English cricket team in India in 1963–64

English cricket team in India in 1963–64
Date	3 January – 24 February 1964
Location	India
Result	5-Test series drawn
Teams India England Captains Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. M. J. K. Smith Most runs Budhi Kunderan (525) Dilip Sardesai (449) M. L. Jaisimha (444) Brian Bolus (391) Colin Cowdrey (309) M. J. K. Smith (306) Most wickets Salim Durani (11) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (10) Bapu Nadkarni (9) Fred Titmus (27) John Price (14) Don Wilson (9)

A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India from 3 January to 24 February 1964. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, along with other matches against domestic Indian clubs. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC".

Test matches

1st Test

10 – 15 January scorecard

India	v	England
457/7 dec. (162.0 overs) Budhi Kunderan 192 Fred Titmus 5–116 (50.0 overs)		317 (190.4 overs) Brian Bolus 88 Chandu Borde 5–88 (67.4 overs)
152/9 (58.5 overs) Budhi Kunderan 38 Fred Titmus 4–46 (19.5 overs)		241/5 (87.0 overs) John Mortimore 73 Bapu Nadkarni 2–6 (6.0 overs)

Match drawn Nehru Stadium, Madras, India Umpires: Sunil Banerjee and I. Gopalakrishnan

2nd Test

21 – 26 January scorecard

India	v	England
300 (113.3 overs) Salim Durani 90 John Price 3–66 (19.0 overs)		233 (130.0 overs) Fred Titmus 84 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4–67 (40.0 overs)
249/8 dec. (115.0 overs) Dilip Sardesai and M. L. Jaisimha 66 Fred Titmus 3–79 (46.0 overs)		206/3 (174.0 overs) Brian Bolus 57 Salim Durani 1–35 (29.0 overs)

Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, India Umpires: Habib Choudhury and Ahmed Mamsa

3rd Test

29 January – 3 February scorecard

India	v	England
241 (85.2 overs) Dilip Sardesai 54 John Price 5–73 (23.0 overs)		267 (148.5 overs) Colin Cowdrey 107 Ramakant Desai 4–62 (22.5 overs)
300/7 dec. (120.0 overs) M. L. Jaisimha 129 David Larter 2–27 (8.0 overs)		145/2 (55.0 overs) M. J. K. Smith 75 Salim Durani 1–15 (8.0 overs)

Match drawn Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Umpires: M. V. Nagendra and Samar Roy

4th Test

8 – 13 February scorecard

India	v	England
344 (148.0 overs) Hanumant Singh 105 John Mortimore 3–74 (38.0 overs)		451 (185.3 overs) Colin Cowdrey 151 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3–79 (34.3 overs)
463/4 (165.0 overs) Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 203* Don Wilson 2–74 (41.0 overs)

Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India Umpires: Sambhu Pan and B Satyaji Rao

5th Test

15 – 20 February scorecard

England	v	India
559/8 dec. (203.0 overs) Barry Knight 127 M. L. Jaisimha 2–54 (19.0 overs)		266 (182.1 overs) Dilip Sardesai 79 Fred Titmus 6–73 (60.0 overs)
		347/3 (133.0 overs) Bapu Nadkarni 122* Jim Parks, Jr. 1–43 (6.0 overs)

Match drawn Modi Stadium, Kanpur, India Umpires: Sukken Bhattacharya and S. K. Raghunatha Rao

Other matches

Indian Board president's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club

3 – 5 January scorecard

England	v	Indian Board president's XI
272/3 dec. (79.5 overs) Micky Stewart 119 E. A. S. Prasanna 1–42 (16.0 overs)		298/4 dec. (105.0 overs) Prakash Poddar 100* Barry Knight 1–36 (14.0 overs)
259/6 (92.0 overs) Micky Stewart 82 Sadanand Mohol 2–30 (28.0 overs)

Match drawn Central College Ground, Bangalore, India Umpires: V. Rajagopal and B. Satyaji Rao

South Zone v. Marylebone Cricket Club

7 – 9 January scorecard

South Zone	v	England
140 (53.2 overs) Habib Ahmed 29 Don Wilson 4–28 (15.0 overs)		480 (107.5 overs) Don Wilson 112 Habib Khan 3–109 (29.0 overs)
313 (85.0 overs) P. K. Belliappa 104 Fred Titmus 3–63 (20.0 overs)

Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 27 runs Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India Umpires: Rathin Bose and Judah Reuben

References

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1964
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1965

External links

• CricketArchive tour itinerary