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England v India

1972-12-20 · Test · Men · Arun Jaitley Stadium

England won by 6 wickets

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · India
Fours96 · 55.8%
Other runs76 · 44.2%
Scoring mix · England
Fours96 · 54.5%
Sixes6 · 3.4%
Other runs74 · 42.0%
Scoring mix · India
Fours124 · 56.1%
Other runs97 · 43.9%
Scoring mix · England
Fours96 · 48.2%
Other runs103 · 51.8%
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Geoff Arnold
6/45 · 1.90
Tony Greig
2/32 · 1.39
Bob Cottam
2/66 · 2.86
Pat Pocock
0/13 · 2.16
Derek Underwood
0/16 · 1.77
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
8/79 · 1.88
Bishan Bedi
2/59 · 1.25
Eknath Solkar
0/8 · 2.66
Syed Abid Ali
0/13 · 1.44
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
0/17 · 2.12
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Derek Underwood
4/56 · 1.86
Geoff Arnold
3/46 · 2.22
Pat Pocock
3/72 · 2.18
Barry Wood
0/13 · 6.50
Tony Greig
0/16 · 2.66
Bob Cottam
0/18 · 2.57
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Bishan Bedi
3/50 · 1.28
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
1/70 · 2.91
Sunil Gavaskar
0/1 · 1.00
Syed Abid Ali
0/6 · 1.50
Dilip Sardesai
0/12 · 6.54
Eknath Solkar
0/13 · 4.33
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
0/47 · 2.93
INNINGS 1

India

84.4 overs · run rate 2.04 · all out
173
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskarcaught Tony Greig12351034.28
Ramnath Parkarcaught Pat Pocock4190021.05
Ajit Wadekarbowled3110027.27
Dilip Sardesaibowled12661018.18
Gundappa Viswanathcaught Alan Knott27834032.53
Eknath Solkarcaught Alan Knott20794025.31
Farokh Engineerbowled15173088.23
Syed Abid Alicaught Tony Greig581039056.31
Srinivas Venkataraghavancaught Tony Greig17352048.57
Bishan Bedinot out4*90044.44
Bhagwath Chandrasekharbowled01000.00
Extras 1 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 1)Total 173 (84.4 ov)Run rate 2.04

Fall of wickets1-7 (Ramnath Parkar)2-15 (Ajit Wadekar)3-20 (Sunil Gavaskar)4-43 (Dilip Sardesai)5-59 (Gundappa Viswanath)6-80 (Farokh Engineer)7-123 (Eknath Solkar)8-169 (Syed Abid Ali)9-169 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)10-173 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Geoff Arnold23.474561.9000
Bob Cottam2356622.8600
Tony Greig2383221.3900
Pat Pocock611302.1600
Derek Underwood911601.7700
Partnerships · India
1st wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Ramnath Parkar
7
2nd wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Ajit Wadekar
8
3rd wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Dilip Sardesai
5
4th wicket · Dilip Sardesai & Gundappa Viswanath
23
5th wicket · Gundappa Viswanath & Eknath Solkar
16
6th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Farokh Engineer
21
7th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Syed Abid Ali
43
8th wicket · Syed Abid Ali & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
46
9th wicket · Srinivas Venkataraghavan & Bishan Bedi
0
10th wicket · Bishan Bedi & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
4
INNINGS 2

England

108.5 overs · run rate 1.83 · all out
200
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Barry Woodcaught Srinivas Venkataraghavan19843022.61
Dennis Amissstumped Farokh Engineer46737063.01
Keith Fletcherbowled260033.33
Mike Dennesscaught Farokh Engineer16733021.91
Tony Lewislbw02000.00
Tony Greignot out68*2428128.09
Alan Knottcaught Eknath Solkar4121033.33
Geoff Arnoldcaught Syed Abid Ali12801015.00
Pat Pococklbw029000.00
Derek Underwoodcaught Eknath Solkar6341017.64
Bob Cottamcaught Syed Abid Ali3210014.28
Extras 24 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 24)Total 200 (108.5 ov)Run rate 1.83

Fall of wickets1-61 (Barry Wood)2-69 (Dennis Amiss)3-71 (Keith Fletcher)4-71 (Tony Lewis)5-119 (Mike Denness)6-123 (Alan Knott)7-152 (Geoff Arnold)8-160 (Pat Pocock)9-180 (Derek Underwood)10-200 (Bob Cottam)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Syed Abid Ali951301.4400
Eknath Solkar30802.6600
Bishan Bedi47235921.2500
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar41.5187981.8800
Srinivas Venkataraghavan821702.1200
Partnerships · England
1st wicket · Barry Wood & Dennis Amiss
61
2nd wicket · Dennis Amiss & Keith Fletcher
8
3rd wicket · Keith Fletcher & Mike Denness
2
4th wicket · Mike Denness & Tony Lewis
0
5th wicket · Mike Denness & Tony Greig
48
6th wicket · Tony Greig & Alan Knott
4
7th wicket · Tony Greig & Geoff Arnold
29
8th wicket · Tony Greig & Pat Pocock
8
9th wicket · Tony Greig & Derek Underwood
20
10th wicket · Tony Greig & Bob Cottam
20
INNINGS 3

India

98.4 overs · run rate 2.36 · all out
233
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskarcaught Tony Greig8461017.39
Ramnath Parkarlbw35725048.61
Ajit Wadekarstumped Alan Knott24603040.00
Dilip Sardesaicaught Tony Greig10362027.77
Gundappa Viswanathbowled3210014.28
Eknath Solkarcaught7519711038.07
Farokh Engineercaught Alan Knott631329047.72
Syed Abid Alicaught Keith Fletcher09000.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavanbowled04000.00
Bishan Bedibowled260033.33
Bhagwath Chandrasekharnot out1*13007.69
Extras 12 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 12)Total 233 (98.4 ov)Run rate 2.36

Fall of wickets1-26 (Sunil Gavaskar)2-59 (Ramnath Parkar)3-82 (Ajit Wadekar)4-86 (Dilip Sardesai)5-103 (Gundappa Viswanath)6-206 (Farokh Engineer)7-207 (Syed Abid Ali)8-211 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)9-215 (Bishan Bedi)10-233 (Eknath Solkar)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Geoff Arnold20.464632.2200
Bob Cottam711802.5700
Tony Greig611602.6600
Pat Pocock3377232.1800
Derek Underwood30135641.8600
Barry Wood201306.5000
Partnerships · India
1st wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Ramnath Parkar
26
2nd wicket · Ramnath Parkar & Ajit Wadekar
33
3rd wicket · Ajit Wadekar & Dilip Sardesai
23
4th wicket · Dilip Sardesai & Gundappa Viswanath
4
5th wicket · Gundappa Viswanath & Eknath Solkar
17
6th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Farokh Engineer
103
7th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Syed Abid Ali
1
8th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
4
9th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Bishan Bedi
4
10th wicket · Eknath Solkar & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
18
INNINGS 4

England

88.5 overs · run rate 2.34
208/4
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Barry Woodcaught Eknath Solkar451495030.20
Dennis Amisscaught Bhagwath Chandrasekhar9252036.00
Keith Fletchercaught Ajit Wadekar08000.00
Mike Dennesscaught Gundappa Viswanath35636055.55
Tony Lewisnot out70*1587044.30
Tony Greignot out40*1204033.33
Extras 9 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 9)Total 208/4 (88.5 ov)Run rate 2.34

Did not bat: Alan Knott, Geoff Arnold, Pat Pocock, Derek Underwood, Bob Cottam

Fall of wickets1-18 (Dennis Amiss)2-20 (Keith Fletcher)3-76 (Mike Denness)4-107 (Barry Wood)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Syed Abid Ali42601.5000
Eknath Solkar301304.3300
Bishan Bedi39205031.2800
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar2477012.9100
Srinivas Venkataraghavan1604702.9300
Dilip Sardesai1.501206.5400
Sunil Gavaskar10101.0000
Partnerships · England
1st wicket · Barry Wood & Dennis Amiss
18
2nd wicket · Barry Wood & Keith Fletcher
2
3rd wicket · Barry Wood & Mike Denness
56
4th wicket · Barry Wood & Tony Lewis
31
5th wicket (unbroken) · Tony Lewis & Tony Greig
101

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