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England v India @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
4, 5, 6, 8 July 1974 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: WE Alley, CS Elliott
Match Result: England won by an innings and 78 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Sudhir Naik | b Geoff Arnold | 4 | 19 | 28 | - | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | c Alan Knott b Mike Hendrick | 36 | 0 | 72 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Mike Hendrick | 28 | 55 | 68 | 1 | - |
| 5. Ashok Mankad | c Alan Knott b Geoff Arnold | 14 | 56 | 73 | - | - |
| +6. Farokh Engineer | not out | 64 | 0 | 137 | 6 | - |
| 7. Eknath Solkar | lbw b Chris Old | 3 | 0 | 21 | - | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | run out ( > > ) | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 9. Venkat | b Derek Underwood | 0 | 0 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Erapalli Prasanna | c Tony Greig b Mike Hendrick | 0 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Bishan Bedi | c Chris Old b Mike Hendrick | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-17 (Sudhir Naik), 3-62 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-81 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-115 (Ashok Mankad), 6-129 (Eknath Solkar), 7-153 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-156 (Venkat), 9-165 (Erapalli Prasanna), 165 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 59.2 ovs) 165 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Arnold | 14 | 3 | 43 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 13 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 14.2 | 1 | 28 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 15 | 3 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dennis Amiss | c Ashok Mankad b Erapalli Prasanna | 79 | 0 | 165 | 6 | - |
| 2. David Lloyd | not out | 214 | 396 | 448 | 17 | - |
| *3. Mike Denness | c & b Bishan Bedi | 100 | 0 | 213 | 10 | - |
| 4. Keith Fletcher | not out | 51 | 0 | 68 | 5 | - |
| 5. John Edrich | ||||||
| 6. Tony Greig | ||||||
| +7. Alan Knott | ||||||
| 8. Chris Old | ||||||
| 9. Geoff Arnold | ||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Mike Hendrick |
| FOW | 1-157 (Dennis Amiss), 2-368 (Mike Denness). |
| Extras | 4b, 5lb, 1w, 5nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 140 ovs) 459 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 18 | 2 | 63 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 18 | 5 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 45 | 4 | 152 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 23 | 1 | 71 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 35 | 4 | 101 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Alan Knott b Chris Old | 4 | 0 | 7 | - | - |
| 2. Sudhir Naik | lbw b Tony Greig | 77 | 165 | 207 | 9 | - |
| 3. Syed Abid Ali | b Geoff Arnold | 3 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| *4. Ajit Wadekar | lbw b Chris Old | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | c Tony Greig b Mike Hendrick | 25 | 51 | 58 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ashok Mankad | hit wicket b Chris Old | 43 | 83 | 97 | 4 | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | lbw b Mike Hendrick | 33 | 0 | 70 | 6 | - |
| 8. Eknath Solkar | c John Edrich b Geoff Arnold | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 9. Venkat | c David Lloyd b Tony Greig | 5 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| 10. Erapalli Prasanna | b Mike Hendrick | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bishan Bedi | not out | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-6 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-12 (Syed Abid Ali), 3-21 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-59 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-146 (Ashok Mankad), 6-172 (Sudhir Naik), 7-183 (Eknath Solkar), 8-196 (Venkat), 9-211 (Erapalli Prasanna), 216 (Farokh Engineer). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 67.4 ovs) 216 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Arnold | 19 | 3 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 14.4 | 4 | 43 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 15 | 3 | 52 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 16 | 3 | 49 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Dennis Amiss, David Lloyd, Mike Denness, Keith Fletcher, John Edrich, Tony Greig, Alan Knott, Chris Old, Geoff Arnold, Derek Underwood, Mike Hendrick