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Result of 1972
England in India Test Series
1st Test-England in India Test Series 1972
Wed, 20 Dec - Mon, 25 Dec 1972 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
England won by 6 wickets
India
441/9 (48.30) & 233/10 (98.4)
England
574/2 (20.00) & 208/4 (88.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
India innigs
441/9 (48.30)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar
c Greig b Arnold
12
35
53
1
0
34.28
In 1972
Career
Ramnath Parkar
c Pocock b Arnold
4
19
20
0
0
21.05
In 1972
Career
Ajit Wadekar (c)
b Arnold
3
11
17
0
0
27.27
In 1972
Career
Dilip Sardesai
b Arnold
12
66
93
1
0
18.18
In 1972
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
c (wk)Knott b Greig
27
83
117
4
0
32.53
In 1972
Career
Eknath Solkar
c (wk)Knott b Greig
20
79
124
4
0
25.31
In 1972
Career
Farokh Engineer (WK)
b Cottam
15
17
28
3
0
88.23
In 1972
Career
Syed Abid Ali
c Greig b Cottam
58
103
154
9
0
56.31
In 1972
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
c Greig b Arnold
17
35
102
2
0
48.57
In 1972
Career
Bishan Bedi
not out
4
9
12
0
0
44.44
In 1972
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
b Arnold
0
1
7
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Extras
(lb 1)
1
Total
173 84.4 Ov (RR: 2.04)
173
458
24
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Geoff Arnold
23.40
7
45
6
1.90
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bob Cottam
23.00
5
66
2
2.86
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
23.00
8
32
2
1.39
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Pat Pocock
6.00
1
13
0
2.16
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
9.00
1
16
0
1.77
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
England innigs
574/2 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Barry Wood
c Venkataraghavan b Chandrasekhar
19
84
92
3
0
22.61
In 1972
Career
Dennis Amiss
st (wk)Engineer b Bedi
46
73
98
7
0
63.01
In 1972
Career
Keith Fletcher
b Chandrasekhar
2
6
10
0
0
33.33
In 1972
Career
Mike Denness
c (wk)Engineer b Bedi
16
73
81
3
0
21.91
In 1972
Career
Tony Lewis (c)
lbw b Chandrasekhar
0
2
4
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
not out
68
242
273
8
1
28.09
In 1972
Career
Alan Knott (WK)
c Solkar b Chandrasekhar
4
12
13
1
0
33.33
In 1972
Career
Geoff Arnold
c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar
12
80
96
1
0
15.00
In 1972
Career
Pat Pocock
lbw b Chandrasekhar
0
29
34
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
c Solkar b Chandrasekhar
6
34
33
1
0
17.64
In 1972
Career
Bob Cottam
c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar
3
21
21
0
0
14.28
In 1972
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 17, nb 3)
24
Total
200 108.5 Ov (RR: 1.83)
200
656
24
1
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Syed Abid Ali
9.00
5
13
0
1.44
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Eknath Solkar
3.00
0
8
0
2.66
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bishan Bedi
47.00
23
59
2
1.25
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
41.50
18
79
8
1.88
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
8.00
2
17
0
2.12
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
India innigs
233/10 (98.4)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar
c Greig b Underwood
8
46
60
1
0
17.39
In 1972
Career
Ramnath Parkar
lbw b Arnold
35
72
99
5
0
48.61
In 1972
Career
Ajit Wadekar (c)
st (wk)Knott b Pocock
24
60
76
3
0
40.00
In 1972
Career
Dilip Sardesai
c Greig b Underwood
10
36
42
2
0
27.77
In 1972
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
b Underwood
3
21
31
0
0
14.28
In 1972
Career
Eknath Solkar
c sub b Arnold
75
197
246
11
0
38.07
In 1972
Career
Farokh Engineer (WK)
c (wk)Knott b Underwood
63
132
170
9
0
47.72
In 1972
Career
Syed Abid Ali
c Fletcher b Pocock
0
9
6
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
b Pocock
0
4
8
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Bishan Bedi
b Arnold
2
6
8
0
0
33.33
In 1972
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
not out
1
13
23
0
0
7.69
In 1972
Career
Extras
(b 8, lb 2, nb 2)
12
Total
233 98.4 Ov (RR: 2.36)
233
596
31
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Geoff Arnold
20.40
6
46
3
2.22
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bob Cottam
7.00
1
18
0
2.57
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
6.00
1
16
0
2.66
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Pat Pocock
33.00
7
72
3
2.18
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Derek Underwood
30.00
13
56
4
1.86
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Barry Wood
2.00
0
13
0
6.50
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
England innigs
208/4 (88.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Barry Wood
c Solkar b Bedi
45
149
152
5
0
30.20
In 1972
Career
Dennis Amiss
c Chandrasekhar b Bedi
9
25
40
2
0
36.00
In 1972
Career
Keith Fletcher
c Wadekar b Bedi
0
8
8
0
0
0.00
In 1972
Career
Mike Denness
c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar
35
63
61
6
0
55.55
In 1972
Career
Tony Lewis (c)
not out
70
158
165
7
0
44.30
In 1972
Career
Tony Greig
not out
40
120
124
4
0
33.33
In 1972
Career
Extras
(lb 9)
9
Total
208/4 88.5 Ov (RR: 2.34)
208
523
24
0
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Syed Abid Ali
4.00
2
6
0
1.50
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Eknath Solkar
3.00
0
13
0
4.33
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bishan Bedi
39.00
20
50
3
1.28
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
24.00
7
70
1
2.91
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
16.00
0
47
0
2.93
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Dilip Sardesai
1.50
0
12
0
6.54
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
Sunil Gavaskar
1.00
0
1
0
1.00
0
0
0
In 1972
Career
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