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

India vs England - 4th Test  |  Match drawn

Match Details
Toss India, who chose to bat Series Marylebone Cricket Club In India, Pakistan And Sri Lanka 1972/73
Umpires
MV Gothoskar and J Reuben Match Date 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Jan 1973
Match Referee Ground Modi Stadium, Kanpur , Kanpur
Player of Match    

India 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Chetan Chauhan c Chris Old b Derek Underwood 22 173 116 1 0
2 Sunil Gavaskar c Tony Greig b Jack Birkenshaw 69 231 183 10 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * c Keith Fletcher b Tony Greig 90 322 222 9 1
4 Gundappa Viswanath c Mike Denness b Chris Old 25 109 91 3 0
5 Nawab of Pataudi lbw Geoff Arnold 54 230 185 7 1
6 Eknath Solkar b Derek Underwood 10 96 62 0 0
7 Farokh Engineer † b Derek Underwood 15 72 45 1 0
8 Syed Abid Ali b Chris Old 41 100 76 4 0
9 Erapalli Prasanna c Alan Knott b Chris Old 0 21 18 0 0
10 Bishan Bedi not out 4 28 20 0 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Chris Old 0 2 3 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 9, nb 17 27
Total 10 wickets; 167.0 overs; 357 2.14 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-85 ( Chetan Chauhan, 41.2 ) ;   2-109 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 54.4 ) ;   3-179 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 83.3 ) ;   4-265 ( Ajit Wadekar, 120.1 ) ;   5-292 ( Nawab of Pataudi, 138.2 ) ;   6-296 ( Eknath Solkar, 143.4 ) ;   7-326 ( Farokh Engineer, 155.2 ) ;   8-345 ( Erapalli Prasanna, 161.2 ) ;   9-357 ( Syed Abid Ali, 166.3 ) ;   10-357 ( Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, 167.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 35.0 10 72 1 0 9
Chris Old 24.0 5 69 4 0 0
Derek Underwood 51.0 20 90 3 0 5
Tony Greig 29.0 11 40 1 0 5
Jack Birkenshaw 20.0 6 42 1 0 0

England 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Mike Denness c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 31 92 81 4 0
2 Graham Roope c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 11 71 63 0 0
3 Alan Knott † c Sunil Gavaskar b Erapalli Prasanna 40 98 95 5 0
4 Tony Lewis * b Syed Abid Ali 125 267 228 16 1
5 Keith Fletcher c Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Bishan Bedi 58 210 179 9 0
6 Tony Greig c Chetan Chauhan b Bishan Bedi 8 64 50 1 0
7 Jack Birkenshaw c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 64 229 179 3 0
8 Chris Old lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4 28 34 0 0
9 Geoff Arnold b Bishan Bedi 45 160 130 6 0
10 Derek Underwood not out 0 3 2 0 0
11 Barry Wood Did not bat
Extra b 1, lb 8, w 1, nb 1 11
Total 10 wickets; 172.5 overs; 397 2.3 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-37 ( Graham Roope, 20.4 ) ;   2-48 ( Mike Denness, 26.5 ) ;   3-118 ( Alan Knott, 50.0 ) ;   4-262 ( Tony Lewis, 104.4 ) ;   5-274 ( Keith Fletcher, 110.0 ) ;   6-288 ( Tony Greig, 123.3 ) ;   7-301 ( Chris Old, 133.0 ) ;   8-397 ( Jack Birkenshaw, 171.4 ) ;   9-397 ( Geoff Arnold, 172.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Syed Abid Ali 22.0 3 55 1 1 2
Eknath Solkar 5.0 0 14 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 68.5 15 134 3 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 41.0 12 86 4 0 1
Erapalli Prasanna 34.0 4 87 1 0 0
Gundappa Viswanath 2.0 0 10 0 0 0

India 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Chetan Chauhan c Graham Roope b Geoff Arnold 1 32 24 0 0
2 Sunil Gavaskar c Barry Wood b Derek Underwood 24 80 46 4 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * c & b Derek Underwood 9 64 48 0 0
4 Gundappa Viswanath not out 75 240 206 10 0
5 Farokh Engineer † c Chris Old b Jack Birkenshaw 2 10 14 0 0
6 Eknath Solkar c Tony Greig b Jack Birkenshaw 26 82 70 5 0
7 Syed Abid Ali b Tony Greig 36 106 83 6 0
8 Erapalli Prasanna not out 2 20 16 0 0
9 Nawab of Pataudi 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 b 5, lb 4, nb 2 11
Total 6 wickets; 84.0 overs; 186 2.21 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-8 ( Chetan Chauhan, 6.4 ) ;   2-33 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 17.0 ) ;   3-36 ( Ajit Wadekar, 22.1 ) ;   4-39 ( Farokh Engineer, 25.3 ) ;   5-103 ( Eknath Solkar, 47.0 ) ;   6-181 ( Syed Abid Ali, 79.2 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 7.0 3 15 1 0 0
Chris Old 11.0 3 28 0 0 0
Tony Greig 10.0 7 6 1 0 1
Derek Underwood 26.0 11 46 2 0 1
Jack Birkenshaw 25.0 5 66 2 0 0
Graham Roope 5.0 1 14 0 0 1