Commonwealth XI cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1949–50

Commonwealth cricket team

A Commonwealth XI cricket team toured Ceylon, India and Pakistan from October 1949 to March 1950 and played 21 first-class matches, including five against an All-India XI.^[1]

Captained by Jock Livingston, who also kept wicket in some games, the team had several well-known players including Frank Worrell, George Tribe, Bill Alley, Cec Pepper, George Dawkes and George Pope. Most of the players were professionals in the Lancashire League or the Central Lancashire League. About half the team were Australians, two were West Indians, and the rest were English.^[2]

Matches

The first-class matches are numbered.

No.	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Ref
1	9–11 October	Indian Universities	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Drawn	^[3]
2	15–16 October	Western India States	Commerce College Ground, Ahmedabad	Won by an innings and 122 runs	^[4]
3	21–23 October	Holkar	Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore	Won by one wicket	^[5]
4	29 October–1 November	North Zone	Baradari Ground, Patiala	Drawn	^[6]
5	5–7 November	Services	Irwin Stadium, Delhi	Won by ten wickets	^[7]
6	11–15 November	INDIA (1st "Test")	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Won by nine wickets	^[8]
	18–19 November	North West Frontier Province Governor’s XI	Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar	Drawn	^[9]
	21–22 November	Commander-in-Chief’s XI	Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi	Drawn	^[10]
7	25–27 November	Pakistan	Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore	Won by an innings and 177 runs	^[11]
8	2–4 December	Karachi and Sind	Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi	Won by six wickets	^[12]
	6–7 December	Pakistan Universities	Karachi	Drawn	^[13]
9	10–13 December	West Zone	Club of Maharashtra, Poona	Drawn	^[14]
10	16–20 December	INDIA (2nd "Test")	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Drawn	^[15]
11	24–27 December	Bengal Governor’s XI	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	Won by ten wickets	^[16]
12	30 December–3 January	INDIA (3rd "Test")	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	Lost by seven wickets	^[17]
13	7–9 January	East Zone	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	Won by ten wickets	^[18]
14	14–18 January	INDIA (4th "Test")	Modi Stadium, Kanpur	Drawn	^[19]
15	21–23 January	Central Province Governor's XI	Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur	Drawn	^[20]
16	27–29 January	Cricket Club of India	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Drawn	^[21]
	1–2 February	India Schools	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Drawn	^[22]
17	4–6 February	Bombay	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Drawn	^[23]
18	10–13 February	South Zone	Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad	Won by seven wickets	^[24]
19	17–21 February	INDIA (5th "Test")	Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras	Lost by three wickets	^[25]
	23 February	Central Province	Kandy	Won by seven wickets	^[26]
20	25–27 February	Ceylon	Colombo Oval, Colombo	Won by an innings and 51 runs	^[27]
	1–2 March	Ceylon XI	Colombo	Drawn	^[28]
21	4–6 March	Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI	Colombo Oval, Colombo	Drawn	^[29]
	10–12 March	Raja Maharaj Singh’s XII^{[notes 1]}	Brabourne Stadium, Bombay	Won by six wickets	^[30]

References

^ "Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949–50". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ Rex Pogson, "To tour India", The Cricketer, 3 September 1949, p. 457.
^ "Indian Universities v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Western India States v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Holkar v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "North Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Services v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "North West Frontier Province Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Commander-in-Chief's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Pakistan v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Pakistan Universities v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "West Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Bengal Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "East Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Central Province Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Cricket Club of India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India Schools v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Bombay v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "South Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Central Province v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Ceylon v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Ceylon XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
^ "Raja Maharaj Singh's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

Notes

^ Played as twelve-a-side

External links

Commonwealth in India, 1949-50 at ESPNcricinfo
Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

International cricket tours of India

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2016–17 2018 2019–20 2021–22 2023–24
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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24
Bangladesh	2016–17 2018 2019–20 2024–25
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 2020–21 2023–24
Ireland	2016–17 2018-19 2019–20
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1988–89 1995–96 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2012 2016–17 2017–18 2021–22 2022-23
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 2019–20 2022 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2014-15 2015–16 2017–18 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79 1983–84 1987–88 1994–95 2002–03 2006–07 2011–12 2013–14 2014-15 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
Zimbabwe	1992–93 2000–01 2001–02

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1987 1996 2011 2023
Men's T20 World Cup	2016 2021
Champions Trophy	2006
Asia Cup	1990–91
Multiple teams	1989 1993 1994–95 1996–97 1997 1997–98 1997–98 1998–99 2003–04

Other tours
Australian	1935–36 1945–46
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 2023–24
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 2018–19 (Sep18) 2018–19 (Mar19) 2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008 2019–20 2024
England	1961–62 1968–69 1972–73 1977–78 1983–84 1987–88 2000–01 2005–06 2009–10 2011–12 2015–16 2021–22 2022–23
India	1954–55 1978–79 1982–83 1984–85 1989–90 1997–98 2003–04 2005–06
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1984–85 1990–91 1996–97 2002 2003–04 2009–10 2014–15 2018–19 2021–22 2022–23 (Dec22) 2022–23 (Apr23) 2023-24 (Apr23)
South Africa	1997–98 2003–04 2007–08 2010–11 2013–14 2020–21
Sri Lanka	1981–82 1985–86 1991–92 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2017–18 2019–20
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1974–75 1980–81 1985–86 1986–87 1990–91 1991–92 1997–98 2001–02 2006–07 2008–09 2016–17 2017–18 2021–22 2022
Zimbabwe	1993–94 1996–97 1998–99 2007–08 2015 2020–21
Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1987 1994–95 1996 1997 2001–02 2004–05 2008 2023 2025
Other tours
Afghan	2000–01 2011 2012–13 2021–22
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1949–50 1966–67 1973–74
English	1951–52 1955–56 1966–67 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 2017
Tours in italics have been played in the United Arab Emirates or other neutral venues, since 2009

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2022-23 2023–24
Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016 2022
Bangladesh	2002 2005 2007 2012–13 2016–17 2019 2020–21
England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21
India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
Ireland	2022–23
New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14 2019
Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015 2022 2023
South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014 2018 2021–22
West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22
Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02 2017 2020–21 2021–22 2023–24

Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1986 1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001–02 2001–02 2002 2004 2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2018

Other tours
Afghan	2009–10 2024
Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12
English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01
Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023