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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 706 (704/42)
India v England, 1972/73, 2nd Test
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
30,31 December 1972, 1,3,4 January 1973 (5-day match)

Result: India won by 28 runs
5-Test series level 1-1

Toss: India
Umpires: AM Mamsa and J Reuben
Test Debuts: CM Old (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 148/5 (Solkar 19*, Engineer 26*)
  • Day 2: India 210, England 126/6 (Knott 23*, Old 4*)
  • Day 3: England 174, India 121/4 (Engineer 10*, Solkar 2*)
  • Day 4: India 155, England 105/4 (Denness 28*, Greig 60*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Old              b Underwood           18  89  71  3 0
    RD Parkar             c Knott            b Old                 26 138 109  3 0
    *AL Wadekar           run out                                  44 118  84  8 0
    GR Viswanath          c Wood             b Cottam               3  38  31  0 0
    SA Durani                                b Greig                4  36  25  1 0
    ED Solkar                                b Old                 19 139  90  1 0
    +FM Engineer                             b Underwood           75 215 144 10 0
    S Abid Ali                               b Cottam               3  12  10  0 0
    EAS Prasanna          lbw                b Cottam               6  14   9  1 0
    BS Bedi               run out                                   0   5   0  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                   1  47  24  0 0
    Extras                (lb 3, nb 8)                             11
    Total                 (all out, 97.4 overs)                   210
    
    FoW: 1-29 (Gavaskar), 2-68 (Parkar), 3-78 (Viswanath),
         4-99 (Wadekar), 5-100 (Durani), 6-163 (Solkar),
         7-176 (Abid Ali), 8-192 (Prasanna), 9-192 (Bedi),
         10-210 (Engineer).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Old                         26      7     72      2
    Cottam                      23      6     45      3
    Underwood                   20.4   11     43      2
    Pocock                      19     10     26      0
    Greig                        9      1     13      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                                   b Bedi                11  50  44  1 0
    DL Amiss              c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar       11  85  54  1 0
    KWR Fletcher          c Gavaskar         b Prasanna            16  46  33  2 0
    MH Denness            c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar       21  69  54  3 0
    *AR Lewis             lbw                b Bedi                 4   9  11  1 0
    AW Greig              c sub              b Prasanna            29  85  78  4 0
    +APE Knott            st Engineer        b Chandrasekhar       35  76  50  3 0
    CM Old                not out                                  33 106  90  3 1
    PI Pocock                                b Prasanna             3  15  13  0 0
    DL Underwood          c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar        0   4   5  0 0
    RMH Cottam            lbw                b Chandrasekhar        3  46  25  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, nb 4)                              8
    Total                 (all out, 75.2 overs)                   174
    
    FoW: 1-18 (Wood), 2-37 (Amiss), 3-47 (Fletcher), 4-56 (Lewis),
         5-84 (Denness), 6-117 (Greig), 7-144 (Knott),
         8-153 (Pocock), 9-154 (Underwood), 10-174 (Cottam).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                     4      1      4      0
    Solkar                       3      1      5      0
    Bedi                        26      7     59      2
    Chandrasekhar               26.2    5     65      5
    Prasanna                    16      4     33      3
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           lbw                b Old                  2   3   4  0 0
    RD Parkar             c Fletcher         b Old                 15  47  32  2 0
    SA Durani             c Fletcher         b Greig               53 199 139  7 1
    GR Viswanath          c Fletcher         b Old                 34 126  82  5 0
    +FM Engineer          c Knott            b Underwood           17  86  39  2 0
    ED Solkar             c Knott            b Greig                6  64  48  0 0
    *AL Wadekar           lbw                b Greig                0  17  13  0 0
    S Abid Ali            c Amiss            b Old                  3  38  17  0 0
    EAS Prasanna                             b Greig                0   1   1  0 0
    BS Bedi               not out                                   9  44  30  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar                         b Greig                1  15   9  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 2, nb 5)                        15
    Total                 (all out, 67.5 overs)                   155
    
    FoW: 1-2 (Gavaskar), 2-33 (Parkar), 3-104 (Viswanath),
         4-112 (Durani), 5-133 (Engineer), 6-133 (Solkar),
         7-135 (Wadekar), 8-135 (Prasanna), 9-147 (Abid Ali),
         10-155 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Old                         21      6     43      4
    Cottam                       5      0     18      0
    Underwood                   14      4     36      1
    Pocock                       8      1     19      0
    Greig                       19.5    9     24      5
    
    England 2nd innings (target: 192 runs)                          R   M   B  4 6
    B Wood                                   b Abid Ali             1  12  10  0 0
    DL Amiss              c Engineer         b Bedi                 1  42  29  0 0
    KWR Fletcher          lbw                b Bedi                 5  18  14  1 0
    MH Denness            lbw                b Chandrasekhar       32 234 186  2 0
    *AR Lewis             c Solkar           b Bedi                 3  29  23  0 0
    AW Greig              lbw                b Chandrasekhar       67 164 135  7 0
    +APE Knott            c Durani           b Chandrasekhar        2  16  11  0 0
    CM Old                not out                                  17  92  78  1 0
    PI Pocock                            c & b Bedi                 5  27  15  1 0
    DL Underwood          c Wadekar          b Bedi                 4   7   5  1 0
    RMH Cottam            lbw                b Chandrasekhar       13  47  42  1 0
    Extras                (b 6, lb 5, nb 2)                        13
    Total                 (all out, 91 overs)                     163
    
    FoW: 1-3 (Wood), 2-8 (Fletcher), 3-11 (Amiss), 4-17 (Lewis),
         5-114 (Greig), 6-119 (Knott), 7-123 (Denness),
         8-130 (Pocock), 9-138 (Underwood), 10-163 (Cottam).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                     8      2     12      1
    Solkar                       1      1      0      0
    Bedi                        40     12     63      5
    Chandrasekhar               29     14     42      4
    Prasanna                     9      0     19      0
    Durani                       4      1     14      0
    


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    Team Pages: India, England.

    Ground Page: Eden Gardens, Calcutta

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, RD Parkar, AL Wadekar, GR Viswanath, SA Durani, ED Solkar, FM Engineer, S Abid Ali, EAS Prasanna, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: AM Mamsa, J Reuben.

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