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437-7d & 29-1
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276
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Overs: 18.0 RR: 1.61 vs spin: 1.00
vs seam: 1.92
Overs: 100.3 RR: 2.75 vs spin: 2.65
vs seam: 3.09
Mon 31/12/84 India v England, 3rd Test, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 437-7 (200.0; RR: 2.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Gatting b Edmonds 13 56 1 0 23.21
AD Gaekwad c Downton b Cowans 18 38 4 0 47.37
DB Vengsarkar b Edmonds 48 157 6 0 30.57
M Amarnath c Cowdrey b Edmonds 42 107 7 0 39.25
M Azharuddin c Gower b Cowans 110 322 10 0 34.16
RJ Shastri b Cowans 111 357 13 0 31.09
SMH Kirmani c Fowler b Pocock 35 59 1 1 59.32
M Prabhakar not out 35 86 2 0 40.70
C Sharma not out 13 23 0 0 56.52
NS Yadav  
L Sivaramakrishnan  
Extras (0b, 8lb, 1w, 3nb) 12  
TOTAL 437-7 (200.0 overs; RR: 2.19)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (AD Gaekwad 0.0 ov), 35-2 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 126-3 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 127-4 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 341-5 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 356-6 (RJ Shastri 0.0 ov), 407-7 (SMH Kirmani 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 41.0 12 103 3 2.51 0 0
RM Ellison 53.0 14 117 0 2.21 0 0
PH Edmonds 47.0 22 72 3 1.53 0 0
PI Pocock 52.0 14 108 1 2.08 0 0
MW Gatting 2.0 1 1 0 0.50 0 0
CS Cowdrey 2.0 0 15 0 7.50 0 0
DI Gower 3.0 0 13 0 4.33 0 0

England - 1st Inns 276 (100.3; RR: 2.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Fowler c Vengsarkar b Sivaramakrishnan 49 133 5 0 36.84
RT Robinson b Yadav 36 108 3 0 33.33
DI Gower c Shastri b Yadav 19 44 2 0 43.18
PI Pocock c Azharuddin b Sivaramakrishnan 5 30 1 0 16.67
MW Gatting b Yadav 48 48 6 1 100.00
AJ Lamb c Kirmani b Sharma 67 102 7 2 65.69
CS Cowdrey lbw b Yadav 27 61 3 0 44.26
PR Downton not out 6 51 0 0 11.76
PH Edmonds c Gavaskar b Sharma 8 14 1 0 57.14
RM Ellison c & b Sharma 1 15 0 0 6.67
NG Cowans b Sharma 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 7nb) 9  
TOTAL 276 all out (100.3 overs; RR: 2.75)

Fall of wickets

71-1 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 98-2 (G Fowler 0.0 ov), 110-3 (PI Pocock 0.0 ov), 152-4 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 163-5 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 229-6 (CS Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 261-7 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 270-8 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 273-9 (RM Ellison 0.0 ov), 276-10 (NG Cowans 100.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
C Sharma 12.3 0 38 4 3.17 0 0
M Prabhakar 5.0 1 16 0 3.20 0 0
L Sivaramakrishnan 28.0 7 90 2 3.21 0 0
NS Yadav 32.0 10 86 4 2.69 0 0
RJ Shastri 23.0 6 44 0 1.91 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 29-1 (18.0; RR: 1.61)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RJ Shastri not out 7 50 1 0 14.00
M Prabhakar lbw b Lamb 21 56 3 0 37.50
NS Yadav not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
SM Gavaskar  
AD Gaekwad  
DB Vengsarkar  
M Amarnath  
M Azharuddin  
SMH Kirmani  
C Sharma  
L Sivaramakrishnan  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 1nb) 1  
TOTAL 29-1 (18.0 overs; RR: 1.61)

Fall of wickets

29-1 (M Prabhakar 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 4.0 1 6 0 1.50 0 0
CS Cowdrey 4.0 0 10 0 2.50 0 0
PH Edmonds 4.0 3 2 0 0.50 0 0
RM Ellison 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
PI Pocock 2.0 1 4 0 2.00 0 0
AJ Lamb 1.0 0 6 1 6.00 0 0
RT Robinson 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
G Fowler 1.0 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v England at Kolkata, 3rd Test

Date

Monday December 31, 1984

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

V Vikramraju, B Ganguli

India Team

Playing XI

M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar, AD Gaekwad, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar, NS Yadav, RJ Shastri, L Sivaramakrishnan, C Sharma, M Prabhakar, M Azharuddin

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