f20267	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd November 1953 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by an innings and 15 runs
Umpires	BJ Mohoni, MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play day 1	India (1) 214/4 (Umrigar 24*, Ramchand 43*)
Close of play day 2	Commonwealth XI (1) 42/0 (Simpson 27*, Marshall 8*)
Close of play day 3	Commonwealth XI (2) 87/3 (Worrell 8*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	lbw b Worrell	5
ML Apte	c and b Berry	30
VL Manjrekar	b Worrell	86			13	-
VS Hazare	b Worrell	18
*PR Umrigar	c and b Worrell	47
GS Ramchand	b Berry	119			12	2
CD Gopinath	run out	23
+NS Tamhane	lbw b Berry	15
AR Naidu	not out	10
Ghulam Ahmed	st Barnett b Berry	4
SP Gupte	c Loxton b Berry	16
Extras	(13 b, 1 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 168.4 overs)	387
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-110, 3-147, 4-148, 5-249, 6-297, 7-346, 8-357, 9-361, 10-387 (168.4 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	16	3	45	0	-	-
Worrell	40	16	66	4	-	-
Loxton	20	3	72	0	-	-
Ramadhin	45	13	101	0	-	-
Berry	47.4	16	89	5	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c and b Gupte	57
RE Marshall	st Tamhane b Gupte	35
GM Emmett	lbw b Gupte	10
FMM Worrell	b Ghulam Ahmed	26
KD Meuleman	b Ghulam Ahmed	24
GA Edrich	c Ramchand b Gupte	4
SJE Loxton	c Manjrekar b Gupte	6
*+BA Barnett	not out	13
S Ramadhin	b Gupte	4
PJ Loader	st Tamhane b Gupte	4
R Berry	b Gupte	0
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb)	15
Total	(all out, 79.5 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-90, 2-113, 3-113, 4-152, 5-163, 6-169, 7-185, 8-192, 9-198, 10-198 (79.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Naidu	4	0	9	0	-	-
Ramchand	5	2	3	0	-	-
Gupte	35.5	10	91	8	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	35	11	80	2	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Ghulam Ahmed	59
RE Marshall	c and b Ghulam Ahmed	8
GM Emmett	c Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed	4
FMM Worrell	c Tamhane b Ghulam Ahmed	54
KD Meuleman	c Tamhane b Gupte	23
GA Edrich	lbw b Ghulam Ahmed	4
SJE Loxton	b Ghulam Ahmed	2
*+BA Barnett	c Manjrekar b Gupte	0
S Ramadhin	st Tamhane b Gupte	2
PJ Loader	st Tamhane b Gupte	5
R Berry	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 9 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 84.3 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-68, 3-87, 4-146, 5-159, 6-162, 7-163, 8-163, 9-169, 10-174 (84.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Naidu	4	2	6	0	-	-
Ramchand	4	2	6	0	-	-
Gupte	31.3	6	82	4	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	38	21	52	6	-	-
Hazare	7	0	17	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> GM Emmett (2) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> KD Meuleman (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> NS Tamhane made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> AR Naidu made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> SP Gupte achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Commonwealth XI first innings (previous best was 7-43)

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