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Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50

Commonwealth XI vs Central Province - Central Province v Commonwealth XI  |  Commonwealth XI won by 139 runs

Match Details
Toss Commonwealth XI, who chose to bat Series Commonwealth XI In India, Pakistan And Ceylon 1949/50
Umpires
and Match Date 23 Feb 1950
Match Referee Ground Kandy, Kandy
Player of Match    

Commonwealth XI Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Buddy Oldfield c Robert de Kretser b TK Hannan 9 0 0 0 0
2 Winston Place c MB Samarakoon b SP Situnayake 8 0 0 0 0
3 John Holt lbw SP Situnayake 0 0 0 0 0
4 Frank Worrell c SP Situnayake b M Wanduragala 60 0 0 9 0
5 Wally Langdon c & b M Wanduragala 96 0 0 11 6
6 Harry Lambert b OL Izadeen 24 0 0 0 0
7 Ray Smith c P Madugalle b M Wanduragala 6 0 0 0 0
8 George Tribe run out 13 0 0 0 0
9 George Pope st MB Samarakoon b M Wanduragala 26 0 0 0 0
10 George Dawkes † b SP Situnayake 0 0 0 0 0
11 Fred Freer * not out 19 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 10 wickets; 45.0 overs; 261 5.96 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-0 ;   2-0 ;   3-0 ;   4-0 ;   5-0 ;   6-0 ;   7-0 ;   8-0 ;   9-0 ;   10-268

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
SP Situnayake 11.0 0 43 3 0 0
TK Hannan 12.0 2 43 1 0 0
Robert de Kretser 5.0 0 40 0 0 0
AC Mendis 2.0 0 37 0 0 0
M Wanduragala 11.0 0 60 4 0 0
OL Izadeen 4.0 0 38 1 0 0

Central Province Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 PHT Silva c George Tribe b George Pope 0 0 0 0 0
2 MB Samarakoon † b Ray Smith 5 0 0 0 0
3 SG Salgado * c Harry Lambert b Wally Langdon 33 0 0 0 0
4 C Saravanamuttu c John Holt b Ray Smith 1 0 0 0 0
5 P Madugalle c Winston Place b Wally Langdon 11 0 0 0 0
6 M Wanduragala c Ray Smith b Wally Langdon 0 0 0 0 0
7 OL Izadeen c George Dawkes b George Tribe 8 0 0 0 0
8 Robert de Kretser c Buddy Oldfield b Fred Freer 36 0 0 6 1
9 TK Hannan st George Dawkes b Frank Worrell 25 0 0 0 0
10 SP Situnayake not out 0 0 0 0 0
11 AC Mendis b John Holt 0 0 0 0 0
Extra 0
Total 10 wickets; 46.1 overs; 119 2.79 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-0 ;   2-0 ;   3-0 ;   4-0 ;   5-0 ;   6-0 ;   7-0 ;   8-0 ;   9-0 ;   10-129

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Harry Lambert 5.0 5 0 0 0 0
George Pope 11.0 3 15 1 0 0
Ray Smith 5.0 3 10 2 0 0
Wally Langdon 6.0 1 19 3 0 0
George Tribe 5.0 1 12 1 0 0
Buddy Oldfield 4.0 0 15 0 0 0
Frank Worrell 6.0 0 34 1 0 0
Winston Place 2.0 0 14 0 0 0
Fred Freer * 2.0 2 0 1 0 0
John Holt 0.1 0 0 1 0 0