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England v India @ Lord's, London
22, 23, 24, 26, 27 July 1971 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DJ Constant, CS Elliott
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | c Farokh Engineer b Syed Abid Ali | 3 | 0 | 32 | - | - |
| 2. Brian Luckhurst | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 30 | 72 | 81 | 5 | - |
| 3. John Edrich | c Venkat b Bishan Bedi | 18 | 49 | 62 | - | - |
| 4. Dennis Amiss | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 9 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - |
| +6. Alan Knott | c Ajit Wadekar b Venkat | 67 | 0 | 126 | 9 | 1 |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 33 | 0 | 127 | 4 | - |
| 8. Richard Hutton | b Venkat | 20 | 96 | 82 | 1 | - |
| 9. John Snow | c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 73 | 0 | 143 | 6 | - |
| 10. Norman Gifford | b Bishan Bedi | 17 | 0 | 109 | 2 | - |
| 11. John Price | not out | 5 | 25 | 18 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Geoff Boycott), 2-46 (Brian Luckhurst), 3-56 (John Edrich), 4-61 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-71 (Dennis Amiss), 6-161 (Alan Knott), 7-183 (Ray Illingworth), 8-223 (Richard Hutton), 9-294 (John Snow), 304 (Norman Gifford). |
| Extras | 8b, 12lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 139.3 ovs) 304 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 15 | 3 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 28 | 8 | 44 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 49 | 10 | 110 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 39.3 | 18 | 70 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ashok Mankad | c Norman Gifford b John Snow | 1 | 13 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Sunny Gavaskar | c Dennis Amiss b John Price | 4 | 0 | 48 | - | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | c Ray Illingworth b Norman Gifford | 85 | 0 | 192 | 11 | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | c Ray Illingworth b Norman Gifford | 25 | 0 | 117 | 2 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | c Alan Knott b Richard Hutton | 68 | 263 | 273 | 6 | - |
| +6. Farokh Engineer | c Ray Illingworth b Richard Hutton | 28 | 0 | 49 | 3 | - |
| 7. Eknath Solkar | c Alan Knott b Norman Gifford | 67 | 0 | 306 | 3 | 1 |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | c Brian Luckhurst b John Snow | 6 | 0 | 19 | - | - |
| 9. Venkat | c Richard Hutton b John Price | 11 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | c John Price b Norman Gifford | 0 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 27 | 30 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-1 (Ashok Mankad), 2-29 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-108 (Dilip Sardesai), 4-125 (Ajit Wadekar), 5-175 (Farokh Engineer), 6-267 (Gundappa Viswanath), 7-279 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-302 (Venkat), 9-311 (Bishan Bedi), 313 (Eknath Solkar). |
| Extras | 7b, 9lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 165.3 ovs) 313 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Price | 25 | 9 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Snow | 31 | 9 | 64 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Hutton | 24 | 8 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Gifford | 45.3 | 14 | 84 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Basil D'Oliveira | 15 | 7 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 25 | 12 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | c Ajit Wadekar b Venkat | 33 | 0 | 96 | 5 | - |
| 2. Brian Luckhurst | b Eknath Solkar | 1 | 9 | 13 | - | - |
| 3. John Edrich | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 62 | 169 | 190 | 5 | - |
| 4. Dennis Amiss | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 5. Basil D'Oliveira | b Bishan Bedi | 30 | 0 | 51 | 4 | - |
| +6. Alan Knott | c Ajit Wadekar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 | 0 | 49 | 1 | - |
| *7. Ray Illingworth | c Ajit Wadekar b Venkat | 20 | 0 | 81 | 3 | - |
| 8. Richard Hutton | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 8 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. John Snow | c Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Venkat | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 10. Norman Gifford | not out | 7 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 11. John Price | c Syed Abid Ali b Venkat | 0 | 10 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Brian Luckhurst), 2-65 (Geoff Boycott), 3-70 (Dennis Amiss), 4-117 (Basil D'Oliveira), 5-145 (John Edrich), 6-153 (Alan Knott), 7-153 (Richard Hutton), 8-174 (John Snow), 9-189 (Ray Illingworth), 191 (John Price). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 98.5 ovs) 191 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 9 | 1 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 30.5 | 11 | 52 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 23 | 7 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 30 | 13 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ashok Mankad | c Alan Knott b John Snow | 5 | 13 | 10 | - | - |
| 2. Sunny Gavaskar | c John Edrich b Norman Gifford | 53 | 0 | 123 | 5 | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | c Geoff Boycott b John Price | 5 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| +4. Farokh Engineer | st Alan Knott b Norman Gifford | 35 | 0 | 49 | 4 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | c Dennis Amiss b Norman Gifford | 9 | 19 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 6. Dilip Sardesai | b Ray Illingworth | 1 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 7. Eknath Solkar | not out | 6 | 0 | 64 | 1 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | c John Snow b Ray Illingworth | 14 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 9. Venkat | c Richard Hutton b Norman Gifford | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 2 | 0 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar |
| FOW | 1-8 (Ashok Mankad), 2-21 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-87 (Farokh Engineer), 4-101 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-108 (Dilip Sardesai), 6-114 (Sunny Gavaskar), 7-135 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-142 (Venkat). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 145 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Price | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Snow | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Richard Hutton | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Norman Gifford | 19 | 4 | 43 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ray Illingworth | 16 | 2 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Geoff Boycott, Brian Luckhurst, John Edrich, Dennis Amiss, Basil D'Oliveira, Alan Knott, Ray Illingworth, Richard Hutton, John Snow, Norman Gifford, John Price