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England v India
India in British Isles 1974 (1st Test)
VenueOld Trafford, Manchester on 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th June 1974 (5-day match)
Balls per over6
TossEngland won the toss and decided to bat
ResultEngland won by 113 runs
UmpiresHD Bird, DJ Constant
Close of play day 1England (1) 116/4 (Fletcher 11*, Underwood 4*)
Close of play day 2India (1) 25/2 (Gavaskar 13*)
Close of play day 3England (2) 18/1 (Amiss 7*, Underwood 5*)
Close of play day 4England (2) 213/3 (Edrich 100*, Denness 45*)

England first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
G Boycottlbw b Abid Ali1028371-
DL Amissc Madan Lal b Chandrasekhar562022154-
JH Edrichb Abid Ali72729--
*MH Dennessb Bedi26851011-
KWR Fletchernot out1232893358-
DL Underwoodc Solkar b Bedi740481-
AW Greigc Engineer b Madan Lal531081342-
+APE Knottlbw b Madan Lal098--
CM Oldc Engineer b Chandrasekhar1217261-
RGD Willislbw b Abid Ali2459692-
M Hendrickdid not bat 
Extras(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 1 w)10
Total(9 wickets, declared, 143.3 overs)328
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Boycott), 2-28 (Edrich), 3-90 (Denness), 4-104 (Amiss), 5-127 (Underwood), 6-231 (Greig), 7-231 (Knott), 8-265 (Old), 9-328 (Willis, 143.3 ov)
India bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Abid Ali30.36793--
Solkar13   4330--
Madan Lal31   11562--
Venkataraghavan5   180--
Bedi43   14872--
Chandrasekhar21   4552--
India first inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
SM Gavaskarrun out1012513088-
ED Solkarc Willis b Hendrick72229--
S Venkataraghavanb Willis353--
*AL Wadekarc Hendrick b Old61012--
GR Viswanathb Underwood40761084-
BP Patelc Knott b Willis528321-
+FM Engineerb Willis0511--
Madan Lalb Hendrick21312--
S Abid Alic Knott b Hendrick71931137-
BS Bedib Willis011--
BS Chandrasekharnot out0222--
Extras(3 b, 3 lb, 5 nb)11
Total(all out, 84 overs)246
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Solkar), 2-25 (Venkataraghavan), 3-32 (Wadekar), 4-105 (Viswanath), 5-129 (Patel), 6-135 (Engineer), 7-143 (Madan Lal), 8-228 (Gavaskar), 9-228 (Bedi), 10-246 (Abid Ali, 84 ov)
England bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Willis24   3644--
Old16   0461--
Hendrick20   4573--
Underwood19   7501--
Greig5   1180--
England second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
G Boycottc Engineer b Solkar61013--
DL Amissc Gavaskar b Bedi47891245-
DL Underwoodc Engineer b Abid Ali928261-
JH Edrichnot out10018820191
*MH Dennessnot out451051184-
KWR Fletcherdid not bat 
AW Greigdid not bat 
+APE Knottdid not bat 
CM Olddid not bat 
RGD Willisdid not bat 
M Hendrickdid not bat 
Extras(4 b, 2 lb)6
Total(3 wickets, declared, 70 overs)213
Fall of wickets:
1-13 (Boycott), 2-30 (Underwood), 3-104 (Amiss)
India bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Abid Ali11   2311--
Solkar7   0241--
Bedi20   2581--
Madan Lal12   2390--
Chandrasekhar11   2380--
Venkataraghavan9   1170--
India second inningsRunsBallsMins4s6s
SM Gavaskarc Hendrick b Old581401635-
ED Solkarc Hendrick b Underwood19414811
*AL Wadekarc Knott b Greig1445521-
GR Viswanathc Knott b Old501492043-
BP Patelc Knott b Old31212--
+FM Engineerc Knott b Hendrick1246531-
Madan Lal hit wkt b Willis729271-
S Abid Alic Boycott b Greig414161-
S Venkataraghavannot out538411-
BS Bedib Old042--
BS Chandrasekharst Knott b Greig027--
Extras(1 b, 2 lb, 7 nb)10
Total(all out, 85.1 overs)182
Fall of wickets:
1-32 (Solkar), 2-68 (Wadekar), 3-103 (Gavaskar), 4-111 (Patel), 5-139 (Engineer), 6-157 (Madan Lal), 7-165 (Abid Ali), 8-180 (Viswanath), 9-180 (Bedi), 10-182 (Chandrasekhar, 85.1 ov)
England bowlingOversMdnsRunsWktsWidesNo-Balls
Willis12   5331--
Old16   7204--
Hendrick17   1391--
Underwood15   4451--
Greig25.18353--
Notes
--> RGD Willis (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 15
--> M Hendrick made his debut in Test Matches
--> GR Viswanath (1) passed 1000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 38
--> GR Viswanath (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 7
--> BP Patel made his debut in Test Matches
--> Madan Lal made his debut in Test Matches
--> S Abid Ali (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 14
--> DL Amiss (2) passed 2000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 46
--> RGD Willis achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the India first innings (previous best was 4-118)

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