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222 & 151-9
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batWI
500 & 168-5d
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Overs: 70.0 RR: 2.16 vs spin: 1.33
vs seam: 1.88
Overs: 76.0 RR: 2.21 vs spin: 2.15
vs seam: 2.00
Wed 21/01/59 India v West Indies, 4th Test, Nehru Stadium, Madras
WEST INDIES WIN West Indies won by 295 runs
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West Indies - 1st Inns 500 (181.0; RR: 2.76)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte b Mankad 32 0 0 0
JKC Holt lbw b Gupte 63 0 8 0
RB Kanhai run out 99 0 14 0
GS Sobers c Gupte b Mankad 29 0 3 0
OG Smith b Mankad 0 0 0 0
BF Butcher b Ramchand 142 0 10 0
JS Solomon lbw b Borde 43 0 0 0
FCM Alexander run out 11 0 0 0
ES Atkinson not out 29 0 0 0
WW Hall lbw b Mankad 25 0 0 1
R Gilchrist c Roy b Borde 7 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 11lb, 0w, 1nb) 20  
TOTAL 500 all out (181.0 overs; RR: 2.76)

Fall of wickets

61-1 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 152-2 (JKC Holt 0.0 ov), 206-3 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 206-4 (OG Smith 0.0 ov), 248-5 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 349-6 (JS Solomon 0.0 ov), 384-7 (FCM Alexander 0.0 ov), 453-8 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov), 489-9 (WW Hall 0.0 ov), 500-10 (R Gilchrist 181.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GS Ramchand 22.0 5 45 1 2.05 0 0
Surendranath 26.0 5 77 0 2.96 0 0
PR Umrigar 8.0 2 16 0 2.00 0 0
SP Gupte 58.0 15 166 1 2.86 0 0
MH Mankad 38.0 6 95 4 2.50 0 0
CG Borde 27.0 2 80 2 2.96 0 0
AG Kripal Singh 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0

India - 1st Inns 222 (78.1; RR: 2.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy b Sobers 49 0 0 0
AK Sengupta c Sobers b Hall 1 0 0 0
PG Joshi c Alexander b Gilchrist 17 0 0 0
NJ Contractor run out 22 0 0 0
PR Umrigar c Alexander b Hall 4 0 0 0
GS Ramchand c Gilchrist b Atkinson 30 0 0 0
AG Kripal Singh c Hall b Sobers 53 0 7 0
MH Mankad b Gilchrist 4 0 0 0
CG Borde c Smith b Sobers 0 0 0 0
Surendranath lbw b Sobers 0 0 0 0
SP Gupte not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (14b, 5lb, 0w, 23nb) 42  
TOTAL 222 all out (78.1 overs; RR: 2.84)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (AK Sengupta 0.0 ov), 60-2 (PG Joshi 0.0 ov), 102-3 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 121-4 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 131-5 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 135-6 (MH Mankad 0.0 ov), 147-7 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 221-8 (AG Kripal Singh 0.0 ov), 222-9 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 222-10 (Surendranath 78.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
R Gilchrist 18.0 9 44 2 2.44 0 0
WW Hall 22.0 7 57 2 2.59 0 0
ES Atkinson 15.0 6 31 1 2.07 0 0
GS Sobers 18.1 8 26 4 1.44 0 0
OG Smith 5.0 0 22 0 4.40 0 0

West Indies - 2nd Inns 168-5 (76.0; RR: 2.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
CC Hunte c Surendranath b Gupte 30 0 0 0
JKC Holt not out 81 0 0 0
RB Kanhai lbw b Gupte 14 0 0 0
GS Sobers c Joshi b Borde 9 0 0 0
OG Smith c Joshi b Gupte 5 0 0 0
BF Butcher lbw b Gupte 16 0 0 0
JS Solomon not out 8 0 0 0
FCM Alexander  
ES Atkinson  
WW Hall  
R Gilchrist  
Extras (5b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 168-5 (76.0 overs; RR: 2.21)

Fall of wickets

70-1 (CC Hunte 0.0 ov), 108-2 (RB Kanhai 0.0 ov), 123-3 (GS Sobers 0.0 ov), 130-4 (OG Smith 0.0 ov), 150-5 (BF Butcher 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Surendranath 7.0 3 13 0 1.86 0 0
PR Umrigar 11.0 3 25 0 2.27 0 0
GS Ramchand 6.0 2 13 0 2.17 0 0
SP Gupte 30.0 6 78 4 2.60 0 0
CG Borde 22.0 11 34 1 1.55 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 151-9 (70.0; RR: 2.16)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
P Roy c Kanhai b Hall 16 0 0 0
NJ Contractor c Alexander b Gilchrist 3 0 0 0
PR Umrigar b Sobers 29 0 0 0
AK Sengupta c Alexander b Gilchrist 8 0 0 0
CG Borde c Butcher b Sobers 56 0 0 0
GS Ramchand b Gilchrist 1 0 0 0
AG Kripal Singh c Alexander b Hall 9 0 0 0
PG Joshi c Alexander b Hall 3 0 0 0
Surendranath c Hunte b Smith 8 0 0 0
SP Gupte not out 2 0 0 0
MH Mankad  
Extras (5b, 4lb, 0w, 7nb) 16  
TOTAL 151-9 (70.0 overs; RR: 2.16)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (NJ Contractor 0.0 ov), 19-2 (P Roy 0.0 ov), 45-3 (AK Sengupta 0.0 ov), 97-4 (PR Umrigar 0.0 ov), 98-5 (GS Ramchand 0.0 ov), 114-6 (AG Kripal Singh 0.0 ov), 118-7 (PG Joshi 0.0 ov), 149-8 (CG Borde 0.0 ov), 151-9 (Surendranath 70.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
R Gilchrist 17.0 9 36 3 2.12 0 0
WW Hall 23.0 8 49 3 2.13 0 0
ES Atkinson 9.0 5 7 0 0.78 0 0
OG Smith 3.0 1 4 1 1.33 0 0
GS Sobers 18.0 8 39 2 2.17 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v West Indies at Madras, 4th Test

Date

Wednesday January 21, 1959

Toss

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Nehru Stadium, Madras

Umpires

MG Vijayasarathi, AR Joshi

India Team

Playing XI

MH Mankad, PR Umrigar, PG Joshi, P Roy, SP Gupte, GS Ramchand, AG Kripal Singh, NJ Contractor, CG Borde, Surendranath, AK Sengupta

West Indies Team

Playing XI

JKC Holt, GS Sobers, OG Smith, R Gilchrist, RB Kanhai, FCM Alexander, ES Atkinson, CC Hunte, BF Butcher, WW Hall, JS Solomon