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England v India @ Old Trafford, Manchester
5, 6, 7, 9, 10 August 1971 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: AE Fagg, TW Spencer
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Luckhurst | c Gundappa Viswanath b Bishan Bedi | 78 | 215 | 255 | 11 | - |
| 2. John Jameson | c Sunny Gavaskar b Syed Abid Ali | 15 | 26 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 3. John Edrich | c Farokh Engineer b Syed Abid Ali | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Keith Fletcher | lbw b Syed Abid Ali | 1 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | c Sunny Gavaskar b Syed Abid Ali | 12 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - |
| +6. Alan Knott | b Venkat | 41 | 0 | 105 | 5 | - |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | c Sunny Gavaskar b Venkat | 107 | 0 | 278 | 8 | 1 |
| 8. Richard Hutton | c & b Venkat | 15 | 32 | 22 | 3 | - |
| 9. Peter Lever | not out | 88 | 214 | 227 | 7 | - |
| 10. Norman Gifford | c Farokh Engineer b Eknath Solkar | 8 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 11. John Price | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-21 (John Jameson), 2-21 (John Edrich), 3-25 (Keith Fletcher), 4-41 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-116 (Alan Knott), 6-168 (Brian Luckhurst), 7-187 (Richard Hutton), 8-355 (Ray Illingworth), 9-384 (Norman Gifford), 386 (John Price). |
| Extras | 6b, 12lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 160.4 ovs) 386 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 32.4 | 5 | 64 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 21 | 5 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 30 | 6 | 90 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 40 | 10 | 72 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 35 | 9 | 89 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ashok Mankad | c Alan Knott b Peter Lever | 8 | 33 | 41 | - | - |
| 2. Sunny Gavaskar | c Alan Knott b John Price | 57 | 0 | 163 | 5 | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | c Alan Knott b Richard Hutton | 12 | 0 | 56 | - | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | b Peter Lever | 14 | 0 | 94 | 1 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | b Peter Lever | 10 | 36 | 35 | 1 | - |
| +6. Farokh Engineer | c John Edrich b Peter Lever | 22 | 0 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 7. Eknath Solkar | c Richard Hutton b Basil D'Oliveira | 50 | 0 | 129 | 6 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | b Basil D'Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Venkat | c Alan Knott b Peter Lever | 20 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | b John Price | 8 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 4 | 22 | 27 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-19 (Ashok Mankad), 2-52 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-90 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-103 (Dilip Sardesai), 5-104 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-163 (Farokh Engineer), 7-164 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-194 (Venkat), 9-200 (Eknath Solkar), 212 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 93 ovs) 212 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Price | 22 | 7 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Lever | 26 | 4 | 70 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 24 | 11 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Hutton | 14 | 3 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Luckhurst | st Farokh Engineer b Eknath Solkar | 101 | 173 | 230 | 10 | 1 |
| 2. John Jameson | run out ( > > ) | 28 | 47 | 67 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Edrich | b Bishan Bedi | 59 | 108 | 120 | 7 | - |
| 4. Keith Fletcher | not out | 28 | 0 | 54 | 5 | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | not out | 23 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 |
| +6. Alan Knott | ||||||
| *7. Ray Illingworth | ||||||
| 8. Richard Hutton | ||||||
| 9. Peter Lever | ||||||
| 10. Norman Gifford | ||||||
| 11. John Price |
| FOW | 1-44 (John Jameson), 2-167 (John Edrich), 3-212 (Brian Luckhurst). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 66 ovs) 245 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 26 | 2 | 95 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 16 | 3 | 58 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 12 | 3 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ashok Mankad | b John Price | 7 | 13 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Sunny Gavaskar | c Alan Knott b Richard Hutton | 24 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 1 |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | b John Price | 9 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | not out | 13 | 0 | 70 | 1 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | not out | 8 | 31 | 42 | 1 | - |
| +6. Farokh Engineer | ||||||
| 7. Eknath Solkar | ||||||
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | ||||||
| 9. Venkat | ||||||
| 10. Bishan Bedi | ||||||
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar |
| FOW | 1-9 (Ashok Mankad), 2-22 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-50 (Sunny Gavaskar). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 27 ovs) 65 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Price | 10 | 3 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Lever | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Hutton | 7 | 1 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Brian Luckhurst, John Jameson, John Edrich, Keith Fletcher, Basil D'Oliveira, Alan Knott, Ray Illingworth, Richard Hutton, Peter Lever, Norman Gifford, John Price