West Indian cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1966–67
The West Indian cricket team toured India and Ceylon in December 1966 and January 1967 to play a three-match Test series against the Indian national cricket team. West Indies won the Test series 2–0. India were captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and West Indies by Garfield Sobers.[1] In January, the West Indians played a first-class rated international against the Ceylon national cricket team at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo. The match was drawn. Ceylon were captained by Michael Tissera.[2]
Test series summary[]
First Test[]
India
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v
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West Indies
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296 (109.4 overs)
CG Borde 121 GS Sobers 3/46 (25 overs) |
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316 (111.5 overs)
BK Kunderan 79 LR Gibbs 4/67 (24.5 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 16 December was taken as a rest day.
- AL Wadekar (IND) and CH Lloyd (WIN) made their Test debuts.
Second Test[]
West Indies
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v
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India
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167 (85.5 overs)
BK Kunderan 39 LR Gibbs 5/51 (37 overs) | ||
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second day due to riots in the stadium.[3]
- BS Bedi (IND) made his Test debut.
Third Test[]
India
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v
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West Indies
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404 (143.2 overs)
CG Borde 125 LR Gibbs 3/87 (46 overs) |
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323 (105.4 overs)
AL Wadekar 67 CC Griffith 4/61 (14 overs) |
270/7 (93 overs)
GS Sobers 74* BS Bedi 4/81 (28 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 16 January was taken as a rest day.
References[]
- ^ "West Indies in India and Ceylon 1966–67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Ceylon v West Indies 1967". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Mayhem in Queenstown". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
External links[]
- West Indies to India 1966-67 at Test Cricket Tours
- West Indies in India and Ceylon 1966-67 at CricketArchive
Further reading[]
- Dicky Rutnagur, "West Indies triumph but cracks begin to show", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1967, pp. 65–68
- Dicky Rutnagur, "West Indies in India, 1966-67", Wisden 1968, pp. 855–70
Categories:
- 1966 in Indian cricket
- 1966 in West Indian cricket
- 1967 in Indian cricket
- 1967 in West Indian cricket
- 1967 in Ceylon
- Indian cricket seasons from 1945–46 to 1969–70
- International cricket competitions from 1960–61 to 1970
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72
- West Indian cricket tours of India
- West Indian cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- International cricket tour stubs