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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
132 & 438-7d Series badge NZL
336 & 75-6 NZL flag
Overs: 209.0 RR: 2.10 vs spin: 2.35
vs seam: 1.88
 Overs: 34.0 RR: 2.21 vs spin: 1.69
vs seam: 4.25
Wed 28/12/55 India v New Zealand, 4th Test, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 132 (59.3; RR: 2.22)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MH Mankad c McMahon b Reid 25 0 0 0
NJ Contractor b Hayes 6 0 0 0
P Roy b Hayes 28 0 0 0
VL Manjrekar c Reid b Cave 1 0 0 0
PR Umrigar run out 1 0 0 0
GS Ramchand b Reid 1 0 0 0
JM Ghorpade b Alabaster 39 0 6 0
DG Phadkar run out 0 0 0 0
CT Patankar b Reid 13 0 0 0
GR Sunderam not out 3 0 0 0
SP Gupte b Alabaster 4 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 2lb, 0w, 5nb) 11  
TOTAL 132 all out (59.3 overs; RR: 2.22)

Fall of wickets

13-1 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 41-2 (MH Mankad 0.0 ov), 42-3 (VL Manjrekar 0.0 ov), 47-4 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 49-5 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 87-6 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 88-7 (DG Phadkar 0.0 ov), 125-8 (JM Ghorpade 0.0 ov), 125-9 (CT Patankar 0.0 ov), 132-10 (SP Gupte 59.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Hayes 14.0 3 38 2 2.71 0 0
AR MacGibbon 13.0 3 27 0 2.08 0 0
HB Cave 14.0 6 29 1 2.07 0 0
JR Reid 16.0 9 19 3 1.19 0 0
JC Alabaster 2.3 0 8 2 4.00 0 0

New Zealand - 1st Inns 336 (145.5; RR: 2.30)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Leggat c Patankar b Sunderam 8 0 0 0
B Sutcliffe c Patankar b Ramchand 25 0 0 0
JW Guy lbw b Gupte 91 0 13 0
JR Reid b Sunderam 120 0 15 0
SN McGregor b Gupte 6 0 0 0
AR MacGibbon st Patankar b Gupte 23 0 0 0
NS Harford c Mankad b Ramchand 25 0 0 0
HB Cave c Umrigar b Gupte 5 0 0 0
JC Alabaster c Patankar b Gupte 18 0 0 0
JA Hayes b Gupte 1 0 0 0
TG McMahon not out 1 0 0 0
Extras (7b, 3lb, 0w, 3nb) 13  
TOTAL 336 all out (145.5 overs; RR: 2.30)

Fall of wickets

25-1 (JG Leggat 0.0 ov), 55-2 (B Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 239-3 (JW Guy 0.0 ov), 255-4 (SN McGregor 0.0 ov), 262-5 (JR Reid 0.0 ov), 300-6 (AR MacGibbon 0.0 ov), 310-7 (HB Cave 0.0 ov), 318-8 (NS Harford 0.0 ov), 333-9 (JA Hayes 0.0 ov), 336-10 (JC Alabaster 145.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Phadkar 35.0 9 76 0 2.17 0 0
GR Sunderam 21.0 6 46 2 2.19 0 0
SP Gupte 33.5 7 90 6 2.73 0 0
GS Ramchand 37.0 15 64 2 1.73 0 0
MH Mankad 1.0 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
JM Ghorpade 1.0 0 17 0 17.00 0 0
PR Umrigar 17.0 7 21 0 1.24 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 438-7 (209.0; RR: 2.10)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MH Mankad c MacGibbon b Reid 17 0 0 0
NJ Contractor b Hayes 61 0 0 0
P Roy lbw b Cave 100 0 15 0
VL Manjrekar c MacGibbon b Reid 90 0 0 0
PR Umrigar b MacGibbon 15 0 0 0
GS Ramchand not out 106 0 13 0
JM Ghorpade c Sutcliffe b Cave 4 0 0 0
DG Phadkar b Hayes 17 0 0 0
CT Patankar not out 1 0 0 0
GR Sunderam  
SP Gupte  
Extras (9b, 10lb, 0w, 8nb) 27  
TOTAL 438-7 (209.0 overs; RR: 2.10)

Fall of wickets

40-1 (MH Mankad 0.0 ov), 119-2 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 262-3 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 287-4 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 331-5 (VL Manjrekar 0.0 ov), 370-6 (JM Ghorpade 0.0 ov), 424-7 (DG Phadkar 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JA Hayes 30.0 4 67 2 2.23 0 0
AR MacGibbon 43.0 16 92 1 2.14 0 0
HB Cave 57.0 26 85 2 1.49 0 0
JR Reid 45.0 21 87 2 1.93 0 0
JC Alabaster 27.0 7 52 0 1.93 0 0
B Sutcliffe 7.0 0 28 0 4.00 0 0

New Zealand - 2nd Inns 75-6 (34.0; RR: 2.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
JG Leggat c Mankad b Phadkar 7 0 0 0
B Sutcliffe lbw b Gupte 5 0 0 0
JW Guy b Phadkar 0 0 0 0
SN McGregor b Mankad 29 0 0 0
JR Reid b Mankad 5 0 0 0
NS Harford c Phadkar b Gupte 1 0 0 0
AR MacGibbon not out 21 0 0 0
HB Cave not out 4 0 0 0
JC Alabaster  
JA Hayes  
TG McMahon  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 1nb) 3  
TOTAL 75-6 (34.0 overs; RR: 2.21)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (B Sutcliffe 0.0 ov), 9-2 (JW Guy 0.0 ov), 37-3 (JG Leggat 0.0 ov), 42-4 (SN McGregor 0.0 ov), 47-5 (NS Harford 0.0 ov), 55-6 (JR Reid 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Phadkar 4.0 1 11 2 2.75 0 0
GR Sunderam 3.0 1 13 0 4.33 0 0
SP Gupte 14.0 7 30 2 2.14 0 0
GS Ramchand 1.0 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
MH Mankad 12.0 8 14 2 1.17 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v New Zealand at Kolkata, 4th Test

Date

Wednesday December 28, 1955

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

SK Ganguli, DD Desai

India Team

Playing XI

MH Mankad, DG Phadkar, PR Umrigar, P Roy, SP Gupte, VL Manjrekar, GS Ramchand, JM Ghorpade, NJ Contractor, GR Sunderam, CT Patankar

New Zealand Team

Playing XI

B Sutcliffe, HB Cave, JR Reid, JA Hayes, AR MacGibbon, JG Leggat, SN McGregor, JC Alabaster, TG McMahon, NS Harford, JW Guy