English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1961–62

The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1961 to February 1962. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with India winning two matches and the other three being drawn; and three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team, with England winning the first match and the other two drawn. The itinerary was unusual in that England began in Pakistan with three matches, including the first Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, and then went on an extensive five-Test tour of India before crossing into East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), where they played their second Test against Pakistan at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka. For the third Test against Pakistan, they travelled to the National Stadium, Karachi before completing the tour in February with three games in Ceylon. Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was not a Test-qualified team at that time and played a single first-class match against MCC in Colombo which was won by MCC.^[1]

English cricket team in India in 1961-62
Date	11 November 1961 - 15 January 1962
Location	India
Result	India won the 5-Test series 2-0
Teams  India  England Captains Nari Contractor Ted Dexter Most runs Vijay Manjrekar (556) M. L. Jaisimha (399) Chandu Borde (314) Ken Barrington (594) Ted Dexter (409) Geoff Pullar (337) Most wickets Salim Durani (23) Chandu Borde (16) Vasant Ranjane (9) Tony Lock (22) David Allen (21) Barry Knight (8)
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Test matches in India

1st Test

11–16 November 1961 scorecard

England	v	India
500/8 dec. (173.0 overs) Ken Barrington 151 Vasant Ranjane 4-76 (21.0 overs)		390 (168.0 overs) Salim Durani 71 Tony Lock 4-74 (45.0 overs)
184/5 dec. (58.0 overs) Ken Barrington 52 Salim Durani 2-28 (11.0 overs)		180/5 (73.0 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 84 Peter Richardson 2-10 (6.0 overs)

Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, India Umpires: Santosh Ganguli and Bapu Joshi

2nd Test

1–6 December 1961 scorecard

India	v	England
467/8 dec. (198.0 overs) Polly Umrigar 147 Tony Lock 3-93 (44.0 overs)		244 (106.3 overs) Bob Barber 69 Subhash Gupte 5-90 (40.0 overs)
		497/5 (184.0 overs) Ken Barrington 172 Chandu Borde 1-44 (16.0 overs)

Match drawn Modi Stadium, Kanpur, India Umpires: Mohammad Yunus and Samar Roy

3rd Test

13–18 December 1961 scorecard

India	v	England
466 (177.3 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 189 David Allen 4-87 (47.0 overs)		256/3 (114.0 overs) Ken Barrington 113 A. G. Kripal Singh 1-27 (12.0 overs)

Match drawn Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India Umpires: S. V. Kumaraswamy and Badami Satyaji Rao

4th Test

30 December 1961 – 4 January 1962 scorecard

India	v	England
380 (156.0 overs) Chandu Borde 68 David Allen 5-67 (34.0 overs)		212 (79.2 overs) Peter Richardson 62 Salim Durani 5-47 (23.2 overs)
252 (101.2 overs) Chandu Borde 61 David Allen 4-95 (43.2 overs)		233 (116.2 overs) Ted Dexter 62 Salim Durani 3-66 (33.2 overs)

India won by 187 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Umpires: Habib Choudhury and S. K. Raghunatha Rao

5th Test

10–15 January 1962 scorecard

India	v	England
428 (144.3 overs) Nawab of Pataudi, Jr. 103 David Allen 3-116 (51.3 overs)		281 (110.1 overs) M. J. K. Smith 73 Salim Durani 6-105 (36.0 overs)
190 (94.3 overs) Vijay Manjrekar 85 Tony Lock 6-65 (39.3 overs)		209 (92.3 overs) Ken Barrington 48 Salim Durani 4-72 (34.0 overs)

India won by 128 runs Nehru Stadium, Madras, India Umpires: I. Gopalakrishnan and Sambhu Pan

Test matches in Pakistan

England played three Tests against Pakistan in a split series, the first match being played in October 1961 and the latter two in the new year following the tour of India. England won the first and the other two were drawn. England were captained by Ted Dexter and Pakistan by Imtiaz Ahmed. After this, England would not win another test series in Pakistan for 39 years.^[2]

1st Test

21–26 October 1961 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
387/9d (142.5 overs) Javed Burki 138 DW White 3/65 (22 overs)		380 (174.1 overs) KF Barrington 139 Mohammad Munaf 4/42 (31.1 overs)
200 (75.5 overs) Afaq Hussain 35* A Brown 3/27 (14 overs)		209/5 (59 overs) ER Dexter 66* Intikhab Alam 2/37 (16 overs)

England won by 5 wickets Lahore Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Ahmed Saeed and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 23 October was taken as a rest day.
• A Brown, WE Russell and DW White (all ENG) and Afaq Hussain (PAK) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test

19–24 January 1962 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
393/7d (192.3 overs) Javed Burki 140 GAR Lock 4/155 (73 overs)		439 (181 overs) G Pullar 165 A D'Souza 4/94 (46 overs)
216 (134.1 overs) Hanif Mohammad 104 DA Allen 5/30 (23.1 overs)		38/0 (16 overs) PE Richardson 21*

Match drawn Dacca Stadium, Dacca Umpires: Daud Khan and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 22 January was taken as a rest day.

3rd Test

2–7 February 1962 (5-day match) Scorecard

Pakistan	v	England
253 (95 overs) Alimuddin 109 BR Knight 4/66 (19 overs)		507 (233.5 overs) ER Dexter 205 A D'Souza 5/112 (57.5 overs)
404/8 (167 overs) Hanif Mohammad 89 ER Dexter 3/86 (32 overs)

Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Daud Khan and Shujauddin

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• 5 February was taken as a rest day.

Ceylon

MCC won their first-class fixture in Colombo by 8 wickets. Ted Dexter captained MCC and Ceylon were led by Ievers Gunasekara.^[3]