Test Match #703 Standard Scorecard     
1972-1973 India v England - 1st Test
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
20th December, 1972
 
India 173 & 233
England 200 & 208/4
England won by 6 wickets

 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Greig b Arnold 12  35  1  0 34.29 6.94%
Ramnath Parkar c Pocock b Arnold 4  19  0  0 21.05 2.31%
Ajit Wadekar* b Arnold 3  11  0  0 27.27 1.73%
Dilip Sardesai b Arnold 12  66  1  0 18.18 6.94%
Gundappa Viswanath c †Knott b Greig 27  83  4  0 32.53 15.61%
Eknath Solkar c †Knott b Greig 20  79  4  0 25.32 11.56%
Farokh Engineer b Cottam 15  17  3  0 88.24 8.67%
Syed Abid Ali c Greig b Cottam 58  103  9  0 56.31 33.53%
Srinivas Venkataraghavan c Greig b Arnold 17  35  2  0 48.57 9.83%
Bishen Bedi not out 4  9  0  0 44.44 2.31%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Arnold 0  1  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 1) 1  
Total All Out   (84.4 overs @ 2.04 rpo) 173
Fall of Wickets
 
1-7 Parkar, 2-15 Wadekar, 3-20 Gavaskar, 4-43 Sardesai, 5-59 Viswanath, 6-80 Engineer,
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7-123 Solkar, 8-169 Abid Ali, 9-169 Venkataraghavan, 10-173 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Geoffrey Arnold 23.4 7 45 6 1.90 60.00
Robert Cottam 23.0 5 66 2 2.87 20.00
Tony Greig 23.0 8 32 2 1.39 20.00
Patrick Pocock 6.0 1 13 0 2.17
Derek Underwood 9.0 1 16 0 1.78
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood c Venkataraghavan b Chandrasekhar 19  84  3  0 22.62 9.50%
Dennis Amiss st †Engineer b Bedi 46  73  7  0 63.01 23.00%
Keith Fletcher b Chandrasekhar 2  6  0  0 33.33 1.00%
Michael Denness c †Engineer b Bedi 16  73  3  0 21.92 8.00%
Tony Lewis* lbw b Chandrasekhar 0  2  0  0 0.00
Tony Greig not out 68  242  8  1 28.10 34.00%
Alan Knott c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 4  12  1  0 33.33 2.00%
Geoffrey Arnold c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar 12  80  1  0 15.00 6.00%
Patrick Pocock lbw b Chandrasekhar 0  29  0  0 0.00
Derek Underwood c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 6  34  1  0 17.65 3.00%
Robert Cottam c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar 3  21  0  0 14.29 1.50%
Extras (b 4, lb 17, nb 3) 24  
Total All Out   (108.5 overs @ 1.84 rpo) 200
Fall of Wickets
 
1-61 Wood, 2-69 Amiss, 3-71 Fletcher, 4-71 Lewis, 5-119 Denness, 6-123 Knott,
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7-152 Arnold, 8-160 Pocock, 9-180 Underwood, 10-200 Cottam
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Syed Abid Ali 9.0 5 13 0 1.44
Eknath Solkar 3.0 0 8 0 2.67
Bishen Bedi 47.0 23 59 2 1.26 20.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 41.5 18 79 8 1.89 80.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan 8.0 2 17 0 2.13
 
 
India   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Greig b Underwood 8  46  1  0 17.39 3.43%
Ramnath Parkar lbw b Arnold 35  72  5  0 48.61 15.02%
Ajit Wadekar* st †Knott b Pocock 24  60  3  0 40.00 10.30%
Dilip Sardesai c Greig b Underwood 10  36  2  0 27.78 4.29%
Gundappa Viswanath b Underwood 3  21  0  0 14.29 1.29%
Eknath Solkar c sub b Arnold 75  197  11  0 38.07 32.19%
Farokh Engineer c †Knott b Underwood 63  132  9  0 47.73 27.04%
Syed Abid Ali c Fletcher b Pocock 0  9  0  0 0.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan b Pocock 0  4  0  0 0.00
Bishen Bedi b Arnold 2  6  0  0 33.33 0.86%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar not out 1  13  0  0 7.69 0.43%
Extras (b 8, lb 2, nb 2) 12  
Total All Out   (98.4 overs @ 2.36 rpo) 233
Fall of Wickets
 
1-26 Gavaskar, 2-59 Parkar, 3-82 Wadekar, 4-86 Sardesai, 5-103 Viswanath,
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6-206 Engineer, 7-207 Abid Ali, 8-211 Venkataraghavan, 9-215 Bedi, 10-233 Solkar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Geoffrey Arnold 20.4 6 46 3 2.23 30.00
Robert Cottam 7.0 1 18 0 2.57
Tony Greig 6.0 1 16 0 2.67
Patrick Pocock 33.0 7 72 3 2.18 30.00
Derek Underwood 30.0 13 56 4 1.87 40.00
Barry Wood 2.0 0 13 0 6.50
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 207)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood c Solkar b Bedi 45  149  5  0 30.20 21.63%
Dennis Amiss c Chandrasekhar b Bedi 9  25  2  0 36.00 4.33%
Keith Fletcher c Wadekar b Bedi 0  8  0  0 0.00
Michael Denness c Viswanath b Chandrasekhar 35  63  6  0 55.56 16.83%
Tony Lewis* not out 70  158  7  0 44.30 33.65%
Tony Greig not out 40  120  4  0 33.33 19.23%
Extras (lb 9) 9  
Total 4 wickets   (88.5 overs @ 2.34 rpo) 208
 
Did not Bat
 
Alan Knott†, Geoffrey Arnold, Patrick Pocock, Derek Underwood, Robert Cottam
Fall of Wickets
 
1-18 Amiss, 2-20 Fletcher, 3-76 Denness, 4-107 Wood
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Syed Abid Ali 4.0 2 6 0 1.50
Eknath Solkar 3.0 0 13 0 4.33
Bishen Bedi 39.0 20 50 3 1.28 30.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 24.0 7 70 1 2.92 10.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan 16.0 0 47 0 2.94
Dilip Sardesai 1.5 0 12 0 6.55
Sunil Gavaskar 1.0 0 1 0 1.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1972-1973 India v England  (Anthony de Mello Trophy) - 1st Test
Match No. Test #703
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - India 1st innings 156/7 (S Abid Ali 47*, S Venkataraghavan 15*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 151/6 (AW Greig 43*, GG Arnold 12*)
Day 3 - India 2nd innings 123/5 (ED Solkar 30*, FM Engineer 3*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 106/3 (B Wood 45*, AR Lewis 17*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 208/4, 88.5 overs - end of match