Commonwealth XI cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1949–50 explained

A Commonwealth XI cricket team toured Ceylon, India and Pakistan from October 1949 to March 1950 and played 21 first-class matches, including five against an All-India XI.^[1]

Captained by Jock Livingston, who also kept wicket in some games, the team had several well-known players including Frank Worrell, George Tribe, Bill Alley, Cec Pepper, George Dawkes and George Pope. Most of the players were professionals in the Lancashire League or the Central Lancashire League. About half the team were Australians, two were West Indians, and the rest were English.^[2]

Matches

The first-class matches are numbered.

No.	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Ref
1	9–11 October			Drawn	^[3]
2	15–16 October	Western India States		Won by an innings and 122 runs	^[4]
3	21–23 October			Won by one wicket	^[5]
4	29 October–1 November			Drawn	^[6]
5	5–7 November			Won by ten wickets	^[7]
6	11–15 November	INDIA (1st "Test")		Won by nine wickets	^[8]
	18–19 November	North West Frontier Province Governor’s XI		Drawn	^[9]
	21–22 November	Commander-in-Chief’s XI		Drawn	^[10]
7	25–27 November			Won by an innings and 177 runs	^[11]
8	2–4 December			Won by six wickets	^[12]
	6–7 December		Karachi	Drawn	^[13]
9	10–13 December			Drawn	^[14]
10	16–20 December	INDIA (2nd "Test")		Drawn	^[15]
11	24–27 December	Bengal Governor’s XI		Won by ten wickets	^[16]
12	30 December–3 January	INDIA (3rd "Test")		Lost by seven wickets	^[17]
13	7–9 January			Won by ten wickets	^[18]
14	14–18 January	INDIA (4th "Test")		Drawn	^[19]
15	21–23 January	Central Province Governor's XI		Drawn	^[20]
16	27–29 January			Drawn	^[21]
	1–2 February	India Schools		Drawn	^[22]
17	4–6 February			Drawn	^[23]
18	10–13 February			Won by seven wickets	^[24]
19	17–21 February	INDIA (5th "Test")		Lost by three wickets	^[25]
	23 February			Won by seven wickets	^[26]
20	25–27 February			Won by an innings and 51 runs	^[27]
	1–2 March	Ceylon XI		Drawn	^[28]
21	4–6 March	Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI		Drawn	^[29]
	10–12 March	Raja Maharaj Singh’s XII		Won by six wickets	^[30]

External links

• Commonwealth in India, 1949-50 at ESPNcricinfo
• Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50 at CricketArchive (subscription required)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949–50 . CricketArchive . 4 July 2014.
2. Rex Pogson, "To tour India", The Cricketer, 3 September 1949, p. 457.
3. Web site: Indian Universities v Commonwealth XI. CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
4. Web site: Western India States v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
5. Web site: Holkar v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
6. Web site: North Zone v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
7. Web site: Services v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
8. Web site: India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
9. Web site: North West Frontier Province Governor’s XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
10. Web site: Commander-in-Chief’s XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
11. Web site: Pakistan v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
12. Web site: Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
13. Web site: Pakistan Universities v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
14. Web site: West Zone v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
15. Web site: India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
16. Web site: Bengal Governor’s XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
17. Web site: India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
18. Web site: East Zone v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
19. Web site: India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
20. Web site: Central Province Governor’s XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
21. Web site: Cricket Club of India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
22. Web site: India Schools v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
23. Web site: Bombay v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
24. Web site: South Zone v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
25. Web site: India v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
26. Web site: Central Province v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
27. Web site: Ceylon v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
28. Web site: Ceylon XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
29. Web site: Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .
30. Web site: Raja Maharaj Singh’s XI v Commonwealth XI . CricketArchive . 2017-08-18 .