Date-stamped : 15 May94 - 02:30
Northamptonshire v India
Northanpton, June 27,28,29 1979
Match Drawn

The first day of the Indians' tour was dominated  by  Kapil  Dev,
the  20-year old allrounder, who scored the season's fastest cen-
tury to date in 74 minutes. He brilliantly hit one 6 and 19  4's,
and  contributed  102  out of a 143 runs stand with Armanath. The
Indians batted consistently with everyone getting runs. Northamp-
tonshire replied with centuries by Cook and Williams. Cook hit 10
4's and Williams 17 4's as they put on 165  from  51  overs.  Ar-
manath was the only Indian bowler to gain success on an unrespon-
sive wicket. India again batted consistently, while for Northamp-
tonshire   Griffiths  bowled well. Northamptonshire were left re-
quiring 304 to win in under three  hours  and,  despite  a  brisk
opening by Larkins and a scintillating not out 100 in 108 minutes
from Allan Lamb (one 6 and 14 4's)  they  were  only  halfway  to
their target at the end. Willey batted throughout the innings for
only 29.

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