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Test no. 459

West Indies in India Test Series - 1st Test
India v West Indies

1958/59 season

Played at Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, on 28,29,30 November, 2,3 December 1958 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


West Indies 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JKC Holt	c Tamhane b Ramchand	16			0
	CC Hunte	c Guard b Ramchand	0		0	0
	GS Sobers	c & b Guard	25	80		0
	RB Kanhai	lbw b Hardikar	66	116	11	0
	OG Smith	c Ramchand b Nadkarni	63	213	6	1
	BF Butcher	lbw b Gupte	28	75		0
	FCM Alexander	st Tamhane b Gupte	5			0
	ES Atkinson	b Gupte	1		0	0
	S Ramadhin	c Nadkarni b Gupte	9			0
	WW Hall	not out	12			0
	R Gilchrist	b Nadkarni	1		0	0
	Extras	(b 1)	1

	Total	(all out; 101.1 overs)	227	(2.24 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Hunte), 2-36 (Holt), 3-50 (Sobers), 4-118 (Kanhai), 5-172 (Butcher), 6-200 (Smith), 7-202 (Atkinson), 8-206 (Alexander), 9-226 (Ramadhin), 10-227 (Gilchrist)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GM Guard	15	7	19	1	1.26
GS Ramchand	12	2	31	2	2.58
PR Umrigar	3	0	12	0	4.00
SP Gupte	33	9	86	4	2.60
CG Borde	10	1	29	0	2.90
RG Nadkarni	21.1	7	40	2	1.88
MS Hardikar	7	5	9	1	1.28


India 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	P Roy	b Hall	18				0
	NJ Contractor	c Atkinson b Hall	0			0	0
	PR Umrigar	b Gilchrist	55				0
	VL Manjrekar	c Sobers b Hall	0			0	0
	RG Nadkarni	b Atkinson	2			0	0
	GS Ramchand	c Alexander b Atkinson	48	150		6	0
	MS Hardikar	lbw b Gilchrist	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	CG Borde	run out	7	10			0
	NS Tamhane	not out	9				0
	GM Guard	b Gilchrist	4				0
	SP Gupte	c Sobers b Gilchrist	1			0	0
	Extras	(b 3, lb 5)	8

	Total	(all out; 68.2 overs)	152	(2.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Contractor), 2-37 (Roy), 3-37 (Manjrekar), 4-40 (Nadkarni), 5-120 (Umrigar), 6-120 (Hardikar), 7-132 (Borde), 8-138 (Ramchand), 9-148 (Guard), 10-152 (Gupte)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Gilchrist	23.2	8	39	4	1.67
WW Hall	14	4	35	3	2.50
ES Atkinson	19	10	21	2	1.10
S Ramadhin	9	0	30	0	3.33
GS Sobers	3	0	19	0	6.33


West Indies 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	JKC Holt	c Hardikar b Guard	24			0
	CC Hunte	c Nadkarni b Guard	10			0
	GS Sobers	not out	142		8	1
	RB Kanhai	c Roy b Gupte	22			0
	OG Smith	c Roy b Gupte	58	139	6	0
	BF Butcher	not out	64			0
	Extras	(lb 3)	3

	Total	(4 wickets dec; 112 overs)	323	(2.88 runs per over)

Did not bat

FCM Alexander, ES Atkinson, S Ramadhin, WW Hall, R Gilchrist

Fall of wickets1-27 (Hunte), 2-37 (Holt), 3-70 (Kanhai), 4-189 (Smith)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GM Guard	17	2	69	2	4.05
GS Ramchand	10	3	22	0	2.20
PR Umrigar	9	0	22	0	2.44
SP Gupte	35	4	111	2	3.17
CG Borde	16	3	31	0	1.93
RG Nadkarni	15	3	29	0	1.93
MS Hardikar	10	2	36	0	3.60


India 2nd innings (target: 399 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	P Roy	c & b Hall	90	444		0
	NJ Contractor	run out	6			0
	PR Umrigar	b Gilchrist	36	112	3	0
	VL Manjrekar	c Kanhai b Gilchrist	23	115		0
	RG Nadkarni	c Kanhai b Atkinson	7			0
	GS Ramchand	not out	67			0
	MS Hardikar	not out	32			0
	Extras	(b 19, lb 2, nb 7)	28

	Total	(5 wickets; 132 overs)	289	(2.18 runs per over)

Did not bat CG Borde,

NS Tamhane, GM Guard, SP Gupte

Fall of wickets1-27 (Contractor), 2-88 (Umrigar), 3-136 (Manjrekar), 4-159 (Nadkarni), 5-204 (Roy)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Gilchrist	41	13	75	2	1.82
WW Hall	30	10	72	1	2.40
ES Atkinson	29	11	56	1	1.93
S Ramadhin	11	4	20	0	1.81
GS Sobers	3	0	8	0	2.66
OG Smith	18	4	30	0	1.66

Toss West Indies, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series level 0-0

Test debuts CG Borde, GM Guard and MS Hardikar (India); BF Butcher and WW Hall (West Indies)

Umpires JR Patel and MG Vijayasarathi

Close of play
28 Nov day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 227
29 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 152
30 Nov day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 253/4 (GS Sobers 95*, BF Butcher 41*)
1 Dec rest day
2 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 117/2 (P Roy 54*, VL Manjrekar 17*)
3 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 289/5 (132 ov) - end of match

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