English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62
April 11, 2024
The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1961 to February 1962. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with India winning two matches and the other three being drawn; and three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team, with England winning the first match and the other two drawn. The itinerary was unusual in that England began in Pakistan with three matches, including the first Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, and then went on an extensive five-Test tour of India before crossing into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), where they played their second Test against Pakistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. For the third Test against Pakistan, they travelled to the National Stadium, Karachi before completing the tour in February with three games in Ceylon. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was not a Test-qualified team at that time and played a single first-class match against MCC in Colombo which was won by MCC.[1]
England played three Tests against Pakistan in a split series, the first match being played in October 1961 and the latter two in the new year following the tour of India. England won the first and the other two were drawn. England were captained by Ted Dexter and Pakistan by Imtiaz Ahmed. After this, England would not win another test series in Pakistan for 39 years.[2]
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The England national cricket team organised by Marylebone Cricket Club MCC toured India Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1961 to February 1962 They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team with India winning two matches and the other three being drawn and three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team with England winning the first match and the other two drawn The itinerary was unusual in that England began in Pakistan with three matches including the first Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and then went on an extensive five Test tour of India before crossing into East Pakistan now Bangladesh where they played their second Test against Pakistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka For the third Test against Pakistan they travelled to the National Stadium Karachi before completing the tour in February with three games in Ceylon Ceylon now Sri Lanka was not a Test qualified team at that time and played a single first class match against MCC in Colombo which was won by MCC 1 English cricket team in India in 1961 62Date11 November 1961 15 January 1962LocationIndiaResultIndia won the 5 Test series 2 0Teams India EnglandCaptainsNari ContractorTed DexterMost runsVijay Manjrekar 556 M L Jaisimha 399 Chandu Borde 314 Ken Barrington 594 Ted Dexter 409 Geoff Pullar 337 Most wicketsSalim Durani 23 Chandu Borde 16 Vasant Ranjane 9 Tony Lock 22 David Allen 21 Barry Knight 8 England 1959India 1963 64 Contents 1 Test matches in India 1 1 1st Test 1 2 2nd Test 1 3 3rd Test 1 4 4th Test 1 5 5th Test 2 Test matches in Pakistan 2 1 1st Test 2 2 2nd Test 2 3 3rd Test 3 Ceylon 4 References 5 External linksTest matches in India edit1st Test edit 11 November 16 November scorecard nbsp England v nbsp India500 8 dec 173 0 overs Ken Barrington 151 Vasant Ranjane 4 76 21 0 overs 390 168 0 overs Salim Durani 71 Tony Lock 4 74 45 0 overs 184 5 dec 58 0 overs Ken Barrington 52 Salim Durani 2 28 11 0 overs 180 5 73 0 overs Vijay Manjrekar 84 Peter Richardson 2 10 6 0 overs Match drawnBrabourne Stadium Bombay India Umpires Santosh Ganguli and Bapu Joshi 2nd Test edit 1 December 6 December scorecard nbsp India v nbsp England467 8 dec 198 0 overs Polly Umrigar 147 Tony Lock 3 93 44 0 overs 244 106 3 overs Bob Barber 69 Subhash Gupte 5 90 40 0 overs 497 5 184 0 overs Ken Barrington 172 Chandu Borde 1 44 16 0 overs Match drawnModi Stadium Kanpur India Umpires Mohammad Yunus and Samar Roy 3rd Test edit 13 December 18 December scorecard nbsp India v nbsp England466 177 3 overs Vijay Manjrekar 189 David Allen 4 87 47 0 overs 256 3 114 0 overs Ken Barrington 113 A G Kripal Singh 1 27 12 0 overs Match drawnFeroz Shah Kotla Delhi India Umpires S V Kumaraswamy and Badami Satyaji Rao 4th Test edit 30 December 4 January scorecard nbsp India v nbsp England380 156 0 overs Chandu Borde 68 David Allen 5 67 34 0 overs 212 79 2 overs Peter Richardson 62 Salim Durani 5 47 23 2 overs 252 101 2 overs Chandu Borde 61 David Allen 4 95 43 2 overs 233 116 2 overs Ted Dexter 62 Salim Durani 3 66 33 2 overs India won by 187 runsEden Gardens Calcutta India Umpires Habib Choudhury and S K Raghunatha Rao 5th Test edit 10 January 15 January scorecard nbsp India v nbsp England428 144 3 overs Nawab of Pataudi Jr 103 David Allen 3 116 51 3 overs 281 110 1 overs M J K Smith 73 Salim Durani 6 105 36 0 overs 190 94 3 overs Vijay Manjrekar 85 Tony Lock 6 65 39 3 overs 209 92 3 overs Ken Barrington 48 Salim Durani 4 72 34 0 overs India won by 128 runsNehru Stadium Madras India Umpires I Gopalakrishnan and Sambhu PanTest matches in Pakistan editEngland played three Tests against Pakistan in a split series the first match being played in October 1961 and the latter two in the new year following the tour of India England won the first and the other two were drawn England were captained by Ted Dexter and Pakistan by Imtiaz Ahmed After this England would not win another test series in Pakistan for 39 years 2 1st Test edit 21 26 October 1961 5 day match ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp England387 9d 142 5 overs Javed Burki 138 DW White 3 65 22 overs 380 174 1 overs KF Barrington 139 Mohammad Munaf 4 42 31 1 overs 200 75 5 overs Afaq Hussain 35 A Brown 3 27 14 overs 209 5 59 overs ER Dexter 66 Intikhab Alam 2 37 16 overs England won by 5 wicketsLahore Stadium Lahore Umpires Ahmed Saeed and ShujauddinPakistan won the toss and elected to bat 23 October was taken as a rest day A Brown WE Russell and DW White all ENG and Afaq Hussain PAK made their Test debuts 2nd Test edit 19 24 January 1962 5 day match ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp England393 7d 192 3 overs Javed Burki 140 GAR Lock 4 155 73 overs 439 181 overs G Pullar 165 A D Souza 4 94 46 overs 216 134 1 overs Hanif Mohammad 104 DA Allen 5 30 23 1 overs 38 0 16 overs PE Richardson 21 Match drawnDacca Stadium Dacca Umpires Daud Khan and ShujauddinPakistan won the toss and elected to bat 22 January was taken as a rest day 3rd Test edit 2 7 February 1962 5 day match ScorecardPakistan nbsp v nbsp England253 95 overs Alimuddin 109 BR Knight 4 66 19 overs 507 233 5 overs ER Dexter 205 A D Souza 5 112 57 5 overs 404 8 167 overs Hanif Mohammad 89 ER Dexter 3 86 32 overs Match drawnNational Stadium Karachi Umpires Daud Khan and ShujauddinPakistan won the toss and elected to bat 5 February was taken as a rest day Ceylon editMCC won their first class fixture in Colombo by 8 wickets Ted Dexter captained MCC and Ceylon were led by Ievers Gunasekara 3 References edit England in India Pakistan and Ceylon 1961 62 CricketArchive Retrieved 13 July 2014 England beat Pakistan by six wickets Ceylon v MCC 1962 CricketArchive Retrieved 13 July 2014 External links editEngland in India Nov 1961 Jan 1962 at ESPNcricinfo England in Pakistan 1961 62 at ESPNcricinfo England to India amp Pakistan 1961 62 at Test Cricket Tours nbsp This article about an international cricket tour of India is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an international cricket tour of 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