English cricket team in India in 1933–34

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England in India 1933-34

	India	England
Dates	15 December 1933 – 4 March 1934
Captains	CK Nayudu	Douglas Jardine
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Lala Amarnath (203)	Cyril Walters (284)
Most wickets	Amar Singh (13)	Hedley Verity (24)

A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India from 15 December 1933 to 4 March 1934. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC". England won the Test series 2–0. The MCC team concluded its tour with four matches in Ceylon, two of them first-class.

Test matches

1st Test

15–18 December 1933
Scorecard

India	v	England
219 (91.2 overs) Lala Amarnath 38 James Langridge 3/42 (17 overs)		438 (136.5 overs) Bryan Valentine 136 Mohammad Nissar 5/90 (33.5 overs)
258 (90.5 overs) Lala Amarnath 118 Stan Nichols 5/55 (23.5 overs)		40/1 (7.2 overs) Charlie Barnett 17 Amar Singh 1/15 (3.2 overs)

England won by 9 wickets
Azad Maidan, Bombay
Umpires: Bill Hitch and Frank Tarrant

India won the toss and decided to bat.
Arthur Mitchell and Bryan Valentine (both Eng), and Lala Amarnath, Ladha Ramji, L. P. Jai, Rustomji Jamshedji and Vijay Merchant (all Ind) made their Test debut.
Lala Amarnath became the first Indian player to score an international century.

2nd Test

5–8 January 1934
scorecard

England	v	India
403 (159.5 overs) James Langridge 70 Amar Singh 4/106 (54.5 overs)		247 (107.4 overs) Dilawar Hussain 59 Hedley Verity 4/64 (28.4 overs)
7/2 (5 overs) Bryan Valentine 3 Mohammad Nissar 1/2 (2 overs)		237 (f/o) (90.3 overs) Dilawar Hussain 57 Hedley Verity 4/76 (31 overs)

Match drawn
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: JW Hitch, FA Tarrant

England won the toss and decided to bat
This was the first test match played at the Eden Gardens

3rd Test

10–13 February 1934
scorecard

England	v	India
335 (131.4 overs) Fred Bakewell 85 Amar Singh 7/86 (44.4 overs)		145 (59.5 overs) Vijay Merchant 26 Hedley Verity 7/49 (23.5 overs)
261/7 d. (75.5 overs) Cyril Walters 102 Nazir Ali 4/83 (23 overs)		249 (69.2 overs) Yuvraj of Patiala 60 James Langridge 5/63 (24 overs)

England won by 202 runs
Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: JB Higgins, JW Hitch

England won the toss and decided to bat

References

External links

MCC in India and Ceylon 1933-34 at CricketArchive
Tour page ESPNcricinfo
Record ESPNcricinfo

Test and LOI tours
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Australia	1956–57 1959–60 1964–65 1969–70 1979–80 1984–85 1986–87 1996–97 1997–98 2000–01 2004–05 2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2012–13 2013–14 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 2023–24
Bangladesh	2016–17 2018 2019–20 2024–25
England	1933–34 1951–52 1961–62 1963–64 1972–73 1976–77 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1992–93 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2012–13 2016–17 2020–21 2023–24 2024–25
Ireland	2016–17 2018–19 2019–20
New Zealand	1955–56 1964–65 1969–70 1976–77 1988–89 1995–96 1999–2000 2003–04 2010–11 2012 2016–17 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23 2024–25
Pakistan	1952–53 1960–61 1979–80 1983–84 1986–87 1998–99 2004–05 2007–08 2012–13
South Africa	1991–92 1996–97 1999–2000 2004–05 2005–06 2007–08 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20 2022 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1982–83 1986–87 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2005–06 2006–07 2009–10 2014–15 2015–16 2017–18 2019–20 2021–22
West Indies	1948–49 1958–59 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79 1983–84 1987–88 1994–95 2002–03 2006–07 2011–12 2013–14 2014–15 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22 2025–26
Zimbabwe	1992–93 2000–01 2001–02

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1987 1996 2011 2023
Men's T20 World Cup	2016 2021
Champions Trophy	2006
Asia Cup	1990–91
Multiple teams	1989 1993 1994–95 1996–97 1997 1997–98 1997–98 1998–99 2003–04

Other tours
Australian	1935–36 1945–46
Ceylonese/Sri Lankan	1932–33 1940–41 1952–53 1955–56 1957–58 1959–60 1961–62 1964–65 1966–67 1968–69 1970–71 1972–73 1974–75 1975–76
Dutch	1994–95 2012–13
English	1889–90 1892–93 1926–27 1937–38 1956–57 1963–64 1994–95 2005–06 2023–24
Kenyan	1999–00 2011–12
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1953–54 1961–62 1964–65 1967–68
Tanzanian	2006–07

International cricket tours of Sri Lanka

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2022-23 2023–24
Australia	1982–83 1992 1999 2003–04 2011 2016 2022 2024–25
Bangladesh	2002 2005 2007 2012–13 2016–17 2019 2020–21
England	1981–82 1992–93 2000–01 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2018–19 2020–21
India	1985 1993 1997 2001 2006 2008 2008–09 2010 2012 2015 2017 2021 2024
Ireland	2022–23
New Zealand	1983–84 1984–85 1986–87 1992–93 1998 2003 2009 2012–13 2013–14 2019 2024–25
Pakistan	1985–86 1994 1996–97 2000 2005–06 2009 2012 2014 2015 2022 2023
South Africa	1993 2000 2004 2006 2013 2014 2018 2021–22
West Indies	1993–94 2001–02 2005 2010–11 2015-16 2019–20 2021–22 2024–25
Zimbabwe	1983–84 1996–97 1997–98 2001–02 2017 2020–21 2021–22 2023–24

Tournaments hosted
Multiple teams	1986 1986 1994 1996 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001–02 2001–02 2002 2004 2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2018

Other tours
Afghan	2009–10 2024
Australian	1884 1890 1893 1896 1912 1926 1930 1934 1935–36 1938 1945 1948 1953 1961 1964 1969 1981
Bangladeshi	1985–86
Canadian	2000–01 2009–10 2011–12
English	1882–83 1889–90 1891–92 1892–93 1894–95 1911–12 1920–21 1922–23 1924–25 1926–27 1928–29 1929–30 1932–33 1933–34 1935–36 1936–37 1936–37 1950–51 1951–52 1954–55 1958–59 1961–62 1962–63 1965–66 1968–69 1969–70 1972–73 1976–77 1977–78 1984–85 2000–01
Indian	1925–26 1944–45 1956–57 1973–74 1975–76
Kenyan	2001–02 2013–14
Malaysian	1893–94 1971–72
Multi-national	1930–31 1949–50 1950–51 1967–68
New Zealand	1927 1937–38
Pakistani	1948–49 1972–73 1975–76 1978–79
Scottish	2011–12 2013–14
West Indian	1948–49 1966–67 1974–75 1978–79
Irish	2020–21
South Africa A	2023

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