English cricket team in India in 1933–34

International cricket tour

England in India 1933-34

	India	England
Dates	15 December 1933 – 4 March 1934
Captains	CK Nayudu	Douglas Jardine
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Lala Amarnath (203)	Cyril Walters (284)
Most wickets	Amar Singh (13)	Hedley Verity (24)

A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India from 15 December 1933 to 4 March 1934. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC". England won the Test series 2–0. The MCC team concluded its tour with four matches in Ceylon, two of them first-class.

Test matches

1st Test

15–18 December 1933
Scorecard

India	v	England
219 (91.2 overs) Lala Amarnath 38 James Langridge 3/42 (17 overs)		438 (136.5 overs) Bryan Valentine 136 Mohammad Nissar 5/90 (33.5 overs)
258 (90.5 overs) Lala Amarnath 118 Stan Nichols 5/55 (23.5 overs)		40/1 (7.2 overs) Charlie Barnett 17 Amar Singh 1/15 (3.2 overs)

England won by 9 wickets
Azad Maidan, Bombay
Umpires: Bill Hitch and Frank Tarrant

India won the toss and decided to bat.
Arthur Mitchell and Bryan Valentine (both Eng), and Lala Amarnath, Ladha Ramji, L. P. Jai, Rustomji Jamshedji and Vijay Merchant (all Ind) made their Test debut.
Lala Amarnath became the first Indian player to score an international century.

2nd Test

5–8 January 1934
scorecard

England	v	India
403 (159.5 overs) James Langridge 70 Amar Singh 4/106 (54.5 overs)		247 (107.4 overs) Dilawar Hussain 59 Hedley Verity 4/64 (28.4 overs)
7/2 (5 overs) Bryan Valentine 3 Mohammad Nissar 1/2 (2 overs)		237 (f/o) (90.3 overs) Dilawar Hussain 57 Hedley Verity 4/76 (31 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: JW Hitch, FA Tarrant

England won the toss and decided to bat
This was the first test match played at the Eden Gardens

3rd Test

10–13 February 1934
scorecard

England	v	India
335 (131.4 overs) Fred Bakewell 85 Amar Singh 7/86 (44.4 overs)		145 (59.5 overs) Vijay Merchant 26 Hedley Verity 7/49 (23.5 overs)
261/7 d. (75.5 overs) Cyril Walters 102 Nazir Ali 4/83 (23 overs)		249 (69.2 overs) Yuvraj of Patiala 60 James Langridge 5/63 (24 overs)

England won by 202 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: JB Higgins, JW Hitch

England won the toss and decided to bat

References

External links

MCC in India and Ceylon 1933-34 at CricketArchive
Tour page ESPNcricinfo
Record ESPNcricinfo

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Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
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