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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
307 & 235 Series badge ENG
418 & 127-2 ENG flag
Overs: 103.4 RR: 2.27 vs spin: 1.85
vs seam: 3.14
 Overs: 23.4 RR: 5.37 vs spin: 4.86
vs seam: 4.97
Wed 12/12/84 India v England, 2nd Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
ENGLAND WIN England won by 8 wickets
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India - 1st Inns 307 (125.2; RR: 2.45)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Downton b Ellison 1 5 0 0 20.00
AD Gaekwad b Pocock 28 60 5 0 46.67
DB Vengsarkar st Downton b Edmonds 24 77 2 0 31.17
M Amarnath c Gower b Pocock 42 129 8 0 32.56
SM Patil c Pocock b Edmonds 30 82 3 0 36.59
RJ Shastri c Fowler b Pocock 2 11 0 0 18.18
Kapil Dev c Downton b Ellison 60 97 7 0 61.86
SMH Kirmani c Gatting b Ellison 27 89 3 1 30.34
M Prabhakar c Downton b Ellison 25 53 3 0 47.17
NS Yadav not out 28 87 6 0 32.18
L Sivaramakrishnan run out 25 64 3 0 39.06
Extras (1b, 12lb, 0w, 2nb) 15  
TOTAL 307 all out (125.2 overs; RR: 2.45)

Fall of wickets

3-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 56-2 (AD Gaekwad 0.0 ov), 68-3 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 129-4 (SM Patil 0.0 ov), 131-5 (RJ Shastri 0.0 ov), 140-6 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 208-7 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 235-8 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 258-9 (M Prabhakar 0.0 ov), 307-10 (L Sivaramakrishnan 125.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 20.0 5 70 0 3.50 0 0
RM Ellison 26.0 6 66 4 2.54 0 0
PH Edmonds 44.2 16 83 2 1.89 0 0
PI Pocock 33.0 8 70 3 2.12 0 0
MW Gatting 2.0 0 5 0 2.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 418 (169.1; RR: 2.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Fowler c Gaekwad b Prabhakar 5 19 0 0 26.32
RT Robinson c Gavaskar b Dev 160 390 17 0 41.03
MW Gatting b Yadav 26 51 4 0 50.98
AJ Lamb c Vengsarkar b Yadav 52 157 7 0 33.12
DI Gower lbw b Sivaramakrishnan 5 17 0 0 29.41
CS Cowdrey c Gavaskar b Sivaramakrishnan 38 64 3 2 59.38
PR Downton c Dev b Sivaramakrishnan 74 206 6 0 35.92
PH Edmonds c Shastri b Sivaramakrishnan 26 83 2 0 31.33
RM Ellison b Sivaramakrishnan 10 23 1 0 43.48
PI Pocock b Sivaramakrishnan 0 4 0 0 0.00
NG Cowans not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 13lb, 0w, 3nb) 22  
TOTAL 418 all out (169.1 overs; RR: 2.47)

Fall of wickets

15-1 (G Fowler 0.0 ov), 60-2 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 170-3 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 181-4 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 237-5 (CS Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 343-6 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 398-7 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 411-8 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 415-9 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 418-10 (RM Ellison 169.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 32.0 5 87 1 2.72 0 0
M Prabhakar 21.0 3 68 1 3.24 0 0
L Sivaramakrishnan 49.1 17 99 6 2.02 0 0
NS Yadav 36.0 6 95 2 2.64 0 0
RJ Shastri 29.0 4 44 0 1.52 0 0
M Amarnath 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 235 (103.4; RR: 2.27)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar b Pocock 65 164 6 1 39.63
M Prabhakar c Downton b Cowans 5 16 1 0 31.25
DB Vengsarkar b Cowans 1 11 0 0 9.09
M Amarnath b Edmonds 64 112 8 1 57.14
SM Patil c Lamb b Edmonds 41 118 4 1 34.75
RJ Shastri not out 25 135 2 0 18.52
Kapil Dev c Lamb b Pocock 7 6 0 1 116.67
AD Gaekwad c Downton b Edmonds 0 10 0 0 0.00
SMH Kirmani b Pocock 6 8 1 0 75.00
NS Yadav c Lamb b Edmonds 1 39 0 0 2.56
L Sivaramakrishnan c & b Pocock 0 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (6b, 10lb, 1w, 3nb) 20  
TOTAL 235 all out (103.4 overs; RR: 2.27)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (M Prabhakar 0.0 ov), 15-2 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 136-3 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 172-4 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 207-5 (SM Patil 0.0 ov), 214-6 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov), 216-7 (AD Gaekwad 0.0 ov), 225-8 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov), 234-9 (NS Yadav 0.0 ov), 235-10 (L Sivaramakrishnan 103.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 13.0 2 43 2 3.31 0 0
RM Ellison 7.0 1 20 0 2.86 0 0
PH Edmonds 44.0 24 60 4 1.36 0 0
PI Pocock 38.4 9 93 4 2.45 0 0
MW Gatting 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 127-2 (23.4; RR: 5.37)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Fowler c Vengsarkar b Sivaramakrishnan 29 49 4 0 59.18
RT Robinson run out 18 27 1 0 66.67
MW Gatting not out 30 32 4 0 93.75
AJ Lamb not out 37 38 4 2 97.37
DI Gower  
CS Cowdrey  
PR Downton  
PH Edmonds  
RM Ellison  
PI Pocock  
NG Cowans  
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 2nb) 13  
TOTAL 127-2 (23.4 overs; RR: 5.37)

Fall of wickets

41-1 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 68-2 (G Fowler 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 6.0 0 20 0 3.33 0 0
M Prabhakar 3.0 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
L Sivaramakrishnan 8.0 0 41 1 5.13 0 0
NS Yadav 2.0 0 7 0 3.50 0 0
RJ Shastri 4.0 0 20 0 5.00 0 0
SM Gavaskar 0.4 0 10 0 - 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v England at Delhi, 2nd Test

Date

Wednesday December 12, 1984

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Umpires

PD Reporter, DN Dotiwalla

India Team

Playing XI

M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar, AD Gaekwad, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, NS Yadav, SM Patil, RJ Shastri, L Sivaramakrishnan, M Prabhakar

England Team

Playing XI

PI Pocock, PH Edmonds, MW Gatting, DI Gower, PR Downton, AJ Lamb, G Fowler, NG Cowans, RM Ellison, CS Cowdrey, RT Robinson