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155 & 181
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321 & 16-0
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Overs: 70.5 RR: 2.56 vs seam: 2.17
Overs: 3.4 RR: 4.36 vs spin: 4.13
vs seam: 3.00
Sat 01/01/77 India v England, 2nd Test, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
ENGLAND WIN England won by 10 wickets
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India - 1st Inns 155 (75.0; RR: 2.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar c Old b Willis 0 4 0 0 0.00
AD Gaekwad b Lever 32 89 2 0 35.96
PH Sharma c Greig b Lever 9 33 0 0 27.27
GR Viswanath c Tolchard b Underwood 35 109 3 0 32.11
BP Patel hit wicket b Willis 21 64 1 0 32.81
ED Solkar c Greig b Willis 2 18 0 0 11.11
Madan Lal c Knott b Old 17 50 3 0 34.00
SMH Kirmani not out 25 60 3 0 41.67
EAS Prasanna b Willis 2 20 0 0 10.00
BS Bedi c Lever b Old 1 6 0 0 16.67
BS Chandrasekhar b Willis 1 6 0 0 16.67
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 8nb) 10  
TOTAL 155 all out (75.0 overs; RR: 2.07)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (SM Gavaskar 0.3 ov), 23-2 (PH Sharma 11.1 ov), 65-3 (AD Gaekwad 32.4 ov), 92-4 (GR Viswanath 45.4 ov), 99-5 (ED Solkar 50.6 ov), 106-6 (BP Patel 52.2 ov), 136-7 (Madan Lal 65.1 ov), 147-8 (EAS Prasanna 70.1 ov), 149-9 (BS Bedi 71.4 ov), 155-10 (BS Chandrasekhar 75.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 20.0 3 27 5 1.35 0 5
JK Lever 22.0 2 57 2 2.59 0 0
DL Underwood 13.0 5 24 1 1.85 0 0
CM Old 20.0 5 37 2 1.85 0 4

England - 1st Inns 321 (178.4; RR: 1.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DL Amiss c Kirmani b Prasanna 35 162 2 0 21.60
GD Barlow c Kirmani b Lal 4 15 1 0 26.67
JM Brearley c Solkar b Bedi 5 18 1 0 27.78
DW Randall lbw b Prasanna 37 87 4 0 42.53
RW Tolchard b Bedi 67 238 2 0 28.15
AW Greig lbw b Prasanna 103 347 7 1 29.68
APE Knott c Gavaskar b Bedi 2 7 0 0 28.57
CM Old c Lal b Prasanna 52 170 4 2 30.59
JK Lever c Gavaskar b Bedi 2 17 0 0 11.76
DL Underwood c Gavaskar b Bedi 4 11 0 0 36.36
RGD Willis not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (5b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 10  
TOTAL 321 all out (178.4 overs; RR: 1.80)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (GD Barlow 4.6 ov), 14-2 (JM Brearley 9.6 ov), 81-3 (DW Randall 40.2 ov), 90-4 (DL Amiss 52.6 ov), 232-5 (RW Tolchard 125.3 ov), 234-6 (APE Knott 127.4 ov), 298-7 (AW Greig 164.6 ov), 307-8 (JK Lever 173.3 ov), 321-9 (DL Underwood 177.6 ov), 321-10 (CM Old 178.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Madan Lal 17.0 4 25 1 1.47 0 0
ED Solkar 6.0 1 15 0 2.50 0 0
BS Bedi 64.0 25 110 5 1.72 0 0
BS Chandrasekhar 33.0 9 66 0 2.00 0 0
EAS Prasanna 57.4 16 93 4 1.63 0 0
PH Sharma 1.0 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 181 (70.5; RR: 2.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
SM Gavaskar b Underwood 18 50 3 0 36.00
AD Gaekwad c Tolchard b Greig 8 44 0 0 18.18
PH Sharma c Knott b Willis 20 32 3 0 62.50
GR Viswanath c Lever b Greig 3 12 0 0 25.00
BP Patel lbw b Old 56 163 6 0 34.36
ED Solkar c Knott b Willis 3 10 0 0 30.00
Madan Lal c Brearley b Old 16 48 2 0 33.33
SMH Kirmani b Old 0 2 0 0 0.00
EAS Prasanna c Brearley b Underwood 13 32 0 0 40.63
BS Bedi b Underwood 18 39 2 0 46.15
BS Chandrasekhar not out 4 11 0 0 36.36
Extras (2b, 4lb, 0w, 16nb) 22  
TOTAL 181 all out (70.5 overs; RR: 2.56)

Fall of wickets

31-1 (AD Gaekwad 14.4 ov), 33-2 (SM Gavaskar 15.1 ov), 36-3 (GR Viswanath 18.1 ov), 60-4 (PH Sharma 25.5 ov), 70-5 (ED Solkar 29.2 ov), 97-6 (Madan Lal 41.4 ov), 97-7 (SMH Kirmani 41.6 ov), 146-8 (EAS Prasanna 56.6 ov), 171-9 (BP Patel 67.4 ov), 181-10 (BS Bedi 70.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
RGD Willis 13.0 1 32 2 2.46 0 8
JK Lever 3.0 0 12 0 4.00 0 1
DL Underwood 32.5 18 50 3 1.56 0 3
AW Greig 10.0 0 27 2 2.70 0 1
CM Old 12.0 4 38 3 3.17 0 5

England - 2nd Inns 16-0 (3.4; RR: 4.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DL Amiss not out 7 18 0 0 38.89
GD Barlow not out 7 5 1 0 140.00
JM Brearley  
DW Randall  
RW Tolchard  
AW Greig  
APE Knott  
CM Old  
JK Lever  
DL Underwood  
RGD Willis  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 16-0 (3.4 overs; RR: 4.36)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Madan Lal 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 1
BS Bedi 1.4 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
EAS Prasanna 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v England at Kolkata, 2nd Test

Date

Saturday January 1, 1977

Toss

India won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

B Satyaji Rao, HP Sharma

India Team

Playing XI

EAS Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar, BS Bedi, ED Solkar, GR Viswanath, SM Gavaskar, Madan Lal, BP Patel, PH Sharma, AD Gaekwad, SMH Kirmani

England Team

Playing XI

DL Underwood, DL Amiss, APE Knott, RGD Willis, AW Greig, CM Old, JM Brearley, GD Barlow, JK Lever, DW Randall, RW Tolchard