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Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1972/73

India vs England - 2nd Test  |  India won by 28 runs

Match Details
Toss India, who chose to bat Series Marylebone Cricket Club In India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka 1972/73
Umpires
AM Mamsa and J Reuben Match Date 30, 31, 01, 02, 03 Dec 1973
Match Referee Ground Eden Gardens, Kolkata , Kolkata
Player of Match    

India 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Sunil Gavaskar c Chris Old b Derek Underwood 18 89 71 3 0
2 Ramnath Parkar c Alan Knott b Chris Old 26 138 109 3 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * run out 44 118 84 8 0
4 Gundappa Viswanath c Barry Wood b Bob Cottam 3 38 31 0 0
5 Salim Durani b Tony Greig 4 36 25 1 0
6 Eknath Solkar b Chris Old 19 139 90 1 0
7 Farokh Engineer † b Derek Underwood 75 215 144 10 0
8 Syed Abid Ali b Bob Cottam 3 12 10 0 0
9 Erapalli Prasanna lbw Bob Cottam 6 14 9 1 0
10 Bishan Bedi run out 0 5 0 0 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar not out 1 47 24 0 0
Extra lb 3, nb 8 11
Total 10 wickets; 97.4 overs; 210 2.15 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-29 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 23.2 ) ;   2-68 ( Ramnath Parkar, 36.3 ) ;   3-78 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 44.5 ) ;   4-99 ( Ajit Wadekar, 51.5 ) ;   5-100 ( Salim Durani, 52.3 ) ;   6-163 ( Eknath Solkar, 82.5 ) ;   7-176 ( Syed Abid Ali, 85.2 ) ;   8-192 ( Erapalli Prasanna, 88.0 ) ;   9-192 ( Bishan Bedi, 89.0 ) ;   10-210 ( Farokh Engineer, 97.4 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chris Old 26.0 7 72 2 0 1
Bob Cottam 23.0 6 45 3 0 0
Derek Underwood 20.4 11 43 2 0 4
Pat Pocock 19.0 10 26 0 0 0
Tony Greig 9.0 1 13 1 0 6

England 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood b Bishan Bedi 11 50 44 1 0
2 Dennis Amiss c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 11 85 54 1 0
3 Keith Fletcher c Sunil Gavaskar b Erapalli Prasanna 16 46 33 2 0
4 Mike Denness c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 21 69 54 3 0
5 Tony Lewis * lbw Bishan Bedi 4 9 11 1 0
6 Tony Greig c Venkat b Erapalli Prasanna 29 85 78 4 0
7 Alan Knott † st Farokh Engineer b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 35 76 50 3 0
8 Chris Old not out 33 106 90 3 1
9 Pat Pocock b Erapalli Prasanna 3 15 13 0 0
10 Derek Underwood c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 0 4 5 0 0
11 Bob Cottam lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 3 46 25 0 0
Extra lb 4, nb 4 8
Total 10 wickets; 75.2 overs; 174 2.31 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-18 ( Barry Wood, 12.0 ) ;   2-37 ( Dennis Amiss, 20.3 ) ;   3-47 ( Keith Fletcher, 23.2 ) ;   4-56 ( Tony Lewis, 26.1 ) ;   5-84 ( Mike Denness, 40.0 ) ;   6-117 ( Tony Greig, 48.1 ) ;   7-144 ( Alan Knott, 59.1 ) ;   8-153 ( Pat Pocock, 62.5 ) ;   9-154 ( Derek Underwood, 63.5 ) ;   10-174 ( Bob Cottam, 75.2 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Syed Abid Ali 4.0 1 4 0 0 1
Eknath Solkar 3.0 1 5 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 26.0 7 59 2 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 26.2 5 65 5 0 1
Erapalli Prasanna 16.0 4 33 3 0 3

India 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Sunil Gavaskar lbw Chris Old 2 3 4 0 0
2 Ramnath Parkar c Keith Fletcher b Chris Old 15 47 32 2 0
3 Salim Durani c Keith Fletcher b Tony Greig 53 199 139 7 1
4 Gundappa Viswanath c Keith Fletcher b Chris Old 34 126 82 5 0
5 Farokh Engineer † c Alan Knott b Derek Underwood 17 86 39 2 0
6 Eknath Solkar c Alan Knott b Tony Greig 6 64 48 0 0
7 Ajit Wadekar * lbw Tony Greig 0 17 13 0 0
8 Syed Abid Ali c Dennis Amiss b Chris Old 3 38 17 0 0
9 Erapalli Prasanna b Tony Greig 0 1 1 0 0
10 Bishan Bedi not out 9 44 30 0 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Tony Greig 1 15 9 0 0
Extra b 8, lb 2, nb 5 15
Total 10 wickets; 67.5 overs; 155 2.29 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-2 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 0.4 ) ;   2-33 ( Ramnath Parkar, 10.1 ) ;   3-104 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 40.2 ) ;   4-112 ( Salim Durani, 43.5 ) ;   5-133 ( Farokh Engineer, 56.1 ) ;   6-133 ( Eknath Solkar, 57.3 ) ;   7-135 ( Ajit Wadekar, 59.3 ) ;   8-135 ( Erapalli Prasanna, 59.4 ) ;   9-147 ( Syed Abid Ali, 64.3 ) ;   10-155 ( Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, 67.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Chris Old 21.0 6 43 4 0 0
Bob Cottam 5.0 0 18 0 0 0
Tony Greig 19.5 9 24 5 0 5
Derek Underwood 14.0 4 36 1 0 2
Pat Pocock 8.0 1 19 0 0 0

England 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood b Syed Abid Ali 1 12 10 0 0
2 Dennis Amiss c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi 1 42 29 0 0
3 Keith Fletcher lbw Bishan Bedi 5 18 14 1 0
4 Mike Denness lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 32 234 186 2 0
5 Tony Lewis * c Eknath Solkar b Bishan Bedi 3 29 23 0 0
6 Tony Greig lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 67 164 135 7 0
7 Alan Knott † c Salim Durani b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 2 16 11 0 0
8 Chris Old not out 17 92 78 1 0
9 Pat Pocock c & b Bishan Bedi 5 27 15 1 0
10 Derek Underwood c Ajit Wadekar b Bishan Bedi 4 7 5 1 0
11 Bob Cottam lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 13 47 42 1 0
Extra b 6, lb 5, nb 2 13
Total 10 wickets; 91.0 overs; 163 1.79 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-3 ( Barry Wood, 2.4 ) ;   2-8 ( Keith Fletcher, 7.3 ) ;   3-11 ( Dennis Amiss, 9.5 ) ;   4-17 ( Tony Lewis, 17.4 ) ;   5-114 ( Tony Greig, 62.1 ) ;   6-119 ( Alan Knott, 66.4 ) ;   7-123 ( Mike Denness, 68.3 ) ;   8-130 ( Pat Pocock, 75.2 ) ;   9-138 ( Derek Underwood, 77.1 ) ;   10-163 ( Bob Cottam, 91.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Syed Abid Ali 8.0 2 12 1 0 1
Eknath Solkar 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 40.0 12 63 5 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 29.0 14 42 4 0 1
Erapalli Prasanna 9.0 0 19 0 0 0
Salim Durani 4.0 1 14 0 0 0