f20313	Madras v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Madras on 8th, 9th, 10th January 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Commonwealth XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	SV Kumaraswamy, VS Natarajan
Close of play day 1	Madras (1) 22/2 (Suryanarayan 4*, Kripal Singh 12*)
Close of play day 2	Madras (1) 216/8 (Kannayiram 0*, Murugesh 3*)

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Gibb	b Alva	7
KD Meuleman	b Murugesh	22
GA Edrich	b Alva	38
RE Marshall	c Kripal Singh b Murugesh	0
AJ Watkins	c Chakravarti b Murugesh	78
R Subba Row	c Kripal Singh b Murugesh	8
DW Barrick	lbw b Vaidyanathan	18
SJE Loxton	st Chakravarti b Kripal Singh	41
*+BA Barnett	not out	47
PJ Loader	c Suryanarayan b Murugesh	1
R Berry	b Kannayiram	3
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb)	8
Total	(all out, 83.1 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-33, 3-33, 4-113, 5-142, 6-177, 7-179, 8-251, 9-254, 10-271 (83.1 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kannayiram	9.1	1	29	1	-	-
Alva	18	1	44	2	-	-
Murugesh	33	5	100	5	-	-
Kripal Singh	12	1	37	1	-	-
Vaidyanathan	8	1	34	1	-	-
Velu	3	0	19	0	-	-

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Madras first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Shyamsunder	b Loader	2
+DL Chakravarti	c Gibb b Loxton	0
M Suryanarayan	c Meuleman b Berry	24
AG Kripal Singh	run out	90
*CD Gopinath	b Loader	58
MK Balakrishnan	c Barnett b Loader	23
BC Alva	lbw b Loader	0
SV Vaidyanathan	b Loxton	0
N Kannayiram	not out	13
MK Murugesh	b Loxton	18
MK Velu	b Loxton	0
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 108 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-75, 4-141, 5-200, 6-200, 7-210, 8-212, 9-239, 10-247 (108 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	26	7	51	4	-	-
Loxton	19	5	49	4	-	-
Marshall	15	7	19	0	-	-
Berry	26	12	39	1	-	-
Watkins	7	2	16	0	-	-
Barrick	6	0	20	0	-	-
Meuleman	5	1	18	0	-	-
Edrich	4	1	16	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Gibb	c and b Murugesh	11
KD Meuleman	lbw b Murugesh	48
GA Edrich	c Vaidyanathan b Murugesh	63
RE Marshall	not out	11
R Subba Row	not out	22
AJ Watkins	did not bat
DW Barrick	did not bat
SJE Loxton	did not bat
*+BA Barnett	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 4 nb)	11
Total	(3 wickets, declared, 54 overs)	166
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-128, 3-130

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kannayiram	3	0	15	0	-	-
Alva	17	4	37	0	-	-
Murugesh	20	2	55	3	-	-
Vaidyanathan	7	1	22	0	-	-
Velu	2	0	9	0	-	-
Balakrishnan	5	2	17	0	-	-

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Madras second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PR Shyamsunder	not out	39
+DL Chakravarti	c Loxton b Barrick	3
M Suryanarayan	c Subba Row b Barrick	3
N Kannayiram	b Gibb	39
AG Kripal Singh	did not bat
*CD Gopinath	did not bat
MK Balakrishnan	did not bat
BC Alva	did not bat
SV Vaidyanathan	did not bat
MK Murugesh	did not bat
MK Velu	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 nb)	7
Total	(3 wickets, 26.4 overs)	91
Fall of wickets:
1-15, 2-29, 3-91

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	3	2	2	0	-	-
Loxton	5	0	10	0	-	-
Barrick	6	0	23	2	-	-
Subba Row	8	1	25	0	-	-
Gibb	4.4	1	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> MK Velu made his debut in First-Class matches
--> MK Velu made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Watkins (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 68
--> AG Kripal Singh (1) passed his previous highest score of 47 in First-Class matches
--> MK Murugesh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings (previous best was 2-72)
--> MK Murugesh achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings

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