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England v India @ Kennington Oval, London
20, 21, 22, 24 August 1959 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: DE Davies, FS Lee
Match Result: England won by an innings and 27 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | b Brian Statham | 3 | - | 51 | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | c Ray Illingworth b Ted Dexter | 22 | - | 199 | 1 | - |
| 3. Abbas Ali Baig | c Colin Cowdrey b Fred Trueman | 23 | - | 54 | 2 | - |
| 4. Bapu Nadkarni | c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 5. Chandu Borde | b Tommy Greenhough | 0 | - | 9 | - | - |
| *6. Datta Gaekwad | c Ken Barrington b Ted Dexter | 11 | - | 43 | - | - |
| 7. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | b Tommy Greenhough | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | c Roy Swetman b Brian Statham | 32 | - | 115 | 3 | - |
| 9. Surendranath | c Ray Illingworth b Fred Trueman | 27 | - | 83 | 3 | - |
| 10. Fergie Gupte | b Fred Trueman | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | not out | 3 | - | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Pankaj Roy), 2-43 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-49 (Bapu Nadkarni), 4-50 (Chandu Borde), 5-67 (Datta Gaekwad), 6-72 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 7-74 (Nari Contractor), 8-132 (Surendranath), 9-134 (Fergie Gupte), 140 (Naren Tamhane). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 85.3 ovs) 140 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 17 | 6 | 24 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Statham | 16.3 | 6 | 24 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ted Dexter | 16 | 7 | 24 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tommy Greenhough | 29 | 11 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken Barrington | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Pullar | c Naren Tamhane b Surendranath | 22 | - | 53 | - | - |
| 2. Raman Subba Row | c Naren Tamhane b Ramakant Desai | 94 | - | 306 | 11 | - |
| *3. Colin Cowdrey | c Chandu Borde b Surendranath | 6 | - | 38 | - | - |
| 4. Mike Smith | b Ramakant Desai | 98 | - | 197 | 14 | - |
| 5. Ken Barrington | c sub b Fergie Gupte | 8 | - | 32 | 1 | - |
| 6. Ted Dexter | c Naren Tamhane b Surendranath | 0 | - | 9 | - | - |
| 7. Ray Illingworth | c Datta Gaekwad b Bapu Nadkarni | 50 | - | 141 | 7 | - |
| +8. Roy Swetman | c Abbas Ali Baig b Surendranath | 65 | - | 104 | 10 | - |
| 9. Fred Trueman | st Naren Tamhane b Bapu Nadkarni | 1 | - | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Brian Statham | not out | 3 | - | 17 | - | - |
| 11. Tommy Greenhough | c Nari Contractor b Surendranath | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-38 (Geoff Pullar), 2-52 (Colin Cowdrey), 3-221 (Mike Smith), 4-232 (Raman Subba Row), 5-233 (Ted Dexter), 6-235 (Ken Barrington), 7-337 (Roy Swetman), 8-347 (Fred Trueman), 9-358 (Ray Illingworth), 361 (Tommy Greenhough). |
| Extras | 3b, 8lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 147.3 ovs) 361 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ramakant Desai | 33 | 5 | 103 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Surendranath | 51.3 | 25 | 75 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Fergie Gupte | 38 | 9 | 119 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bapu Nadkarni | 25 | 11 | 52 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Pankaj Roy | lbw b Brian Statham | 0 | - | 13 | - | - |
| 2. Nari Contractor | c Fred Trueman b Brian Statham | 25 | - | 69 | 2 | - |
| 3. Abbas Ali Baig | c Colin Cowdrey b Brian Statham | 4 | - | 14 | 1 | - |
| 4. Bapu Nadkarni | lbw b Ray Illingworth | 76 | 0 | 235 | 8 | - |
| 5. Chandu Borde | run out ( > > ) | 6 | - | 36 | - | - |
| *6. Datta Gaekwad | c Roy Swetman b Tommy Greenhough | 15 | - | 83 | 1 | - |
| 7. Jayasinghrao Ghorpade | b Tommy Greenhough | 24 | - | 56 | 5 | - |
| +8. Naren Tamhane | b Fred Trueman | 9 | - | 44 | 1 | - |
| 9. Surendranath | not out | 17 | - | 67 | 3 | - |
| 10. Fergie Gupte | c Tommy Greenhough b Fred Trueman | 5 | - | 16 | 1 | - |
| 11. Ramakant Desai | c Roy Swetman b Fred Trueman | 0 | - | 19 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Pankaj Roy), 2-17 (Abbas Ali Baig), 3-44 (Nari Contractor), 4-70 (Chandu Borde), 5-106 (Datta Gaekwad), 6-159 (Jayasinghrao Ghorpade), 7-163 (Bapu Nadkarni), 8-173 (Naren Tamhane), 9-188 (Fergie Gupte), 194 (Ramakant Desai). |
| Extras | 4b, 6lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 95 ovs) 194 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fred Trueman | 14 | 4 | 30 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Statham | 18 | 4 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ted Dexter | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tommy Greenhough | 27 | 12 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 29 | 10 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Geoff Pullar, Raman Subba Row, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith, Ken Barrington, Ted Dexter, Ray Illingworth, Roy Swetman, Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, Tommy Greenhough