f20304	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 31st December 1953, 1st, 2nd, 3rd January 1954 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Commonwealth XI won by 6 wickets
Umpires	AR Joshi, MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play day 1	India (1) 226/9 (Umrigar 100*, Gupte 0*)
Close of play day 2	Commonwealth XI (1) 199/6 (Meuleman 66*, Barnett 11*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 176/7 (Ramchand 104*, Sunderam 11*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Adhikari	c Watkins b Iverson	24
P Roy	lbw b Iverson	21
VL Manjrekar	c Emmett b Berry	16
VS Hazare	b Iverson	0
PR Umrigar	not out	112		180	13	1
GS Ramchand	lbw b Watkins	35
CV Gadkari	lbw b Iverson	7
+PK Sen	lbw b Berry	1
GR Sunderam	b Berry	0
Ghulam Ahmed	b Berry	1
SP Gupte	b Loxton	0
Extras	(13 b, 6 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 93.1 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-66, 3-68, 4-96, 5-156, 6-187, 7-206, 8-208, 9-226, 10-238 (93.1 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	15	5	35	0	-	-
Loxton	10.1	7	12	1	-	-
Marshall	5	3	8	0	-	-
Watkins	7	1	23	1	-	-
Berry	29	12	61	4	-	-
Iverson	27	7	78	4	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	b Ghulam Ahmed	24
RE Marshall	c Ramchand b Sunderam	4
GM Emmett	lbw b Gupte	39
KD Meuleman	b Ghulam Ahmed	75
DW Barrick	b Gupte	11
AJ Watkins	b Gupte	10
SJE Loxton	lbw b Gupte	11
*+BA Barnett	c Gadkari b Gupte	21
PJ Loader	c Roy b Ghulam Ahmed	0
R Berry	not out	7
JB Iverson	st Sen b Gupte	20
Extras	(17 b, 6 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 104.1 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-44, 3-93, 4-111, 5-143, 6-169, 7-213, 8-213, 9-218, 10-245 (104.1 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sunderam	19	4	51	1	-	-
Ramchand	11	6	8	0	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	35	12	64	3	-	-
Gupte	35.1	7	95	6	-	-
Gadkari	3	2	4	0	-	-
Hazare	1	1	0	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HR Adhikari	lbw b Iverson	4
P Roy	b Loader	14
VL Manjrekar	b Iverson	0
VS Hazare	b Loader	6
PR Umrigar	c Simpson b Loader	1
GS Ramchand	c Meuleman b Iverson	111		183	17	-
CV Gadkari	lbw b Iverson	25
+PK Sen	c and b Marshall	13
GR Sunderam	b Iverson	1
Ghulam Ahmed	c Loxton b Iverson	5
SP Gupte	not out	0
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 79.3 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-18, 2-18, 3-27, 4-29, 5-30, 6-90, 7-142, 8-176, 9-190, 10-190 (79.3 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	21	11	44	3	-	-
Loxton	12	2	33	0	-	-
Marshall	7	1	24	1	-	-
Berry	16	5	32	0	-	-
Iverson	23.3	4	47	6	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Simpson	c Sunderam b Ramchand	5
RE Marshall	not out	88
GM Emmett	b Gupte	2
KD Meuleman	b Sunderam	17
DW Barrick	c Gupte b Sunderam	15
AJ Watkins	not out	55
SJE Loxton	did not bat
*+BA Barnett	did not bat
PJ Loader	did not bat
R Berry	did not bat
JB Iverson	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 nb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, 80 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-16, 3-42, 4-65

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sunderam	14	3	36	2	-	-
Ramchand	7	5	7	1	-	-
Ghulam Ahmed	21	7	40	0	-	-
Gupte	29	5	71	1	-	-
Gadkari	2	0	14	0	-	-
Hazare	6	1	6	0	-	-
Roy	1	0	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> P Roy (2) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> GS Ramchand (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 69
--> CV Gadkari (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JB Iverson made his debut in India in First-Class matches

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