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England v India @ Headingley, Leeds
2, 3, 4 July 1959 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: FS Lee, WE Phillipson
Match Result: England won by an innings and 173 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Roy Swetman b Harold Rhodes | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Arvind Apte | b Alan Moss | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Chandu Borde | c Roy Swetman b Harold Rhodes | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Polly Umrigar | c Fred Trueman b Alan Moss | 29 | - | 105 | - | - |
| *6. Datta Gaekwad | c Colin Cowdrey b Harold Rhodes | 25 | - | 75 | - | - |
| 7. Bapu Nadkarni | c Gilbert Parkhouse b Harold Rhodes | 27 | 0 | 105 | - | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | c Alan Moss b Fred Trueman | 20 | - | 30 | - | - |
| 9. Surendranath | c Brian Close b Fred Trueman | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Fergie Gupte | c Roy Swetman b Brian Close | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | not out | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Pankaj Roy), 2-10 (Arvind Apte), 3-11 (Chandu Borde), 4-23 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 5-75 (Datta Gaekwad), 6-75 (Polly Umrigar), 7-103 (Naren Tamhane), 8-112 (Surendranath), 9-141 (Fergie Gupte), 161 (Bapu Nadkarni). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 68.5 ovs) 161 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 15 | 6 | 30 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Moss | 22 | 11 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harold Rhodes | 18.5 | 3 | 50 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Mortimore | 8 | 3 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Close | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gilbert Parkhouse | c Naren Tamhane b Ramakant Desai | 78 | - | 260 | - | - |
| 2. Geoff Pullar | c Chandu Borde b Bapu Nadkarni | 75 | - | 210 | - | - |
| 3. Colin Cowdrey | c Jayasinghrao Ghorpade b Fergie Gupte | 160 | - | 280 | 14 | 4 |
| *4. Peter May | b Ramakant Desai | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Ken Barrington | c Naren Tamhane b Bapu Nadkarni | 80 | - | 165 | 12 | - |
| 6. Brian Close | b Fergie Gupte | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. John Mortimore | b Fergie Gupte | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| +8. Roy Swetman | not out | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Fred Trueman | c Ramakant Desai b Fergie Gupte | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Alan Moss | ||||||
| 11. Harold Rhodes |
| FOW | 1-146 (Geoff Pullar), 2-180 (Gilbert Parkhouse), 3-186 (Peter May), 4-379 (Ken Barrington), 5-432 (Brian Close), 6-439 (Colin Cowdrey), 7-453 (John Mortimore), 8-483 (Fred Trueman). |
| Extras | 13b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 174.3 ovs) 483 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ramakant Desai | 38 | 10 | 111 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Surendranath | 32 | 11 | 84 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 44.3 | 13 | 111 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Polly Umrigar | 24 | 8 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chandu Borde | 14 | 1 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bapu Nadkarni | 22 | 2 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| 2. Arvind Apte | c Brian Close b Alan Moss | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 3. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | lbw b Fred Trueman | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| 4. Chandu Borde | c Peter May b Brian Close | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| 5. Polly Umrigar | c Fred Trueman b John Mortimore | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| *6. Datta Gaekwad | c & b Brian Close | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Bapu Nadkarni | c Ken Barrington b Brian Close | 11 | 0 | - | - | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | not out | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| 9. Surendranath | c Colin Cowdrey b John Mortimore | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10. Fergie Gupte | c & b Brian Close | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | c Colin Cowdrey b John Mortimore | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (Arvind Apte), 2-19 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 3-38 (Pankaj Roy), 4-107 (Chandu Borde), 5-115 (Polly Umrigar), 6-121 (Datta Gaekwad), 7-138 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-139 (Surendranath), 9-140 (Fergie Gupte), 149 (Ramakant Desai). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 55.4 ovs) 149 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Moss | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Harold Rhodes | 10 | 2 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Mortimore | 18.4 | 6 | 36 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Close | 11 | 0 | 35 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Gilbert Parkhouse, Geoff Pullar, Colin Cowdrey, Peter May, Ken Barrington, Brian Close, John Mortimore, Roy Swetman, Fred Trueman, Alan Moss, Harold Rhodes