Test Match #708 Standard Scorecard     
1972-1973 India v England - 3rd Test
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
12th January, 1973
 
India 316 & 86/6
England 242 & 159
India won by 4 wickets

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood c †Engineer b Bedi 20  56  3  0 35.71 8.26%
Dennis Amiss c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 15  38  1  0 39.47 6.20%
Alan Knott c Nawab of Pataudi Jr b Bedi 10  28  1  0 35.71 4.13%
Michael Denness b Prasanna 17  36  3  0 47.22 7.02%
Keith Fletcher not out 97  180  10  4 53.89 40.08%
Tony Greig lbw b Chandrasekhar 17  28  3  0 60.71 7.02%
Tony Lewis* c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 4  5  1  0 80.00 1.65%
Chris Old c Durani b Chandrasekhar 4  15  1  0 26.67 1.65%
Geoffrey Arnold c Solkar b Prasanna 17  45  3  0 37.78 7.02%
Norman Gifford lbw b Chandrasekhar 19  86  1  0 22.09 7.85%
Patrick Pocock lbw b Chandrasekhar 2  6  0  0 33.33 0.83%
Extras (b 8, lb 11, nb 1) 20  
Total All Out   (86.5 overs @ 2.79 rpo) 242
Fall of Wickets
 
1-33 Amiss, 2-47 Wood, 3-52 Knott, 4-69 Denness, 5-98 Greig, 6-106 Lewis, 7-110 Old,
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8-151 Arnold, 9-234 Gifford, 10-242 Pocock
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Eknath Solkar 2.0 0 13 0 6.50
Sunil Gavaskar 1.0 0 6 0 6.00
Bishen Bedi 30.0 9 66 2 2.20 20.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 38.5 9 90 6 2.32 60.00
Erapally Prasanna 15.0 3 47 2 3.13 20.00
 
 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Chetandra Chauhan c †Knott b Arnold 0  16  0  0 0.00
Sunil Gavaskar c Greig b Gifford 20  67  3  0 29.85 6.33%
Ajit Wadekar* c Wood b Pocock 44  103  5  0 42.72 13.92%
Salim Durani c & b Gifford 38  161  4  1 23.60 12.03%
Nawab of Pataudi Jr c sub b Pocock 73  183  10  2 39.89 23.10%
Gundappa Viswanath c Old b Pocock 37  110  6  0 33.64 11.71%
Farokh Engineer c Wood b Gifford 31  55  2  0 56.36 9.81%
Eknath Solkar b Pocock 10  36  2  0 27.78 3.16%
Erapally Prasanna lbw b Arnold 37  68  5  0 54.41 11.71%
Bishen Bedi b Arnold 5  3  1  0 166.67 1.58%
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar not out 3  21  0  0 14.29 0.95%
Extras (b 6, lb 3, nb 9) 18  
Total All Out   (135.5 overs @ 2.33 rpo) 316
Fall of Wickets
 
1-4 Chauhan, 2-28 Gavaskar, 3-89 Wadekar, 4-155 Durani, 5-220 Nawab of Pataudi Jr,
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6-224 Viswanath, 7-247 Solkar, 8-288 Engineer, 9-303 Bedi, 10-316 Prasanna
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Geoffrey Arnold 23.1 12 34 3 1.47 30.00
Chris Old 20.0 4 51 0 2.55
Norman Gifford 34.0 15 64 3 1.88 30.00
Tony Greig 12.0 1 35 0 2.92
Patrick Pocock 46.0 15 114 4 2.48 40.00
 
 
England   2nd Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Barry Wood c sub b Bedi 5  35  0  0 14.29 3.14%
Dennis Amiss c †Engineer b Chandrasekhar 8  27  1  0 29.63 5.03%
Alan Knott c Chandrasekhar b Bedi 13  19  1  0 68.42 8.18%
Michael Denness c Solkar b Prasanna 76  200  10  0 38.00 47.80%
Keith Fletcher c Chauhan b Bedi 21  59  4  0 35.59 13.21%
Tony Greig c Solkar b Durani 5  22  0  0 22.73 3.14%
Tony Lewis* c Chauhan b Bedi 11  66  1  0 16.67 6.92%
Chris Old c Bedi b Prasanna 9  60  1  0 15.00 5.66%
Geoffrey Arnold c Wadekar b Prasanna 0  1  0  0 0.00
Norman Gifford not out 3  28  0  0 10.71 1.89%
Patrick Pocock c Wadekar b Prasanna 0  5  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 3) 8  
Total All Out   (106.0 overs @ 1.50 rpo) 159
Fall of Wickets
 
1-14 Wood, 2-14 Amiss, 3-30 Knott, 4-77 Fletcher, 5-97 Greig, 6-126 Lewis, 7-152 Old,
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8-152 Arnold, 9-159 Denness, 10-159 Pocock
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Eknath Solkar 2.0 2 0 0 0.00
Bishen Bedi 43.0 24 38 4 0.88 40.00
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 35.0 9 69 1 1.97 10.00
Erapally Prasanna 10.0 5 16 4 1.60 40.00
Nawab of Pataudi Jr 1.0 0 4 0 4.00
Salim Durani 15.0 5 24 1 1.60 10.00
 
 
India   2nd Innings  (target 86)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Chetandra Chauhan c †Knott b Pocock 11  52  0  0 21.15 12.79%
Farokh Engineer lbw b Old 10  7  2  0 142.86 11.63%
Ajit Wadekar* c Greig b Old 0  3  0  0 0.00
Salim Durani lbw b Pocock 38  77  3  2 49.35 44.19%
Gundappa Viswanath b Pocock 0  1  0  0 0.00
Nawab of Pataudi Jr not out 14  41  1  0 34.15 16.28%
Eknath Solkar c Denness b Pocock 7  16  1  0 43.75 8.14%
Sunil Gavaskar not out 0  11  0  0 0.00
Extras (lb 1, nb 5) 6  
Total 6 wickets   (33.5 overs @ 2.54 rpo) 86
 
Did not Bat
 
Erapally Prasanna, Bishen Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Fall of Wickets
 
1-11 Engineer, 2-11 Wadekar, 3-44 Chauhan, 4-51 Viswanath, 5-67 Durani, 6-78 Solkar
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Geoffrey Arnold 4.0 1 11 0 2.75
Chris Old 9.0 3 19 2 2.11 20.00
Norman Gifford 7.5 2 22 0 2.81
Patrick Pocock 13.0 3 28 4 2.15 40.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1972-1973 India v England  (Anthony de Mello Trophy) - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #708
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - India 1st innings 4/0 (CPS Chauhan 0*, SM Gavaskar 4*)
Day 2 - India 1st innings 175/4 (Mansur Ali Khan 53*, GR Viswanath 9*)
Day 3 - England 2nd innings 52/3 (MH Denness 10*, KWR Fletcher 15*)
Day 4 - India 2nd innings 32/2 (CPS Chauhan 7*, SA Durani 13*)
Day 5 - India 2nd Innings 86/6, 33.5 overs - end of match