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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th August 1959 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 27 runs |
| Umpires | DE Davies, FS Lee |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 35/0 (Pullar 20*, Subba Row 15*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 289/6 (Illingworth 20*, Swetman 33*) |
| Close of play day 3 | India (2) 146/5 (Nadkarni 69*, Ghorpade 15*) |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | b Statham | 3 | 51 | - | - | ||
| NJ Contractor | c Illingworth b Dexter | 22 | 199 | 1 | - | ||
| AA Baig | c Cowdrey b Trueman | 23 | 54 | 2 | - | ||
| RG Nadkarni | c Swetman b Trueman | 6 | 15 | 1 | - | ||
| CG Borde | b Greenhough | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| *DK Gaekwad | c Barrington b Dexter | 11 | 43 | - | - | ||
| JM Ghorpade | b Greenhough | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | ||
| +NS Tamhane | c Swetman b Statham | 32 | 115 | 3 | - | ||
| Surendranath | c Illingworth b Trueman | 27 | 83 | 3 | - | ||
| SP Gupte | b Trueman | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
| RB Desai | not out | 3 | 13 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 85.3 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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, 85.3 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| 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 first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Pullar | c Tamhane b Surendranath | 22 | 53 | - | - | ||
| R Subba Row | c Tamhane b Desai | 94 | 306 | 11 | - | ||
| *MC Cowdrey | c Borde b Surendranath | 6 | 38 | - | - | ||
| MJK Smith | b Desai | 98 | 197 | 14 | - | ||
| KF Barrington | c sub (ML Jaisimha) b Gupte | 8 | 32 | 1 | - | ||
| ER Dexter | c Tamhane b Surendranath | 0 | 9 | - | - | ||
| R Illingworth | c Gaekwad b Nadkarni | 50 | 141 | 7 | - | ||
| +R Swetman | c Baig b Surendranath | 65 | 104 | 10 | - | ||
| FS Trueman | st Tamhane b Nadkarni | 1 | 10 | - | - | ||
| JB Statham | not out | 3 | 17 | - | - | ||
| T Greenhough | c Contractor b Surendranath | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 147.3 overs) | 361 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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, 147.3 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Desai | 33 | 5 | 103 | 2 | - | - | |
| Surendranath | 51.3 | 25 | 75 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gupte | 38 | 9 | 119 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nadkarni | 25 | 11 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | lbw b Statham | 0 | 13 | - | - | ||
| NJ Contractor | c Trueman b Statham | 25 | 69 | 2 | - | ||
| AA Baig | c Cowdrey b Statham | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | ||
| RG Nadkarni | lbw b Illingworth | 76 | 235 | 8 | - | ||
| CG Borde | run out | 6 | 36 | - | - | ||
| *DK Gaekwad | c Swetman b Greenhough | 15 | 83 | 1 | - | ||
| JM Ghorpade | b Greenhough | 24 | 56 | 5 | - | ||
| +NS Tamhane | b Trueman | 9 | 44 | 1 | - | ||
| Surendranath | not out | 17 | 67 | 3 | - | ||
| SP Gupte | c Greenhough b Trueman | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | ||
| RB Desai | c Swetman b Trueman | 0 | 19 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95 overs) | 194 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 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, 95 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Trueman | 14 | 4 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Statham | 18 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dexter | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Illingworth | 29 | 10 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Greenhough | 27 | 12 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> JM Ghorpade made his last appearance in Test matches
--> NS Tamhane (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 28
--> Surendranath (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> R Subba Row (1) 50 in 171 balls, 186 minutes
--> R Subba Row (1) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 91
--> MJK Smith (1) 50 in 123 balls, 120 minutes
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 50
--> R Illingworth (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in Test matches
--> R Illingworth (1) 50 in 132 balls, 135 minutes with 7 fours
--> R Swetman (1) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Test matches
--> R Swetman (1) 50 in 102 balls
--> RG Nadkarni (2) 50 in 162 balls
--> RG Nadkarni (2) passed his previous highest score of 68 in Test matches
--> RG Nadkarni (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 41
--> T Greenhough reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed CG Borde, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> T Greenhough reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed JM Ghorpade, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> FS Trueman reached 1050 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed RG Nadkarni, his 2nd wicket in the India first innings
--> Surendranath achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the England first innings (previous best was 5-115)
--> JB Statham reached 1200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed P Roy, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
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