England Vs India 1St Match
Prudential World Cup in England - 1975 (1975) · Lord's, London · 7 June 1975
England won by 202 runs
England won by 202 runs. Dennis Amiss top-scored with 137 for England.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Lord's, London
- Date
- 7 June 1975
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 202 runs
- Player of the match
- Dennis Amiss
- Captains
- Mike Denness (England), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India)
- Debuts
- Anshuman Gaekwad (India), Mohinder Amarnath (India), Karsan Ghavri (India)
- Umpires
- DJ Constant and JG Langridge
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to bat. Anshuman Gaekwad, Mohinder Amarnath and Karsan Ghavri played their first ODIs.
England batted first and made 334 for 4. Dennis Amiss top-scored with 137 off 147 balls, and Keith Fletcher made 68. The innings was built on a 176-run stand for the second wicket between Dennis Amiss and Keith Fletcher, 53% of the total. That was well above the 1970s average first-innings total at Lord's, 255 across 6 ODIs.
Chasing 335, India made 132 for 3. Gundappa Viswanath top-scored with 37 off 59 balls, and Sunil Gavaskar made 36.
England won by 202 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Lord's across the 72 ODIs in our archive.
ENGLAND: 334 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Amiss | bowled | 137 | 147 |
| John Jameson | c Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 21 | 42 |
| Keith Fletcher | bowled | 68 | 107 |
| Tony Greig | lbw | 4 | 8 |
| Mike Denness | not out | 37 | 31 |
| Chris Old | not out | 51 | 30 |
Did not bat: Barry Wood, Alan Knott, John Snow, Peter Lever, Geoff Arnold
Extras 16 · Total 334 for 4
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madan Lal | 12 | 1 | 64 | 1 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 12 | 2 | 60 | 1 |
| Syed Abid Ali | 12 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 11 | 1 | 83 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 12 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Eknath Solkar | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-54 (John Jameson), 2-230 (Keith Fletcher), 3-237 (Tony Greig), 4-245 (Dennis Amiss)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Dennis Amiss and John Jameson | 54 |
| second | Dennis Amiss and Keith Fletcher | 176 |
| third | Dennis Amiss and Tony Greig | 7 |
| fourth | Dennis Amiss and Mike Denness | 8 |
| fifth | Mike Denness and Chris Old | 89 |
INDIA: 132 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eknath Solkar | c Peter Lever | 8 | 34 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | not out | 36 | 174 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | c Alan Knott | 22 | 46 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | c Keith Fletcher | 37 | 59 |
| Brijesh Patel | not out | 16 | 57 |
Did not bat: Mohinder Amarnath, Farokh Engineer, Syed Abid Ali, Madan Lal, Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Karsan Ghavri
Extras 13 · Total 132 for 3
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Snow | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Geoff Arnold | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 |
| Chris Old | 12 | 4 | 26 | 1 |
| Tony Greig | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
| Barry Wood | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Peter Lever | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| John Jameson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-21 (Eknath Solkar), 2-50 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 3-108 (Gundappa Viswanath)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Eknath Solkar and Sunil Gavaskar | 21 |
| second | Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad | 29 |
| third | Gundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar | 58 |
| fourth | Sunil Gavaskar and Brijesh Patel | 24 |
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