Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c †Taylor b Boyce	0	-	-	-	-	-
Kenia Jayantilal	lbw b Lever	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ajit Wadekar (c)	c †Taylor b Lever	0	-	-	-	-	-
Dilip Sardesai	c & b East	53	-	-	-	-	-
Gundappa Viswanath	b Lever	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ashok Mankad	lbw b Acfield	28	-	-	-	-	-
Eknath Solkar	c †Taylor b East	52	-	-	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	c †Taylor b Boyce	9	-	-	-	-	-
Syed Kirmani †	c Fletcher b Boyce	10	-	-	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	not out	10	-	-	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	b Boyce	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	86.3 Ov (RR: 1.89)	164
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-1, 4-3, 5-52, 6-110, 7-131, 8-153, 9-156, 10-164

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Keith Boyce	18.3	7	33	4	1.78	-	-	-
John Lever	8	2	13	3	1.62	-	-	-
David Acfield	26	8	52	1	2.00	-	-	-
Robin Hobbs	21	4	39	0	1.85	-	-	-
Ray East	13	4	25	2	1.92	-	-	-

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Ward	c Jayantilal b Chandrasekhar	55	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Francis	c Wadekar b Venkataraghavan	12	-	-	-	-	-
Graham Saville	c Wadekar b Chandrasekhar	30	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher	not out	106	-	-	-	-	-
Gordon Barker	c & b Chandrasekhar	8	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Boyce	lbw b Prasanna	28	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Taylor (c)†	b Venkataraghavan	21	-	-	-	-	-
Robin Hobbs	b Venkataraghavan	10	-	-	-	-	-
Ray East	c Wadekar b Prasanna	9	-	-	-	-	-
John Lever	not out	37	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 6, nb 3, w 1)	12
Total	123 Ov (RR: 2.66)	328/8d
Did not bat: David Acfield
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-95, 3-114, 4-124, 5-167, 6-210, 7-243, 8-277

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Eknath Solkar	5	1	5	0	1.00	-	-	-
Sunil Gavaskar	2	0	11	0	5.50	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	38	6	100	3	2.63	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	36	11	85	2	2.36	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	41	4	115	3	2.80	-	-	-
Ashok Mankad	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-

Indians 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kenia Jayantilal	c Acfield b Boyce	9	-	-	-	-	-
Sunil Gavaskar	st †Taylor b Hobbs	55	-	-	-	-	-
Syed Kirmani †	hit wicket b Hobbs	13	-	-	-	-	-
Ajit Wadekar (c)	st †Taylor b Acfield	51	-	-	-	-	-
Ashok Mankad	c Saville b East	31	-	-	-	-	-
Gundappa Viswanath	c Fletcher b Acfield	9	-	-	-	-	-
Dilip Sardesai	c Fletcher b Acfield	3	-	-	-	-	-
Eknath Solkar	not out	20	-	-	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	c Hobbs b East	13	-	-	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	c Ward b Boyce	4	-	-	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	b Lever	1	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 9, lb 1, nb 12)	22
Total	108.2 Ov (RR: 2.13)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-40, 3-112, 4-163, 5-182, 6-188, 7-190, 8-209, 9-216, 10-231

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Keith Boyce	15	6	33	2	2.20	-	-	-
John Lever	11.2	5	24	1	2.11	-	-	-
David Acfield	16	8	30	3	1.87	-	-	-
Robin Hobbs	38	12	73	2	1.92	-	-	-
Ray East	28	9	49	2	1.75	-	-	-

Essex 2nd Innings (T: 68 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bruce Francis	run out	3	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Taylor (c)†	b Venkataraghavan	0	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher	not out	38	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Boyce	lbw b Venkataraghavan	15	-	-	-	-	-
Graham Saville	c Wadekar b Venkataraghavan	3	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Ward	not out	5	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3)	4
Total	17.1 Ov (RR: 3.96)	68/4
Did not bat: Gordon Barker, Robin Hobbs, Ray East, John Lever, David Acfield
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-6, 3-36, 4-56

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Eknath Solkar	6.1	1	17	0	2.75	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	9	1	36	3	4.00	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	1	0	5	0	5.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 26 Jun - day 1 - Essex 1st innings 50/1 (Brian Ward 24*, Graham Saville 10*)

Sun, 27 Jun - rest day

Mon, 28 Jun - day 2 - India 2nd innings 16/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 2*, Syed Kirmani 1*)

Tue, 29 Jun - day 3 - Essex 2nd innings 68/4 (17.1 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester
Toss	Indians, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of England
Season	1971
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bill Alley David Constant