f17300 t278	England v India
	India in British Isles 1946 (3rd Test)
Venue	Kennington Oval, Kennington on 17th, 19th, 20th August 1946 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	F Chester, JA Smart
Close of play day 1	India (1) 79/0 (Merchant 30*, Mushtaq Ali 48*)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 95/3 (Compton 24*, Hammond 9*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
VM Merchant	run out	128		315	12	-
S Mushtaq Ali	run out	59		110	4	-
*Nawab of Pataudi	b Edrich	9		53	-	-
L Amarnath	b Edrich	8		12	1	-
VS Hazare	c Compton b Gover	11		25
RS Modi	b Smith	27		62
Abdul Hafeez	b Edrich	1		4	-	-
MH Mankad	b Bedser	42		60	5	-
SW Sohoni	not out	29		55
CS Nayudu	c Washbrook b Bedser	4
+DD Hindlekar	lbw b Edrich	3			-	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 127.2 overs)	331
Fall of wickets:
1-94 (Mushtaq Ali), 2-124 (Pataudi), 3-142 (Amarnath), 4-162 (Hazare), 5-225 (Modi), 6-226 (Abdul Hafeez), 7-272 (Merchant), 8-313 (Mankad), 9-325 (Nayudu), 10-331 (Hindlekar, 127.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gover	21	3	56	1	-	-
Bedser	32	6	60	2	-	-
Smith	21	4	58	1	-	-
Edrich	19.2	4	68	4	-	-
Langridge	29	9	64	0	-	-
Compton	5	0	15	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
L Hutton	lbw b Mankad	25		70
C Washbrook	c Mushtaq Ali b Mankad	17		55	2	-
LB Fishlock	c Merchant b Nayudu	8			1	-
DCS Compton	not out	24		50	2	-
*WR Hammond	not out	9
WJ Edrich	did not bat
J Langridge	did not bat
TPB Smith	did not bat
+TG Evans	did not bat
AV Bedser	did not bat
AR Gover	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 1 lb)	12
Total	(3 wickets, 50 overs)	95
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Washbrook), 2-55 (Hutton), 3-67 (Fishlock)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Amarnath	15	6	30	0	-	-
Sohoni	4	3	2	0	-	-
Hazare	2	1	4	0	-	-
Mankad	20	7	28	2	-	-
Nayudu	9	2	19	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> TPB Smith made his debut in Test matches
--> TG Evans made his debut in Test matches
--> Nawab of Pataudi made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DD Hindlekar made his last appearance in Test matches
--> J Langridge made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AR Gover made his last appearance in Test matches
--> VM Merchant (1) 50 in 154 minutes
--> VM Merchant (1) 100 in 243 minutes
--> VM Merchant (1) passed his previous highest score of 114 in Test matches
--> VM Merchant (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 110
--> VM Merchant (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 47
--> S Mushtaq Ali (1) 50 in 91 minutes
--> RS Modi (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 6
--> SW Sohoni (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> WR Hammond (1) passed 7000 runs in Test matches when he reached 7
--> TPB Smith made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> WJ Edrich achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed Abdul Hafeez in the India first innings (previous best was 2-27)
--> WJ Edrich reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed DD Hindlekar, his 4th wicket in the India first innings

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