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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 709 (706/44)
India v England, 1972/73, 4th Test
Green Park, Kanpur
25,27,28,29,30 January 1973 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
India leads the 5-Test series 2-1

Toss: India
Umpires: MV Gothoskar and J Reuben
Test Debuts: J Birkenshaw, GRJ Roope (Eng).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: India 168/2 (Wadekar 41*, Viswanath 24*)
  • Day 2: India 332/7 (Abid Ali 20*, Prasanna 0*)
  • Day 3: India 357, England 198/3 (Lewis 86*, Fletcher 28*)
  • Day 4: England 390/7 (Birkenshaw 59*, Arnold 45*)
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    CPS Chauhan           c Old              b Underwood           22 173 116  1 0
    SM Gavaskar           c Greig            b Birkenshaw          69 231 183 10 0
    *AL Wadekar           c Fletcher         b Greig               90 322 222  9 1
    GR Viswanath          c Denness          b Old                 25 109  91  3 0
    Mansur Ali Khan       lbw                b Arnold              54 230 185  7 1
    ED Solkar                                b Underwood           10  96  62  0 0
    +FM Engineer                             b Underwood           15  72  45  1 0
    S Abid Ali                               b Old                 41 100  76  4 0
    EAS Prasanna          c Knott            b Old                  0  21  18  0 0
    BS Bedi               not out                                   4  28  20  0 0
    BS Chandrasekhar                         b Old                  0   2   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 9, nb 17)                       27
    Total                 (all out, 167 overs)                    357
    
    FoW: 1-85 (Chauhan), 2-109 (Gavaskar), 3-179 (Viswanath),
         4-265 (Wadekar), 5-292 (Mansur Ali Khan), 6-296 (Solkar),
         7-326 (Engineer), 8-345 (Prasanna), 9-357 (Abid Ali),
         10-357 (Chandrasekhar).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                      35     10     72      1
    Old                         24      5     69      4
    Underwood                   51     20     90      3
    Greig                       29     11     40      1
    Gifford                      8      2     17      0
    Birkenshaw                  20      6     42      1
    
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    MH Denness            c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar       31  92  81  4 0
    GRJ Roope             c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar       11  71  63  0 0
    +APE Knott            c Gavaskar         b Prasanna            40  98  95  5 0
    *AR Lewis                                b Abid Ali           125 267 228 16 1
    KWR Fletcher          c Chandrasekhar    b Bedi                58 210 179  9 0
    AW Greig              c Chauhan          b Bedi                 8  64  50  1 0
    J Birkenshaw          c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar       64 229 179  3 0
    CM Old                lbw                b Chandrasekhar        4  28  34  0 0
    GG Arnold                                b Bedi                45 160 130  6 0
    DL Underwood          not out                                   0   3   2  0 0
    N Gifford             absent hurt                               -
    Extras                (b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 1)                   11
    Total                 (all out, 172.5 overs)                  397
    
    FoW: 1-37 (Roope), 2-48 (Denness), 3-118 (Knott), 4-262 (Lewis),
         5-274 (Fletcher), 6-288 (Greig), 7-301 (Old),
         8-397 (Birkenshaw), 9-397 (Arnold).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Abid Ali                    22      3     55      1
    Solkar                       5      0     14      0
    Bedi                        68.5   15    134      3
    Chandrasekhar               41     12     86      4
    Prasanna                    34      4     87      1
    Viswanath                    2      0     10      0
    
    India 2nd innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    CPS Chauhan           c Roope            b Arnold               1  32  24  0 0
    SM Gavaskar           c sub              b Underwood           24  80  46  4 0
    *AL Wadekar                          c & b Underwood            9  64  48  0 0
    GR Viswanath          not out                                  75 240 206 10 0
    +FM Engineer          c Old              b Birkenshaw           2  10  14  0 0
    ED Solkar             c Greig            b Birkenshaw          26  82  70  5 0
    S Abid Ali                               b Greig               36 106  83  6 0
    EAS Prasanna          not out                                   2  20  16  0 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 4, nb 2)                        11
    Total                 (6 wickets, 84 overs)                   186
    
    DNB: Mansur Ali Khan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.
    
    FoW: 1-8 (Chauhan), 2-33 (Gavaskar), 3-36 (Wadekar),
         4-39 (Engineer), 5-103 (Solkar), 6-181 (Abid Ali).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Arnold                       7      3     15      1
    Old                         11      3     28      0
    Underwood                   26     11     46      2
    Greig                       10      7      6      1
    Birkenshaw                  25      5     66      2
    Roope                        5      1     14      0
    


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    Team Pages: India, England.

    Ground Page: Green Park, Kanpur

    India Player Pages: CPS Chauhan, SM Gavaskar, AL Wadekar, GR Viswanath, Mansur Ali Khan, ED Solkar, FM Engineer, S Abid Ali, EAS Prasanna, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar.

    England Player Pages: MH Denness, GRJ Roope, APE Knott, AR Lewis, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, J Birkenshaw, CM Old, GG Arnold, DL Underwood, N Gifford.

    Match Officials' Pages: MV Gothoskar, J Reuben.

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