English national cricket team in India in the 1963/64 season

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The tour of the English national cricket team to India in the 1963/64 season took place from January 10 to February 20, 1964. The international cricket tour was part of the 1963/64 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1961/62 season in India .

Stages

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Brabourne Stadium Bombay 25,000 2nd test
Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi 48,000 4th test
Eden Gardens Calcutta 82,000 3rd test
Green Park Stadium Kanpur 33,000 5th test
MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras 46,000 1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
India India England England
  • Chandu Borde
  • Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
  • Ramakant Desai
  • Salim Durani
  • Baloo Gupte
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Budhi Kunderan
  • Sanjay Manjrekar
  • Vijay Mehra
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Rajinder Pal
  • Vasant Ranjane
  • Dilip Sardesai
  • Hanumant Singh
  • AG Kripal Singh
  • Rusi Surti
  • Nawab of Pataudi
  • Ken Barrington
  • Jimmy Binks
  • Brian Bolus
  • Chris Cowdrey
  • John Edrich
  • Jeff Jones
  • Nick Knight
  • David Larter
  • John Mortimore
  • Peter Parfitt
  • Jim Parks
  • John Price
  • Phil Sharpe
  • Mike Smith
  • Alec Stewart
  • Fred Titmus
  • Don Wilson

Testing

First test in Madras

June
22-26 scorecard
Madras India India
457-7d (162) & 317 (58.5)
- England England
152-9d (190.4) & 241-5 (87)
draw

Second test in Bombay

June
22-26 scorecard
Bombay (BS) India India
300 (113.3) & 249-8d (115)
- England England
233 (130) & 206-3 (134)
draw

Third test in Calcutta

January 29th - February 3rd
scorecard
Calcutta India India
241 (85.2) & 300-7 (120)
- England England
267 (148.5) & 145-2 (55)
draw

Fourth test in Delhi

February
8-13 Scorecard
Delhi India India
344 (148) & 463-4 (165)
- England England
451 (185.3)
draw

Fifth test in Kanpur

February
15-20 scorecard
Kanpur England England
559-8d (203)
- India India
266 (182.1) & 347-3 (133) (f / o)
draw

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