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England v India 2nd Test

India tour of England - 1974 (1974) · Lord's, London · 20 June 1974

England won by an innings and 285 runs

England won by an innings and 285 runs. Dennis Amiss top-scored with 188 for England. Bishan Bedi took 6/226.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
India tour of England - 1974 (1974)
Ground
Lord's, London
Dates
20 June 1974 to 24 June 1974
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
England won by an innings and 285 runs
Captains
Mike Denness (England), Ajit Wadekar (India)
Debut
David Lloyd (England)
Umpires
AE Fagg and TW Spencer

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. It was David Lloyd's first Test.

England batted first and made 629 all out. Dennis Amiss top-scored with 188 off 303 balls, and Mike Denness made 118. Bishan Bedi took 6 for 226 for India. The innings was built on a 221-run stand for the second wicket between John Edrich and Dennis Amiss. That was well above the 1970s average first-innings total at Lord's, 312 across 13 Tests.

India replied with 302 all out. Farokh Engineer top-scored with 86 off 118 balls, and Gundappa Viswanath made 52. Chris Old took 4 for 67 for England. The innings was built on a 131-run stand for the first wicket between Farokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar, 43% of the total. England led by 327 on first innings. India followed on.

India made 42 for 9 in their second innings. Eknath Solkar top-scored with 18 not out off 17 balls. Chris Old took 5 for 21 for England. From 0 for 0 they lost 7 wickets for 30 runs, to 30 for 7.

England won by an innings and 285 runs. It is the heaviest innings defeat at Lord's across the 145 Tests in our archive.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 629 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Dennis Amisslbw188303
David Lloydc Eknath Solkar46121
John Edrichlbw96181
Mike Dennesscaught118220
Keith Fletcherc Eknath Solkar1534
Tony Greigc Syed Abid Ali106180
Alan Knottc Bishan Bedi2633
Chris Oldbowled39
Geoff Arnoldbowled56
Derek Underwoodc Eknath Solkar913
Mike Hendricknot out13

Extras 16 · Total 629 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Syed Abid Ali222792
Eknath Solkar62160
Madan Lal306930
Bishan Bedi64.282266
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar9.31330
Erapalli Prasanna5161662

FALL OF WICKETS

1-116 (David Lloyd), 2-337 (Dennis Amiss), 3-339 (John Edrich), 4-369 (Keith Fletcher), 5-571 (Tony Greig), 6-591 (Mike Denness), 7-604 (Chris Old), 8-611 (Geoff Arnold), 9-624 (Alan Knott), 10-629 (Derek Underwood)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstDennis Amiss and David Lloyd116
secondJohn Edrich and Dennis Amiss221
thirdJohn Edrich and Mike Denness2
fourthKeith Fletcher and Mike Denness30
fifthMike Denness and Tony Greig202
sixthAlan Knott and Mike Denness20
seventhAlan Knott and Chris Old13
eighthGeoff Arnold and Alan Knott7
ninthDerek Underwood and Alan Knott13
tenthDerek Underwood and Mike Hendrick5
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 302 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarc Alan Knott49104
Farokh Engineerc Mike Denness86118
Ajit Wadekarc Derek Underwood1869
Gundappa Viswanathbowled52127
Brijesh Patelc Keith Fletcher113
Eknath Solkarc Derek Underwood43126
Syed Abid Alic Geoff Arnold1431
Madan Lalc Alan Knott03
Erapalli Prasannac Mike Denness016
Bishan Bedibowled148
Bhagwath Chandrasekharnot out212

Extras 23 · Total 302 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
Geoff Arnold24.56811
Chris Old216674
Mike Hendrick184463
Tony Greig214631
Derek Underwood1510181
David Lloyd2040

FALL OF WICKETS

1-131 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-149 (Farokh Engineer), 3-183 (Ajit Wadekar), 4-188 (Brijesh Patel), 5-250 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-280 (Syed Abid Ali), 7-281 (Madan Lal), 8-286 (Eknath Solkar), 9-286 (Erapalli Prasanna), 10-302 (Bishan Bedi)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar131
secondFarokh Engineer and Ajit Wadekar18
thirdAjit Wadekar and Gundappa Viswanath34
fourthGundappa Viswanath and Brijesh Patel5
fifthEknath Solkar and Gundappa Viswanath62
sixthSyed Abid Ali and Eknath Solkar30
seventhEknath Solkar and Madan Lal1
eighthErapalli Prasanna and Eknath Solkar5
ninthErapalli Prasanna and Bishan Bedi0
tenthBhagwath Chandrasekhar and Bishan Bedi16
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 42 FOR 9
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarlbw526
Farokh Engineerlbw09
Ajit Wadekarbowled36
Gundappa Viswanathc Alan Knott59
Brijesh Patelc Alan Knott110
Eknath Solkarnot out1817
Syed Abid Alic Alan Knott37
Madan Lalc Mike Hendrick23
Erapalli Prasannabowled514
Bishan Bedibowled01

Did not bat: Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Extras 0 · Total 42 for 9

Bowler (England)OMRW
Geoff Arnold81194
Chris Old83215
Mike Hendrick1020

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Farokh Engineer), 2-5 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-12 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-14 (Brijesh Patel), 5-25 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6-28 (Syed Abid Ali), 7-30 (Madan Lal), 8-42 (Erapalli Prasanna), 9-42 (Bishan Bedi)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar2
secondAjit Wadekar and Sunil Gavaskar3
thirdGundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar7
fourthSunil Gavaskar and Brijesh Patel2
fifthEknath Solkar and Sunil Gavaskar11
sixthSyed Abid Ali and Eknath Solkar3
seventhEknath Solkar and Madan Lal2
eighthErapalli Prasanna and Eknath Solkar12
ninthBishan Bedi and Eknath Solkar0
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