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India in England Test Series - 1st Test

England v India

England won by 6 wickets

England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
JH Edrich c †Engineer b Surti 1 12 10 0 0 10.00
G Boycott not out 246 573 555 30 1 44.32
KF Barrington run out 93 192 187 8 1 49.73
TW Graveney c sub b Chandrasekhar 59 129 131 9 1 45.03
BL D'Oliveira c sub b Chandrasekhar 109 205 183 13 0 59.56
DB Close* not out 22 25 31 1 0 70.96
Extras (b 8, lb 12) 20
Total (4 wickets dec; 183 overs) 550 (3.00 runs per over)
Did not bat JT Murray†, R Illingworth, K Higgs, JA Snow, RNS Hobbs
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Edrich), 2-146 (Barrington), 3-253 (Graveney), 4-505 (D'Oliveira)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Guha 43 10 105 0 2.44
RF Surti 11 2 25 1 2.27
BS Chandrasekhar 45 9 121 2 2.68
BS Bedi 15 8 32 0 2.13
EAS Prasanna 59 8 187 0 3.16
Nawab of Pataudi jnr 4 1 13 0 3.25
AL Wadekar 1 0 9 0 9.00
Hanumant Singh 3 0 27 0 9.00
RC Saxena 2 0 11 0 5.50
India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
FM Engineer† c & b Illingworth 42 79 62 7 0 67.74
RC Saxena b D'Oliveira 9 55 51 0 0 17.64
AL Wadekar run out 0 4 7 0 0 0.00
CG Borde b Snow 8 21 21 1 0 38.09
Hanumant Singh c D'Oliveira b Illingworth 9 36 37 1 0 24.32
Nawab of Pataudi jnr* c Barrington b Hobbs 64 181 206 7 1 31.06
EAS Prasanna c †Murray b Illingworth 0 3 4 0 0 0.00
S Guha b Snow 4 33 30 1 0 13.33
RF Surti c & b Hobbs 22 95 99 3 0 22.22
BS Bedi lbw b Hobbs 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
BS Chandrasekhar not out 0 11 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 6) 6
Total (all out; 87.2 overs) 164 (1.87 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-39 (Saxena), 2-40 (Wadekar), 3-59 (Engineer), 4-59 (Borde), 5-81 (Hanumant Singh), 6-81 (Prasanna), 7-92 (Guha), 8-151 (Surti), 9-151 (Bedi), 10-164 (Pataudi)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 17 7 34 2 2.00
K Higgs 14 8 19 0 1.35
BL D'Oliveira 9 4 29 1 3.22
RNS Hobbs 22.2 9 45 3 2.01
R Illingworth 22 11 31 3 1.40
DB Close 3 3 0 0 0.00
India 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
FM Engineer† c & b Close 87 165 158 14 0 55.06
RF Surti c †Murray b Snow 5 16 16 0 0 31.25
AL Wadekar c Close b Illingworth 91 224 208 16 0 43.75
CG Borde b Illingworth 33 104 119 4 0 27.73
Hanumant Singh c D'Oliveira b Illingworth 73 184 204 6 1 35.78
Nawab of Pataudi jnr* b Illingworth 148 348 348 15 1 42.52
RC Saxena b Snow 16 28 35 3 0 45.71
EAS Prasanna lbw b Close 19 65 72 4 0 26.38
S Guha b Higgs 1 29 25 0 0 4.00
BS Bedi c Snow b Hobbs 14 66 61 2 0 22.95
BS Chandrasekhar not out 0 3 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 10, lb 13) 23
Total (all out; 209.2 overs) 510 (2.43 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Surti), 2-173 (Engineer), 3-217 (Wadekar), 4-228 (Borde), 5-362 (Hanumant Singh), 6-388 (Saxena), 7-448 (Prasanna), 8-469 (Guha), 9-506 (Pataudi), 10-510 (Bedi)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JA Snow 41 11 108 2 2.63
K Higgs 24 3 71 1 2.95
BL D'Oliveira 11 5 22 0 2.00
RNS Hobbs 45.2 13 100 1 2.20
R Illingworth 58 26 100 4 1.72
DB Close 21 5 48 2 2.28
KF Barrington 9 1 38 0 4.22
England 2nd innings (target: 125 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
JH Edrich c Wadekar b Chandrasekhar 22 58 53 4 0 41.50
KF Barrington c †Engineer b Chandrasekhar 46 101 106 5 1 43.39
TW Graveney b Chandrasekhar 14 25 35 1 0 40.00
BL D'Oliveira not out 24 53 50 3 0 48.00
JT Murray† c sub b Prasanna 4 6 7 1 0 57.14
R Illingworth not out 12 26 34 2 0 35.29
Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4
Total (4 wickets; 47.3 overs) 126 (2.65 runs per over)
Did not bat G Boycott, DB Close*, K Higgs, JA Snow, RNS Hobbs
Fall of wickets 1-58 (Edrich), 2-78 (Graveney), 3-87 (Barrington), 4-92 (Murray)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Guha 5 0 10 0 2.00
BS Chandrasekhar 19 8 50 3 2.63
EAS Prasanna 21.3 5 54 1 2.51
AL Wadekar 2 0 8 0 4.00
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 3-match series 1-0
Test debuts RNS Hobbs (England); S Guha and RC Saxena (India)
Batsmen of the match KF Barrington (England), BL D'Oliveira (England) and Nawab of Pataudi jnr (India)
Bowler of the match R Illingworth (England)
Fielder of the match FM Engineer (India)
Umpires CS Elliott and H Yarnold
Close of play
Thu, 8 Jun - day 1 - England 1st innings 281/3 (G Boycott 106*, BL D'Oliveira 19*)
Fri, 9 Jun - day 2 - India 1st innings 86/6 (Nawab of Pataudi jnr 14*, S Guha 4*)
Sat, 10 Jun - day 3 - India 2nd innings 198/2 (AL Wadekar 84*, CG Borde 16*)
Sun, 11 Jun - rest day
Mon, 12 Jun - day 4 - India 2nd innings 475/8 (Nawab of Pataudi jnr 129*, BS Bedi 0*)
Tue, 13 Jun - day 5 - England 2nd innings 126/4 (47.3 ov) - end of match
 
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Photos

Jul 9, 1967

Geoff Boycott during his 246 off 555 balls at Headingley, England v India, 1st Test, 2nd day, Headingley, 9 July, 1967

Geoff Boycott during his 246 off 555 balls at Headingley

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Jun 13, 1967

Bishan Bedi slogs Robin Hobbs, England v India, 1st Test, Headingley, 5th day, June 13, 1967

Bishan Bedi slogs Robin Hobbs

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