Indian cricket team in England in 1967
Indian cricket team in England in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 29 April – 23 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | England won the series 3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1967 season and played 18 first-class fixtures, winning only two, losing 7 and drawing 9.
India played three Test matches and lost the series to England 3-0. The Indian team was captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, while Brian Close led the England side. England won the First Test by 6 wickets at Headingley; the Second at Lord's by an innings and 124 runs; and the Third at Edgbaston by 132 runs.
Test series[]
First Test[]
8–13 June 1967
Scorecard |
England
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550/4d (183 overs)
Geoff Boycott 246 (555) BS Chandrasekhar 2/121 (45 overs) |
164 (87.2 overs)
MAK Pataudi 64 (206) Ray Illingworth 3/31 (22 overs) | |
126/4 (47.3 overs)
Ken Barrington 46 (106) BS Chandrasekhar 3/50 (19 overs) |
510 (209.2 overs)
MAK Pataudi 148 (348) Ray Illingworth 4/100 (58 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Robin Hobbs (Eng), and Subrata Guha and Ramesh Saxena (Ind) made their Test debuts.
- Basil D'Oliveira (Eng) scored his first century in Tests.[1]
- Geoff Boycott's (Eng) 246 was the highest score for any batsman in Tests between India and England.[2]
- 11 June was a rest day.
- BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.[1]
Second Test[]
22–26 June 1967
Scorecard |
India
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152 (55.4 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 57 (97) John Snow 3/49 (20.4 overs) |
386 (154.2 overs)
Tom Graveney 151 (308) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/127 (53 overs) | |
110 (56.3 overs)
Budhi Kunderan 47 (164) Ray Illingworth 6/29 (22.3 overs) |
Third Test[]
13–15 July 1967
Scorecard |
England
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298 (106 overs)
John Murray 77 (145) Erapalli Prasanna 3/51 (20 overs) |
92 (36.3 overs)
Farokh Engineer 23 (45) David Brown 3/17 (11 overs) | |
203 (76.5 overs)
Brian Close 47 (85) Erapalli Prasanna 4/60 (24 overs) |
277 (112.4 overs)
Ajit Wadekar 70 (214) Brian Close 4/68 (21.4 overs) |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "India in British Isles 1967 (1st Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Preston, Norman. "First Test, England v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Preston, Norman. "Second Test, England v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Third Test Match, New Zealand v Pakistan". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "India in British Isles 1967 (2nd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Third Test, England v India 1967". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "India in British Isles 1967 (3rd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Guha, Ramachandra (2002). A Corner of a Foreign Field. Picador. ISBN 9780330491167.
External links[]
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in British Isles 1967 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- India to England 1967 at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
Categories:
- 1967 in English cricket
- 1967 in Indian cricket
- Indian cricket tours of England
- International cricket competitions from 1960–61 to 1970