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1959 - England v. India - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s India
Match Date: July 2, 1959
Venue: Headingley
Toss: India , elected to bat
Player of the Match: None

Result: England won by an innings and 173 runs
India 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Pranab Roy200
Polly Umrigar291050
Ramakant Desai7*00
Arvind Apte800
Subhash Gupte2100
Chandu Borde000
Bapu Nadkarni271050
Surendranath500
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade800
Naren Tamhane20300
Datta Gaekwad25750
161 All Out (68.5 overs @ 2.34 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
John Mortimore8.03240
Brian Close5.01181
Harold Rhodes18.53504
Fred Trueman15.06303
Alan Moss22.011302
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Geoff Pullar752100
Ken Barrington801650
Peter May200
Fred Trueman1700
Brian Close2700
Gilbert Parkhouse782600
Colin Cowdrey1602800
John Mortimore700
Roy Swetman19*00
483 8 wickets declared (174.3 overs @ 2.77 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bapu Nadkarni22.02642
Polly Umrigar24.08440
Subhash Gupte44.3131114
Ramakant Desai38.0101112
Surendranath32.011840
Chandu Borde14.01510
India 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Naren Tamhane9*00
Pranab Roy2000
Surendranath100
Chandu Borde4100
Arvind Apte700
Datta Gaekwad800
Bapu Nadkarni1100
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade000
Polly Umrigar3900
Subhash Gupte100
Ramakant Desai800
149 All Out (55.4 overs @ 2.68 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Fred Trueman10.01292
Alan Moss6.03101
John Mortimore18.46363
Brian Close11.00354
Harold Rhodes10.02350

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