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The '''Central Provinces and Berar''' cricket team represented the [[India|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 After the state was dissolved and redistributed into several states in 1950, the Central Provinces and Berar team was superseded by the [[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh team]], beginning with the 1950–51 Ranji Trophy, and the [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha team]], beginning with the 1957–58 Ranji Trophy.

==Playing record==
Central Provinces and Berar played 15 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches between 1933 and 1949, including 11 Ranji Trophy matches. They won only one of their Ranji Trophy matches, against [[Karnataka cricket team|Mysore]] in 1947–48 under the captaincy of [[Wasuderao Sane]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18316.html| title = Mysore v Central Provinces and Berar 1947–48| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref> lost nine and drew one. They won one of their other matches, against [[Cricket Club of India]] in 1938–39,<ref name="CCI">{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16879.html| title = Central Provinces and Berar v Cricket Club of India 1938–39| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref> and lost the other three.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/591/First-Class_Matches.html | title = First-class Matches Played by Central Provinces and Berar | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref>

==Leading players==
Central Provinces and Berar batsmen scored two centuries. [[C. K. Nayudu]] scored 107 against [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1933–34,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14901.html| title = Central Provinces and Berar v MCC 1933–34| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref> and [[Kamraj Kesari]] scored 142 against [[Holkar cricket team|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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18729.html| title = Holkar v Central Provinces and Berar 1948–49| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref> The best bowling figures overall were 7 for 43 by [[C. S. Nayudu]] against Cricket Club of India in 1938–39.<ref name="CCI"/>

==Grounds==
Central Provinces and Berar played all their home matches at the [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground|Central Provinces Gymkhana Ground]] in [[Nagpur]]. [[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]] later used the ground for their home matches, and it also staged nine [[Test cricket|Test matches]] between 1969 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1157.html | title = Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 16 September 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/591/591.html Central Provinces and Berar cricket team] at CricketArchive
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/591/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Central Provinces and Berar] at CricketArchive

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>BrownHairedGirl at 10:32, 17 April 2021