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

India vs England - 5th 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 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 Feb 1973
Match Referee Ground Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai , Mumbai
Player of Match    

India 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Farokh Engineer † c Graham Roope b Jack Birkenshaw 121 283 182 14 0
2 Sunil Gavaskar b Chris Old 4 33 22 0 0
3 Ajit Wadekar * c Chris Old b Jack Birkenshaw 87 238 178 14 0
4 Salim Durani c Derek Underwood b Pat Pocock 73 210 150 10 2
5 Nawab of Pataudi b Derek Underwood 1 10 8 0 0
6 Gundappa Viswanath b Geoff Arnold 113 267 214 18 1
7 Eknath Solkar c Mike Denness b Chris Old 6 30 20 1 0
8 Syed Abid Ali c Graham Roope b Geoff Arnold 15 37 23 2 0
9 Venkat not out 11 36 30 2 0
10 Bishan Bedi b Geoff Arnold 0 6 3 0 0
11 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar c Keith Fletcher b Chris Old 3 20 9 0 0
Extra b 4, lb 4, nb 6 14
Total 10 wickets; 138.2 overs; 448 3.24 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-25 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 7.1 ) ;   2-217 ( Ajit Wadekar, 62.1 ) ;   3-220 ( Farokh Engineer, 64.2 ) ;   4-221 ( Nawab of Pataudi, 65.4 ) ;   5-371 ( Salim Durani, 113.4 ) ;   6-395 ( Eknath Solkar, 122.0 ) ;   7-427 ( Syed Abid Ali, 130.0 ) ;   8-435 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 132.0 ) ;   9-439 ( Bishan Bedi, 133.3 ) ;   10-448 ( Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, 138.2 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 21.0 3 64 3 0 7
Chris Old 21.2 2 78 3 0 0
Derek Underwood 26.0 6 100 1 0 2
Tony Greig 22.0 7 62 0 0 1
Pat Pocock 25.0 7 63 1 0 0
Jack Birkenshaw 23.0 2 67 2 0 0

England 1st Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Tony Lewis * b Syed Abid Ali 0 1 1 0 0
2 Graham Roope c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 10 50 36 1 0
3 Alan Knott † lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 56 101 84 9 0
4 Derek Underwood c Syed Abid Ali b Bishan Bedi 9 40 41 1 0
5 Keith Fletcher lbw Bishan Bedi 113 298 259 13 0
6 Tony Greig lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 148 360 291 24 0
7 Mike Denness c Venkat b Bishan Bedi 29 112 85 4 0
8 Jack Birkenshaw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 36 130 100 3 0
9 Chris Old c & b Venkat 28 45 43 6 0
10 Geoff Arnold lbw Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 27 54 51 4 0
11 Pat Pocock not out 0 7 5 0 0
Extra b 13, lb 5, nb 6 24
Total 10 wickets; 163.1 overs; 480 2.94 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-0 ( Tony Lewis, 0.1 ) ;   2-38 ( Graham Roope, 13.0 ) ;   3-67 ( Derek Underwood, 25.2 ) ;   4-79 ( Alan Knott, 28.4 ) ;   5-333 ( Keith Fletcher, 106.5 ) ;   6-381 ( Tony Greig, 127.2 ) ;   7-397 ( Mike Denness, 137.0 ) ;   8-442 ( Chris Old, 150.0 ) ;   9-479 ( Jack Birkenshaw, 161.4 ) ;   10-480 ( Geoff Arnold, 163.1 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Syed Abid Ali 15.0 2 60 1 0 6
Eknath Solkar 4.0 0 16 0 0 0
Bishan Bedi 69.0 20 138 3 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 46.1 8 135 5 0 1
Salim Durani 4.0 0 21 0 0 0
Venkat 25.0 1 86 1 0 1

India 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Farokh Engineer † b Derek Underwood 66 165 141 9 0
2 Sunil Gavaskar c & b Derek Underwood 67 160 128 12 0
3 Salim Durani c Alan Knott b Pat Pocock 37 66 61 6 1
4 Gundappa Viswanath c Alan Knott b Tony Greig 48 142 106 7 0
5 Nawab of Pataudi b Pat Pocock 5 102 84 0 0
6 Ajit Wadekar * not out 11 48 39 0 0
7 Eknath Solkar not out 6 26 18 0 0
8 Syed Abid Ali Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Venkat 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 4 4
Total 5 wickets; 96.0 overs; 244 2.54 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-135 ( Sunil Gavaskar, 44.2 ) ;   2-136 ( Farokh Engineer, 44.5 ) ;   3-198 ( Salim Durani, 61.4 ) ;   4-227 ( Gundappa Viswanath, 83.4 ) ;   5-233 ( Nawab of Pataudi, 88.5 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Geoff Arnold 3.0 0 13 0 0 1
Chris Old 3.0 1 11 0 0 0
Derek Underwood 38.0 16 70 2 0 0
Tony Greig 13.0 7 19 1 0 0
Pat Pocock 27.0 5 75 2 0 0
Jack Birkenshaw 12.0 1 52 0 0 0

England 2nd Innings

 R M B 4s 6s
1 Jack Birkenshaw b Bishan Bedi 12 35 32 2 0
2 Graham Roope not out 26 97 93 4 0
3 Alan Knott † b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 8 17 9 2 0
4 Tony Lewis * not out 17 43 40 1 0
5 Derek Underwood Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
6 Keith Fletcher Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
7 Tony Greig Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mike Denness Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Chris Old Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Geoff Arnold Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Pat Pocock Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 3, lb 1 4
Total 2 wickets; 29.0 overs; 67 2.31 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-23 ( Jack Birkenshaw, 9.5 ) ;   2-37 ( Alan Knott, 13.1 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Eknath Solkar 2.0 0 4 0 0 0
Sunil Gavaskar 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 9.0 1 26 1 0 0
Bishan Bedi 10.0 4 25 1 0 0
Venkat 5.0 1 8 0 0 0
Nawab of Pataudi 1.0 1 0 0 0 0