English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62

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English cricket team in India in 1961-62
Date11 November 1961 - 15 January 1962
LocationIndia India
ResultIndia won the 5-Test series 2-0
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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 Dacca Stadium in Dacca. 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]

Test matches in India[edit]

1st Test[edit]

11 November - 16 November
scorecard
v
500/8 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)

2nd Test[edit]

1 December - 6 December
scorecard
v
467/8 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)

3rd Test[edit]

13 December - 18 December
scorecard
v
466 (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)

4th Test[edit]

30 December - 4 January
scorecard
v
380 (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)

5th Test[edit]

10 January - 15 January
scorecard
v
428 (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)

Test matches in Pakistan[edit]

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]

First Test[edit]

21–26 October 1961
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
387/9d (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)

Second Test[edit]

19–24 January 1962
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
393/7d (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*
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 22 January was taken as a rest day.

Third Test[edit]

2–7 February 1962
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
253 (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)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 5 February was taken as a rest day.

Ceylon[edit]

MCC won their first-class fixture in Colombo by 8 wickets. Ted Dexter captained MCC and Ceylon were led by Ievers Gunasekara.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "England in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1961–62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "England beat Pakistan by six wickets".
  3. ↑ "Ceylon v MCC 1962". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

External links[edit]

Template:International cricket tours of Pakistan

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