Test Match #706 Standard Scorecard     
1972-1973 India v England - 2nd Test
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
30th December, 1972
 
India 210 & 155
England 174 & 163
India won by 28 runs

 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar c Old b Underwood 18  71  3  0 25.35 8.57%
Ramnath Parkar c †Knott b Old 26  109  3  0 23.85 12.38%
Ajit Wadekar* run out 44  84  8  0 52.38 20.95%
Gundappa Viswanath c Wood b Cottam 3  31  0  0 9.68 1.43%
Salim Durani b Greig 4  25  1  0 16.00 1.90%
Eknath Solkar b Old 19  90  1  0 21.11 9.05%
Farokh Engineer b Underwood 75  144  10  0 52.08 35.71%
Syed Abid Ali b Cottam 3  10  0  0 30.00 1.43%
Erapally Prasanna lbw b Cottam 6  9  1  0 66.67 2.86%
Bishen Bedi run out 0  0  0  0 0.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar not out 1  24  0  0 4.17 0.48%
Extras (lb 3, nb 8) 11  
Total All Out   (97.4 overs @ 2.15 rpo) 210
Fall of Wickets
 
1-29 Gavaskar, 2-68 Parkar, 3-78 Viswanath, 4-99 Wadekar, 5-100 Durani, 6-163 Solkar,
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7-176 Abid Ali, 8-192 Prasanna, 9-192 Bedi, 10-210 Engineer
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Chris Old 26.0 7 72 2 2.77 20.00
Robert Cottam 23.0 6 45 3 1.96 30.00
Derek Underwood 20.4 11 43 2 2.08 20.00
Patrick Pocock 19.0 10 26 0 1.37
Tony Greig 9.0 1 13 1 1.44 10.00
 
 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood b Bedi 11  44  1  0 25.00 6.32%
Dennis Amiss c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 11  54  1  0 20.37 6.32%
Keith Fletcher c Gavaskar b Prasanna 16  33  2  0 48.48 9.20%
Michael Denness c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 21  54  3  0 38.89 12.07%
Tony Lewis* lbw b Bedi 4  11  1  0 36.36 2.30%
Tony Greig c sub b Prasanna 29  78  4  0 37.18 16.67%
Alan Knott st †Engineer b Chandrasekhar 35  50  3  0 70.00 20.11%
Chris Old not out 33  90  3  1 36.67 18.97%
Patrick Pocock b Prasanna 3  13  0  0 23.08 1.72%
Derek Underwood c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 0  5  0  0 0.00
Robert Cottam lbw b Chandrasekhar 3  25  0  0 12.00 1.72%
Extras (lb 4, nb 4) 8  
Total All Out   (75.2 overs @ 2.31 rpo) 174
Fall of Wickets
 
1-18 Wood, 2-37 Amiss, 3-47 Fletcher, 4-56 Lewis, 5-84 Denness, 6-117 Greig,
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7-144 Knott, 8-153 Pocock, 9-154 Underwood, 10-174 Cottam
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Syed Abid Ali 4.0 1 4 0 1.00
Eknath Solkar 3.0 1 5 0 1.67
Bishen Bedi 26.0 7 59 2 2.27 20.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 26.2 5 65 5 2.47 50.00
Erapally Prasanna 16.0 4 33 3 2.06 30.00
 
 
India   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar lbw b Old 2  4  0  0 50.00 1.29%
Ramnath Parkar c Fletcher b Old 15  32  2  0 46.88 9.68%
Salim Durani c Fletcher b Greig 53  139  7  1 38.13 34.19%
Gundappa Viswanath c Fletcher b Old 34  82  5  0 41.46 21.94%
Farokh Engineer c †Knott b Underwood 17  39  2  0 43.59 10.97%
Eknath Solkar c †Knott b Greig 6  48  0  0 12.50 3.87%
Ajit Wadekar* lbw b Greig 0  13  0  0 0.00
Syed Abid Ali c Amiss b Old 3  17  0  0 17.65 1.94%
Erapally Prasanna b Greig 0  1  0  0 0.00
Bishen Bedi not out 9  30  0  0 30.00 5.81%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Greig 1  9  0  0 11.11 0.65%
Extras (b 8, lb 2, nb 5) 15  
Total All Out   (67.5 overs @ 2.29 rpo) 155
Fall of Wickets
 
1-2 Gavaskar, 2-33 Parkar, 3-104 Viswanath, 4-112 Durani, 5-133 Engineer, 6-133 Solkar,
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7-135 Wadekar, 8-135 Prasanna, 9-147 Abid Ali, 10-155 Chandrasekhar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Chris Old 21.0 6 43 4 2.05 40.00
Robert Cottam 5.0 0 18 0 3.60
Derek Underwood 14.0 4 36 1 2.57 10.00
Patrick Pocock 8.0 1 19 0 2.38
Tony Greig 19.5 9 24 5 1.21 50.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings  (target 192)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood b Abid Ali 1  10  0  0 10.00 0.61%
Dennis Amiss c †Engineer b Bedi 1  29  0  0 3.45 0.61%
Keith Fletcher lbw b Bedi 5  14  1  0 35.71 3.07%
Michael Denness lbw b Chandrasekhar 32  186  2  0 17.20 19.63%
Tony Lewis* c Solkar b Bedi 3  23  0  0 13.04 1.84%
Tony Greig lbw b Chandrasekhar 67  135  7  0 49.63 41.10%
Alan Knott c Durani b Chandrasekhar 2  11  0  0 18.18 1.23%
Chris Old not out 17  78  1  0 21.79 10.43%
Patrick Pocock c & b Bedi 5  15  1  0 33.33 3.07%
Derek Underwood c Wadekar b Bedi 4  5  1  0 80.00 2.45%
Robert Cottam lbw b Chandrasekhar 13  42  1  0 30.95 7.98%
Extras (b 6, lb 5, nb 2) 13  
Total All Out   (91.0 overs @ 1.79 rpo) 163
Fall of Wickets
 
1-3 Wood, 2-8 Fletcher, 3-11 Amiss, 4-17 Lewis, 5-114 Greig, 6-119 Knott, 7-123 Denness,
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8-130 Pocock, 9-138 Underwood, 10-163 Cottam
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Syed Abid Ali 8.0 2 12 1 1.50 10.00
Eknath Solkar 1.0 1 0 0 0.00
Bishen Bedi 40.0 12 63 5 1.58 50.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 29.0 14 42 4 1.45 40.00
Erapally Prasanna 9.0 0 19 0 2.11
Salim Durani 4.0 1 14 0 3.50
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss India won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1972-1973 India v England  (Anthony de Mello Trophy) - 2nd Test
Match No. Test #706
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - India 1st innings 148/5 (ED Solkar 19*, FM Engineer 26*)
Day 2 - England 1st innings 126/6 (APE Knott 23*, CM Old 4*)
Day 3 - India 2nd innings 121/4 (FM Engineer 10*, ED Solkar 2*)
Day 4 - England 2nd innings 105/4 (MH Denness 28*, AW Greig 60*)
Day 5 - England 2nd Innings 163, 91.0 overs - end of match