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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= English cricket team in India in 1963–64
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|image=
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|date= 3 January – 24 February 1964
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
|result= 5-Test series, 0-0 draw
|team1={{cr|IND}}
|team2={{cr|ENG}}
|captain1=[[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]]
|captain2=[[M. J. K. Smith]]
|runs1=[[Budhi Kunderan]] (525) [[Dilip Sardesai]] (449) [[M. L. Jaisimha]] (444)
|runs2=[[Brian Bolus]] (391) [[Colin Cowdrey]] (309) [[M. J. K. Smith]] (306)
|wickets1=[[Salim Durani]] (11) [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] (10) [[Bapu Nadkarni]] (9)
|wickets2=[[Fred Titmus]] (27) [[John Price (England cricketer)|John Price]] (14) [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]] (9)
}}

A [[cricket]] team from England organised by the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) toured [[India]] from 3 January to 24 February 1964. They played five [[Test cricket|Test]] matches, all of which were drawn, against the [[India national cricket team]], along with other matches against domestic Indian clubs. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC". The first Test of the series, at Madras, was the 400th Test match to be played by England.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hu5UDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT80&lpg=PT80&dq=England+100+Tests+Headingley+1909#q=England+100+Tests+Headingley+1909|title=The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018|first=Lawrence|last=Booth|date=12 April 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781472953582}}</ref>

==Test matches==

===1st Test===
{{Test match|
date = 10 – 15 January |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|ENG}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 457/7 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (162.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Budhi Kunderan]] 192 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Fred Titmus]] 5–116 (50.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 317 (190.4 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Brian Bolus]] 88 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Chandu Borde]] 5–88 (67.4 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 152/9 (58.5 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Budhi Kunderan]] 38 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Fred Titmus]] 4–46 (19.5 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 241/5 (87.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[John Mortimore (cricketer)|John Mortimore]] 73 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 2–6 (6.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai|Nehru Stadium]], [[Chennai|Madras]], India |
umpires = [[Sunil Banerjee]] and [[I. Gopalakrishnan]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26571.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===2nd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 21 – 26 January |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|ENG}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 300 (113.3 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Salim Durani]] 90 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[John Price (England cricketer)|John Price]] 3–66 (19.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 233 (130.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Fred Titmus]] 84 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] 4–67 (40.0 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 249/8 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (115.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dilip Sardesai]] and [[M. L. Jaisimha]] 66 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Fred Titmus]] 3–79 (46.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 206/3 (174.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Brian Bolus]] 57 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Salim Durani]] 1–35 (29.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India |
umpires = [[Habib Choudhury]] and [[Ahmed Mamsa]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26579.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===3rd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 29 January – 3 February |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|ENG}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 241 (85.2 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Dilip Sardesai]] 54 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[John Price (England cricketer)|John Price]] 5–73 (23.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 267 (148.5 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Colin Cowdrey]] 107 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 4–62 (22.5 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 300/7 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (120.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[M. L. Jaisimha]] 129 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[David Larter]] 2–27 (8.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 145/2 (55.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[M. J. K. Smith]] 75 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Salim Durani]] 1–15 (8.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]], India |
umpires = [[M. V. Nagendra]] and [[Samar Roy]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26586.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===4th Test===

{{Test match|
date = 8 – 13 February |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|ENG}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 344 (148.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanumant Singh]] 105 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[John Mortimore (cricketer)|John Mortimore]] 3–74 (38.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 451 (185.3 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Colin Cowdrey]] 151 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]] 3–79 (34.3 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 463/4 (165.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi|Nawab of Pataudi, Jr.]] 203* |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]] 2–74 (41.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]], India |
umpires = [[Sambhu Pan]] and [[B Satyaji Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26595.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===5th Test===

{{Test match|
date = 15 – 20 February |
team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 559/8 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (203.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Barry Knight (cricketer)|Barry Knight]] 127 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[M. L. Jaisimha]] 2–54 (19.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 266 (182.1 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dilip Sardesai]] 79 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Fred Titmus]] 6–73 (60.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 347/3 (133.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 122* |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Jim Parks, Jr.]] 1–43 (6.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Green Park Stadium|Modi Stadium]], [[Kanpur]], India |
umpires = [[Sukken Bhattacharya]] and [[S. K. Raghunatha Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26597.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

==Other matches==

===Indian Board president's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club===

{{Test match|
date = 3 – 5 January |
team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG|name=MCC}} |
team2 = Indian Board President's XI |

score-team1-inns1 = 272/3 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (79.5 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Micky Stewart]] 119 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[E. A. S. Prasanna]] 1–42 (16.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 298/4 [[declaration and forfeiture|dec.]] (105.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = Prakash Poddar 100* |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Barry Knight (cricketer)|Barry Knight]] 1–36 (14.0 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 259/6 (92.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Micky Stewart]] 82 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sadanand Mohol]] 2–30 (28.0 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = Central College Ground, [[Bangalore]], India |
umpires = [[V. Rajagopal]] and [[B. Satyaji Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26559.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===South Zone v. Marylebone Cricket Club===
{{Test match|
date = 7 – 9 January |
team1 = South Zone |
team2 = {{cr|ENG|name=MCC}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 140 (53.2 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = Habib Ahmed 29 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]] 4–28 (15.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 480 (107.5 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Don Wilson (cricketer)|Don Wilson]] 112 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = Habib Khan 3–109 (29.0 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 313 (85.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[P. K. Belliappa]] 104 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Fred Titmus]] 3–63 (20.0 overs) |

result = Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 27 runs |
venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad]], India |
umpires = [[Rathin Bose]] and [[Judah Reuben]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/26/26565.html scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Notes==
* ''Playfair Cricket Annual 1964''
* ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1965''

==External links==
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/IND/1963-64_IND_Marylebone_Cricket_Club_in_India_1963-64.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]

{{International cricket tours of India |state=collapsed}}

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