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

Date	11 November 1961 - 15 January 1962
Location	India
Result	India won the 5-Test series 2-0-3

English cricket team in India in 1961-62
Date	11 November 1961 - 15 January 1962
Location	India
Result	India won the 5-Test series 2-0-3
Teams
India	England
Captains
Nari Contractor	Ted Dexter
Most runs
Vijay Manjrekar (556); M. L. Jaisimha (399); Chandu Borde (314)	Ken Barrington (594); Ted Dexter (409); Geoff Pullar (337)
Most wickets
Salim Durani (23); Chandu Borde (16); Vasant Ranjane (9)	Tony Lock (22); David Allen (21); Barry Knight (8)

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

1st Test

11 November - 16 November
scorecard

England	v	India
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)

Match drawn
Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, India
Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Bapu Joshi

2nd Test

1 December - 6 December
scorecard

India	v	England
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)

Match drawn
Modi Stadium, Kanpur, India
Umpires: Mohammad Yunus and Samar Roy

3rd Test

13 December - 18 December
scorecard

India	v	England
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)

Match drawn
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Umpires: S. V. Kumaraswamy and Badami Satyaji Rao

4th Test

30 December - 4 January
scorecard

India	v	England
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)

India won by 187 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India
Umpires: Habib Choudhury and S. K. Raghunatha Rao

5th Test

10 January - 15 January
scorecard

India	v	England
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)

India won by 128 runs
Nehru Stadium, Madras, India
Umpires: I. Gopalakrishnan and Sambhu Pan

Test matches in Pakistan

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.

Test series summary

1st Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore – England won by 5 wickets^[2]

2nd Test at Dacca Stadium, Dacca – match drawn^[3]

3rd Test at National Stadium, Karachi – match drawn^[4]

Ceylon

MCC won their first-class fixture in Colombo by 8 wickets. Ted Dexter captained MCC and Ceylon were led by Ievers Gunasekara.^[5]

References

Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.

Use <references />, or <references group="..." />

External links

↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[CATI-1] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[4] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e International cricket tours of India
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1969–70 1979–80 1984–85 1986–87 1996–97 1997–98 2000–01 2004–05 2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2012–13 2013–14
Bangladesh	2016
England	1933–34 1951–52 1961–62 1963–64 1972–73 1976–77 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1992–93 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2012–13 2016–17
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1988–89 1995–96 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2012 2016–17
Pakistan	1952–53 1960–61 1979–80 1983–84 1986–87 1998–99 2004–05 2007–08 2012–13
South Africa	1991–92 1996–97 1999–2000 2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2009–10 2015–16
Sri Lanka	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2014-15 2015–16
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79 1983–84 1986–87 1987–88 1994–95 2002–03 2006–07 2011–12 2013–14 2014-15
Zimbabwe	1992–93 2000–01 2001–02
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1987 1989 1990–91 1993 1994–95 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1997–98 1998–99 2003 2006 2011
Other tours
Australian	1935–36 1945–46
Bangladeshi	1983–84 2015–16
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1932–33 1940–41 1952–53 1955–56 1957–58 1959–60 1961–62 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1970–71 1972–73 1974–75 1975–76
Dutch	1994–95 2012–13
English	1889–90 1892–93 1926–27 1937–38 1956–57 1963–64 1994–95 2005–06
Kenyan	1999–00 2011–12
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1953–54 1961–62 1964–65 1967–68
Tanzanian	2006–07

v t e International cricket tours of Pakistan
Test and LOI tours
Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1979–80 1982–83 1988–89 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2009 2010 2012 2014–15
Bangladesh	2001–02 2003 2008
England	1961–62 1968–69 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2011–12 2015–16
India	1954–55 1978–79 1982–83 1984–85 1989–90 2003–04 2005–06 ~~2015–16~~ 2019 2020 2022
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1984–85 1990–91 1996–97 2002 2003–04 2009–10 2014–15
South Africa	1997–98 2003–04 2007–08 2010–11 2013–14
Sri Lanka	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1974–75 1980–81 1986–87 1990–91 1991–92 1997–98 2006–07 2008–09
Zimbabwe	1993–94 1996–97 1998–99 2007–08 2015
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1987 1994–95 1996 1997 2004–05 2008
Other tours
Afghan	2000–01 2011 2012–13
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1949–50 1966–67 1973–74
English	1951–52 1955–56 1997–98 1998–99
Multi-national	1949–50 1961–62 1963–64 1967–68 1967–68 1970–71 1970–71 1973–74 1976–77 1981–82

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

Contents

Test matches in India

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

Test matches in Pakistan

Test series summary

Ceylon

References

External links

Navigation menu

Personal tools

Namespaces

Variants

Views

More

Search

Navigation

Tools