- Test no. 788 | 1976/77 season
- Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
- 17,18,19,21,22 December 1976 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| DL Amiss | c Sharma b Venkataraghavan | 179 | 511 | 397 | 22 | 1 | 45.08 | |
| JM Brearley | run out | 5 | 50 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 16.12 | |
| GD Barlow | c Amarnath b Bedi | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Chandrasekhar | 4 | 34 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| KWR Fletcher | b Chandrasekhar | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| AW Greig* | lbw b Venkataraghavan | 25 | 59 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 43.85 | |
| APE Knott† | st †Kirmani b Bedi | 75 | 105 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| CM Old | c Viswanath b Bedi | 15 | 102 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 19.73 | |
| JK Lever | c Bedi b Chandrasekhar | 53 | 169 | 194 | 6 | 0 | 27.31 | |
| RGD Willis | c Venkataraghavan b Bedi | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 7 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 2) | 9 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 151.5 overs) | 381 | (2.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-34 (Brearley), 2-34 (Barlow), 3-51 (Woolmer), 4-65 (Fletcher), 5-125 (Greig), 6-226 (Knott), 7-263 (Old), 8-357 (Amiss), 9-363 (Willis), 10-381 (Lever) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Ghavri | 14 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 3.57 | |||
| M Amarnath | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| BS Bedi | 59 | 22 | 92 | 4 | 1.55 | |||
| BS Chandrasekhar | 32.5 | 6 | 117 | 3 | 3.56 | |||
| S Venkataraghavan | 34 | 6 | 94 | 2 | 2.76 | |||
| AD Gaekwad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | |||
| PH Sharma | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Willis b Lever | 38 | 200 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 27.14 | |
| AD Gaekwad | lbw b Lever | 20 | 68 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 54.05 | |
| M Amarnath | lbw b Lever | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GR Viswanath | lbw b Lever | 3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| S Venkataraghavan | b Lever | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BP Patel | c †Knott b Lever | 33 | 87 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 63.46 | |
| PH Sharma | c Willis b Underwood | 4 | 37 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 13.79 | |
| SMH Kirmani† | b Lever | 13 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 3 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17.64 | |
| BS Bedi* | c Greig b Old | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | b Old | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1, nb 3) | 8 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 51.5 overs) | 122 | (2.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-43 (Gaekwad), 2-43 (Amarnath), 3-49 (Viswanath), 4-49 (Venkataraghavan), 5-96 (Patel), 6-99 (Gavaskar), 7-103 (Sharma), 8-121 (Kirmani), 9-122 (Bedi), 10-122 (Chandrasekhar) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CM Old | 12.5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2.18 | |||
| RGD Willis | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| JK Lever | 23 | 6 | 46 | 7 | 2.00 | |||
| DL Underwood | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 |
| India 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Woolmer b Underwood | 71 | 240 | 215 | 7 | 1 | 33.02 | |
| AD Gaekwad | b Willis | 11 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| PH Sharma | c Fletcher b Underwood | 29 | 196 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 19.20 | |
| GR Viswanath | c †Knott b Greig | 18 | 81 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | |
| BP Patel | c & b Underwood | 14 | 56 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| M Amarnath | c sub b Underwood | 24 | 39 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.53 | |
| SMH Kirmani† | c Lever b Greig | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 35 | 78 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 60.34 | |
| S Venkataraghavan | c †Knott b Lever | 4 | 48 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 10.52 | |
| BS Bedi* | b Lever | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | b Lever | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 8, nb 7) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 110.4 overs) | 234 | (2.11 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Gaekwad), 2-110 (Sharma), 3-133 (Gavaskar), 4-153 (Viswanath), 5-163 (Patel), 6-182 (Kirmani), 7-190 (Amarnath), 8-226 (Venkataraghavan), 9-226 (Bedi), 10-234 (Chandrasekhar) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CM Old | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 | |||
| RGD Willis | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 2.66 | |||
| JK Lever | 13.4 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1.75 | |||
| DL Underwood | 44 | 15 | 78 | 4 | 1.77 | |||
| AW Greig | 40 | 11 | 84 | 2 | 2.10 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
GD Barlow and
JK Lever
(England) |
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Umpires
MV Nagendra and J Reuben |
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Close of play 17 Dec day 1 - England 1st innings 239/6 (DL Amiss 109*, CM Old 5*) 18 Dec day 2 - India 1st innings 51/4 (SM Gavaskar 22*, BP Patel 2*) 19 Dec day 3 - India 2nd innings 82/1 (SM Gavaskar 40*, PH Sharma 24*) 20 Dec rest day 21 Dec day 4 - India 2nd innings 216/7 (KD Ghavri 23*, S Venkataraghavan 3*) 22 Dec day 5 - India 2nd innings 234 (110.4 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 18, 1976 
Tony Greig appeals for Sunil Gavaskar's wicket © Getty Images |
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