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459-2d
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batIND
165 & 216
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Overs: 140.0 RR: 3.28 vs spin: 3.15
vs seam: 3.58
Overs: 67.4 RR: 3.19 vs seam: 3.08
Thu 04/07/74 England v India, 3rd Test, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 78 runs
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India - 1st Inns 165 (59.2; RR: 2.78)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Knott b Arnold 0 1 0 0 0.00
SS Naik b Arnold 4 19 0 0 21.05
AL Wadekar c Knott b Hendrick 36 62 3 0 58.06
GR Viswanath b Hendrick 28 55 1 0 50.91
AV Mankad c Knott b Arnold 14 56 0 0 25.00
FM Engineer not out 64 111 6 0 57.66
ED Solkar lbw b Old 3 14 0 0 21.43
S Abid Ali run out 6 25 1 0 24.00
S Venkataraghavan b Underwood 0 14 0 0 0.00
EAS Prasanna c Greig b Hendrick 0 9 0 0 0.00
BS Bedi c Old b Hendrick 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 8nb) 10  
TOTAL 165 all out (59.2 overs; RR: 2.78)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.1 ov), 17-2 (SS Naik 0.0 ov), 62-3 (AL Wadekar 0.0 ov), 81-4 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 115-5 (AV Mankad 0.0 ov), 129-6 (ED Solkar 0.0 ov), 153-7 (S Abid Ali 0.0 ov), 156-8 (S Venkataraghavan 0.0 ov), 165-9 (EAS Prasanna 0.0 ov), 165-10 (BS Bedi 59.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GG Arnold 14.0 3 43 3 3.07 0 0
CM Old 13.0 0 43 1 3.31 0 0
M Hendrick 14.2 1 28 4 2.00 0 0
AW Greig 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0
DL Underwood 15.0 3 30 1 2.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 459-2 (140.0; RR: 3.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DL Amiss c Mankad b Prasanna 79 180 6 0 43.89
D Lloyd not out 214 396 17 0 54.04
MH Denness c & b Bedi 100 189 10 0 52.91
KWR Fletcher not out 51 80 5 0 63.75
JH Edrich  
AW Greig  
APE Knott  
CM Old  
GG Arnold  
DL Underwood  
M Hendrick  
Extras (4b, 5lb, 1w, 5nb) 15  
TOTAL 459-2 (140.0 overs; RR: 3.28)

Fall of wickets

157-1 (DL Amiss 0.0 ov), 368-2 (MH Denness 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
S Abid Ali 18.0 2 63 0 3.50 0 0
ED Solkar 18.0 5 52 0 2.89 0 0
BS Bedi 45.0 4 152 1 3.38 0 0
S Venkataraghavan 23.0 1 71 0 3.09 0 0
EAS Prasanna 35.0 4 101 1 2.89 0 0
SM Gavaskar 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 216 (67.4; RR: 3.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Knott b Old 4 8 0 0 50.00
SS Naik lbw b Greig 77 165 9 0 46.67
S Abid Ali b Arnold 3 6 0 0 50.00
AL Wadekar lbw b Old 5 9 1 0 55.56
GR Viswanath c Greig b Hendrick 25 51 2 0 49.02
AV Mankad hit wicket b Old 43 83 4 0 51.81
FM Engineer lbw b Hendrick 33 46 6 0 71.74
ED Solkar c Edrich b Arnold 8 18 1 0 44.44
S Venkataraghavan c Lloyd b Greig 5 20 0 0 25.00
EAS Prasanna b Hendrick 4 5 1 0 80.00
BS Bedi not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 5nb) 8  
TOTAL 216 all out (67.4 overs; RR: 3.19)

Fall of wickets

6-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 12-2 (S Abid Ali 0.0 ov), 21-3 (AL Wadekar 0.0 ov), 59-4 (GR Viswanath 0.0 ov), 146-5 (AV Mankad 0.0 ov), 172-6 (SS Naik 0.0 ov), 183-7 (ED Solkar 0.0 ov), 196-8 (S Venkataraghavan 0.0 ov), 211-9 (EAS Prasanna 0.0 ov), 216-10 (FM Engineer 67.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GG Arnold 19.0 3 61 2 3.21 0 0
CM Old 15.0 3 52 3 3.47 0 0
M Hendrick 14.4 4 43 3 3.07 0 0
DL Underwood 3.0 1 3 0 1.00 0 0
AW Greig 16.0 3 49 2 3.06 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v India at Birmingham, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday July 4, 1974

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

WE Alley, CS Elliott

England Team

Playing XI

JH Edrich, DL Underwood, DL Amiss, GG Arnold, APE Knott, KWR Fletcher, MH Denness, AW Greig, CM Old, M Hendrick, D Lloyd

India Team

Playing XI

FM Engineer, EAS Prasanna, S Venkataraghavan, AL Wadekar, BS Bedi, S Abid Ali, AV Mankad, ED Solkar, GR Viswanath, SM Gavaskar, SS Naik