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| Venue | Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th January 1977 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | B Satyaji Rao, HP Sharma |
| Close of play day 1 | India (1) 146/7 (Kirmani 20*, Prasanna 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 136/4 (Tolchard 31*, Greig 19*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 285/6 (Greig 94*, Old 35*) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 145/7 (Patel 48*, Prasanna 12*) |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Old b Willis | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| AD Gaekwad | b Lever | 32 | 89 | 155 | 2 | - | |
| PH Sharma | c Greig b Lever | 9 | 33 | 52 | - | - | |
| GR Viswanath | c Tolchard b Underwood | 35 | 109 | 99 | 3 | - | |
| BP Patel | hit wkt b Willis | 21 | 64 | 90 | 1 | - | |
| ED Solkar | c Greig b Willis | 2 | 18 | 23 | - | - | |
| Madan Lal | c Knott b Old | 17 | 50 | 67 | 3 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | not out | 25 | 60 | 110 | 3 | - | |
| EAS Prasanna | b Willis | 2 | 20 | 22 | - | - | |
| *BS Bedi | c Lever b Old | 1 | 6 | 8 | - | - | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | b Willis | 1 | 6 | 17 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 8 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75 overs) | 155 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Gavaskar, 0.3 ov), 2-23 (Sharma, 11.1 ov), 3-65 (Gaekwad, 32.4 ov), 4-92 (Viswanath, 45.4 ov), 5-99 (Solkar, 50.6 ov), 6-106 (Patel, 52.2 ov), 7-136 (Madan Lal, 65.1 ov), 8-147 (Prasanna, 70.1 ov), 9-149 (Bedi, 71.4 ov), 10-155 (Chandrasekhar, 75 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 20 | 3 | 27 | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Lever | 22 | 2 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Underwood | 13 | 5 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Old | 20 | 5 | 37 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | c Kirmani b Prasanna | 35 | 162 | 204 | 2 | - | |
| GD Barlow | c Kirmani b Madan Lal | 4 | 15 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| JM Brearley | c Solkar b Bedi | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| DW Randall | lbw b Prasanna | 37 | 87 | 113 | 4 | - | |
| RW Tolchard | b Bedi | 67 | 238 | 328 | 2 | - | |
| *AW Greig | lbw b Prasanna | 103 | 347 | 434 | 7 | 1 | |
| +APE Knott | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 2 | 7 | 9 | - | - | |
| CM Old | c Madan Lal b Prasanna | 52 | 170 | 186 | 4 | 2 | |
| JK Lever | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 2 | 17 | 24 | - | - | |
| DL Underwood | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 4 | 11 | 19 | - | - | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | |
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 178.4 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Barlow, 4.6 ov), 2-14 (Brearley, 9.6 ov), 3-81 (Randall, 40.2 ov), 4-90 (Amiss, 52.6 ov), 5-232 (Tolchard, 125.3 ov), 6-234 (Knott, 127.4 ov), 7-298 (Greig, 164.6 ov), 8-307 (Lever, 173.3 ov), 9-321 (Underwood, 177.6 ov), 10-321 (Old, 178.4 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Madan Lal | 17 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Solkar | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bedi | 64 | 25 | 110 | 5 | - | - | |
| Chandrasekhar | 33 | 9 | 66 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prasanna | 57.4 | 16 | 93 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sharma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | b Underwood | 18 | 50 | 63 | 3 | - | |
| AD Gaekwad | c Tolchard b Greig | 8 | 44 | 60 | - | - | |
| PH Sharma | c Knott b Willis | 20 | 32 | 50 | 3 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | c Lever b Greig | 3 | 12 | 14 | - | - | |
| BP Patel | lbw b Old | 56 | 163 | 222 | 6 | - | |
| ED Solkar | c Knott b Willis | 3 | 10 | 14 | - | - | |
| Madan Lal | c Brearley b Old | 16 | 48 | 47 | 2 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | b Old | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| EAS Prasanna | c Brearley b Underwood | 13 | 32 | 67 | - | - | |
| *BS Bedi | b Underwood | 18 | 39 | 63 | 2 | - | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | not out | 4 | 11 | 16 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 b, 4 lb, 16 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.5 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-31 (Gaekwad, 14.4 ov), 2-33 (Gavaskar, 15.1 ov), 3-36 (Viswanath, 18.1 ov), 4-60 (Sharma, 25.5 ov), 5-70 (Solkar, 29.2 ov), 6-97 (Madan Lal, 41.4 ov), 7-97 (Kirmani, 41.6 ov), 8-146 (Prasanna, 56.6 ov), 9-171 (Patel, 67.4 ov), 10-181 (Bedi, 70.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Willis | 13 | 1 | 32 | 2 | - | 8 | |
| Lever | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Underwood | 32.5 | 18 | 50 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Greig | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Old | 12 | 4 | 38 | 3 | - | 5 | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | not out | 7 | 18 | 13 | - | - | |
| GD Barlow | not out | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| JM Brearley | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Randall | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Tolchard | did not bat | ||||||
| *AW Greig | did not bat | ||||||
| +APE Knott | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Old | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Lever | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Underwood | did not bat | ||||||
| RGD Willis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 13 minutes, 3.4 overs) | 16 | |||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Madan Lal | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Bedi | 1.4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prasanna | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DW Randall made his debut in Test matches
--> RW Tolchard made his debut in Test matches
--> PH Sharma made his last appearance in Test matches
--> ED Solkar made his last appearance in Test matches
--> RW Tolchard (1) 50 in 171 balls, 226 minutes with 2 fours
--> AW Greig (1) 50 in 142 balls, 190 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> AW Greig (1) 100 in 324 balls, 415 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AW Greig (1) passed 3000 runs in Test matches when he reached 3
--> CM Old (1) 50 in 153 balls, 163 minutes with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> SM Gavaskar (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 9
--> BP Patel (2) 50 in 136 balls, 182 minutes with 5 fours
--> Madan Lal (2) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 13
--> DW Randall made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RGD Willis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the India first innings (previous best was 5-42)
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