Indian national cricket team in England in the 1946 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to England in the 1946 season took place from June 22 to August 20, 1946. The international cricket tour was part of the 1946 international cricket season and included three tests . England won the series 1–0.

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 England in the 1936 season .

Stages

London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
The oval	London	23,500	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
England	India
Alec Bedser Bill Bowes Denis Compton John Edrich Godfrey Evans Laurie Fishlock Paul Gibb Alf Gover Wally Hammond Joe Hardstaff Richard Hutton Jack Ikin James Langridge Dick Pollard Frank Smailes Peter Smith Bill Voce Cyril Washbrook Doug Wright	Lala Amarnath Abdul Hafeez Vijay Hazare Dattaram Hindlekar Ashok Mankad Vijay Merchant Rusi modes Gul Mohammad Mushtaq Ali CS Nayudu Chandu Sarwate Sadu Shinde Ranga Sohoni Nawab of Pataudi

Tour matches

India completed 27 tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in London

June 22nd - 25th scorecard	London (Lord's)	India 200 (76.1) & 275 (81.1)	-	England 428 (169.4) & 48-0 (16.5)
		England wins with 10 wickets

Second test in Manchester

June 20-23 Scorecard	Manchester	England 294 (129) & 153-5d (61)	-	India 170 (82) & 152-9 (61)
		draw

Third test in London

17th - 20th August Scorecard	London (oval)	India 331 (127.2)	-	England 95-3 (50)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo