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India v England 1st Test

England tour of India - 1984 (1984/85) · Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai · 28 November 1984

India won by 8 wickets

India won by 8 wickets. Ravi Shastri top-scored with 142 for India. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took 6/64.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of India - 1984 (1984/85)
Ground
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Dates
28 November 1984 to 3 December 1984
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
India won by 8 wickets
Captains
David Gower (England), Sunil Gavaskar (India)
Debuts
Tim Robinson (England), Chris Cowdrey (England)
Umpires
B Ganguli and S Kishen

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. Tim Robinson and Chris Cowdrey played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 195 all out. Phil Edmonds top-scored with 48 off 81 balls. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took 6 for 64 for India. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Wankhede Stadium, 277 across 7 Tests.

India replied with 465 for 8. Ravi Shastri top-scored with 142 off 323 balls, and Syed Kirmani made 102. Pat Pocock took 3 for 133 for England. The innings was built on a 235-run stand for the seventh wicket between Syed Kirmani and Ravi Shastri, 51% of the total. India led by 270 on first innings.

England made 317 all out in their second innings. Mike Gatting top-scored with 136 off 255 balls, and Paul Downton made 62. Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took 6 for 117 for India. The innings was built on a 135-run stand for the second wicket between Mike Gatting and Graeme Fowler, 43% of the total.

Set 48 to win, India made 51 for 2. Mohinder Amarnath top-scored with 22 not out off 27 balls.

India won by 8 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 195 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Graeme Fowlerc Laxman Sivaramakrishnan2862
Tim Robinsonc Syed Kirmani2282
Mike Gattingc Laxman Sivaramakrishnan1537
David Gowerbowled1343
Allan Lambc Ravi Shastri913
Chris Cowdreyc Syed Kirmani1341
Richard Ellisonbowled13
Paul Downtonnot out37166
Phil Edmondsc Anshuman Gaekwad4881
Pat Pocockc Syed Kirmani848
Norman Cowansc Ravi Shastri03

Extras 1 · Total 195 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev228442
Chetan Sharma114280
Ravi Shastri178231
Mohinder Amarnath3210
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan31.210646
Shivlal Yadav122341

FALL OF WICKETS

1-46 (Graeme Fowler), 2-51 (Tim Robinson), 3-78 (Mike Gatting), 4-78 (David Gower), 5-93 (Allan Lamb), 6-94 (Richard Ellison), 7-114 (Chris Cowdrey), 8-175 (Phil Edmonds), 9-193 (Pat Pocock), 10-195 (Norman Cowans)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstGraeme Fowler and Tim Robinson46
secondMike Gatting and Tim Robinson5
thirdMike Gatting and David Gower27
fourthDavid Gower and Allan Lamb0
fifthAllan Lamb and Chris Cowdrey15
sixthRichard Ellison and Chris Cowdrey1
seventhPaul Downton and Chris Cowdrey20
eighthPhil Edmonds and Paul Downton61
ninthPat Pocock and Paul Downton18
tenthPaul Downton and Norman Cowans2
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 465 FOR 8
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarc Paul Downton2732
Anshuman Gaekwadrun out2436
Dilip Vengsarkarc Allan Lamb3427
Mohinder Amarnathc Chris Cowdrey4968
Sandeep Patilc David Gower2031
Ravi Shastric Allan Lamb142323
Kapil Devbowled4255
Syed Kirmanic Allan Lamb102230
Chetan Sharmanot out512
Shivlal Yadavnot out715

Did not bat: Laxman Sivaramakrishnan

Extras 13 · Total 465 for 8

Bowler (England)OMRW
Richard Ellison183850
Norman Cowans2861092
Phil Edmonds336821
Pat Pocock46101333
Chris Cowdrey50301
Mike Gatting70200

FALL OF WICKETS

1-47 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-59 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 3-116 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-156 (Mohinder Amarnath), 5-156 (Sandeep Patil), 6-218 (Kapil Dev), 7-453 (Syed Kirmani), 8-453 (Ravi Shastri)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstSunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad47
secondAnshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar12
thirdMohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar57
fourthMohinder Amarnath and Sandeep Patil40
fifthSandeep Patil and Ravi Shastri0
sixthKapil Dev and Ravi Shastri62
seventhSyed Kirmani and Ravi Shastri235
eighthRavi Shastri and Chetan Sharma0
ninthShivlal Yadav and Chetan Sharma12
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 317 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Graeme Fowlerlbw55194
Tim Robinsonlbw112
Mike Gattingc Sandeep Patil136255
David Gowerc Dilip Vengsarkar213
Allan Lambst Syed Kirmani13
Chris Cowdreyc Dilip Vengsarkar1453
Paul Downtonlbw62155
Richard Ellisonc Dilip Vengsarkar052
Phil Edmondsc Kapil Dev827
Pat Pococknot out2260
Norman Cowansc Dilip Vengsarkar01

Extras 16 · Total 317 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Kapil Dev218341
Chetan Sharma92390
Ravi Shastri298501
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan46101176
Shivlal Yadav299642
Anshuman Gaekwad1010

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (Tim Robinson), 2-138 (Graeme Fowler), 3-145 (David Gower), 4-152 (Allan Lamb), 5-199 (Chris Cowdrey), 6-222 (Mike Gatting), 7-228 (Richard Ellison), 8-255 (Phil Edmonds), 9-317 (Paul Downton), 10-317 (Norman Cowans)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstGraeme Fowler and Tim Robinson3
secondMike Gatting and Graeme Fowler135
thirdMike Gatting and David Gower7
fourthMike Gatting and Allan Lamb7
fifthMike Gatting and Chris Cowdrey47
sixthMike Gatting and Paul Downton23
seventhPaul Downton and Richard Ellison6
eighthPhil Edmonds and Paul Downton27
ninthPat Pocock and Paul Downton62
tenthPat Pocock and Norman Cowans0
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 51 FOR 2
BatterHow outRB
Sunil Gavaskarc David Gower524
Anshuman Gaekwadst Paul Downton114
Dilip Vengsarkarnot out2126
Mohinder Amarnathnot out2227

Did not bat: Sandeep Patil, Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev, Syed Kirmani, Chetan Sharma, Shivlal Yadav, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan

Extras 2 · Total 51 for 2

Bowler (England)OMRW
Phil Edmonds83211
Norman Cowans52181
Pat Pocock2.10100

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 2-7 (Sunil Gavaskar)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstSunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad5
secondSunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar2
thirdMohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar44
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