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4th Test, Chennai, January 13 - 18, 1985, England tour of India
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272 & 412
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(T:33) 652/7d & 35/1

England won by 9 wickets

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India 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskar (c) b Foster17132030130.76
Kris Srikkanth c †Downton b Cowans01123000.00
Dilip Vengsarkar c Lamb b Foster1719364089.47
Mohinder Amarnath c †Downton b Foster7810114114177.22
Mohammad Azharuddin  b Cowdrey48901246053.33
Ravi Shastri c †Downton b Foster212220016.66
Kapil Dev c Cowans b Cowdrey5362798085.48
Syed Kirmani †not out 30681254044.11
Shivlal Yadav  b Foster211120018.18
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan c Cowdrey b Foster13102020130.00
Chetan Sharma c Lamb b Cowans514171035.71
Extras(lb 3, nb 4)7
TOTAL67.5 Ov (RR: 4.00)272
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-17 (Kris Srikkanth), 3-45 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-155 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-167 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-167 (Ravi Shastri), 7-241 (Kapil Dev), 8-243 (Shivlal Yadav), 9-263 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan), 10-272 (Chetan Sharma)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Norman Cowans12.533923.03---00
Neil Foster23210464.52---00
Phil Edmonds613305.50---00
Chris Cowdrey1916523.42---00
Pat Pocock712804.00---00
England 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Graeme Fowler c †Kirmani b Kapil Dev20140956322349.14
Tim Robinson c †Kirmani b Sivaramakrishnan7416323110045.39
Mike Gatting c sub b Shastri20730950420366.99
Allan Lamb  b Amarnath621151516053.91
Phil Edmonds lbw b Shastri3637583297.29
Neil Foster  b Amarnath55410100.00
David Gower (c) b Kapil Dev1823294078.26
Chris Cowdrey not out 33800100.00
Paul Downton †not out 3550060.00
Extras(b 7, lb 19, nb 17)43
TOTAL175 Ov (RR: 3.72)652/7d
Did not bat: Pat Pocock, Norman Cowans 
Fall of wickets: 1-178 (Tim Robinson), 2-419 (Graeme Fowler), 3-563 (Allan Lamb), 4-599 (Mike Gatting), 5-604 (Neil Foster), 6-640 (David Gower), 7-646 (Phil Edmonds)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Kapil Dev36513123.63---00
Chetan Sharma1809505.27---00
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan44614513.29---00
Shivlal Yadav2347603.30---00
Ravi Shastri42714323.40---00
Mohinder Amarnath1213623.00---00
India 2nd Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskar (c)c Gatting b Foster37100042.85
Kris Srikkanth c Cowdrey b Foster1624402166.66
Dilip Vengsarkar c †Downton b Foster27160028.57
Mohinder Amarnath c Cowans b Foster951652228257.57
Mohammad Azharuddin c Gower b Pocock10521827918048.16
Ravi Shastri c Cowdrey b Edmonds3364787051.56
Kapil Dev c Gatting b Cowans4965847175.38
Syed Kirmani †c Lamb b Edmonds7511518012065.21
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan lbw b Foster5690083.33
Shivlal Yadav c †Downton b Cowans51281041.66
Chetan Sharma not out 1757850029.82
Extras(b 1, lb 4, nb 2)7
TOTAL122.5 Ov (RR: 3.35)412
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-19 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-22 (Kris Srikkanth), 4-212 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-259 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-259 (Ravi Shastri), 7-341 (Kapil Dev), 8-350 (Laxman Sivaramakrishnan), 9-361 (Shivlal Yadav), 10-412 (Syed Kirmani)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Norman Cowans1517324.86---00
Neil Foster2885952.10---00
Phil Edmonds41.51311922.84---00
Chris Cowdrey502605.20---00
Pat Pocock33813013.93---00
England 2nd Innings (T: 33 runs)
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
Graeme Fowler c †Kirmani b Sivaramakrishnan2380066.66
Tim Robinson not out 2126324080.76
Mike Gatting not out 1020230050.00
Extras(lb 1, w 1)2
TOTAL8 Ov (RR: 4.37)35/1
Did not bat: Allan Lamb, Phil Edmonds, Neil Foster, David Gower (c), Chris Cowdrey, Paul Downton †, Pat Pocock, Norman Cowans 
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Graeme Fowler)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
Kapil Dev302006.66---00
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan401213.00---00
Ravi Shastri10202.00---00
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Sun, 13 Jan - day 1 - England 1st innings 32/0 (Graeme Fowler 10*, Tim Robinson 18*)
Mon, 14 Jan - day 2 - England 1st innings 293/1 (Graeme Fowler 149*, Mike Gatting 50*)
Tue, 15 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 611/5 (Phil Edmonds 15*, David Gower 5*)
Wed, 16 Jan - rest day
Thu, 17 Jan - day 4 - India 2nd innings 246/4 (Mohammad Azharuddin 103*, Ravi Shastri 22*)
Fri, 18 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 35/1 (8 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras
TossIndia, elected to bat first
Series
Season1984/85
Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 2-1
Match numberTest no. 1008
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires
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MY Gupte
India
V.K.Ramaswamy
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England Innings
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G Fowlercaught23
RT Robinsonnot out2126
MW Gattingnot out1020
Extras(lb 1, w 1)
Total35(1 wkt; 8 ovs)
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