Indian cricket team in England in 1996
| Indian cricket team in England in 1996 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | England | ||
| Dates | 5 May – 9 July 1996 | ||
| Captains | Mohammad Azharuddin | Michael Atherton | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (428) | Nasser Hussain (318) | |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (16) | Chris Lewis (15) | |
| Player of the series | Sourav Ganguly (Ind) and Nasser Hussain (Eng) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Azharuddin (128) | Ali Brown (155) | |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (5) | Dominic Cork (5) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) and Chris Lewis (Eng) | ||
The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1996 cricket season. They played a total of eighteen matches, including three Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England.[1] In the Tests and ODIs, India were captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, while Michael Atherton captained England.
This tour saw Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad make their Test debuts. Prasad made his debut in the 1st Test at Edgbaston, taking six wickets in this match and ultimately finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the Test series with 16. Ganguly and Dravid made their debuts in the 2nd Test at Lord's, scoring 131 and 95 respectively; both would go on to become mainstays of the Indian batting as well as national captains. The team also included established players such as Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sanjay Manjrekar and Nayan Mongia.
Nonetheless, the tour was a disaster for India. The team lost the Test series 1–0 (with the last two matches drawn), and the ODI series 2–0 (with no result in the first match due to rain). The rest of the tour saw victories in a single-innings match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI and limited-overs matches against an England National Cricket Association XI and Middlesex, but also defeats in a limited-overs match against Northamptonshire and a first-class match against Derbyshire.[1] The tour was also marred by a spat between Azharuddin and opener Navjot Singh Sidhu, which resulted in the latter walking out of the tour after the 2nd ODI.[2] Following the tour, Azharuddin, who was also facing personal problems at the time, was sacked as captain.[3]
Tour matches[]
Three-day: British Universities v Indians[]
Three-day: Hampshire v Indians[]
29 June - 01 July 1996
Scorecard |
Indians
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v
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Hampshire
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- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
- Kevan James took four wickets in four balls. His victims were Vikram Rathour, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sanjay Manjrekar
Test series[]
1st Test[]
6–9 June 1996
Scorecard |
India
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v
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 England |
214 (69.1 overs)
Javagal Srinath 52 (65) Dominic Cork 4/61 (20.1 overs) |
313 (90.2 overs)
Nasser Hussain 128 (227) Venkatesh Prasad 4/71 (28 overs) | |
219 (70.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 122 (177) Chris Lewis 5/72 (22.4 overs) |
121/2 (33.5 overs)
Michael Atherton 53* (100) Venkatesh Prasad 2/50 (14 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ronnie Irani, Alan Mullally, Min Patel (all Eng), Sunil Joshi, Paras Mhambrey, Venkatesh Prasad and Vikram Rathour (all Ind) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test[]
20–24 June 1996
Scorecard |
England
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v
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India |
344 (130.3 overs)
Jack Russell 124 (261) Venkatesh Prasad 5/76 (33.3 overs) |
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278/9d (121 overs)
Alec Stewart 66 (136) Anil Kumble 3/90 (51 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly (both Ind) made their Test debuts. Umpire Dickie Bird stood in his 66th and final Test match.
3rd Test[]
4–9 July 1996
Scorecard |
India
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v
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England |
521 (167 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 177 (360) Chris Lewis 3/89 (37 overs) |
564 (198.5 overs)
Michael Atherton 160 (376) Sourav Ganguly 3/71 (19.5 overs) | |
211 (69 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 74 (97) Mark Ealham 4/21 (14 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mark Ealham (Eng) made his Test debut.
ODI series[]
1st ODI[]
23–24 May 1996
Scorecard |
England
291/8 (50 overs) |
v
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India 96/5 (17.1 overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar 30 (19)
Chris Lewis 4/40 (8.1 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Play was abandoned on the first day due to rain; no play was possible on the reserve day.
- Ali Brown, Mark Ealham, Ronnie Irani (all Eng) and Paras Mhambrey (Ind) made their ODI debuts.
2nd ODI[]
25 May 1996
Scorecard |
India
158 (40.2 overs) |
v
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England 162/4 (39.3 overs) |
Graham Thorpe 79* (118)
Venkatesh Prasad 2/33 (9 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 42 overs per side due to rain.
3rd ODI[]
26–27 May 1996
Scorecard |
India
236/4 (50 overs) |
v
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England 239/6 (48.5 overs) |
Mohammad Azharuddin 73* (64)
Graham Thorpe 2/15 (4 overs) |
Ali Brown 118 (137)
Venkatesh Prasad 2/26 (10 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Play was abandoned on the first day due to rain, with England 2/1 after 1 over.
References[]
- ^ a b "India tour of England, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Lele reveals why Sidhu walked out of 1996 England tour". The Times of India. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ Panicker, Prem (2 January 1998). "Sachin sacked, Azhar back!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
External sources[]
Annual reviews[]
Further reading[]
- Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001
- 1996 in English cricket
- Indian cricket tours of England
- International cricket competitions from 1994–95 to 1997