The 1932 English cricket season saw the beginning of England's Test matches

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 against India. A team known as "All-India" toured, with one Test played, 25 other first-class

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 matches and 12 lesser games. A team from South America

South American cricket team in England in 1932

A cricket team from South America toured England, Scotland and Wales in the 1932 season. The team played six first-class matches and 12 other games...

 also toured England, playing six first-class matches and 12 other games.

Honours

• County Championship - Yorkshire
• Minor Counties Championship - Buckinghamshire
• Wisden - Ewart Astill
  Ewart Astill
  Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour...
  
  , Freddie Brown, Alec Kennedy, C. K. Nayudu
  C. K. Nayudu
  Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu , also known as CK, was an Indian cricketer who served as India's first Test captain. He was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra and died in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He played first-class cricket regularly till 1958, and returned for one last time in 1963 at the age of 68...
  
  , Bill Voce
  Bill Voce
  Bill Voce was an English cricketer. He played for the Nottinghamshire and England, and was an instrumental part of England's infamous Bodyline tour of Australia in 1932–1933.-Life and career:...
  
  

Test series

England played a single Test against India at Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board , the European Cricket Council and, until August 2005, the...

 and won by 158 runs.

External sources

• CricketArchive – season summary

Annual reviews

• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1933