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India v England @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
30, 31 December 1972, 1, 3, 4 January 1973 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: AM Mamsa, J Reuben
Match Result: India won by 28 runs
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Chris Old b Derek Underwood | 18 | 0 | 89 | 3 | - |
| 2. Ramnath Parkar | c Alan Knott b Chris Old | 26 | 109 | 138 | 3 | - |
| *3. Ajit Wadekar | run out ( > > ) | 44 | 0 | 118 | 8 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Barry Wood b Bob Cottam | 3 | 31 | 38 | - | - |
| 5. Salim Durani | b Tony Greig | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | b Chris Old | 19 | 0 | 139 | 1 | - |
| +7. Farokh Engineer | b Derek Underwood | 75 | 0 | 215 | 10 | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | b Bob Cottam | 3 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | lbw b Bob Cottam | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | run out ( > > ) | 0 | - | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 1 | 24 | 47 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-29 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-68 (Ramnath Parkar), 3-78 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-99 (Ajit Wadekar), 5-100 (Salim Durani), 6-163 (Eknath Solkar), 7-176 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-192 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-192 (Bishan Bedi), 210 (Farokh Engineer). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 0w, 8nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 97.4 ovs) 210 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Old | 26 | 7 | 72 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cottam | 23 | 6 | 45 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 20.4 | 11 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 19 | 10 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | b Bishan Bedi | 11 | 44 | 50 | 1 | - |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 11 | 0 | 85 | 1 | - |
| 3. Keith Fletcher | c Sunny Gavaskar b Erapalli Prasanna | 16 | 0 | 46 | 2 | - |
| 4. Mike Denness | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 21 | 0 | 69 | 3 | - |
| *5. Tony Lewis | lbw b Bishan Bedi | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | c sub b Erapalli Prasanna | 29 | 78 | 85 | 4 | - |
| +7. Alan Knott | st Farokh Engineer b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 35 | 0 | 76 | 3 | - |
| 8. Chris Old | not out | 33 | 90 | 106 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Pat Pocock | b Erapalli Prasanna | 3 | 0 | 15 | - | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Eknath Solkar b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Bob Cottam | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 3 | 25 | 46 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-18 (Barry Wood), 2-37 (Dennis Amiss), 3-47 (Keith Fletcher), 4-56 (Tony Lewis), 5-84 (Mike Denness), 6-117 (Tony Greig), 7-144 (Alan Knott), 8-153 (Pat Pocock), 9-154 (Derek Underwood), 174 (Bob Cottam). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 75.2 ovs) 174 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 26 | 7 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 26.2 | 5 | 65 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 16 | 4 | 33 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | lbw b Chris Old | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 2. Ramnath Parkar | c Keith Fletcher b Chris Old | 15 | 32 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 3. Salim Durani | c Keith Fletcher b Tony Greig | 53 | 0 | 199 | 7 | 1 |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Keith Fletcher b Chris Old | 34 | 82 | 126 | 5 | - |
| +5. Farokh Engineer | c Alan Knott b Derek Underwood | 17 | 0 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 6. Eknath Solkar | c Alan Knott b Tony Greig | 6 | 0 | 64 | - | - |
| *7. Ajit Wadekar | lbw b Tony Greig | 0 | 0 | 17 | - | - |
| 8. Syed Abid Ali | c Dennis Amiss b Chris Old | 3 | 0 | 38 | - | - |
| 9. Erapalli Prasanna | b Tony Greig | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Bishan Bedi | not out | 9 | 0 | 44 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | b Tony Greig | 1 | 9 | 15 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-33 (Ramnath Parkar), 3-104 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-112 (Salim Durani), 5-133 (Farokh Engineer), 6-133 (Eknath Solkar), 7-135 (Ajit Wadekar), 8-135 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-147 (Syed Abid Ali), 155 (Bhagwat Chandrasekhar). |
| Extras | 8b, 2lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 67.5 ovs) 155 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chris Old | 21 | 6 | 43 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bob Cottam | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Pocock | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Greig | 19.5 | 9 | 24 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Barry Wood | b Syed Abid Ali | 1 | 10 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Dennis Amiss | c Farokh Engineer b Bishan Bedi | 1 | 0 | 42 | - | - |
| 3. Keith Fletcher | lbw b Bishan Bedi | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mike Denness | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 32 | 0 | 234 | 2 | - |
| *5. Tony Lewis | c Eknath Solkar b Bishan Bedi | 3 | 23 | 29 | - | - |
| 6. Tony Greig | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 67 | 135 | 164 | 7 | - |
| +7. Alan Knott | c Salim Durani b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 2 | 0 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. Chris Old | not out | 17 | 78 | 92 | 1 | - |
| 9. Pat Pocock | c & b Bishan Bedi | 5 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - |
| 10. Derek Underwood | c Ajit Wadekar b Bishan Bedi | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bob Cottam | lbw b Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 13 | 42 | 47 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-3 (Barry Wood), 2-8 (Keith Fletcher), 3-11 (Dennis Amiss), 4-17 (Tony Lewis), 5-114 (Tony Greig), 6-119 (Alan Knott), 7-123 (Mike Denness), 8-130 (Pat Pocock), 9-138 (Derek Underwood), 163 (Bob Cottam). |
| Extras | 6b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 91 ovs) 163 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Syed Abid Ali | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eknath Solkar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 40 | 12 | 63 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 29 | 14 | 42 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Erapalli Prasanna | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Salim Durani | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Ramnath Parkar, Salim Durani, Gundappa Viswanath, Farokh Engineer, Eknath Solkar, Ajit Wadekar, Syed Abid Ali, Erapalli Prasanna, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar