INDIA 147 FOR SIX
Poor Reply In Third Test (N.Z. Press Association-Copyright) CALCUTTA, January 1. India fared badly on the rainaffected third day of the third test against Pakistan today. When rain ended play tor the day 17 minutes after lunch, India had 147 for six In reply to Pakistan's first innings total of 301. It- lost four wickets today for the addition of 64 runs in two hours 27 minutes. India now needs five to make Pakistan bat again. There is a threat of more rain, but tomorrow is a rest day. . . . . „ India lost M. L. Jalsimha and P. Umrlgar for the addition of two runs to the overnight total of 83. Mahmood Hussain dismissed them both. Jaisimha edged a ball to Mathias at first slip and Umrlgar was caught at the wicket by Imtiaz Ahmed. V. J. Manjreka and C. G. Borde batted grimlv in an effort to restore the situation, and added 34 runs in 108 minutes before the interval. Light rain began during the interval. and it was still falling when India resumed. It lost two more wickets for the addition of eight runs in 27 minutes before heavier rain ended play for the day. Manjrekar was bowled by Fazal Mahmood after his stand with Borde had put on 60 runs in 120 minutes, and two runs later the left-handed R G Nadkarni was caught at the wicket off Fazal for one. Borde remained undefeated with 33. In Its first Innings Pakistan made 301. Mustaq Mohammed (61), Hanif Mohammed (56) and Intekhab Alam (56) were the chief scorers. Bowling for India, Borde took four wickets for 21 and Surendra Nath four for S 3 Scores:— PAKISTAN First innings .. 301 INDIA First Innings N. Contractor. b Alam ..25
M. L. Jaisimha, c Mathias, b Hussain .. 28 Abbas AU Balz, b Alam .. IS P K. Umrlgar, c Imtiaz, b Hussain .. .. 1 ▼ J. Manjrekar, b Fazal .. 29 C G. Borde, not out .. 33 * G Nadkarni, e imtiaz, b Fazal 1 R. B. Desai, not out 8! Extras .. .. U| Total (for six wickets) .. 147 Fall of wickets: one for 59, two for 83. three for 83. four for 85, five for 145. six for 147.
Record Gate.—The gate-takings for the Central Dlstricts-Otago Plunket Shield match at New Plymouth was £B3O. a record for the Central Districts area.—(PA.)
BOWLING O M. R. W. Hussain ..22 9 43 2 Fazal .. 14J S 14 2 Alanr .. 24 11 35 2 Ghani ..It 5 32 • Ahsan .. 5 1 12 •
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610103.2.160
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 12
Word Count
415INDIA 147 FOR SIX Press, Volume C, Issue 29402, 3 January 1961, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.