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


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.
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.

Matches

The first-class matches are numbered.
No.DateOpponentsVenueResultRef
19–11 OctoberIndian UniversitiesBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn
215–16 OctoberWestern India StatesCommerce College Ground, AhmedabadWon by an innings and 122 runs
321–23 OctoberHolkarYeshwant Club Ground, IndoreWon by one wicket
429 October–1 NovemberNorth ZoneBaradari Ground, PatialaDrawn
55–7 NovemberServicesIrwin Stadium, DelhiWon by ten wickets
611–15 NovemberINDIA Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiWon by nine wickets
18–19 NovemberNorth West Frontier Province Governor’s XIPeshawar Club Ground, PeshawarDrawn
21–22 NovemberCommander-in-Chief’s XIPindi Club Ground, RawalpindiDrawn
725–27 NovemberPakistanBagh-e-Jinnah, LahoreWon by an innings and 177 runs
82–4 DecemberKarachi and SindKarachi Gymkhana Ground, KarachiWon by six wickets
6–7 DecemberPakistan UniversitiesKarachiDrawn
910–13 DecemberWest ZoneClub of Maharashtra, PoonaDrawn
1016–20 DecemberINDIA Brabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn
1124–27 DecemberBengal Governor’s XIEden Gardens, CalcuttaWon by ten wickets
1230 December–3 JanuaryINDIA Eden Gardens, CalcuttaLost by seven wickets
137–9 JanuaryEast ZoneKeenan Stadium, JamshedpurWon by ten wickets
1414–18 JanuaryINDIA Modi Stadium, KanpurDrawn
1521–23 JanuaryCentral Province Governor’s XICentral Provinces Gymkhana Ground, NagpurDrawn
1627–29 JanuaryCricket Club of IndiaBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn
1–2 FebruaryIndia SchoolsBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn
174–6 FebruaryBombayBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn
1810–13 FebruarySouth ZoneGymkhana Ground, SecunderabadWon by seven wickets
1917–21 FebruaryINDIA Madras Cricket Club Ground, MadrasLost by three wickets
23 FebruaryCentral ProvinceKandyWon by seven wickets
2025–27 FebruaryCeylonColombo Oval, ColomboWon by an innings and 51 runs
1–2 MarchCeylon XIColomboDrawn
214–6 MarchCeylon, India and Pakistan Combined XIColombo Oval, ColomboDrawn
10–12 MarchRaja Maharaj Singh’s XIIBrabourne Stadium, BombayWon by six wickets