f25555	Bengal Chief Minister's XI v Commonwealth XI
	Commonwealth XI in India 1964/65
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th December 1964 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Commonwealth XI won the toss and decided to field
Result	Commonwealth XI won by 1 wicket
Close of play day 1	Commonwealth XI (1) 5/0 (Richardson ?*, Smith ?*)
Close of play day 2	Bengal Chief Minister's XI (2) 21/0 (Sardesai 13*, Jaisimha 5*)
Close of play day 3	Commonwealth XI (2) 80/1 (Smith 29*, Butcher 17*)

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Bengal Chief Minister's XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Sardesai	lbw b Close	46
ML Jaisimha	c Close b Knight	16
Hanumant Singh	b Gibbs	18
CG Borde	c Knight b Mushtaq Mohammad	124
VL Manjrekar	b Close	2
V Subramanya	run out	0
*Nawab of Pataudi	c Butcher b Gibbs	2
SA Durani	c and b Mortimore	92
+NS Tamhane	not out	10
RB Desai	c Andrew b Mushtaq Mohammad	4
BS Chandrasekhar	b Mortimore	4
Extras		21
Total	(all out, 89 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-52, 2-88, 3-92, 4-96, 5-105, 6-107, 7-321, 8-321, 9-334, 10-339 (89 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	20	3	73	0	-	-
Knight	14	2	42	1	-	-
Close	13	5	55	2	-	-
Gibbs	18	5	47	2	-	-
Mortimore	17	3	53	2	-	-
Mushtaq Mohammad	7	0	48	2	-	-

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Commonwealth XI first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	b Durani	43
CW Smith	c Tamhane b Desai	6
BF Butcher	st Tamhane b Durani	40
MC Cowdrey	b Desai	66
GS Sobers	c Tamhane b Jaisimha	83
Mushtaq Mohammad	st Tamhane b Subramanya	59
DB Close	b Desai	0
BR Knight	c Tamhane b Chandrasekhar	2
JB Mortimore	c Subramanya b Jaisimha	19
LR Gibbs	b Subramanya	12
+KV Andrew	not out	12
Extras		13
Total	(all out, 77.2 overs)	355
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-76, 3-119, 4-213, 5-257, 6-262, 7-275, 8-331, 9-338, 10-355 (77.2 ov)

Bengal Chief Minister's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Desai	15	3	58	3	-	-
Jaisimha	13	0	66	2	-	-
Durani	17	0	87	2	-	-
Chandrasekhar	20	6	69	1	-	-
Subramanya	4.2	0	21	2	-	-
Borde	8	1	41	0	-	-

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Bengal Chief Minister's XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DN Sardesai	c Andrew b Sobers	14
ML Jaisimha	c Knight b Gibbs	64
Hanumant Singh	c sub b Close	154
V Subramanya	c Sobers b Mortimore	1
VL Manjrekar	lbw b Mortimore	13
*Nawab of Pataudi	c Gibbs b Knight	16
CG Borde	b Sobers	57
SA Durani	st Andrew b Sobers	1
+NS Tamhane	c Close b Sobers	6
RB Desai	not out	68
BS Chandrasekhar	c Mushtaq Mohammad b Close	25
Extras		20
Total	(all out, 79.1 overs)	439
Fall of wickets:
1-32, 2-110, 3-123, 4-169, 5-218, 6-316, 7-327, 8-332, 9-355, 10-439 (79.1 ov)

Commonwealth XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sobers	19	1	94	4	-	-
Knight	11	3	36	1	-	-
Close	17.1	1	115	2	-	-
Gibbs	21	4	89	1	-	-
Mortimore	10	0	79	2	-	-
Cowdrey	1	0	6	0	-	-

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Commonwealth XI second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*PE Richardson	b Jaisimha	29
CW Smith	c Hanumant Singh b Subramanya	68
BF Butcher	not out	35
MC Cowdrey	b Jaisimha	12
GS Sobers	st Tamhane b Borde	102
Mushtaq Mohammad	c Pataudi b Desai	51
DB Close	b Subramanya	52
BR Knight	c Jaisimha b Borde	12
JB Mortimore	not out	30
LR Gibbs	st Tamhane b Borde	4
+KV Andrew	st Tamhane b Jaisimha	4
Extras		28
Total	(9 wickets, 90.5 overs)	427
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-150, 3-166, 4-254, 5-351, 6-378, 7-395, 8-414, 9-423

Bengal Chief Minister's XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Desai	13	0	70	1	-	-
Jaisimha	23.5	3	121	3	-	-
Durani	12	3	45	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	15	3	58	0	-	-
Subramanya	15	1	59	2	-	-
Borde	12	0	46	3	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> CW Smith made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> CG Borde (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 123
--> RB Desai (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 23
--> BS Chandrasekhar (2) passed his previous highest score of 16 in First-Class matches
--> CW Smith made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> DB Close made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> KV Andrew made his debut in India in First-Class matches
--> BF Butcher retired hurt in the Commonwealth XI second innings having scored 35 (team had lost 1 wickets) - he returned when the score was 423/9

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