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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 703 (703/41)
India v England, 1972/73, 1st Test
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20,21,23,24,25 December 1972 (5-day match)

Result: England won by 6 wickets
England leads the 5-Test series 1-0

Toss: India
Umpires: MV Nagendra and B Satyaji Rao
Test Debuts: RD Parkar (Ind); AR Lewis (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 156/7 (Abid Ali 47*, Venkataraghavan 15*)
  • Day 2: India 173, England 151/6 (Greig 43*, Arnold 12*)
  • Day 3: England 200, India 123/5 (Solkar 30*, Engineer 3*)
  • Day 4: India 233, England 106/3 (Wood 45*, Lewis 17*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Greig            b Arnold              12  53  35  1 0
    RD Parkar             c Pocock           b Arnold               4  20  19  0 0
    *AL Wadekar                              b Arnold               3  17  11  0 0
    DN Sardesai                              b Arnold              12  93  66  1 0
    GR Viswanath          c Knott            b Greig               27 117  83  4 0
    ED Solkar             c Knott            b Greig               20 124  79  4 0
    +FM Engineer                             b Cottam              15  28  17  3 0
    S Abid Ali            c Greig            b Cottam              58 154 103  9 0
    S Venkataraghavan     c Greig            b Arnold              17 102  35  2 0
    BS Bedi               not out                                   4  12   9  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar                         b Arnold               0   7   1  0 0
    Extras                (lb 1)                                    1
    Total                 (all out, 84.4 overs)                   173
    
    FoW: 1-7 (Parkar), 2-15 (Wadekar), 3-20 (Gavaskar),
         4-43 (Sardesai), 5-59 (Viswanath), 6-80 (Engineer),
         7-123 (Solkar), 8-169 (Abid Ali), 9-169 (Venkataraghavan),
         10-173 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                      23.4    7     45      6
    Cottam                      23      5     66      2
    Greig                       23      8     32      2
    Pocock                       6      1     13      0
    Underwood                    9      1     16      0
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                c Venkataraghavan  b Chandrasekhar       19  92  84  3 0
    DL Amiss              st Engineer        b Bedi                46  98  73  7 0
    KWR Fletcher                             b Chandrasekhar        2  10   6  0 0
    MH Denness            c Engineer         b Bedi                16  81  73  3 0
    *AR Lewis             lbw                b Chandrasekhar        0   4   2  0 0
    AW Greig              not out                                  68 273 242  8 1
    +APE Knott            c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar        4  13  12  1 0
    GG Arnold             c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar       12  96  80  1 0
    PI Pocock             lbw                b Chandrasekhar        0  34  29  0 0
    DL Underwood          c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar        6  33  34  1 0
    RMH Cottam            c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar        3  21  21  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 17, nb 3)                       24
    Total                 (all out, 108.5 overs)                  200
    
    FoW: 1-61 (Wood), 2-69 (Amiss), 3-71 (Fletcher), 4-71 (Lewis),
         5-119 (Denness), 6-123 (Knott), 7-152 (Arnold),
         8-160 (Pocock), 9-180 (Underwood), 10-200 (Cottam).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                     9      5     13      0
    Solkar                       3      0      8      0
    Bedi                        47     23     59      2
    Chandrasekhar               41.5   18     79      8
    Venkataraghavan              8      2     17      0
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Greig            b Underwood            8  60  46  1 0
    RD Parkar             lbw                b Arnold              35  99  72  5 0
    *AL Wadekar           st Knott           b Pocock              24  76  60  3 0
    DN Sardesai           c Greig            b Underwood           10  42  36  2 0
    GR Viswanath                             b Underwood            3  31  21  0 0
    ED Solkar             c sub              b Arnold              75 246 197 11 0
    +FM Engineer          c Knott            b Underwood           63 170 132  9 0
    S Abid Ali            c Fletcher         b Pocock               0   6   9  0 0
    S Venkataraghavan                        b Pocock               0   8   4  0 0
    BS Bedi                                  b Arnold               2   8   6  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   1  23  13  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 2, nb 2)                        12
    Total                 (all out, 98.4 overs)                   233
    
    FoW: 1-26 (Gavaskar), 2-59 (Parkar), 3-82 (Wadekar),
         4-86 (Sardesai), 5-103 (Viswanath), 6-206 (Engineer),
         7-207 (Abid Ali), 8-211 (Venkataraghavan), 9-215 (Bedi),
         10-233 (Solkar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                      20.4    6     46      3
    Cottam                       7      1     18      0
    Greig                        6      1     16      0
    Pocock                      33      7     72      3
    Underwood                   30     13     56      4
    Wood                         2      0     13      0
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 207 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                c Solkar           b Bedi                45 152 149  5 0
    DL Amiss              c Chandrasekhar    b Bedi                 9  40  25  2 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Wadekar          b Bedi                 0   8   8  0 0
    MH Denness            c Viswanath        b Chandrasekhar       35  61  63  6 0
    *AR Lewis             not out                                  70 165 158  7 0
    AW Greig              not out                                  40 124 120  4 0
    Extras                (lb 9)                                    9
    Total                 (4 wickets, 88.5 overs)                 208
    
    DNB: +APE Knott, GG Arnold, PI Pocock, DL Underwood, RMH Cottam.
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Amiss), 2-20 (Fletcher), 3-76 (Denness), 4-107 (Wood).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                     4      2      6      0
    Solkar                       3      0     13      0
    Bedi                        39     20     50      3
    Chandrasekhar               24      7     70      1
    Venkataraghavan             16      0     47      0
    Sardesai                     1.5    0     12      0
    Gavaskar                     1      0      1      0
    


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    Team Pages: India, England.

    Ground Page: Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, RD Parkar, AL Wadekar, DN Sardesai, GR Viswanath, ED Solkar, FM Engineer, S Abid Ali, S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    England Player Pages: B Wood, DL Amiss, KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, AR Lewis, AW Greig, APE Knott, GG Arnold, PI Pocock, DL Underwood, RMH Cottam.

    Match Officials' Pages: MV Nagendra, B Satyaji Rao.

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