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India v England 5th Test

England tour of India - 1972 (1972/73) · Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai · 6 February 1973

Match drawn

Match drawn. Tony Greig top-scored with 148 for England. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar took 5/135.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of India - 1972 (1972/73)
Ground
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Dates
6 February 1973 to 11 February 1973
Toss
India, chose to bat
Result
Match drawn
Captains
Ajit Wadekar (India), Tony Lewis (England)
Umpires
J Reuben and MV Gothoskar

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat.

India batted first and made 448 all out. Farokh Engineer top-scored with 121 off 182 balls, and Gundappa Viswanath made 113. Geoff Arnold took 3 for 64 for England. The innings was built on a 192-run stand for the second wicket between Farokh Engineer and Ajit Wadekar, 43% of the total.

England replied with 480 all out. Tony Greig top-scored with 148 off 291 balls, and Keith Fletcher made 113. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar took 5 for 135 for India. The innings was built on a 254-run stand for the fifth wicket between Keith Fletcher and Tony Greig, 53% of the total. England led by 32 on first innings.

India made 244 for 5 in their second innings. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 67 off 128 balls, and Farokh Engineer made 66. The innings was built on a 135-run stand for the first wicket between Farokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar, 55% of the total.

Set 213 to win, England made 67 for 2. Graham Roope top-scored with 26 not out off 93 balls.

Match drawn.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 448 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Farokh Engineerc Graham Roope121182
Sunil Gavaskarbowled422
Ajit Wadekarc Chris Old87178
Salim Duranic Derek Underwood73150
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudibowled18
Gundappa Viswanathbowled113214
Eknath Solkarc Mike Denness620
Syed Abid Alic Graham Roope1523
Srinivas Venkataraghavannot out1130
Bishan Bedibowled03
Bhagwath Chandrasekharc Keith Fletcher39

Extras 14 · Total 448 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
Geoff Arnold213643
Chris Old21.22783
Derek Underwood2661001
Tony Greig227620
Pat Pocock257631
Jack Birkenshaw232672

FALL OF WICKETS

1-25 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-217 (Ajit Wadekar), 3-220 (Farokh Engineer), 4-221 (Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi), 5-371 (Salim Durani), 6-395 (Eknath Solkar), 7-427 (Syed Abid Ali), 8-435 (Gundappa Viswanath), 9-439 (Bishan Bedi), 10-448 (Bhagwath Chandrasekhar)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar25
secondFarokh Engineer and Ajit Wadekar192
thirdSalim Durani and Farokh Engineer3
fourthSalim Durani and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi1
fifthSalim Durani and Gundappa Viswanath150
sixthEknath Solkar and Gundappa Viswanath24
seventhSyed Abid Ali and Gundappa Viswanath32
eighthSrinivas Venkataraghavan and Gundappa Viswanath8
ninthSrinivas Venkataraghavan and Bishan Bedi4
tenthBhagwath Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan9
ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 480 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Tony Lewisbowled01
Graham Roopec Syed Abid Ali1036
Alan Knottlbw5684
Derek Underwoodc Syed Abid Ali941
Keith Fletcherlbw113259
Tony Greiglbw148291
Mike Dennessc Srinivas Venkataraghavan2985
Jack Birkenshawbowled36100
Chris Oldc Srinivas Venkataraghavan2843
Geoff Arnoldlbw2751
Pat Pococknot out05

Extras 24 · Total 480 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Syed Abid Ali152601
Eknath Solkar40160
Bishan Bedi69201383
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar46.181355
Salim Durani40210
Srinivas Venkataraghavan251861

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Tony Lewis), 2-38 (Graham Roope), 3-67 (Derek Underwood), 4-79 (Alan Knott), 5-333 (Keith Fletcher), 6-381 (Tony Greig), 7-397 (Mike Denness), 8-442 (Chris Old), 9-479 (Jack Birkenshaw), 10-480 (Geoff Arnold)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstTony Lewis and Graham Roope0
secondAlan Knott and Graham Roope38
thirdDerek Underwood and Alan Knott29
fourthAlan Knott and Keith Fletcher12
fifthKeith Fletcher and Tony Greig254
sixthMike Denness and Tony Greig48
seventhMike Denness and Jack Birkenshaw16
eighthChris Old and Jack Birkenshaw45
ninthGeoff Arnold and Jack Birkenshaw37
tenthGeoff Arnold and Pat Pocock1
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 244 FOR 5
BatterHow outRB
Farokh Engineerbowled66141
Sunil Gavaskarc Derek Underwood67128
Salim Duranic Alan Knott3761
Gundappa Viswanathc Alan Knott48106
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudibowled584
Ajit Wadekarnot out1139
Eknath Solkarnot out618

Did not bat: Syed Abid Ali, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bishan Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Extras 4 · Total 244 for 5

Bowler (England)OMRW
Geoff Arnold30130
Chris Old31110
Derek Underwood3816702
Tony Greig137191
Pat Pocock275752
Jack Birkenshaw121520

FALL OF WICKETS

1-135 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-136 (Farokh Engineer), 3-198 (Salim Durani), 4-227 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-233 (Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstFarokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar135
secondSalim Durani and Farokh Engineer1
thirdSalim Durani and Gundappa Viswanath62
fourthMansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Gundappa Viswanath29
fifthMansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Ajit Wadekar6
sixthAjit Wadekar and Eknath Solkar11
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 67 FOR 2
BatterHow outRB
Jack Birkenshawbowled1232
Graham Roopenot out2693
Alan Knottbowled89
Tony Lewisnot out1740

Did not bat: Derek Underwood, Keith Fletcher, Tony Greig, Mike Denness, Chris Old, Geoff Arnold, Pat Pocock

Extras 4 · Total 67 for 2

Bowler (India)OMRW
Eknath Solkar2040
Bishan Bedi104251
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar91261
Srinivas Venkataraghavan5180
Sunil Gavaskar2200
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi1100

FALL OF WICKETS

1-23 (Jack Birkenshaw), 2-37 (Alan Knott)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRuns
firstJack Birkenshaw and Graham Roope23
secondAlan Knott and Graham Roope14
thirdTony Lewis and Graham Roope30
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