India vs England, 1st Test at Delhi, Dec 17 1976 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

1st Test, Delhi, December 17 - 22, 1976, England tour of India

England

381

India

(fo) 122 & 234

England won by an innings and 25 runs

England 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

India 2nd Innings (Following on)

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England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dennis Amiss	c Sharma b Venkataraghavan	179	397	511	22	1	45.08
Mike Brearley	run out	5	31	50	0	0	16.12
Graham Barlow	c Amarnath b Bedi	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Bob Woolmer	lbw b Chandrasekhar	4	20	34	0	0	20.00
Keith Fletcher	b Chandrasekhar	8	14	16	1	0	57.14
Tony Greig (c)	lbw b Venkataraghavan	25	57	59	3	0	43.85
Alan Knott †	st †Kirmani b Bedi	75	90	105	13	0	83.33
Chris Old	c Viswanath b Bedi	15	76	102	1	0	19.73
John Lever	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	53	194	169	6	0	27.31
Bob Willis	c Venkataraghavan b Bedi	1	15	15	0	0	6.66
Derek Underwood	not out	7	14	19	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 2, w 1)	9
Total	151.5 Ov (RR: 2.50)	381
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Mike Brearley), 2-34 (Graham Barlow), 3-51 (Bob Woolmer), 4-65 (Keith Fletcher), 5-125 (Tony Greig), 6-226 (Alan Knott), 7-263 (Chris Old), 8-357 (Dennis Amiss), 9-363 (Bob Willis), 10-381 (John Lever)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Karsan Ghavri	14	3	50	0	3.57	-	-	-
Mohinder Amarnath	8	2	12	0	1.50	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	59	22	92	4	1.55	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	32.5	6	117	3	3.56	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	34	6	94	2	2.76	-	-	-
Aunshuman Gaekwad	1	0	1	0	1.00	-	-	-
Parthasarthi Sharma	3	0	6	0	2.00	-	-	-

India 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c Willis b Lever	38	140	200	4	0	27.14
Aunshuman Gaekwad	lbw b Lever	20	37	68	3	0	54.05
Mohinder Amarnath	lbw b Lever	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Gundappa Viswanath	lbw b Lever	3	12	17	0	0	25.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	b Lever	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Brijesh Patel	c †Knott b Lever	33	52	87	3	0	63.46
Parthasarthi Sharma	c Willis b Underwood	4	29	37	1	0	13.79
Syed Kirmani †	b Lever	13	23	36	3	0	56.52
Karsan Ghavri	not out	3	17	28	0	0	17.64
Bishan Bedi (c)	c Greig b Old	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	b Old	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3, w 1)	8
Total	51.5 Ov (RR: 2.35)	122
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 2-43 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-49 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-49 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 5-96 (Brijesh Patel), 6-99 (Sunil Gavaskar), 7-103 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 8-121 (Syed Kirmani), 9-122 (Bishan Bedi), 10-122 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Chris Old	12.5	0	28	2	2.18	-	-	-
Bob Willis	7	3	21	0	3.00	-	-	-
John Lever	23	6	46	7	2.00	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	9	3	19	1	2.11	-	-	-

India 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c Woolmer b Underwood	71	215	240	7	1	33.02
Aunshuman Gaekwad	b Willis	11	19	25	2	0	57.89
Parthasarthi Sharma	c Fletcher b Underwood	29	151	196	3	0	19.20
Gundappa Viswanath	c †Knott b Greig	18	75	81	0	0	24.00
Brijesh Patel	c & b Underwood	14	49	56	1	0	28.57
Mohinder Amarnath	c sub b Underwood	24	41	39	3	0	58.53
Syed Kirmani †	c Lever b Greig	10	13	15	2	0	76.92
Karsan Ghavri	not out	35	58	78	4	1	60.34
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	c †Knott b Lever	4	38	48	0	0	10.52
Bishan Bedi (c)	b Lever	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	b Lever	0	10	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 7)	18
Total	110.4 Ov (RR: 2.11)	234
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 2-110 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 3-133 (Sunil Gavaskar), 4-153 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-163 (Brijesh Patel), 6-182 (Syed Kirmani), 7-190 (Mohinder Amarnath), 8-226 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 9-226 (Bishan Bedi), 10-234 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Chris Old	4	2	6	0	1.50	-	-	-
Bob Willis	9	3	24	1	2.66	-	-	-
John Lever	13.4	6	24	3	1.75	-	-	-
Derek Underwood	44	15	78	4	1.77	-	-	-
Tony Greig	40	11	84	2	2.10	-	-	-

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Close of Play

Fri, 17 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 239/6 (Dennis Amiss 109*, Chris Old 5*)

Sat, 18 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 51/4 (Sunil Gavaskar 22*, Brijesh Patel 2*)

Sun, 19 Dec - day 3 - India 2nd innings 82/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 40*, Parthasarthi Sharma 24*)

Mon, 20 Dec - rest day

Tue, 21 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 216/7 (Karsan Ghavri 23*, Srinivas Venkataraghavan 3*)

Wed, 22 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 234 (110.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of India
Season	1976/77
Series result	England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 788
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Graham Barlow John Lever
Umpires	Judah Reuben MV Nagendra

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SM Gavaskar	caught	71	215
AD Gaekwad	bowled	11	19
PH Sharma	caught	29	151
GR Viswanath	caught	18	75
BP Patel	caught	14	49
M Amarnath	caught	24	41
SMH Kirmani	caught	10	13
KD Ghavri	not out	35	58
S Venkataraghavan	caught	4	38
BS Bedi	bowled	0	2
BS Chandrasekhar	bowled	0	10
Extras	(b 3, lb 8, nb 7)
Total	234(10 wkts; 110.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CM Old	4	2	6	0	1.5
RGD Willis	9	3	24	1	2.66
JK Lever	13.4	6	24	3	1.75
DL Underwood	44	15	78	4	1.77
AW Greig	40	11	84	2	2.1

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Sunil Gavaskar	Aunshuman Gaekwad
2nd	90	Sunil Gavaskar	Parthasarthi Sharma
3rd	23	Gundappa Viswanath	Sunil Gavaskar
4th	20	Gundappa Viswanath	Brijesh Patel
5th	10	Mohinder Amarnath	Brijesh Patel
6th	19	Mohinder Amarnath	Syed Kirmani
7th	8	Mohinder Amarnath	Karsan Ghavri
8th	36	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	Karsan Ghavri
9th	0	Bishan Bedi	Karsan Ghavri
10th	8	Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	Karsan Ghavri

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