East Africa Vs India 6Th Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1975 (1975) · Headingley, Leeds · 11 June 1975
India won by 10 wickets (with 181 balls remaining)
India won by 10 wickets (with 181 balls remaining). Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 65* for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Headingley, Leeds
- Date
- 11 June 1975
- Toss
- East Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 10 wickets (with 181 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Farokh Engineer
- Captains
- Harilal Shah (East Africa), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India)
- Debuts
- Praful Mehta (East Africa), Yunus Badat (East Africa), Don Pringle (East Africa)
- Umpires
- A Jepson and HD Bird
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
East Africa won the toss and chose to bat. Praful Mehta, Yunus Badat and Don Pringle played their first ODIs.
East Africa batted first and made 120 all out. Jawahir Shah top-scored with 37 off 84 balls. Madan Lal took 3 for 15 for India. That was well below the 1970s average first-innings total at Headingley, 178 across 8 ODIs.
Chasing 121, India made 123 for 0. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 65 not out off 86 balls, and Farokh Engineer made 54. The innings was built on a 123-run stand for the first wicket between Farokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar, 100% of the total.
India won by 10 wickets (with 181 balls remaining).
EAST AFRICA: 120 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frasat Ali | bowled | 12 | 36 |
| Samuel Walusimbi | lbw | 16 | 50 |
| Praful Mehta | run out | 12 | 41 |
| Yunus Badat | bowled | 1 | 4 |
| Jawahir Shah | bowled | 37 | 84 |
| Harilal Shah | c Farokh Engineer | 0 | 2 |
| Ramesh Sethi | c Anshuman Gaekwad | 23 | 80 |
| Mehmood Quaraishy | run out | 6 | 25 |
| Zulfiqar Ali | not out | 2 | 5 |
| Parbhu Nana | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Don Pringle | bowled | 2 | 3 |
Extras 9 · Total 120 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syed Abid Ali | 12 | 5 | 22 | 2 |
| Madan Lal | 9.3 | 2 | 15 | 3 |
| Bishan Bedi | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 12 | 4 | 29 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 10 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-26 (Frasat Ali), 2-36 (Samuel Walusimbi), 3-37 (Yunus Badat), 4-56 (Praful Mehta), 5-56 (Harilal Shah), 6-98 (Jawahir Shah), 7-116 (Ramesh Sethi), 8-116 (Mehmood Quaraishy), 9-116 (Parbhu Nana), 10-120 (Don Pringle)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Frasat Ali and Samuel Walusimbi | 26 |
| second | Samuel Walusimbi and Praful Mehta | 10 |
| third | Praful Mehta and Yunus Badat | 1 |
| fourth | Jawahir Shah and Praful Mehta | 19 |
| fifth | Jawahir Shah and Harilal Shah | 0 |
| sixth | Ramesh Sethi and Jawahir Shah | 42 |
| seventh | Ramesh Sethi and Mehmood Quaraishy | 18 |
| eighth | Mehmood Quaraishy and Zulfiqar Ali | 0 |
| ninth | Zulfiqar Ali and Parbhu Nana | 0 |
| tenth | Zulfiqar Ali and Don Pringle | 4 |
INDIA: 123 FOR 0
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farokh Engineer | not out | 54 | 93 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | not out | 65 | 86 |
Did not bat: Anshuman Gaekwad, Gundappa Viswanath, Brijesh Patel, Eknath Solkar, Syed Abid Ali, Madan Lal, Mohinder Amarnath, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bishan Bedi
Extras 4 · Total 123 for 0
| Bowler (East Africa) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frasat Ali | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Pringle | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Zulfiqar Ali | 11 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Parbhu Nana | 4.5 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Ramesh Sethi | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Farokh Engineer and Sunil Gavaskar | 123 | 179 |
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