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

India vs England - 3rd Test  |  India won by 4 wickets

Match Details
Toss England, who chose to bat Series Marylebone Cricket Club In India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka 1972/73
Umpires
AM Mamsa and MV Nagendra Match Date 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Jan 1973
Match Referee Ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai , Chennai
Player of Match    

England 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi 20 73 56 3 0
2 Dennis Amiss c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 15 45 38 1 0
3 Alan Knott † c Nawab of Pataudi b Bishan Bedi 10 36 28 1 0
4 Mike Denness b Erapalli Prasanna 17 33 36 3 0
5 Keith Fletcher not out 97 230 180 10 4
6 Tony Greig lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 17 32 28 3 0
7 Tony Lewis * c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4 5 5 1 0
8 Chris Old c Salim Durani b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4 20 15 1 0
9 Geoff Arnold c Eknath Solkar b Erapalli Prasanna 17 48 45 3 0
10 Norman Gifford lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 19 82 86 1 0
11 Pat Pocock lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 2 8 6 0 0
Extra b 8, lb 11, nb 1 20
Total 10 wickets; 86.5 overs; 242 2.79 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-33 ( Dennis Amiss, 12.3 ) ;   2-47 ( Barry Wood, 19.3 ) ;   3-52 ( Alan Knott, 21.3 ) ;   4-69 ( Mike Denness, 29.1 ) ;   5-98 ( Tony Greig, 39.0 ) ;   6-106 ( Tony Lewis, 40.5 ) ;   7-110 ( Chris Old, 46.2 ) ;   8-151 ( Geoff Arnold, 60.2 ) ;   9-234 ( Norman Gifford, 84.5 ) ;   10-242 ( Pat Pocock, 86.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Eknath Solkar 2.0 0 13 0 0 0
Sunil Gavaskar 1.0 0 6 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 30.0 9 66 2 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 38.5 9 90 6 0 1
Erapalli Prasanna 15.0 3 47 2 0 1

India 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Chetan Chauhan c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold 0 15 16 0 0
2 Sunil Gavaskar c Tony Greig b Norman Gifford 20 75 67 3 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * c Barry Wood b Pat Pocock 44 161 103 5 0
4 Salim Durani c & b Norman Gifford 38 203 161 4 1
5 Nawab of Pataudi c Roger Tolchard b Pat Pocock 73 230 183 10 2
6 Gundappa Viswanath c Chris Old b Pat Pocock 37 133 110 6 0
7 Farokh Engineer † c Barry Wood b Norman Gifford 31 95 55 2 0
8 Eknath Solkar b Pat Pocock 10 38 36 2 0
9 Erapalli Prasanna lbw Geoff Arnold 37 86 68 5 0
10 Bishan Bedi b Geoff Arnold 5 5 3 1 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar not out 3 25 21 0 0
Extra b 6, lb 3, nb 9 18
Total 10 wickets; 135.1 overs; 316 2.34 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-4 ( Chetan Chauhan, 4.4 ) ;   2-28 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 17.0 ) ;   3-89 ( Ajit Wadekar, 40.5 ) ;   4-155 ( Salim Durani, 69.5 ) ;   5-220 ( Nawab of Pataudi, 104.1 ) ;   6-224 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 105.0 ) ;   7-247 ( Eknath Solkar, 116.3 ) ;   8-288 ( Farokh Engineer, 128.1 ) ;   9-303 ( Bishan Bedi, 129.2 ) ;   10-316 ( Erapalli Prasanna, 135.1 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 23.1 12 34 3 0 1
Chris Old 20.0 4 51 0 0 3
Norman Gifford 34.0 15 64 3 0 4
Tony Greig 12.0 1 35 0 0 4
Pat Pocock 46.0 15 114 4 0 0

England 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Barry Wood c Ramnath Parkar b Bishan Bedi 5 37 35 0 0
2 Dennis Amiss c Farokh Engineer b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 8 40 27 1 0
3 Alan Knott † c Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Bishan Bedi 13 38 19 1 0
4 Mike Denness c Eknath Solkar b Erapalli Prasanna 76 335 200 10 0
5 Keith Fletcher c Chetan Chauhan b Bishan Bedi 21 75 59 4 0
6 Tony Greig c Eknath Solkar b Salim Durani 5 30 22 0 0
7 Tony Lewis * c Chetan Chauhan b Bishan Bedi 11 71 66 1 0
8 Chris Old c Bishan Bedi b Erapalli Prasanna 9 83 60 1 0
9 Geoff Arnold c Ajit Wadekar b Erapalli Prasanna 0 1 1 0 0
10 Norman Gifford not out 3 32 28 0 0
11 Pat Pocock c Ajit Wadekar b Erapalli Prasanna 0 2 5 0 0
Extra b 2, lb 3, nb 3 8
Total 10 wickets; 106.0 overs; 159 1.5 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-14 ( Barry Wood, 10.0 ) ;   2-14 ( Dennis Amiss, 10.1 ) ;   3-30 ( Alan Knott, 20.0 ) ;   4-77 ( Keith Fletcher, 43.5 ) ;   5-97 ( Tony Greig, 52.0 ) ;   6-126 ( Tony Lewis, 74.0 ) ;   7-152 ( Chris Old, 95.2 ) ;   8-152 ( Geoff Arnold, 95.3 ) ;   9-159 ( Mike Denness, 105.1 ) ;   10-159 ( Pat Pocock, 106.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Eknath Solkar 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 43.0 24 38 4 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 35.0 9 69 1 0 4
Erapalli Prasanna 10.0 5 16 4 0 0
Nawab of Pataudi 1.0 0 4 0 0 0
Salim Durani 15.0 5 24 1 0 0

India 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Chetan Chauhan c Alan Knott b Pat Pocock 11 83 52 0 0
2 Farokh Engineer † lbw Chris Old 10 6 7 2 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * c Tony Greig b Chris Old 0 2 3 0 0
4 Salim Durani lbw Pat Pocock 38 99 77 3 2
5 Gundappa Viswanath b Pat Pocock 0 5 1 0 0
6 Nawab of Pataudi not out 14 51 41 1 0
7 Eknath Solkar c Mike Denness b Pat Pocock 7 17 16 1 0
8 Sunil Gavaskar not out 0 11 11 0 0
9 Erapalli Prasanna Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Bishan Bedi Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra lb 1, nb 5 6
Total 6 wickets; 33.5 overs; 86 2.54 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-11 ( Farokh Engineer, 1.3 ) ;   2-11 ( Ajit Wadekar, 2.0 ) ;   3-44 ( Chetan Chauhan, 19.0 ) ;   4-51 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 20.1 ) ;   5-67 ( Salim Durani, 26.3 ) ;   6-78 ( Eknath Solkar, 31.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 4.0 1 11 0 0 0
Chris Old 9.0 3 19 2 0 1
Pat Pocock 13.0 3 28 4 0 0
Norman Gifford 7.5 2 22 0 0 4