Northern India cricket team

Northern India cricket team
Team information
Founded1890
Last match1947
History
First-class debutMarylebone Cricket Club
in 1926
at Lawrence Gardens, Lahore
Ranji Trophy wins0

The Northern India cricket team was an Indian domestic cricket team that competed in the Ranji Trophy between 1934–35 and 1946–47. It played its home matches in Lahore.

Captained by George Abell, Northern India finished runner-up in the first Ranji Trophy in 1934–35.[1] In the 10 seasons in which it competed in the Ranji Trophy, Northern India played 23 matches, winning 12, losing 9 and drawing 4, and reaching the semi-finals seven times.

After the establishment of Pakistan in 1947, players from Northern India formed the nucleus of the Pakistan cricket team. When Pakistan played its first match, against West Indies in November 1948, nine of the 11 players had played for Northern India in the Ranji Trophy.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Bombay v Northern India 1934–35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ Peter Oborne, Wounded Tiger: The History of Cricket in Pakistan, Simon & Schuster, London, 2014, p. 75.
  3. ^ "Pakistan v West Indians 1948–49". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.