f20340	India v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1953/54
Venue	Gomti Nagar Stadium, Lucknow on 31st January, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th February 1954 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	India (1) 284/3 (Umrigar 22*)
Close of play day 3	Commonwealth XI (1) 45/2 (Meuleman 17*, Watkins 0*)
Close of play day 4	Commonwealth XI (1) 303/6 (Barrick 24*, BA Barnett 8*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	c BA Barnett b Loxton	2
PH Punjabi	b Iverson	107		340	11	-
S Mushtaq Ali	run out	58
RB Kenny	b Loader	33
PR Umrigar	c Watkins b Loxton	87
GS Ramchand	lbw b Loader	13
*DG Phadkar	b Iverson	63
M Suryanarayan	c BA Barnett b Iverson	12
P Bhandari	lbw b Marshall	12
+PG Joshi	not out	14
SP Gupte	b Iverson	0
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 5 nb)	15
Total	(all out, 149.2 overs)	416
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-100, 3-158, 4-270, 5-312, 6-318, 7-335, 8-374, 9-416, 10-416 (149.2 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	28	7	53	2	-	-
Loxton	25	0	101	2	-	-
Iverson	40.2	10	96	4	-	-
Berry	30	11	67	0	-	-
Marshall	13	2	55	1	-	-
Watkins	2	0	12	0	-	-
CJ Barnett	10	5	12	0	-	-
Meuleman	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CJ Barnett	c and b Bhandari	33
RE Marshall	b Gupte	11
KD Meuleman	c Joshi b Bhandari	131			21	-
AJ Watkins	c sub b Mushtaq Ali	28
GA Edrich	lbw b Punjabi	26
DW Barrick	b Phadkar	25
SJE Loxton	lbw b Bhandari	39
*+BA Barnett	c Bhandari b Phadkar	10
JB Iverson	not out	5
PJ Loader	c Mushtaq Ali b Phadkar	17
R Berry	b Ramchand	0
Extras	(14 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	20
Total	(all out, 146.5 overs)	345
Fall of wickets:
1-31, 2-61, 3-123, 4-211, 5-261, 6-303, 7-316, 8-319, 9-343, 10-345 (146.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramchand	30.5	7	78	1	-	-
Umrigar	31	15	46	0	-	-
Gupte	8	3	18	1	-	-
Bhandari	41	14	90	3	-	-
Mushtaq Ali	19	10	26	1	-	-
Roy	2	0	13	0	-	-
Punjabi	8	1	39	1	-	-
Kenny	2	0	7	0	-	-
Phadkar	5	2	8	3	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	b Berry	58
PH Punjabi	lbw b Iverson	24
S Mushtaq Ali	not out	70
RB Kenny	not out	11
PR Umrigar	did not bat
GS Ramchand	did not bat
*DG Phadkar	did not bat
M Suryanarayan	did not bat
P Bhandari	did not bat
+PG Joshi	did not bat
SP Gupte	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 58 overs)	168
Fall of wickets:
1-44, 2-143

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Loader	5	2	10	0	-	-
Loxton	4	2	6	0	-	-
Iverson	13	3	29	1	-	-
Berry	12	0	46	1	-	-
Watkins	11	3	25	0	-	-
CJ Barnett	6	1	11	0	-	-
Barrick	7	0	36	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JB Iverson	b Punjabi	18
R Berry	c Joshi b Roy	7
PJ Loader	c Umrigar b Kenny	5
CJ Barnett	not out	11
RE Marshall	not out	20
KD Meuleman	did not bat
AJ Watkins	did not bat
GA Edrich	did not bat
DW Barrick	did not bat
SJE Loxton	did not bat
*+BA Barnett	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	3
Total	(3 wickets, 17 overs)	64
Fall of wickets:
1-24, 2-29, 3-36

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bhandari	4	0	18	0	-	-
Roy	2	0	10	1	-	-
Punjabi	4	0	10	1	-	-
Kenny	4	0	11	1	-	-
Phadkar	1	0	10	0	-	-
Suryanarayan	2	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> PR Umrigar (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 32
--> KD Meuleman (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 40
--> PH Punjabi made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> P Bhandari made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> M Suryanarayan made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> JB Iverson reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the India first innings

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