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.Rex Pogson, "To tour India", The Cricketer, 3 September 1949, p. 457.
Matches The first-class matches are numbered. No.DateOpponentsVenueResultRef 1 9–11 October Indian Universities Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Drawn 2 15–16 October Western India States Commerce College Ground, Ahmedabad Won by an innings and 122 runs 3 21–23 October Holkar Yeshwant Club Ground, Indore Won by one wicket 4 29 October–1 November North Zone Baradari Ground, Patiala Drawn 5 5–7 November Services Irwin Stadium, Delhi Won by ten wickets 6 11–15 November INDIA (1st "Test") Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Won by nine wickets 18–19 November North West Frontier Province Governor’s XI Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar Drawn 21–22 November Commander-in-Chief’s XI Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi Drawn 7 25–27 November Pakistan Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Won by an innings and 177 runs 8 2–4 December Karachi and Sind Karachi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi Won by six wickets 6–7 December Pakistan Universities Karachi Drawn 9 10–13 December West Zone Club of Maharashtra, Poona Drawn 10 16–20 December INDIA (2nd "Test") Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Drawn 11 24–27 December Bengal Governor’s XI Eden Gardens, Calcutta Won by ten wickets 12 30 December–3 January INDIA (3rd "Test") Eden Gardens, Calcutta Lost by seven wickets 13 7–9 January East Zone Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Won by ten wickets 14 14–18 January INDIA (4th "Test") Modi Stadium, Kanpur Drawn 15 21–23 January Central Province Governor's XI Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground, Nagpur Drawn 16 27–29 January Cricket Club of India Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Drawn 1–2 February India Schools Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Drawn 17 4–6 February Bombay Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Drawn 18 10–13 February South Zone Gymkhana Ground, Secunderabad Won by seven wickets 19 17–21 February INDIA (5th "Test") Madras Cricket Club Ground, Madras Lost by three wickets 23 February Central Province Kandy Won by seven wickets 20 25–27 February Ceylon Colombo Oval, Colombo Won by an innings and 51 runs 1–2 March Ceylon XI Colombo Drawn 21 4–6 March Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI Colombo Oval, Colombo Drawn 10–12 March Raja Maharaj Singh’s XII Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Won by six wickets
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External links Commonwealth in India, 1949-50 at ESPNcricinfo Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949/50 at CricketArchive (subscription required)