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England in India Test Series - 5th Test

India v England

Match drawn

India 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
FM Engineer† c Roope b Birkenshaw 121 283 182 14 0 66.48
SM Gavaskar b Old 4 33 22 0 0 18.18
AL Wadekar* c Old b Birkenshaw 87 238 178 14 0 48.87
SA Durani c Underwood b Pocock 73 210 150 10 2 48.66
Mansur Ali Khan b Underwood 1 10 8 0 0 12.50
GR Viswanath b Arnold 113 267 214 18 1 52.80
ED Solkar c Denness b Old 6 30 20 1 0 30.00
S Abid Ali c Roope b Arnold 15 37 23 2 0 65.21
S Venkataraghavan not out 11 36 30 2 0 36.66
BS Bedi b Arnold 0 6 3 0 0 0.00
BS Chandrasekhar c Fletcher b Old 3 20 9 0 0 33.33
Extras (b 4, lb 4, nb 6) 14
Total (all out; 138.2 overs) 448 (3.23 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Gavaskar), 2-217 (Wadekar), 3-220 (Engineer), 4-221 (Mansur Ali Khan), 5-371 (Durani), 6-395 (Solkar), 7-427 (Abid Ali), 8-435 (Viswanath), 9-439 (Bedi), 10-448 (Chandrasekhar)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GG Arnold 21 3 64 3 3.04
CM Old 21.2 2 78 3 3.65
DL Underwood 26 6 100 1 3.84
AW Greig 22 7 62 0 2.81
PI Pocock 25 7 63 1 2.52
J Birkenshaw 23 2 67 2 2.91
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AR Lewis* b Abid Ali 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
GRJ Roope c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar 10 50 36 1 0 27.77
APE Knott† lbw b Chandrasekhar 56 101 84 9 0 66.66
DL Underwood c Abid Ali b Bedi 9 40 41 1 0 21.95
KWR Fletcher lbw b Bedi 113 298 259 13 0 43.62
AW Greig lbw b Chandrasekhar 148 360 291 24 0 50.85
MH Denness c Venkataraghavan b Bedi 29 112 85 4 0 34.11
J Birkenshaw b Chandrasekhar 36 130 100 3 0 36.00
CM Old c & b Venkataraghavan 28 45 43 6 0 65.11
GG Arnold lbw b Chandrasekhar 27 54 51 4 0 52.94
PI Pocock not out 0 7 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 13, lb 5, nb 6) 24
Total (all out; 163.1 overs) 480 (2.94 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Lewis), 2-38 (Roope), 3-67 (Underwood), 4-79 (Knott), 5-333 (Fletcher), 6-381 (Greig), 7-397 (Denness), 8-442 (Old), 9-479 (Birkenshaw), 10-480 (Arnold)
Bowling O M R W Econ
S Abid Ali 15 2 60 1 4.00
ED Solkar 4 0 16 0 4.00
BS Bedi 69 20 138 3 2.00
BS Chandrasekhar 46.1 8 135 5 2.92
SA Durani 4 0 21 0 5.25
S Venkataraghavan 25 1 86 1 3.44
India 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
FM Engineer† b Underwood 66 165 141 9 0 46.80
SM Gavaskar c & b Underwood 67 160 128 12 0 52.34
SA Durani c †Knott b Pocock 37 66 61 6 1 60.65
GR Viswanath c †Knott b Greig 48 142 106 7 0 45.28
Mansur Ali Khan b Pocock 5 102 84 0 0 5.95
AL Wadekar* not out 11 48 39 0 0 28.20
ED Solkar not out 6 26 18 0 0 33.33
Extras (lb 4) 4
Total (5 wickets dec; 96 overs) 244 (2.54 runs per over)
Did not bat S Abid Ali, S Venkataraghavan, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets 1-135 (Gavaskar), 2-136 (Engineer), 3-198 (Durani), 4-227 (Viswanath), 5-233 (Mansur Ali Khan)
Bowling O M R W Econ
GG Arnold 3 0 13 0 4.33
CM Old 3 1 11 0 3.66
DL Underwood 38 16 70 2 1.84
AW Greig 13 7 19 1 1.46
PI Pocock 27 5 75 2 2.77
J Birkenshaw 12 1 52 0 4.33
England 2nd innings (target: 213 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
J Birkenshaw b Bedi 12 35 32 2 0 37.50
GRJ Roope not out 26 97 93 4 0 27.95
APE Knott† b Chandrasekhar 8 17 9 2 0 88.88
AR Lewis* not out 17 43 40 1 0 42.50
Extras (b 3, lb 1) 4
Total (2 wickets; 29 overs) 67 (2.31 runs per over)
Did not bat DL Underwood, KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, MH Denness, CM Old, GG Arnold, PI Pocock
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Birkenshaw), 2-37 (Knott)
Bowling O M R W Econ
ED Solkar 2 0 4 0 2.00
BS Bedi 10 4 25 1 2.50
BS Chandrasekhar 9 1 26 1 2.88
S Venkataraghavan 5 1 8 0 1.60
SM Gavaskar 2 2 0 0 0.00
Mansur Ali Khan 1 1 0 0 0.00
Match details
Toss India, who chose to bat
Series India won the 5-match series 2-1
Umpires MV Gothoskar and J Reuben
Close of play
Tue, 6 Feb - day 1 - India 1st innings 250/4 (SA Durani 20*, GR Viswanath 10*)
Wed, 7 Feb - day 2 - England 1st innings 41/2 (APE Knott 29*, DL Underwood 1*)
Thu, 8 Feb - day 3 - England 1st innings 333/5 (AW Greig 126*)
Fri, 9 Feb - rest day
Sat, 10 Feb - day 4 - India 2nd innings 102/0 (FM Engineer 47*, SM Gavaskar 53*)
Sun, 11 Feb - day 5 - England 2nd innings 67/2 (29 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

Feb 7, 1973

Tony Greig cradles Gundappa Viswanath in his arms, India v England, fifth Test, Mumbai, 7 February 1973

Tony Greig cradles Gundappa Viswanath in his arms, India v England, fifth Test, Mumbai, 7 February 1973

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