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Commonwealth XI in Ceylon, 1950/51
Ceylon v Commonwealth XI
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
16,17,18 February 1951 (3-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss:
Umpires:

Close of Play:

  • Day 1:
  • Day 2:
    Commonwealth XI 1st innings
    H Gimblett            c Fernando          b Wijesinghe         11
    JT Ikin                                   b Nathanielsz        19
    *FMM Worrell          c Gunasekera        b de Kretser        285
    KJ Grieves            c Nathanielsz       b Wijesinghe          5
    LEG Ames              c Coomaraswamy      b Wijesinghe          3
    WHH Sutcliffe         run out                                  95
    B Dooland             c Coomaraswamy      b de Kretser         14
    D Shackleton          lbw                 b Weerakoon           2
    +A Barlow             not out                                   4
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    6
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 117.1 overs)       444
    
    DNB: S Ramadhin, RR Dovey.
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-444.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Nathanielsz                 19      3     72      1
    Coomaraswamy                 7      2     25      0
    Wijesinghe                  22      5     78      3
    de Kretser                  30.1    2    108      2
    Weerakoon                   30      5    114      1
    Prins                        4      1      8      0
    Gunasekera                   2      0     10      0
    Fernando                     2      0     17      0
    Jayasinghe                   1      0      6      0
    
    Ceylon 1st innings
    FJ de Saram           c Grieves           b Shackleton          5
    Channa H Gunasekera                   c & b Dooland            26
    VG Prins                                  b Ramadhin           46
    S Jayasinghe          c Worrell           b Dovey              44
    S Coomaraswamy                            b Ramadhin           28
    RB Wijesinghe         c Grieves           b Ramadhin           10
    HIK Fernando          not out                                  61
    Ronald Weerakoon      run out                                   0
    +B Navaratne          c Sutcliffe         b Shackleton         15
    RL de Kretser         c Sutcliffe         b Ramadhin           15
    EB Nathanielsz        lbw                 b Dooland             0
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    5
    Total                 (all out, 80.4 overs)                   255
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-255.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Shackleton                  16      4     49      2
    Sutcliffe                    6      0     29      0
    Dovey                       18      6     44      1
    Dooland                     15.4    4     47      2
    Ramadhin                    16      6     48      4
    Worrell                      9      1     33      0
    
    Commonwealth XI 2nd innings
    H Gimblett                                b Nathanielsz        16
    JT Ikin               not out                                  21
    WHH Sutcliffe         c Coomaraswamy      b de Kretser         11
    B Dooland             c Prins             b de Saram           29
    +A Barlow                             c & b Wijesinghe         15
    S Ramadhin                                b de Kretser         19
    D Shackleton          not out                                   0
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                    0
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 39 overs)          111
    
    DNB: *FMM Worrell, KJ Grieves, LEG Ames, RR Dovey.
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Nathanielsz                 13      3     18      1
    Coomaraswamy                 4      0     11      0
    Wijesinghe                   9      4     33      1
    de Kretser                   6      0     27      2
    Weerakoon                    5      1     12      0
    de Saram                     2      0     10      1
    
    Ceylon 2nd innings (target: 301 runs)
    FJ de Saram                               b Ramadhin           34
    Channa H Gunasekera   run out                                   4
    VG Prins              c Dooland           b Ramadhin            6
    S Jayasinghe          c Ramadhin          b Ikin               62
    S Coomaraswamy        c Ames              b Dovey              14
    RB Wijesinghe         run out                                  26
    HIK Fernando          c Gimblett          b Ramadhin           39
    Ronald Weerakoon      c Sutcliffe         b Ramadhin            2
    +B Navaratne          c Worrell           b Dooland             9
    RL de Kretser         not out                                  17
    EB Nathanielsz        not out                                   3
    Extras                (b ?, lb ?, w ?, nb ?)                   10
    Total                 (9 wickets, 75 overs)                   226
    
    FoW: 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?.
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Shackleton                  10      3     26      0
    Dovey                       10      2     45      1
    Dooland                     17      5     44      1
    Ramadhin                    26      6     65      4
    Worrell                      6      3      9      0
    Ikin                         6      1     27      1
    

    • Ceylon Captain not known

    • Commonwealth 1st innings: 301 for the 5th wkt
    • Worrell 285 (33x4, 1x5, 5x6)




  • Ground Page: P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo

    Commonwealth XI Player Pages: H Gimblett, JT Ikin, FMM Worrell, KJ Grieves, LEG Ames, WHH Sutcliffe, B Dooland, D Shackleton, A Barlow, S Ramadhin, RR Dovey.

    Ceylon Player Pages: FJ de Saram, Channa H Gunasekera, VG Prins, S Jayasinghe, S Coomaraswamy, RB Wijesinghe, HIK Fernando, Ronald Weerakoon, B Navaratne, RL de Kretser, EB Nathanielsz.


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