West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1948–49
West Indies cricket team in India in 1948-49 | |||||||||||||
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Teams | |||||||||||||
India | West Indies | ||||||||||||
Captains | |||||||||||||
Lala Amarnath | John Goddard | ||||||||||||
Most runs | |||||||||||||
Rusi Modi (560) Vijay Hazare (543) Lala Amarnath (294) |
Everton Weekes (779) Clyde Walcott (452) Allan Rae (374) | ||||||||||||
Most wickets | |||||||||||||
Vinoo Mankad (17) Dattu Phadkar (14) Ghulam Ahmed (8) |
Prior Jones (17) Gerry Gomez (16) John Trim (10) |
The West Indies cricket team toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1948 to March 1949 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team. West Indies won the Test series 1–0 with four matches being drawn. The West Indians played three matches in Pakistan in November and four matches in Ceylon in February.[1]
Test matches
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
Pakistan
In the first international tour of Pakistan by an overseas team, West Indies played two first-class matches versus Sind at Karachi and a Pakistan XI at Lahore. Both matches were drawn.[2][3]
Ceylon
The West Indians visited Ceylon in February and played two first-class matches versus Ceylon. West Indies won the first match at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo by an innings and 22 runs after scoring 462 for two declared with centuries by Allan Rae, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott. Prior Jones took ten wickets in the match. The second match at the same venue was drawn, Rae making another century for West Indies.
References
- ↑ "West Indies in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1948–49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sind v West Indians 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ↑ "Pakistan v West Indians 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
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