- Test no. 739 | 1974 season
- Played at Old Trafford, Manchester
- 6,7,8,10,11 June 1974 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | lbw b Abid Ali | 10 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| DL Amiss | c Madan Lal b Chandrasekhar | 56 | 215 | 202 | 4 | 0 | 27.72 | |
| JH Edrich | b Abid Ali | 7 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 25.92 | |
| MH Denness* | b Bedi | 26 | 101 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 30.58 | |
| KWR Fletcher | not out | 123 | 335 | 289 | 8 | 0 | 42.56 | |
| DL Underwood | c Solkar b Bedi | 7 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 17.50 | |
| AW Greig | c †Engineer b Madan Lal | 53 | 134 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 49.07 | |
| APE Knott† | lbw b Madan Lal | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| CM Old | c †Engineer b Chandrasekhar | 12 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 70.58 | |
| RGD Willis | lbw b Abid Ali | 24 | 69 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 40.67 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 1) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets dec; 143.3 overs) | 328 | (2.28 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Hendrick |
| Fall of wickets1-18 (Boycott), 2-28 (Edrich), 3-90 (Denness), 4-104 (Amiss), 5-127 (Underwood), 6-231 (Greig), 7-231 (Knott), 8-265 (Old), 9-328 (Willis) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| S Abid Ali | 30.3 | 6 | 79 | 3 | 2.59 | |||
| ED Solkar | 13 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 2.53 | |||
| S Madan Lal | 31 | 11 | 56 | 2 | 1.80 | |||
| S Venkataraghavan | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.60 | |||
| BS Bedi | 43 | 14 | 87 | 2 | 2.02 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 21 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 2.61 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | run out | 101 | 308 | 251 | 8 | 0 | 40.23 | |
| ED Solkar | c Willis b Hendrick | 7 | 29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31.81 | |
| S Venkataraghavan | b Willis | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| AL Wadekar* | c Hendrick b Old | 6 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| GR Viswanath | b Underwood | 40 | 108 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 52.63 | |
| BP Patel | c †Knott b Willis | 5 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 17.85 | |
| FM Engineer† | b Willis | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| S Madan Lal | b Hendrick | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| S Abid Ali | c †Knott b Hendrick | 71 | 113 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 76.34 | |
| BS Bedi | b Willis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 3, nb 5) | 11 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 84 overs) | 246 | (2.92 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-22 (Solkar), 2-25 (Venkataraghavan), 3-32 (Wadekar), 4-105 (Viswanath), 5-129 (Patel), 6-135 (Engineer), 7-143 (Madan Lal), 8-228 (Gavaskar), 9-228 (Bedi), 10-246 (Abid Ali) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 24 | 3 | 64 | 4 | 2.66 | |||
| CM Old | 16 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 2.87 | |||
| M Hendrick | 20 | 4 | 57 | 3 | 2.85 | |||
| DL Underwood | 19 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 2.63 | |||
| AW Greig | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 3.60 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | c †Engineer b Solkar | 6 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| DL Amiss | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 47 | 124 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 52.80 | |
| DL Underwood | c †Engineer b Abid Ali | 9 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 32.14 | |
| JH Edrich | not out | 100 | 201 | 188 | 9 | 1 | 53.19 | |
| MH Denness* | not out | 45 | 118 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 2) | 6 | ||||||
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| Total | (3 wickets dec; 70 overs) | 213 | (3.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat KWR Fletcher, AW Greig, APE Knott†, CM Old, RGD Willis, M Hendrick |
| Fall of wickets1-13 (Boycott), 2-30 (Underwood), 3-104 (Amiss) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| S Abid Ali | 11 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2.81 | |||
| ED Solkar | 7 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3.42 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 11 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 3.45 | |||
| BS Bedi | 20 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 2.90 | |||
| S Venkataraghavan | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1.88 | |||
| S Madan Lal | 12 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 3.25 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 296 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Hendrick b Old | 58 | 163 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 41.42 | |
| ED Solkar | c Hendrick b Underwood | 19 | 48 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 46.34 | |
| AL Wadekar* | c †Knott b Greig | 14 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 31.11 | |
| GR Viswanath | c †Knott b Old | 50 | 204 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 33.55 | |
| BP Patel | c †Knott b Old | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| FM Engineer† | c †Knott b Hendrick | 12 | 53 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| S Madan Lal | hit wicket b Willis | 7 | 27 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| S Abid Ali | c Boycott b Greig | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| S Venkataraghavan | not out | 5 | 41 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 13.15 | |
| BS Bedi | b Old | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | st †Knott b Greig | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 2, nb 7) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 85.1 overs) | 182 | (2.13 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-32 (Solkar), 2-68 (Wadekar), 3-103 (Gavaskar), 4-111 (Patel), 5-139 (Engineer), 6-157 (Madan Lal), 7-165 (Abid Ali), 8-180 (Viswanath), 9-180 (Bedi), 10-182 (Chandrasekhar) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 12 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 2.75 | |||
| M Hendrick | 17 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 2.29 | |||
| DL Underwood | 15 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| CM Old | 16 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 1.25 | |||
| AW Greig | 25.1 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 1.39 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
M Hendrick
(England);
S Madan Lal and
BP Patel
(India) |
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Umpires
HD Bird and DJ Constant |
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Close of play 6 Jun day 1 - England 1st innings 116/4 (KWR Fletcher 11*, DL Underwood 4*) 7 Jun day 2 - India 1st innings 25/2 (SM Gavaskar 13*) 8 Jun day 3 - England 2nd innings 18/1 (DL Amiss 7*, DL Underwood 5*) 9 Jun rest day 10 Jun day 4 - England 2nd innings 213/3 (JH Edrich 100*, MH Denness 45*) 11 Jun day 5 - India 2nd innings 182 (85.1 ov) - end of match |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Jun 8, 1974 
Sunil Gavaskar hits a cracking shot on his way to a century © Getty Images |
Jun 7, 1974 
Eknath Solkar takes a catch off Derek Underwood as Sunil Gavaskar watches from silly point © Getty Images |
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