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IND flag INDWon toss. Elected to bat
553-8d & 97-1d Series badge ENG
417 & 91-0 ENG flag
Overs: 13.0 RR: 7.46 vs spin: 2.65
vs seam: 7.46
 Overs: 36.0 RR: 2.53 vs spin: 1.82
vs seam: 4.75
Thu 31/01/85 India v England, 5th Test, Modi Stadium, Kanpur
match drawn Match Drawn
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India - 1st Inns 553-8 (165.0; RR: 3.35)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar b Cowans 9 28 1 0 32.14
K Srikkanth c Downton b Foster 84 138 8 2 60.87
M Azharuddin c b Cowdrey 122 270 16 0 45.19
M Amarnath b Cowans 15 60 1 0 25.00
DB Vengsarkar c Downton b Foster 137 255 17 1 53.73
AO Malhotra lbw b Pocock 27 86 2 0 31.40
RJ Shastri b Edmonds 59 88 6 0 67.05
Kapil Dev c Gower b Foster 42 33 4 0 127.27
SMH Kirmani not out 16 20 0 0 80.00
L Sivaramakrishnan not out 16 14 1 0 114.29
G Sharma  
Extras (9b, 12lb, 5w, 0nb) 26  
TOTAL 553-8 (165.0 overs; RR: 3.35)

Fall of wickets

19-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.0 ov), 169-2 (K Srikkanth 0.0 ov), 209-3 (M Amarnath 0.0 ov), 277-4 (M Azharuddin 0.0 ov), 362-5 (AO Malhotra 0.0 ov), 457-6 (DB Vengsarkar 0.0 ov), 511-7 (RJ Shastri 0.0 ov), 533-8 (Kapil Dev 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 36.0 9 115 2 3.19 0 0
NA Foster 36.0 8 123 3 3.42 0 0
PI Pocock 24.0 2 79 1 3.29 0 0
PH Edmonds 48.0 16 112 1 2.33 0 0
CS Cowdrey 21.0 1 103 1 4.90 0 0

England - 1st Inns 417 (188.5; RR: 2.21)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Fowler c Kirmani b Shastri 69 230 5 0 30.00
RT Robinson lbw b Dev 96 279 13 0 34.41
MW Gatting c & b Sharma 62 174 5 0 35.63
AJ Lamb c Srikkanth b Shastri 13 39 1 0 33.33
DI Gower lbw b Shastri 78 202 8 0 38.61
CS Cowdrey c Kirmani b Sharma 1 10 0 0 10.00
PR Downton b Sharma 1 20 0 0 5.00
PH Edmonds lbw b Dev 49 120 5 0 40.83
NA Foster c Kirmani b Dev 8 27 0 0 29.63
PI Pocock not out 4 16 0 0 25.00
NG Cowans b Dev 9 16 1 0 56.25
Extras (10b, 17lb, 0w, 0nb) 27  
TOTAL 417 all out (188.5 overs; RR: 2.21)

Fall of wickets

156-1 (G Fowler 0.0 ov), 196-2 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 222-3 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 276-4 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 278-5 (CS Cowdrey 0.0 ov), 286-6 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 386-7 (PH Edmonds 0.0 ov), 402-8 (NA Foster 0.0 ov), 404-9 (DI Gower 0.0 ov), 417-10 (NG Cowans 188.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 36.5 7 81 4 2.25 0 0
M Amarnath 4.0 1 6 0 1.50 0 0
G Sharma 60.0 16 115 3 1.92 0 0
L Sivaramakrishnan 54.0 11 133 0 2.46 0 0
RJ Shastri 32.0 13 52 3 1.63 0 0
AO Malhotra 2.0 0 3 0 1.50 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 97-1 (13.0; RR: 7.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RJ Shastri run out 2 5 0 0 40.00
K Srikkanth not out 41 31 4 0 132.26
M Azharuddin not out 54 43 5 0 125.58
SM Gavaskar  
M Amarnath  
DB Vengsarkar  
AO Malhotra  
Kapil Dev  
SMH Kirmani  
L Sivaramakrishnan  
G Sharma  
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 0  
TOTAL 97-1 (13.0 overs; RR: 7.46)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (RJ Shastri 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NG Cowans 7.0 0 51 0 7.29 0 0
CS Cowdrey 5.0 0 39 0 7.80 0 0
MW Gatting 1.0 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 91-0 (36.0; RR: 2.53)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DI Gower not out 32 98 2 0 32.65
RT Robinson retired not out (hurt) 16 59 1 0 27.12
MW Gatting not out 41 59 6 0 69.49
G Fowler  
AJ Lamb  
CS Cowdrey  
PR Downton  
PH Edmonds  
NA Foster  
PI Pocock  
NG Cowans  
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 91-0 (36.0 overs; RR: 2.53)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Kapil Dev 5.0 0 19 0 3.80 0 0
RJ Shastri 7.0 2 12 0 1.71 0 0
G Sharma 11.0 4 17 0 1.55 0 0
L Sivaramakrishnan 10.0 2 22 0 2.20 0 0
K Srikkanth 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
M Azharuddin 1.0 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v England at Kanpur, 5th Test

Date

Thursday January 31, 1985

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Modi Stadium, Kanpur

Umpires

VK Ramaswamy, PD Reporter

India Team

Playing XI

M Amarnath, SM Gavaskar, SMH Kirmani, DB Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, RJ Shastri, K Srikkanth, AO Malhotra, L Sivaramakrishnan, M Azharuddin, G Sharma

England Team

Playing XI

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