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| Venue | County Ground, Hove on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Indians won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WH Copson, DJ Wood |
| Close of play day 1 | Sussex (1) 105/2 (Lenham 43*, Semmence 7*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Indians (2) 24/1 (Apte 13*, Gaekwad 7*) |
| Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Roy | c Oakman b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| AL Apte | c Marlar b Thomson | 1 | |||||
| *DK Gaekwad | run out | 3 | |||||
| CG Borde | c Bates b James | 50 | |||||
| PR Umrigar | b Bates | 22 | |||||
| AG Kripal Singh | st Webb b James | 35 | |||||
| JM Ghorpade | c Lenham b James | 44 | |||||
| +PG Joshi | b James | 1 | |||||
| SP Gupte | b Thomson | 0 | |||||
| Surendranath | not out | 24 | |||||
| RB Desai | c Bates b James | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 73.1 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-3, 3-20, 4-72, 5-86, 6-137, 7-139, 8-140, 9-176, 10-180 (73.1 ov) | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 21 | 7 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Bates | 22 | 7 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 25.1 | 5 | 65 | 5 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sussex first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ASM Oakman | c Joshi b Surendranath | 25 | |||||
| LJ Lenham | lbw b Umrigar | 75 | |||||
| KG Suttle | b Gupte | 24 | |||||
| DJ Semmence | run out | 7 | |||||
| DV Smith | not out | 145 | 12 | - | |||
| DJ Preston | b Gupte | 6 | |||||
| *RG Marlar | b Gupte | 2 | |||||
| NI Thomson | lbw b Borde | 11 | |||||
| +RT Webb | c Umrigar b Gupte | 11 | |||||
| AE James | b Borde | 38 | |||||
| DL Bates | c Desai b Borde | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 6 lb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 135.4 overs) | 369 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39, 2-89, 3-105, 4-166, 5-185, 6-197, 7-251, 8-268, 9-359, 10-369 (135.4 ov) | |||||||
| Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Desai | 22 | 3 | 62 | 0 | - | - | |
| Surendranath | 34 | 11 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Umrigar | 26 | 5 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gupte | 28 | 10 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Borde | 25.4 | 3 | 90 | 3 | - | - | |
| Indians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AL Apte | c Smith b Thomson | 4 | |||||
| +PG Joshi | c Oakman b Marlar | 72 | |||||
| *DK Gaekwad | c Webb b James | 32 | |||||
| CG Borde | b Bates | 58 | |||||
| PR Umrigar | c Oakman b Marlar | 61 | |||||
| P Roy | not out | 63 | |||||
| JM Ghorpade | not out | 57 | |||||
| AG Kripal Singh | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Gupte | did not bat | ||||||
| Surendranath | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Desai | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 6 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 125 overs) | 363 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-61, 3-150, 4-208, 5-241 | |||||||
| Sussex bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Thomson | 21 | 5 | 61 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bates | 26 | 10 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| James | 11 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlar | 22 | 8 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Preston | 12 | 5 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Suttle | 8 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oakman | 9 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lenham | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Semmence | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |