Commerce College Ground

Commerce College Ground is a cricket ground in Ahmedabad, India. The ground regularly hosts Ranji matches for Gujarat cricket team from 1945 to 1959. Till date the ground has hosted 15 first-class matches[1] including tour matches against New Zealand cricket team and Australia cricket team since then ground hosted non-first-class matches until 1967.[2][3][4][5]

Commerce College Ground
Full nameCommerce College Ground
LocationAhmedabad, India
Capacity5,000
Opened1945
Tenants
Gujarat cricket team
Website
Cricinfo

Tour matches
27 December –
29 December 1959
scorecard
Indian Board President's XI
v
293 (90.2 overs)
Man Sood 73
Lindsay Kline 4-72 (27.0 overs)
554/6 dec. (134.0 overs)
Norm O'Neill 284
William Ghosh 3-195 (40.0 overs)
143/5 (36.0 overs)
Manohar Hardikar 59
Richie Benaud 2-13 (8.0 overs)
Match drawn
Commerce College Ground, Ahmedabad, India
Umpires: Habib Choudhury and Badami Satyaji Rao

References
  1. First-class Matches
  2. Other Matches
  3. Ramchand, Pertab (18 February 2001). "When Jasu Patel wrought the miracle at Kanpur". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. "Australia in Pakistan and India, 1959-60". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. Mohapatra, Bikash (10 April 2008). "Green Park gave India its first win over Australia". Rediff. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


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