Essex vs Indians, Tour Match at Chelmsford, May 25 1974 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

Tour Match, Chelmsford, May 25 - 28, 1974, India tour of England

278 & 205/8d

Indians

(T:203) 281/7d & 118/1

Match drawn

Essex 1st Innings

Indians 1st Innings

Essex 2nd Innings

Indians 2nd Innings

Info

Essex 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Edmeades	lbw b Bedi	17	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Hardie	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	32	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cooke	c Naik b Prasanna	77	-	-	-	-	-
Ken McEwan	c †Engineer b Bedi	23	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher (c)	b Chandrasekhar	27	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Pont	c Wadekar b Prasanna	0	-	-	-	-	-
Stuart Turner	c Solkar b Bedi	24	-	-	-	-	-
Ray East	not out	57	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Smith †	c Chandrasekhar b Bedi	5	-	-	-	-	-
David Acfield	b Bedi	14	-	-	-	-	-
John Lever	c Wadekar b Abid Ali	1	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1)	1
Total	104.4 Ov (RR: 2.65)	278
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-83, 3-130, 4-159, 5-166, 6-178, 7-241, 8-247, 9-277, 10-278

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Syed Abid Ali	5.4	2	10	1	1.76	-	-	-
Madan Lal	10	3	21	0	2.10	-	-	-
Eknath Solkar	4	2	5	0	1.25	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	39	12	112	5	2.87	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	22	4	69	2	3.13	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	24	2	60	2	2.50	-	-	-

Indians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	run out	11	-	-	-	-	-
Eknath Solkar	c Hardie b Acfield	15	-	-	-	-	-
Sudhir Naik	c Hardie b Acfield	100	-	-	-	-	-
Ajit Wadekar (c)	b East	57	-	-	-	-	-
Ashok Mankad	lbw b Acfield	6	-	-	-	-	-
Farokh Engineer †	c & b East	6	-	-	-	-	-
Syed Abid Ali	run out	1	-	-	-	-	-
Madan Lal	not out	64	-	-	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	not out	7	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 4)	14
Total	115 Ov (RR: 2.44)	281/7d
Did not bat: Bishan Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-34, 3-109, 4-130, 5-137, 6-138, 7-268

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Lever	19	3	65	0	3.42	-	-	-
Stuart Turner	16	3	36	0	2.25	-	-	-
David Acfield	33	11	49	3	1.48	-	-	-
Brian Edmeades	13	1	44	0	3.38	-	-	-
Ray East	27	8	48	2	1.77	-	-	-
Bob Cooke	1	0	3	0	3.00	-	-	-
Keith Pont	6	0	22	0	3.66	-	-	-

Essex 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Edmeades	c Solkar b Abid Ali	6	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Hardie	c Mankad b Bedi	74	-	-	-	-	-
Ray East	b Bedi	3	-	-	-	-	-
Bob Cooke	c †Engineer b Abid Ali	0	-	-	-	-	-
Ken McEwan	b Solkar	18	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Pont	b Solkar	0	-	-	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher (c)	b Madan Lal	5	-	-	-	-	-
Stuart Turner	c Chandrasekhar b Bedi	76	-	-	-	-	-
Neil Smith †	not out	18	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 5)	5
Total	71.4 Ov (RR: 2.86)	205/8d
Did not bat: David Acfield, John Lever
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-9, 3-12, 4-46, 5-50, 6-61, 7-180, 8-205

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Syed Abid Ali	15	0	52	2	3.46	-	-	-
Madan Lal	14	2	40	1	2.85	-	-	-
Eknath Solkar	10	3	18	2	1.80	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	15.4	4	30	3	1.91	-	-	-
Erapalli Prasanna	6	1	33	0	5.50	-	-	-
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	11	1	27	0	2.45	-	-	-

Indians 2nd Innings (T: 203 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	lbw b Turner	11	-	-	-	-	-
Sudhir Naik	not out	42	-	-	-	-	-
Ajit Wadekar (c)	not out	58	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 6)	7
Total	36 Ov (RR: 3.27)	118/1
Did not bat: Eknath Solkar, Ashok Mankad, Farokh Engineer †, Syed Abid Ali, Madan Lal, Erapalli Prasanna, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Fall of wickets: 1-16

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
John Lever	4	0	14	0	3.50	-	-	-
Stuart Turner	4	3	1	1	0.25	-	-	-
David Acfield	11	0	33	0	3.00	-	-	-
Ray East	7	0	25	0	3.57	-	-	-
Bob Cooke	3	0	7	0	2.33	-	-	-
Keith Pont	4	0	13	0	3.25	-	-	-
Keith Fletcher	3	0	18	0	6.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sat, 25 May - day 1 - India 1st innings 29/1 (Sunil Gavaskar 8*)

Sun, 26 May - rest day

Mon, 27 May - day 2 - Essex 2nd innings 9/2 (Brian Hardie 0*)

Tue, 28 May - day 3 - India 2nd innings 118/1 (36 ov) - end of match

Match Details

County Ground, Chelmsford
Toss	Indians, elected to field first
Series	India tour of England
Season	1974
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	David Constant Ron Aspinall