- Test no. 1008 | 1984/85 season
- Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras
- 13,14,15,17,18 January 1985 (5-day match)
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar* | b Foster | 17 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 130.76 | |
| K Srikkanth | c †Downton b Cowans | 0 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Lamb b Foster | 17 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 89.47 | |
| M Amarnath | c †Downton b Foster | 78 | 141 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 77.22 | |
| M Azharuddin | b Cowdrey | 48 | 124 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| RJ Shastri | c †Downton b Foster | 2 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| N Kapil Dev | c Cowans b Cowdrey | 53 | 79 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 85.48 | |
| SMH Kirmani† | not out | 30 | 125 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 44.11 | |
| NS Yadav | b Foster | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | c Cowdrey b Foster | 13 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 130.00 | |
| C Sharma | c Lamb b Cowans | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 4) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 67.5 overs) | 272 | (4.00 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-17 (Gavaskar), 2-17 (Srikkanth), 3-45 (Vengsarkar), 4-155 (Amarnath), 5-167 (Azharuddin), 6-167 (Shastri), 7-241 (Kapil Dev), 8-243 (Yadav), 9-263 (Sivaramakrishnan), 10-272 (Sharma) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| NG Cowans | 12.5 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 3.03 | |||
| NA Foster | 23 | 2 | 104 | 6 | 4.52 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 6 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | |||
| CS Cowdrey | 19 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 3.42 | |||
| PI Pocock | 7 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Fowler | c †Kirmani b Kapil Dev | 201 | 563 | 409 | 22 | 3 | 49.14 | |
| RT Robinson | c †Kirmani b Sivaramakrishnan | 74 | 231 | 163 | 10 | 0 | 45.39 | |
| MW Gatting | c sub b Shastri | 207 | 504 | 309 | 20 | 3 | 66.99 | |
| AJ Lamb | b Amarnath | 62 | 151 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 53.91 | |
| PH Edmonds | lbw b Shastri | 36 | 58 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 97.29 | |
| NA Foster | b Amarnath | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| DI Gower* | b Kapil Dev | 18 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 78.26 | |
| CS Cowdrey | not out | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| PR Downton† | not out | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 19, nb 17) | 43 | ||||||
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| Total | (7 wickets dec; 175 overs) | 652 | (3.72 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat PI Pocock, NG Cowans |
| Fall of wickets1-178 (Robinson), 2-419 (Fowler), 3-563 (Lamb), 4-599 (Gatting), 5-604 (Foster), 6-640 (Gower), 7-646 (Edmonds) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| N Kapil Dev | 36 | 5 | 131 | 2 | 3.63 | |||
| C Sharma | 18 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 5.27 | |||
| L Sivaramakrishnan | 44 | 6 | 145 | 1 | 3.29 | |||
| NS Yadav | 23 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 3.30 | |||
| RJ Shastri | 42 | 7 | 143 | 2 | 3.40 | |||
| M Amarnath | 12 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3.00 |
| India 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar* | c Gatting b Foster | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| K Srikkanth | c Cowdrey b Foster | 16 | 40 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 66.66 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c †Downton b Foster | 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| M Amarnath | c Cowans b Foster | 95 | 222 | 165 | 8 | 2 | 57.57 | |
| M Azharuddin | c Gower b Pocock | 105 | 279 | 218 | 18 | 0 | 48.16 | |
| RJ Shastri | c Cowdrey b Edmonds | 33 | 78 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 51.56 | |
| N Kapil Dev | c Gatting b Cowans | 49 | 84 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 75.38 | |
| SMH Kirmani† | c Lamb b Edmonds | 75 | 180 | 115 | 12 | 0 | 65.21 | |
| L Sivaramakrishnan | lbw b Foster | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| NS Yadav | c †Downton b Cowans | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 41.66 | |
| C Sharma | not out | 17 | 85 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 29.82 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, nb 2) | 7 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 122.5 overs) | 412 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-7 (Gavaskar), 2-19 (Vengsarkar), 3-22 (Srikkanth), 4-212 (Amarnath), 5-259 (Azharuddin), 6-259 (Shastri), 7-341 (Kapil Dev), 8-350 (Sivaramakrishnan), 9-361 (Yadav), 10-412 (Kirmani) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| NG Cowans | 15 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 4.86 | |||
| NA Foster | 28 | 8 | 59 | 5 | 2.10 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 41.5 | 13 | 119 | 2 | 2.84 | |||
| CS Cowdrey | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | |||
| PI Pocock | 33 | 8 | 130 | 1 | 3.93 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 33 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Fowler | c †Kirmani b Sivaramakrishnan | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| RT Robinson | not out | 21 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 80.76 | |
| MW Gatting | not out | 10 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 1) | 2 | ||||||
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| Total | (1 wicket; 8 overs) | 35 | (4.37 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat AJ Lamb, PH Edmonds, NA Foster, DI Gower*, CS Cowdrey, PR Downton†, PI Pocock, NG Cowans |
| Fall of wickets1-7 (Fowler) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| N Kapil Dev | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | |||
| L Sivaramakrishnan | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
| RJ Shastri | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss India, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 2-1 |
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Umpires
MY Gupte and VK Ramaswamy |
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Close of play 13 Jan day 1 - England 1st innings 32/0 (G Fowler 10*, RT Robinson 18*) 14 Jan day 2 - England 1st innings 293/1 (G Fowler 149*, MW Gatting 50*) 15 Jan day 3 - England 1st innings 611/5 (PH Edmonds 15*, DI Gower 5*) 16 Jan rest day 17 Jan day 4 - India 2nd innings 246/4 (M Azharuddin 103*, RJ Shastri 22*) 18 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 35/1 (8 ov) - end of match |
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