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Test no. 231

England in India Test Series - 2nd Test
India v England

1933/34 season

Played at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, on 5,6,7,8 January 1934 (4-day match)

Result Match drawn


England 1st innings			R	6s
	CF Walters	c Gopalan b Amar Singh	29	0
	A Mitchell	c Gopalan b CK Nayudu	47	0
	CJ Barnett	lbw b Amar Singh	8	0
	James Langridge	c Nissar b Gopalan	70	0
	DR Jardine	c CS Nayudu b Mushtaq Ali	61	0
	BH Valentine	lbw b CK Nayudu	40	1
	WHV Levett	b CK Nayudu	5	0
	MS Nichols	lbw b Nissar	13	0
	LF Townsend	c Dilawar Hussain b Amar Singh	40	1
	H Verity	not out	55	0
	EW Clark	c Merchant b Amar Singh	10	0
	Extras	(b 13, lb 10, nb 2)	25

	Total	(all out; 159.5 overs)	403	(2.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-45 (Walters), 2-55 (Barnett), 3-135 (Mitchell), 4-185 (Langridge), 5-256 (Valentine), 6-281 (Levett), 7-281 (Jardine), 8-301 (Nichols), 9-371 (Townsend), 10-403 (Clark)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Nissar	34	6	112	1	3.29
L Amar Singh	54.5	13	106	4	1.93
MJ Gopalan	19	7	39	1	2.05
S Mushtaq Ali	19	5	45	1	2.36
L Amarnath	2	0	10	0	5.00
CS Nayudu	8	1	26	0	3.25
CK Nayudu	23	7	40	3	1.73


India 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	Naoomal Jaoomal	c Jardine b Nichols	2		0	0
	Dilawar Hussain	c Jardine b Clark	59	180		1
	S Wazir Ali	c Nichols b Verity	39			0
	CK Nayudu	b Clark	5			0
	L Amarnath	c Jardine b Clark	0		0	0
	VM Merchant	b Verity	54			0
	S Mushtaq Ali	lbw b Nichols	9			0
	CS Nayudu	c Verity b Nichols	36			1
	L Amar Singh	c Nichols b Verity	10			0
	MJ Gopalan	not out	11			0
	M Nissar	c Walters b Verity	2		0	0
	Extras	(b 5, lb 5, nb 10)	20

	Total	(all out; 107.4 overs)	247	(2.29 runs per over)

Fall of wickets0-11* (Dilawar Hussain, retired not out), 1-12 (Naoomal Jaoomal), 2-23 (CK Nayudu), 3-27 (Amarnath), 4-90 (Wazir Ali), 5-131 (Merchant), 6-158 (Mushtaq Ali), 7-211 (Dilawar Hussain), 8-223 (Amar Singh), 9-236 (CS Nayudu), 10-247 (Nissar)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
EW Clark	26	8	39	3	1.50
MS Nichols	28	6	78	3	2.78
H Verity	28.4	13	64	4	2.23
James Langridge	17	7	27	0	1.58
LF Townsend	8	4	19	0	2.37


India 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	4s	6s
	Naoomal Jaoomal	c Levett b Townsend	43			0
	S Mushtaq Ali	c Barnett b Nichols	18			0
	S Wazir Ali	c Nichols b Verity	0		0	0
	CK Nayudu	lbw b Verity	38	150		0
	L Amarnath	c Levett b Clark	9			0
	VM Merchant	c Jardine b Verity	17			0
	Dilawar Hussain	b Clark	57	85	9	1
	CS Nayudu	lbw b Verity	15	135	2	1
	L Amar Singh	c Jardine b Townsend	18			0
	MJ Gopalan	c Levett b Clark	7			0
	M Nissar	not out	0		0	0
	Extras	(b 10, lb 4, nb 1)	15

	Total	(all out; 90.3 overs)	237	(2.61 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-57 (Mushtaq Ali), 2-58 (Wazir Ali), 3-76 (Naoomal Jaoomal), 4-88 (Amarnath), 5-129 (Merchant), 6-149 (CK Nayudu), 7-201 (CS Nayudu), 8-214 (Dilawar Hussain), 9-230 (Amar Singh), 10-237 (Gopalan)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
EW Clark	19.3	4	50	3	2.56
MS Nichols	20	6	48	1	2.40
H Verity	31	12	76	4	2.45
James Langridge	10	4	19	0	1.90
LF Townsend	8	3	22	2	2.75
CJ Barnett	2	0	7	0	3.50


England 2nd innings (target: 82 runs)			R	4s	6s
	CF Walters	not out	2	0	0
	CJ Barnett	c Gopalan b Nissar	0	0	0
	BH Valentine	st Dilawar Hussain b Naoomal Jaoomal	3	0	0
	WHV Levett	not out	2	0	0
	Extras		0

	Total	(2 wickets; 5 overs)	7	(1.40 runs per over)

Did not bat A Mitchell, James Langridge,

DR Jardine, MS Nichols, LF Townsend, H Verity, EW Clark

Fall of wickets1-0 (Barnett), 2-5 (Valentine)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Nissar	2	1	2	1	1.00
L Amar Singh	2	1	1	0	0.50
Naoomal Jaoomal	1	0	4	1	4.00

Toss England, who chose to bat first
Series England led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts WHV Levett (England); Dilawar Hussain, MJ Gopalan, S Mushtaq Ali and CS Nayudu (India)

Umpires JW Hitch (England) and FA Tarrant (Australia)

Close of play
5 Jan day 1 - England 1st innings 257/5 (DR Jardine 42*, WHV Levett 0*)
6 Jan day 2 - India 1st innings 90/4 (VM Merchant 26*)
7 Jan day 3 - India 2nd innings 30/0 (Naoomal Jaoomal 14*, S Mushtaq Ali 10*)
8 Jan day 4 - England 2nd innings 7/2 (5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Dilawar Hussain (1) retired hurt on 7* from 11/0 to 90/4

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