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England in India Test Series - 2nd Test

India v England

India won by 28 runs

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Gavaskar c Old b Underwood 18 89 71 3 0 25.35
RD Parkar c †Knott b Old 26 138 109 3 0 23.85
AL Wadekar* run out 44 118 84 8 0 52.38
GR Viswanath c Wood b Cottam 3 38 31 0 0 9.67
SA Durani b Greig 4 36 25 1 0 16.00
ED Solkar b Old 19 139 90 1 0 21.11
FM Engineer† b Underwood 75 215 144 10 0 52.08
S Abid Ali b Cottam 3 12 10 0 0 30.00
EAS Prasanna lbw b Cottam 6 14 9 1 0 66.66
BS Bedi run out 0 5 0 0 0 -
BS Chandrasekhar not out 1 47 24 0 0 4.16
Extras (lb 3, nb 8) 11
Total (all out; 97.4 overs) 210 (2.15 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Gavaskar), 2-68 (Parkar), 3-78 (Viswanath), 4-99 (Wadekar), 5-100 (Durani), 6-163 (Solkar), 7-176 (Abid Ali), 8-192 (Prasanna), 9-192 (Bedi), 10-210 (Engineer)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CM Old 26 7 72 2 2.76
RMH Cottam 23 6 45 3 1.95
DL Underwood 20.4 11 43 2 2.08
PI Pocock 19 10 26 0 1.36
AW Greig 9 1 13 1 1.44
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood b Bedi 11 50 44 1 0 25.00
DL Amiss c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 11 85 54 1 0 20.37
KWR Fletcher c Gavaskar b Prasanna 16 46 33 2 0 48.48
MH Denness c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 21 69 54 3 0 38.88
AR Lewis* lbw b Bedi 4 9 11 1 0 36.36
AW Greig c sub b Prasanna 29 85 78 4 0 37.17
APE Knott† st †Engineer b Chandrasekhar 35 76 50 3 0 70.00
CM Old not out 33 106 90 3 1 36.66
PI Pocock b Prasanna 3 15 13 0 0 23.07
DL Underwood c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 0 4 5 0 0 0.00
RMH Cottam lbw b Chandrasekhar 3 46 25 0 0 12.00
Extras (lb 4, nb 4) 8
Total (all out; 75.2 overs) 174 (2.30 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-18 (Wood), 2-37 (Amiss), 3-47 (Fletcher), 4-56 (Lewis), 5-84 (Denness), 6-117 (Greig), 7-144 (Knott), 8-153 (Pocock), 9-154 (Underwood), 10-174 (Cottam)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Abid Ali 4 1 4 0 1.00
ED Solkar 3 1 5 0 1.66
BS Bedi 26 7 59 2 2.26
BS Chandrasekhar 26.2 5 65 5 2.46
EAS Prasanna 16 4 33 3 2.06
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SM Gavaskar lbw b Old 2 3 4 0 0 50.00
RD Parkar c Fletcher b Old 15 47 32 2 0 46.87
SA Durani c Fletcher b Greig 53 199 139 7 1 38.12
GR Viswanath c Fletcher b Old 34 126 82 5 0 41.46
FM Engineer† c †Knott b Underwood 17 86 39 2 0 43.58
ED Solkar c †Knott b Greig 6 64 48 0 0 12.50
AL Wadekar* lbw b Greig 0 17 13 0 0 0.00
S Abid Ali c Amiss b Old 3 38 17 0 0 17.64
EAS Prasanna b Greig 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
BS Bedi not out 9 44 30 0 0 30.00
BS Chandrasekhar b Greig 1 15 9 0 0 11.11
Extras (b 8, lb 2, nb 5) 15
Total (all out; 67.5 overs) 155 (2.28 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Gavaskar), 2-33 (Parkar), 3-104 (Viswanath), 4-112 (Durani), 5-133 (Engineer), 6-133 (Solkar), 7-135 (Wadekar), 8-135 (Prasanna), 9-147 (Abid Ali), 10-155 (Chandrasekhar)
Bowling O M R W Econ
CM Old 21 6 43 4 2.04
RMH Cottam 5 0 18 0 3.60
DL Underwood 14 4 36 1 2.57
PI Pocock 8 1 19 0 2.37
AW Greig 19.5 9 24 5 1.21
England 2nd innings (target: 192 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
B Wood b Abid Ali 1 12 10 0 0 10.00
DL Amiss c †Engineer b Bedi 1 42 29 0 0 3.44
KWR Fletcher lbw b Bedi 5 18 14 1 0 35.71
MH Denness lbw b Chandrasekhar 32 234 186 2 0 17.20
AR Lewis* c Solkar b Bedi 3 29 23 0 0 13.04
AW Greig lbw b Chandrasekhar 67 164 135 7 0 49.62
APE Knott† c Durani b Chandrasekhar 2 16 11 0 0 18.18
CM Old not out 17 92 78 1 0 21.79
PI Pocock c & b Bedi 5 27 15 1 0 33.33
DL Underwood c Wadekar b Bedi 4 7 5 1 0 80.00
RMH Cottam lbw b Chandrasekhar 13 47 42 1 0 30.95
Extras (b 6, lb 5, nb 2) 13
Total (all out; 91 overs) 163 (1.79 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Wood), 2-8 (Fletcher), 3-11 (Amiss), 4-17 (Lewis), 5-114 (Greig), 6-119 (Knott), 7-123 (Denness), 8-130 (Pocock), 9-138 (Underwood), 10-163 (Cottam)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Abid Ali 8 2 12 1 1.50
ED Solkar 1 1 0 0 0.00
BS Bedi 40 12 63 5 1.57
BS Chandrasekhar 29 14 42 4 1.44
EAS Prasanna 9 0 19 0 2.11
SA Durani 4 1 14 0 3.50
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series 5-match series level 1-1
Test debut CM Old (England)
Umpires AM Mamsa and J Reuben
Close of play
Sat, 30 Dec - day 1 - India 1st innings 148/5 (ED Solkar 19*, FM Engineer 26*)
Sun, 31 Dec - day 2 - England 1st innings 126/6 (APE Knott 23*, CM Old 4*)
Mon, 1 Jan - day 3 - India 2nd innings 121/4 (FM Engineer 10*, ED Solkar 2*)
Tue, 2 Jan - rest day
Wed, 3 Jan - day 4 - England 2nd innings 105/4 (MH Denness 28*, AW Greig 60*)
Thu, 4 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 163 (91 ov) - end of match
 
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Series Results
India v England at Mumbai (BS) - Feb 6-11, 1973
Match drawn
India v England at Kanpur - Jan 25-30, 1973
Match drawn
India v England at Chennai - Jan 12-17, 1973
India won by 4 wickets
India v England at Kolkata - Dec 30, 1972 - Jan 4, 1973
India won by 28 runs
India v England at Delhi - Dec 20-25, 1972
England won by 6 wickets
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Photos

Dec 31, 1972

Barry Wood is cleaned up by Bishan Bedi, India v England, 2nd Test, Calcutta, December 31, 1972

Barry Wood is cleaned up by Bishan Bedi

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