Indian cricket team in England in 1952

The Indian team meets Queen Elizabeth II at Lord's Cricket Ground, 23 June 1952

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1952 season. The team played four Test matches, losing three of them and drawing the other one. In all first-class matches, they played 29, winning four and losing five, with the rest drawn.

The Indian team

There were 17 players in the original touring team, and Vinoo Mankad was co-opted from the Lancashire League team Haslingden for three of the four Test matches. The side was captained by Vijay Hazare.

The Test matches

First Test, Leeds, 5–9 June 1952

India (293 and 165) lost to England (334 and 128 for three) by seven wickets – scorecard

5–9 June 1952
Scorecard

India	v	England
293 (126.3 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 133 Jim Laker 4/39 (22.3 overs)		334 (165.2 overs) Tom Graveney 71 Ghulam Ahmed 5/100 (63 overs)
165 (67 overs) Dattu Phadkar 64 Fred Trueman 4/27 (9 overs)		128/3 (55 overs) Reg Simpson 51 Ghulam Ahmed 2/37 (22 overs)

England won by 7 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: HG Baldwin, H Elliott

India won the toss and decided to bat
5-day match

Second Test, Lord's, 19–24 June 1952

19–24 June 1952
scorecard

India	v	England
235 (94.3 overs) Vinoo Mankad 72 Fred Trueman 4/72 (25 overs)		537 (206.4 overs) Len Hutton 150 Vinoo Mankad 5/196 (73 overs)
378 (122 overs) Vinoo Mankad 184 Jim Laker 4/102 (39 overs)		79/2 (49.2 overs) Len Hutton 39 Ghulam Ahmed 1/31 (23.2 overs)

England won by 8 wickets
Lord's Cricket Ground
Umpires: F Chester, FS Lee

India won the toss and decided to bat
5-day match

Third Test, Manchester, 17–19 July 1952

17 July 1952
scorecard

England	v	India
347/9 (d) (144 overs) Len Hutton 104 Ghulam Ahmed 3/43 (9 overs)		58 (21.4 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 22 Fred Trueman 8/31 (8.4 overs)
		82 (36.3 overs) Hemu Adhikari 27 Alec Bedser 5/27 (15 overs)

England won by an innings and 207 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: D Davies, FS Lee

England won the toss and decided to bat

Fourth Test, The Oval, 14–19 August 1952

14–19 August 1952
scorecard

England	v	India
326/6 (d) (154 overs) David Sheppard 119 Vinoo Mankad 2/88 (48 overs)		98 (38.5 overs) Vijay Hazare 38 Alec Bedser 5/41 (14.5 overs)

Match drawn
Kennington Oval, Kennington
Umpires: F Chester, H Elliott

England won the toss and decided to bat

References

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1953
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953

External links

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