f18539	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th November 1949 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Commonwealth XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Commonwealth XI won by 9 wickets
Umpires	ND Karmarkar, JR Patel
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 284/2 (Oldfield 110*, Freer 0*)
Close of play day 2	Commonwealth XI (1) 608/8 (Pettiford 65*, Tribe 1*)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 255/5 (Adhikari 73*, Umrigar 1*)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 165/3 (Hazare 45*, Phadkar 1*)

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	b Hazare	151		390	14	-
*+L Livingston	b Phadkar	123		245	11	2
WE Alley	b Nayudu	44
FAW Freer	c and b Nayudu	51
FMM Worrell	b Phadkar	58
JKC Holt	c Umrigar b Phadkar	33
J Pettiford	not out	65
CG Pepper	c Phadkar b Nayudu	38
R Smith	b Sarwate	32
GE Tribe	not out	1
HF Lambert	did not bat
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 192 overs)	608
Fall of wickets:
1-226, 2-284, 3-352, 4-414, 5-440, 6-479, 7-545, 8-608

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	42	5	169	3	-	-
Hazare	39	8	78	1	-	-
Umrigar	5	0	38	0	-	-
Gaekwad	26	7	61	0	-	-
Nayudu	57	7	194	3	-	-
Sarwate	21	3	44	1	-	-
Adhikari	2	0	12	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CT Sarwate	b Lambert	0
+MK Mantri	b Tribe	15
RS Modi	c Livingston b Freer	24
VS Hazare	lbw b Pepper	20
DG Phadkar	b Freer	110			8	-
HR Adhikari	b Pepper	74
PR Umrigar	not out	34
CS Nayudu	lbw b Pepper	0
HG Gaekwad	run out	1
UM Merchant	lbw b Pepper	1
*VM Merchant	absent hurt
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 118 overs)	291
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-40, 3-40, 4-76, 5-237, 6-262, 7-262, 8-263, 9-291 (118 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	22	5	46	1	-	-
Freer	15	4	39	2	-	-
Smith	9	2	22	0	-	-
Tribe	25	9	79	1	-	-
Pepper	32	11	57	4	-	-
Pettiford	11	0	26	0	-	-
Worrell	4	0	10	0	-	-

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India second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+MK Mantri	b Tribe	54
PR Umrigar	c Smith b Pettiford	55
RS Modi	b Tribe	8
VS Hazare	b Freer	140			18	-
DG Phadkar	lbw b Tribe	3
HR Adhikari	not out	44
CT Sarwate	b Tribe	0
CS Nayudu	c Tribe b Pepper	7
HG Gaekwad	c Oldfield b Pepper	0
UM Merchant	b Pepper	12
*VM Merchant	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 154.4 overs)	327
Fall of wickets:
1-85, 2-100, 3-153, 4-169, 5-299, 6-300, 7-311, 8-315, 9-327 (154.4 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	14	3	36	0	-	-
Freer	23	12	38	1	-	-
Smith	6	1	18	0	-	-
Tribe	49	22	65	4	-	-
Pepper	43.4	11	134	3	-	-
Pettiford	16	7	28	1	-	-
Worrell	3	2	4	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	not out	5
FAW Freer	b Phadkar	0
WE Alley	not out	7
*+L Livingston	did not bat
FMM Worrell	did not bat
JKC Holt	did not bat
J Pettiford	did not bat
CG Pepper	did not bat
R Smith	did not bat
GE Tribe	did not bat
HF Lambert	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(1 wicket, 2 overs)	12
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Freer)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	1	0	6	1	-	-
Hazare	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> L Livingston (1) passed his previous highest score of 100 in First-Class matches
--> L Livingston (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 55
--> J Pettiford (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> MK Mantri (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> UM Merchant made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> MK Mantri made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> HG Gaekwad made his debut for India in First-Class matches

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