Central Provinces and Berar cricket team

Central Provinces and Berar cricket team
Team information
Founded	1933
Last match	1949
History
First-class debut	Ceylon; in 1933; at Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur
Ranji Trophy wins	0

The Central Provinces and Berar cricket team represented the Indian province and state of Central Provinces and Berar in the Ranji Trophy from 1934–35 to 1949–50. After the state was dissolved and redistributed into several states in 1950, the Central Provinces and Berar team was superseded by the Madhya Pradesh team, beginning with the 1950–51 Ranji Trophy, and the Vidarbha team, beginning with the 1957–58 Ranji Trophy.

Playing record

Central Provinces and Berar played 15 first-class matches between 1933 and 1949, including 11 Ranji Trophy matches. They won only one of their Ranji Trophy matches, against Mysore in 1947–48 under the captaincy of Wasuderao Sane,^[1] lost nine and drew one. They won one of their other matches, against Cricket Club of India in 1938–39,^[2] and lost the other three.^[3]

Leading players

Central Provinces and Berar batsmen scored two centuries. C. K. Nayudu scored 107 against Marylebone Cricket Club in 1933–34,^[4] and Kamraj Kesari scored 142 against Holkar in the Ranji Trophy in 1948–49. In the same match Kesari took Central Provinces and Berar's best Ranji Trophy bowling figures, 6 for 62.^[5] The best bowling figures overall were 7 for 43 by C. S. Nayudu against Cricket Club of India in 1938–39.^[2]

Grounds

Central Provinces and Berar played all their home matches at the Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground in Nagpur. Vidarbha later used the ground for their home matches, and it also staged nine Test matches between 1969 and 2006.^[6]

References

^ "Mysore v Central Provinces and Berar 1947–48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Central Provinces and Berar v Cricket Club of India 1938–39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "First-class Matches Played by Central Provinces and Berar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Central Provinces and Berar v MCC 1933–34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Holkar v Central Provinces and Berar 1948–49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ "Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

External links

Central Provinces and Berar cricket team at CricketArchive
First-class matches played by Central Provinces and Berar at CricketArchive

[1] "Mysore v Central Provinces and Berar 1947–48". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[CCI-2] "Central Provinces and Berar v Cricket Club of India 1938–39". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[3] "First-class Matches Played by Central Provinces and Berar". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[4] "Central Provinces and Berar v MCC 1933–34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[5] "Holkar v Central Provinces and Berar 1948–49". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[6] "Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

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