11/01Result

3rd Test, England tour of India at Chennai, Jan 12-17 1973

EnglandEnglandENG
242 & 159
IndiaIndiaINDIA
316 & 86/6 (33.5 ov)

India won by 4 wickets

11/01Result

3rd Test, England tour of India at Chennai, Jan 12-17 1973

EnglandEnglandENG
242 & 159
IndiaIndiaINDIA
316 & 86/6 (33.5 ov)

India won by 4 wickets

England 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
B Wood
c †Engineer b Bedi
20
56
73
3
0
35.71
DL Amiss
c Solkar b Chandrasekhar
15
38
45
1
0
39.47
APE Knott †
c Pataudi b Bedi
10
28
36
1
0
35.71
MH Denness
b Prasanna
17
36
33
3
0
47.22
KWR Fletcher
not out
97
180
230
10
4
53.88
AW Greig
lbw b Chandrasekhar
17
28
32
3
0
60.71
AR Lewis (c)
c Solkar b Chandrasekhar
4
5
5
1
0
80.00
CM Old
c Durani b Chandrasekhar
4
15
20
1
0
26.66
GG Arnold
c Solkar b Prasanna
17
45
48
3
0
37.77
N Gifford
lbw b Chandrasekhar
19
86
82
1
0
22.09
PI Pocock
lbw b Chandrasekhar
2
6
8
0
0
33.33
Extras
20 (b 8, lb 11, nb 1)
TOTAL
242 all out (86.5 Overs, RR: 2.78)
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (DL Amiss), 2-47 (B Wood), 3-52 (APE Knott), 4-69 (MH Denness), 5-98 (AW Greig), 6-106 (AR Lewis), 7-110 (CM Old), 8-151 (GG Arnold), 9-234 (N Gifford), 10-242 (PI Pocock)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
ED Solkar 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0
SM Gavaskar 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
BS Bedi 30 9 66 2 2.20 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 38.5 9 90 6 2.31 0 0
EAS Prasanna 15 3 47 2 3.13 0 0

India 1st Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
CPS Chauhan
c †Knott b Arnold
0
16
15
0
0
0.00
SM Gavaskar
c Greig b Gifford
20
67
75
3
0
29.85
AL Wadekar (c)
c Wood b Pocock
44
103
161
5
0
42.71
SA Durani
c & b Gifford
38
161
203
4
1
23.60
MAK Pataudi
c sub b Pocock
73
183
230
10
2
39.89
GR Viswanath
c Old b Pocock
37
110
133
6
0
33.63
FM Engineer †
c Wood b Gifford
31
55
95
2
0
56.36
ED Solkar
b Pocock
10
36
38
2
0
27.77
EAS Prasanna
lbw b Arnold
37
68
86
5
0
54.41
BS Bedi
b Arnold
5
3
5
1
0
166.66
BS Chandrasekhar
not out
3
21
25
0
0
14.28
Extras
18 (b 6, lb 3, nb 9)
TOTAL
316 all out (135.1 Overs, RR: 2.33)
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (CPS Chauhan), 2-28 (SM Gavaskar), 3-89 (AL Wadekar), 4-155 (SA Durani), 5-220 (MAK Pataudi), 6-224 (GR Viswanath), 7-247 (ED Solkar), 8-288 (FM Engineer), 9-303 (BS Bedi), 10-316 (EAS Prasanna)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
GG Arnold 23.1 12 34 3 1.46 0 0
CM Old 20 4 51 0 2.55 0 0
N Gifford 34 15 64 3 1.88 0 0
AW Greig 12 1 35 0 2.91 0 0
PI Pocock 46 15 114 4 2.47 0 0

England 2nd Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
B Wood
c sub b Bedi
5
35
37
0
0
14.28
DL Amiss
c †Engineer b Chandrasekhar
8
27
40
1
0
29.62
APE Knott †
c Chandrasekhar b Bedi
13
19
38
1
0
68.42
MH Denness
c Solkar b Prasanna
76
200
335
10
0
38.00
KWR Fletcher
c Chauhan b Bedi
21
59
75
4
0
35.59
AW Greig
c Solkar b Durani
5
22
30
0
0
22.72
AR Lewis (c)
c Chauhan b Bedi
11
66
71
1
0
16.66
CM Old
c Bedi b Prasanna
9
60
83
1
0
15.00
GG Arnold
c Wadekar b Prasanna
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
N Gifford
not out
3
28
32
0
0
10.71
PI Pocock
c Wadekar b Prasanna
0
5
2
0
0
0.00
Extras
8 (b 2, lb 3, nb 3)
TOTAL
159 all out (106 Overs, RR: 1.5)
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (B Wood), 2-14 (DL Amiss), 3-30 (APE Knott), 4-77 (KWR Fletcher), 5-97 (AW Greig), 6-126 (AR Lewis), 7-152 (CM Old), 8-152 (GG Arnold), 9-159 (MH Denness), 10-159 (PI Pocock)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
ED Solkar 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0
BS Bedi 43 24 38 4 0.88 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 35 9 69 1 1.97 0 0
EAS Prasanna 10 5 16 4 1.60 0 0
MAK Pataudi 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
SA Durani 15 5 24 1 1.60 0 0

India 2nd Innings
BATSMEN
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
CPS Chauhan
c †Knott b Pocock
11
52
83
0
0
21.15
FM Engineer †
lbw b Old
10
7
6
2
0
142.85
AL Wadekar (c)
c Greig b Old
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
SA Durani
lbw b Pocock
38
77
99
3
2
49.35
GR Viswanath
b Pocock
0
1
5
0
0
0.00
MAK Pataudi
not out
14
41
51
1
0
34.14
ED Solkar
c Denness b Pocock
7
16
17
1
0
43.75
SM Gavaskar
not out
0
11
11
0
0
0.00
Extras
6 (lb 1, nb 5)
TOTAL
86/6 (33.5 Overs, RR: 2.54)
Did not bat: EAS Prasanna, BS Bedi, BS Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (FM Engineer), 2-11 (AL Wadekar), 3-44 (CPS Chauhan), 4-51 (GR Viswanath), 5-67 (SA Durani), 6-78 (ED Solkar)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB
GG Arnold 4 1 11 0 2.75 0 0
CM Old 9 3 19 2 2.11 0 0
N Gifford 7.5 2 22 0 2.80 0 0
PI Pocock 13 3 28 4 2.15 0 0

Match Details

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Series

England tour of India 1972/73

Toss

England , elected to bat first

Series result

India led the 5-match series 2-1

Match number

Season

Match days

12,13,14,16,17 January 1973 (5-day match)

Umpires

Close of Play

Fri, 12 Jan - day 1 - India 1st innings 4/0 (CPS Chauhan 0*, SM Gavaskar 4*)
Sat, 13 Jan - day 2 - India 1st innings 175/4 (MAK Pataudi 53*, GR Viswanath 9*)
Sun, 14 Jan - day 3 - England 2nd innings 52/3 (MH Denness 10*, KWR Fletcher 15*)
Mon, 15 Jan - rest day
Tue, 16 Jan - day 4 - India 2nd innings 32/2 (CPS Chauhan 7*, SA Durani 13*)
Wed, 17 Jan - day 5 - India 2nd innings 86/6 (33.5 ov) - end of match

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