England v India, 1952:
The tourists had a torrid time dealing with the fast-bowling attack of the highly experienced England team. The 1st Test of India’s tour of England in 1952 at Manchester was an utter disaster as the visitors slumped to just 58 and 82 in their two innings in reply to the hosts’ first innings total of 347. The chief tormentors were none other than the legendary duo of Fred Trueman and Alec Bedser. Trueman, easily the fastest bowler at that time, rocked India with a bowling spell of 8/31 in first innings while Bedser followed it up with 5/27 in second innings.