 games left drawn.
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Indian cricket team in England in 1959
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