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India v England @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1, 2, 3, 5, 6 January 1977 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: B Satyaji Rao, HP Sharma
Match Result: England won by 10 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Chris Old b Bob Willis | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| 2. Aunshuman Gaekwad | b John Lever | 32 | 89 | 155 | 2 | - |
| 3. Parthasarthi Sharma | c Tony Greig b John Lever | 9 | 33 | 52 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Roger Tolchard b Derek Underwood | 35 | 109 | 99 | 3 | - |
| 5. Brijesh Patel | hit wicket b Bob Willis | 21 | 64 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c Tony Greig b Bob Willis | 2 | 0 | 23 | - | - |
| 7. Madan Lal | c Alan Knott b Chris Old | 17 | 0 | 67 | 3 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | not out | 25 | 60 | 110 | 3 | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | b Bob Willis | 2 | 20 | 22 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | c John Lever b Chris Old | 1 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b Bob Willis | 1 | 6 | 17 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-23 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 3-65 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 4-92 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-99 (Eknath Solkar), 6-106 (Brijesh Patel), 7-136 (Madan Lal), 8-147 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-149 (Bishan Bedi), 155 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75 ovs) 155 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 20 | 3 | 27 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 22 | 2 | 57 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 13 | 5 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 20 | 5 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dennis Amiss | c Syed Kirmani b Erapalli Prasanna | 35 | 0 | 204 | 2 | - |
| 2. Graham Barlow | c Syed Kirmani b Madan Lal | 4 | 15 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mike Brearley | c Eknath Solkar b Bishan Bedi | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 4. Derek Randall | lbw b Erapalli Prasanna | 37 | 87 | 113 | 4 | - |
| 5. Roger Tolchard | b Bishan Bedi | 67 | 238 | 328 | 2 | - |
| *6. Tony Greig | lbw b Erapalli Prasanna | 103 | 347 | 434 | 7 | 1 |
| +7. Alan Knott | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 2 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Old | c Madan Lal b Erapalli Prasanna | 52 | 170 | 186 | 4 | 2 |
| 9. John Lever | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 2 | 17 | 24 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 4 | 0 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Bob Willis | not out | 0 | - | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Graham Barlow), 2-14 (Mike Brearley), 3-81 (Derek Randall), 4-90 (Dennis Amiss), 5-232 (Roger Tolchard), 6-234 (Alan Knott), 7-298 (Tony Greig), 8-307 (John Lever), 9-321 (Derek Underwood), 321 (Chris Old). |
| Extras | 5b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 178.4 ovs) 321 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Madan Lal | 17 | 4 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 64 | 25 | 110 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 33 | 9 | 66 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 57.4 | 16 | 93 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Parthasarthi Sharma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | b Derek Underwood | 18 | 0 | 63 | 3 | - |
| 2. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c Roger Tolchard b Tony Greig | 8 | 44 | 60 | - | - |
| 3. Parthasarthi Sharma | c Alan Knott b Bob Willis | 20 | 32 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c John Lever b Tony Greig | 3 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| 5. Brijesh Patel | lbw b Chris Old | 56 | 163 | 222 | 6 | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c Alan Knott b Bob Willis | 3 | 0 | 14 | - | - |
| 7. Madan Lal | c Mike Brearley b Chris Old | 16 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - |
| +8. Syed Kirmani | b Chris Old | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | c Mike Brearley b Derek Underwood | 13 | 32 | 67 | - | - |
| *10. Bishan Bedi | b Derek Underwood | 18 | 0 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 4 | 11 | 16 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-31 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 2-33 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-36 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-60 (Parthasarthi Sharma), 5-70 (Eknath Solkar), 6-97 (Madan Lal), 7-97 (Syed Kirmani), 8-146 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-171 (Brijesh Patel), 181 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 2b, 4lb, 0w, 16nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 70.5 ovs) 181 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 13 | 1 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 32.5 | 18 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Old | 12 | 4 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 10 | 0 | 27 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dennis Amiss | not out | 7 | 0 | 13 | - | - |
| 2. Graham Barlow | not out | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mike Brearley | ||||||
| 4. Derek Randall | ||||||
| 5. Roger Tolchard | ||||||
| *6. Tony Greig | ||||||
| +7. Alan Knott | ||||||
| 8. Chris Old | ||||||
| 9. John Lever | ||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 3.4 ovs) 16 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Madan Lal | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 1.4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Aunshuman Gaekwad, Parthasarthi Sharma, Gundappa Viswanath, Brijesh Patel, Eknath Solkar, Madan Lal, Syed Kirmani, Erapalli Prasanna, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar