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England v India @ Kennington Oval, London
19, 20, 21, 23, 24 August 1971 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: CS Elliott, AEG Rhodes
Match Result: India won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Luckhurst | c Sunny Gavaskar b Eknath Solkar | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 2. John Jameson | run out ( > > ) | 82 | 152 | 162 | 10 | 2 |
| 3. John Edrich | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 41 | 118 | 124 | 4 | - |
| 4. Keith Fletcher | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 1 | 0 | 21 | - | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | c Ashok Mankad b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 2 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| +6. Alan Knott | c & b Eknath Solkar | 90 | 0 | 117 | 11 | 1 |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 11 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 8. Richard Hutton | b Venkat | 81 | 125 | 132 | 13 | - |
| 9. John Snow | c Farokh Engineer b Eknath Solkar | 3 | 0 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Ajit Wadekar b Venkat | 22 | 0 | 54 | 2 | - |
| 11. John Price | not out | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Brian Luckhurst), 2-111 (John Edrich), 3-135 (Keith Fletcher), 4-139 (John Jameson), 5-143 (Basil D'Oliveira), 6-175 (Ray Illingworth), 7-278 (Alan Knott), 8-284 (John Snow), 9-352 (Derek Underwood), 355 (Richard Hutton). |
| Extras | 4b, 15lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 108.4 ovs) 355 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 12 | 2 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 15 | 4 | 28 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 36 | 5 | 120 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 | 6 | 76 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 20.4 | 3 | 63 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b John Snow | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 2. Ashok Mankad | b John Price | 10 | 28 | 38 | 1 | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | c Richard Hutton b Ray Illingworth | 48 | 0 | 171 | 2 | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | b Ray Illingworth | 54 | 0 | 135 | 7 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | b Ray Illingworth | 0 | 8 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c Keith Fletcher b Basil D'Oliveira | 44 | 0 | 129 | 3 | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | c Ray Illingworth b John Snow | 59 | 0 | 124 | - | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | b Ray Illingworth | 26 | 0 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 9. Venkat | lbw b Derek Underwood | 24 | 0 | 62 | 4 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | c Basil D'Oliveira b Ray Illingworth | 2 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (Ashok Mankad), 2-21 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-114 (Dilip Sardesai), 4-118 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-125 (Ajit Wadekar), 6-222 (Eknath Solkar), 7-230 (Farokh Engineer), 8-278 (Syed Abid Ali), 9-284 (Venkat), 284 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 6b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 117.3 ovs) 284 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 24 | 5 | 68 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Price | 15 | 2 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Hutton | 12 | 2 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 34.3 | 12 | 70 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 25 | 6 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Brian Luckhurst | c Venkat b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 33 | 111 | 110 | 3 | - |
| 2. John Jameson | run out ( > > ) | 16 | 25 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 3. John Edrich | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 4. Keith Fletcher | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | c sub b Venkat | 17 | 0 | 26 | 2 | - |
| +6. Alan Knott | c Eknath Solkar b Venkat | 1 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | c & b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 4 | 0 | 15 | - | - |
| 8. Richard Hutton | not out | 13 | 44 | 49 | 1 | - |
| 9. John Snow | c & b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Ashok Mankad b Bishan Bedi | 11 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - |
| 11. John Price | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 3 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (John Jameson), 2-24 (John Edrich), 3-24 (Keith Fletcher), 4-49 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-54 (Alan Knott), 6-65 (Ray Illingworth), 7-72 (Brian Luckhurst), 8-72 (John Snow), 9-96 (Derek Underwood), 101 (John Price). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 45.1 ovs) 101 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 18.1 | 3 | 38 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 20 | 4 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b John Snow | 0 | 0 | 10 | - | - |
| 2. Ashok Mankad | c Richard Hutton b Derek Underwood | 11 | 74 | 78 | - | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | run out ( > > ) | 45 | 0 | 125 | 4 | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | c Alan Knott b Derek Underwood | 40 | 0 | 159 | 4 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | c Alan Knott b Brian Luckhurst | 33 | 171 | 175 | - | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c & b Derek Underwood | 1 | 0 | 22 | - | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | not out | 28 | 0 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | not out | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 9. Venkat | ||||||
| 10. Bishan Bedi | ||||||
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar |
| FOW | 1-2 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-37 (Ashok Mankad), 3-76 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-124 (Dilip Sardesai), 5-134 (Eknath Solkar), 6-170 (Gundappa Viswanath). |
| Extras | 6b, 5lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 101 ovs) 174 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Snow | 11 | 7 | 14 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Price | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 36 | 15 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 38 | 14 | 72 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brian Luckhurst | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Brian Luckhurst, John Jameson, John Edrich, Keith Fletcher, Basil D'Oliveira, Alan Knott, Ray Illingworth, Richard Hutton, John Snow, Derek Underwood, John Price