English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73
English cricket team in India in 1972-73 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 5 December 1972 – 11 February 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | India won the 5-Test series 2-1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from December 1972 to March 1973 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team. England were captained by Tony Lewis. The Sri Lanka national cricket team was not Test-qualified at that time and played a single first-class match against MCC in Colombo.[1]
Test matches in India[]
1st Test[]
20–25 December 1972
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India
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173 (84.4 overs)
Syed Abid Ali 58 Geoff Arnold 6/45 (23.4 overs) |
200 (108.5 overs)
Tony Greig 68 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 8/79 (41.5 overs) | |
233 (98.4 overs)
Eknath Solkar 75 Derek Underwood 4/56 (30 overs) |
208/4 (88.5 overs)
Tony Lewis 70 Bishan Singh Bedi 3/50 (39 overs) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
2nd Test[]
30 Dec–4 Jan 1973
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India
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210 (97.4 overs)
Farokh Engineer 75 Bob Cottam 3/45 (23 overs) |
174 (75.2 overs)
Alan Knott 35 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/65 (26.2 overs) | |
155 (67.5 overs)
Salim Durani 53 Tony Greig 5/24 (19.5 overs) |
163 (91 overs)
Tony Greig 67 Bishan Singh Bedi 5/63 (40 overs) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
3rd Test[]
12–17 January 1973
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England
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242 (86.5 overs)
Keith Fletcher 97 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/90 (38.5 overs) |
316 (135.1 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi 73 Pat Pocock 4/114 (46 overs) | |
159 (106 overs)
Mike Denness 76 Erapalli Prasanna 4/16 (10 overs) |
86/6 (33.5 overs)
Salim Durani 38 Pat Pocock 4/28 (13 overs) |
- England won the toss and decided to bat
4th Test[]
25–30 January 1973
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India
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397 (172.5 overs)
Tony Lewis 125 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/86 (41 overs) | ||
186/6 (84 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 75 Derek Underwood 2/46 (26 overs) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
5th Test[]
6–11 February 1973
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India
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448 (138.2 overs)
Farokh Engineer 121 Geoff Arnold 3/64 (21 overs) |
480 (163.1 overs)
Tony Greig 148 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/135 (46.1 overs) | |
244/5 d. (96 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 67 Derek Underwood 2/70 (38 overs) |
67/2 (29 overs)
Graham Roope 26 Bishan Singh Bedi 1/25 (10 overs) |
- India won the toss and decided to bat
Sri Lanka[]
Having left India in February, MCC played four matches in Sri Lanka, two of which were first-class including one against the Sri Lanka national team which they won by 7 wickets.[2]
Pakistan[]
In March, England played three Tests in Pakistan which were all drawn.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "England in India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan 1972–73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Sri Lanka v MCC 1973". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links[]
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- Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
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