f29495 t709	India v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1972/73 (4th Test)
Venue	Modi Stadium, Kanpur on 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th January 1973 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MV Gothoskar, J Reuben
Close of play day 1	India (1) 168/2 (Wadekar 41*, Viswanath 24*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 332/7 (Abid Ali 20*, Prasanna 0*)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 198/3 (Lewis 86*, Fletcher 28*)
Close of play day 4	England (1) 390/7 (Birkenshaw 59*, Arnold 45*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CPS Chauhan	c Old b Underwood	22	116	173	1	-
SM Gavaskar	c Greig b Birkenshaw	69	183	231	10	-
*AL Wadekar	c Fletcher b Greig	90	222	322	9	1
GR Viswanath	c Denness b Old	25	91	109	3	-
Nawab of Pataudi	lbw b Arnold	54	185	230	7	1
ED Solkar	b Underwood	10	62	96	-	-
+FM Engineer	b Underwood	15	45	72	1	-
S Abid Ali	b Old	41	76	100	4	-
EAS Prasanna	c Knott b Old	0	18	21	-	-
BS Bedi	not out	4	20	28	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	b Old	0	3	2	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 9 lb, 17 nb)	27
Total	(all out, 167 overs)	357
Fall of wickets:
1-85 (Chauhan, 41.2 ov), 2-109 (Gavaskar, 54.4 ov), 3-179 (Viswanath, 83.3 ov), 4-265 (Wadekar, 120.1 ov), 5-292 (Pataudi, 138.2 ov), 6-296 (Solkar, 143.4 ov), 7-326 (Engineer, 155.2 ov), 8-345 (Prasanna, 161.2 ov), 9-357 (Abid Ali, 166.3 ov), 10-357 (Chandrasekhar, 167 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	35	10	72	1	-	9
Old	24	5	69	4	-	-
Underwood	51	20	90	3	-	5
Greig	29	11	40	1	-	5
Gifford	8	2	17	0	-	-
Birkenshaw	20	6	42	1	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar	31	81	92	4	-
GRJ Roope	c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar	11	63	71	-	-
+APE Knott	c Gavaskar b Prasanna	40	95	98	5	-
*AR Lewis	b Abid Ali	125	228	267	16	1
KWR Fletcher	c Chandrasekhar b Bedi	58	179	210	9	-
AW Greig	c Chauhan b Bedi	8	50	64	1	-
J Birkenshaw	c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar	64	179	229	3	-
CM Old	lbw b Chandrasekhar	4	34	28	-	-
GG Arnold	b Bedi	45	130	160	6	-
DL Underwood	not out	0	2	3	-	-
N Gifford	absent hurt
Extras	(1 b, 8 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)	11
Total	(all out, 172.5 overs)	397
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Roope, 20.4 ov), 2-48 (Denness, 26.5 ov), 3-118 (Knott, 49.6 ov), 4-262 (Lewis, 104.4 ov), 5-274 (Fletcher, 109.6 ov), 6-288 (Greig, 123.3 ov), 7-301 (Old, 132.6 ov), 8-397 (Birkenshaw, 171.4 ov), 9-397 (Arnold, 172.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Abid Ali	22	3	55	1	1	2
Solkar	5	0	14	0	-	-
Bedi	68.5	15	134	3	-	-
Chandrasekhar	41	12	86	4	-	1
Prasanna	34	4	87	1	-	-
Viswanath	2	0	10	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CPS Chauhan	c Roope b Arnold	1	24	32	-	-
SM Gavaskar	c sub (B Wood) b Underwood	24	46	80	4	-
*AL Wadekar	c and b Underwood	9	48	64	-	-
GR Viswanath	not out	75	206	240	10	-
+FM Engineer	c Old b Birkenshaw	2	14	10	-	-
ED Solkar	c Greig b Birkenshaw	26	70	82	5	-
S Abid Ali	b Greig	36	83	106	6	-
EAS Prasanna	not out	2	16	20	-	-
Nawab of Pataudi	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	11
Total	(6 wickets, 84 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Chauhan, 6.4 ov), 2-33 (Gavaskar, 16.6 ov), 3-36 (Wadekar, 22.1 ov), 4-39 (Engineer, 25.3 ov), 5-103 (Solkar, 46.6 ov), 6-181 (Abid Ali, 79.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Arnold	7	3	15	1	-	-
Old	11	3	28	0	-	-
Greig	10	7	6	1	-	1
Underwood	26	11	46	2	-	1
Birkenshaw	25	5	66	2	-	-
Roope	5	1	14	0	-	1

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Notes
--> GRJ Roope made his debut in Test matches
--> J Birkenshaw made his debut in Test matches
--> SM Gavaskar (1) 50 in 123 balls, 157 minutes with 9 fours
--> SM Gavaskar (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 22
--> AL Wadekar (1) 50 in 112 balls, 157 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> Nawab of Pataudi (1) 50 in 156 balls, 196 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> FM Engineer (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 10
--> MH Denness (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> AR Lewis (1) 50 in 84 balls, 103 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> AR Lewis (1) passed his previous highest score of 70 in Test matches
--> AR Lewis (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> AR Lewis (1) 100 in 180 balls, 211 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> AR Lewis (1) passed 19500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 88
--> KWR Fletcher (1) 50 in 157 balls, 178 minutes with 8 fours
--> J Birkenshaw (1) 50 in 154 balls, 190 minutes with 2 fours
--> GR Viswanath (2) 50 in 159 balls, 186 minutes with 8 fours
--> J Birkenshaw made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> GRJ Roope made his debut for England in First-Class matches

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Gifford fractured a finger on his bowling hand whilst fielding on Day 1.

 

 

 

 

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