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English cricket team in India in 1963–64
Date3 January – 24 February 1964
LocationIndia India
Result5-Test series, 0-0 draw
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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 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.[1]

Test matches[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

10 – 15 January
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v
457/7 dec. (162.0 overs)
Budhi Kunderan 192
Fred Titmus 5–116 (50.0 overs)
317 (190.4 overs)
Brian Bolus 88
Chandu Borde 5–88 (67.4 overs)
152/9 (58.5 overs)
Budhi Kunderan 38
Fred Titmus 4–46 (19.5 overs)
241/5 (87.0 overs)
John Mortimore 73
Bapu Nadkarni 2–6 (6.0 overs)

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

21 – 26 January
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300 (113.3 overs)
Salim Durani 90
John Price 3–66 (19.0 overs)
233 (130.0 overs)
Fred Titmus 84
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4–67 (40.0 overs)
249/8 dec. (115.0 overs)
Dilip Sardesai and M. L. Jaisimha 66
Fred Titmus 3–79 (46.0 overs)
206/3 (174.0 overs)
Brian Bolus 57
Salim Durani 1–35 (29.0 overs)

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

29 January – 3 February
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241 (85.2 overs)
Dilip Sardesai 54
John Price 5–73 (23.0 overs)
267 (148.5 overs)
Colin Cowdrey 107
Ramakant Desai 4–62 (22.5 overs)
300/7 dec. (120.0 overs)
M. L. Jaisimha 129
David Larter 2–27 (8.0 overs)
145/2 (55.0 overs)
M. J. K. Smith 75
Salim Durani 1–15 (8.0 overs)

4th Test[edit | edit source]

8 – 13 February
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344 (148.0 overs)
Hanumant Singh 105
John Mortimore 3–74 (38.0 overs)
451 (185.3 overs)
Colin Cowdrey 151
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3–79 (34.3 overs)
463/4 (165.0 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 203*
Don Wilson 2–74 (41.0 overs)

5th Test[edit | edit source]

15 – 20 February
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559/8 dec. (203.0 overs)
Barry Knight 127
M. L. Jaisimha 2–54 (19.0 overs)
266 (182.1 overs)
Dilip Sardesai 79
Fred Titmus 6–73 (60.0 overs)
347/3 (133.0 overs)
Bapu Nadkarni 122*
Jim Parks, Jr. 1–43 (6.0 overs)

Other matches[edit | edit source]

Indian Board president's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club[edit | edit source]

3 – 5 January
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MCC 
v
Indian Board President's XI
272/3 dec. (79.5 overs)
Micky Stewart 119
E. A. S. Prasanna 1–42 (16.0 overs)
298/4 dec. (105.0 overs)
Prakash Poddar 100*
Barry Knight 1–36 (14.0 overs)
259/6 (92.0 overs)
Micky Stewart 82
Sadanand Mohol 2–30 (28.0 overs)

South Zone v. Marylebone Cricket Club[edit | edit source]

7 – 9 January
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South Zone
v
 MCC
140 (53.2 overs)
Habib Ahmed 29
Don Wilson 4–28 (15.0 overs)
480 (107.5 overs)
Don Wilson 112
Habib Khan 3–109 (29.0 overs)
313 (85.0 overs)
P. K. Belliappa 104
Fred Titmus 3–63 (20.0 overs)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  • Playfair Cricket Annual 1964
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1965

External links[edit | edit source]