f22927 t478	England v India
	India in British Isles 1959 (5th Test)
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*)

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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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