English cricket team in India in 1963–64

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, all of which were drawn, 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". The first Test of the series, at Madras, was the 400th Test match to be played by England.[1]

English cricket team in India in 1963–64
Date3 January – 24 February 1964
Location India
Result5-Test series, 0-0 draw
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)

Test matches

1st Test
10 – 15 January
scorecard
v
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
v
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
v
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
v
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
v
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)

Other matches

Indian Board president's XI v Marylebone Cricket Club
3 – 5 January
scorecard
MCC 
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
 MCC
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
  1. Booth, Lawrence (12 April 2018). The Shorter Wisden 2018: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472953582.

Notes
  • Playfair Cricket Annual 1964
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1965
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