f18573	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 30th, 31st December 1949, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1950 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 7 wickets
Umpires	MG Bhave, BJ Mohoni
Close of play day 1	India (1) 213/3 (Hazare 60*, Phadkar 11*)
Close of play day 2	Commonwealth XI (1) 15/0 (Oldfield ?*, Livingston ?*)
Close of play day 3	Commonwealth XI (2) 42/0 (Oldfield 25*, Freer 17*)
Close of play day 4	Commonwealth XI (2) 317/6 (Alley 12*, Tribe 4*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Mushtaq Ali	c Smith b Tribe	40
MH Mankad	b Smith	91			9	-
RS Modi	b Tribe	9
*VS Hazare	not out	175		420	23	-
DG Phadkar	c Freer b Lambert	13
HR Adhikari	run out	2
PR Umrigar	lbw b Tribe	4
G Kishenchand	c and b Smith	42
+MK Mantri	c Livingston b Tribe	5
CS Nayudu	b Pettiford	25
NR Chowdhury	c Worrell b Tribe	9
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 188.2 overs)	422
Fall of wickets:
1-59, 2-89, 3-186, 4-218, 5-241, 6-245, 7-337, 8-350, 9-391, 10-422 (188.2 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	20	6	41	1	-	-
Freer	28	11	59	0	-	-
Worrell	19	7	33	0	-	-
Tribe	57.2	12	144	5	-	-
Pettiford	23	5	67	1	-	-
Smith	41	18	71	2	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	c Umrigar b Phadkar	19
*+L Livingston	b Phadkar	42
JKC Holt	lbw b Phadkar	2
FMM Worrell	c and b Chowdhury	9
WE Alley	c Modi b Chowdhury	6
J Pettiford	c Phadkar b Chowdhury	19
CW Langdon	c Mantri b Mankad	30
FAW Freer	c Mantri b Chowdhury	34
GE Tribe	c Phadkar b Mankad	0
HF Lambert	not out	13
R Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 67.4 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-62, 2-64, 3-73, 4-81, 5-81, 6-112, 7-150, 8-156, 9-190 (67.4 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	24	4	50	3	-	-
Modi	5	1	18	0	-	-
Hazare	3	1	9	0	-	-
Chowdhury	18.4	2	56	4	-	-
Mankad	10	2	24	2	-	-
Nayudu	7	3	17	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
N Oldfield	c Umrigar b Phadkar	158		290	16	-
FAW Freer	lbw b Nayudu	40
*+L Livingston	c Mantri b Phadkar	59
FMM Worrell	lbw b Chowdhury	28
J Pettiford	retired ill	7
CW Langdon	lbw b Nayudu	0
JKC Holt	b Nayudu	1
WE Alley	c Mantri b Nayudu	16
GE Tribe	not out	27
HF Lambert	b Nayudu	0
R Smith	absent hurt
Extras	(8 b, 3 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 108.3 overs)	348
Fall of wickets:
1-121, 2-253, 3-264, 4-286, 5-292, 6-314, 7-348, 8-348 (108.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Phadkar	28	7	77	2	-	-
Modi	1	0	15	0	-	-
Hazare	12	1	41	0	-	-
Chowdhury	29	2	84	1	-	-
Mankad	19	5	55	0	-	-
Nayudu	17.3	1	59	5	-	-
Umrigar	2	1	5	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
S Mushtaq Ali	c Livingston b Worrell	45
MH Mankad	c sub b Freer	2
RS Modi	b Tribe	17
*VS Hazare	not out	31
DG Phadkar	not out	22
HR Adhikari	did not bat
PR Umrigar	did not bat
G Kishenchand	did not bat
+MK Mantri	did not bat
CS Nayudu	did not bat
NR Chowdhury	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 36.2 overs)	117
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-50, 3-84

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lambert	3	0	13	0	-	-
Freer	5	0	26	1	-	-
Worrell	13.2	3	26	1	-	-
Tribe	15	2	52	1	-	-

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Notes
--> N Oldfield (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 19
--> GE Tribe reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the India first innings
--> CS Nayudu reached 500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 5th wicket in the Commonwealth XI second innings
--> GE Tribe reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the India second innings
--> J Pettiford retired ill in the Commonwealth XI second innings having scored 7 (team score 286/3)

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