TestNo. 703MenScorecard

India v England

England won by 6 wickets

20 to 25 December 1972Delhi

India

173 & 23398.4 ov

Englandwon by 6 wickets

200 & 208/488.5 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

India innings

17384.4 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	caught	12	35	53	1	0	34.3
Ramnath Parkar	caught	4	19	20	0	0	21.1
Ajit Wadekar	bowled	3	11	17	0	0	27.3
Dilip Sardesai	bowled	12	66	93	1	0	18.2
Gundappa Viswanath	caught	27	83	117	4	0	32.5
Eknath Solkar	caught	20	79	124	4	0	25.3
Farokh Engineer	bowled	15	17	28	3	0	88.2
Syed Abid Ali	caught	58	103	154	9	0	56.3
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	caught	17	35	102	2	0	48.6
Bishan Bedi	not out	4*	9	12	0	0	44.4
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	bowled	0	1	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 1	1
Total	all out, 84.4 overs	173

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240

1-7 Ramnath Parkar2-15 Ajit Wadekar3-20 Sunil Gavaskar4-43 Dilip Sardesai5-59 Gundappa Viswanath6-80 Farokh Engineer7-123 Eknath Solkar8-169 Syed Abid Ali9-169 Srinivas Venkataraghavan10-173 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Arnold	23.4	7	45	6	1.90
Bob Cottam	23	5	66	2	2.87
Tony Greig	23	8	32	2	1.39
Pat Pocock	6	1	13	0	2.17
Derek Underwood	9	1	16	0	1.78

England innings

200108.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	caught	19	84	92	3	0	22.6
Dennis Amiss	stumped	46	73	98	7	0	63.0
Keith Fletcher	bowled	2	6	10	0	0	33.3
Mike Denness	caught	16	73	81	3	0	21.9
Tony Lewis	lbw	0	2	4	0	0	0.0
Tony Greig	not out	68*	242	273	8	1	28.1
Alan Knott	caught	4	12	13	1	0	33.3
Geoff Arnold	caught	12	80	96	1	0	15.0
Pat Pocock	lbw	0	29	34	0	0	0.0
Derek Underwood	caught	6	34	33	1	0	17.6
Bob Cottam	caught	3	21	21	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 4, lb 17, nb 3	24
Total	all out, 108.5 overs	200

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240

1-61 Barry Wood2-69 Dennis Amiss3-71 Keith Fletcher4-71 Tony Lewis5-119 Mike Denness6-123 Alan Knott7-152 Geoff Arnold8-160 Pat Pocock9-180 Derek Underwood10-200 Bob Cottam

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Syed Abid Ali	9	5	13	0	1.44
Eknath Solkar	3	0	8	0	2.67
Bishan Bedi	47	23	59	2	1.26
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	41.5	18	79	8	1.89
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	8	2	17	0	2.13

India innings

23398.4 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	caught	8	46	60	1	0	17.4
Ramnath Parkar	lbw	35	72	99	5	0	48.6
Ajit Wadekar	stumped	24	60	76	3	0	40.0
Dilip Sardesai	caught	10	36	42	2	0	27.8
Gundappa Viswanath	bowled	3	21	31	0	0	14.3
Eknath Solkar	caught	75	197	246	11	0	38.1
Farokh Engineer	caught	63	132	170	9	0	47.7
Syed Abid Ali	caught	0	9	6	0	0	0.0
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	bowled	0	4	8	0	0	0.0
Bishan Bedi	bowled	2	6	8	0	0	33.3
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	not out	1*	13	23	0	0	7.7
Extras	b 8, lb 2, nb 2	12
Total	all out, 98.4 overs	233

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240

1-26 Sunil Gavaskar2-59 Ramnath Parkar3-82 Ajit Wadekar4-86 Dilip Sardesai5-103 Gundappa Viswanath6-206 Farokh Engineer7-207 Syed Abid Ali8-211 Srinivas Venkataraghavan9-215 Bishan Bedi10-233 Eknath Solkar

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Geoff Arnold	20.4	6	46	3	2.23
Bob Cottam	7	1	18	0	2.57
Tony Greig	6	1	16	0	2.67
Pat Pocock	33	7	72	3	2.18
Derek Underwood	30	13	56	4	1.87
Barry Wood	2	0	13	0	6.50

England innings chasing 207

208/488.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Barry Wood	caught	45	149	152	5	0	30.2
Dennis Amiss	caught	9	25	40	2	0	36.0
Keith Fletcher	caught	0	8	8	0	0	0.0
Mike Denness	caught	35	63	61	6	0	55.6
Tony Lewis	not out	70*	158	165	7	0	44.3
Tony Greig	not out	40*	120	124	4	0	33.3
Extras	lb 9	9
Total	4 wickets, 88.5 overs	208

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 240

1-18 Dennis Amiss2-20 Keith Fletcher3-76 Mike Denness4-107 Barry Wood

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Syed Abid Ali	4	2	6	0	1.50
Eknath Solkar	3	0	13	0	4.33
Bishan Bedi	39	20	50	3	1.28
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	24	7	70	1	2.92
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	16	0	47	0	2.94
Dilip Sardesai	1.5	0	12	0	6.55
Sunil Gavaskar	1	0	1	0	1.00

Tests in December 1972

4 matches

TestScorecardIndia173 & 23398.4England200 & 208/488.5England won by 6 wicketsDelhi, 20 December TestScorecardPakistan257/9 & 21465.6Australia585110.2Australia won by an innings and 114 runsAdelaide, 22 December TestScorecardAustralia441/5d & 42587.6Pakistan574/8d & 20057.5Australia won by 92 runsMelbourne, 29 December TestScorecardIndia210 & 15567.5England174 & 16391India won by 28 runsEden Gardens, 30 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 703
Dates: 20 to 25 December 1972
Ground: Delhi
Result: England won by 6 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

GET/v1/matches/1972-12-20-india-v-england/scorecard200

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
  "innings": [{
    "team": "india", "runs": 173,
    "batting": [{"player": "Syed Abid Ali", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 58, "balls": 103, "minutes": 154, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Geoff Arnold", "overs": "23.4", "wickets": 6, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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India v England

Previous meetingTest, India won by 4 wickets, 19 August 1971 Next meetingTest, India won by 28 runs, 30 December 1972