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India v England @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
20, 21, 23, 24, 25 December 1972 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: MV Nagendra, B Satyaji Rao
Match Result: England won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Tony Greig b Geoff Arnold | 12 | 0 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 2. Ramnath Parkar | c Pat Pocock b Geoff Arnold | 4 | 19 | 20 | - | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | b Geoff Arnold | 3 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | b Geoff Arnold | 12 | 0 | 93 | 1 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | c Alan Knott b Tony Greig | 27 | 83 | 117 | 4 | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c Alan Knott b Tony Greig | 20 | 0 | 124 | 4 | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | b Bob Cottam | 15 | 0 | 28 | 3 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | c Tony Greig b Bob Cottam | 58 | 0 | 154 | 9 | - |
| 9. Venkat | c Tony Greig b Geoff Arnold | 17 | 0 | 102 | 2 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 4 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b Geoff Arnold | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Ramnath Parkar), 2-15 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-20 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-43 (Dilip Sardesai), 5-59 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-80 (Farokh Engineer), 7-123 (Eknath Solkar), 8-169 (Syed Abid Ali), 9-169 (Venkat), 173 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 1 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 84.4 ovs) 173 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Arnold | 23.4 | 7 | 45 | 6 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cottam | 23 | 5 | 66 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 23 | 8 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 9 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | c Venkat b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 19 | 84 | 92 | 3 | - |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | st Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 46 | 0 | 98 | 7 | - |
| 3. Keith Fletcher | b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 2 | 0 | 10 | - | - |
| 4. Mike Denness | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3 | - |
| *5. Tony Lewis | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | not out | 68 | 242 | 273 | 8 | 1 |
| +7. Alan Knott | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 8. Geoff Arnold | c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 12 | 80 | 96 | 1 | - |
| 9. Pat Pocock | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 0 | 34 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bob Cottam | c Syed Abid Ali b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 3 | 21 | 21 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-61 (Barry Wood), 2-69 (Dennis Amiss), 3-71 (Keith Fletcher), 4-71 (Tony Lewis), 5-119 (Mike Denness), 6-123 (Alan Knott), 7-152 (Geoff Arnold), 8-160 (Pat Pocock), 9-180 (Derek Underwood), 200 (Bob Cottam). |
| Extras | 4b, 17lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 108.5 ovs) 200 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 9 | 5 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 47 | 23 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 41.5 | 18 | 79 | 8 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Tony Greig b Derek Underwood | 8 | 0 | 60 | 1 | - |
| 2. Ramnath Parkar | lbw b Geoff Arnold | 35 | 72 | 99 | 5 | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | st Alan Knott b Pat Pocock | 24 | 0 | 76 | 3 | - |
| 4. Dilip Sardesai | c Tony Greig b Derek Underwood | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | - |
| 5. Gundappa Viswanath | b Derek Underwood | 3 | 21 | 31 | - | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c sub b Geoff Arnold | 75 | 0 | 246 | 11 | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | c Alan Knott b Derek Underwood | 63 | 0 | 170 | 9 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | c Keith Fletcher b Pat Pocock | 0 | 0 | 6 | - | - |
| 9. Venkat | b Pat Pocock | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | b Geoff Arnold | 2 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 1 | 13 | 23 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-26 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-59 (Ramnath Parkar), 3-82 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-86 (Dilip Sardesai), 5-103 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-206 (Farokh Engineer), 7-207 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-211 (Venkat), 9-215 (Bishan Bedi), 233 (Eknath Solkar). |
| Extras | 8b, 2lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 98.4 ovs) 233 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Arnold | 20.4 | 6 | 46 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cottam | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 33 | 7 | 72 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 30 | 13 | 56 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Barry Wood | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | c Eknath Solkar b Bishan Bedi | 45 | 149 | 152 | 5 | - |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | c Bhagwat Chandrasekhar b Bishan Bedi | 9 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 3. Keith Fletcher | c Ajit Wadekar b Bishan Bedi | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Mike Denness | c Gundappa Viswanath b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 35 | 0 | 61 | 6 | - |
| *5. Tony Lewis | not out | 70 | 158 | 165 | 7 | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | not out | 40 | 120 | 124 | 4 | - |
| +7. Alan Knott | ||||||
| 8. Geoff Arnold | ||||||
| 9. Pat Pocock | ||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | ||||||
| 11. Bob Cottam |
| FOW | 1-18 (Dennis Amiss), 2-20 (Keith Fletcher), 3-76 (Mike Denness), 4-107 (Barry Wood). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 88.5 ovs) 208 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 39 | 20 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 | 7 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 16 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Sardesai | 1.5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Ramnath Parkar, Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Sardesai, Gundappa Viswanath, Eknath Solkar, Farokh Engineer, Syed Abid Ali, Venkat, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar