India don’t WIn; Devictory’s convincing

India, playing their last One-day International before that summer’s Prudential World Cup in England, made no changes to their playing eleven, while the West Indies’ line-up had one – Winston Davis made way for Joel Garner.

On winning the toss, Clive Lloyd, the West Indian skipper, inserted India. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was caught by Vivian Richards off the bowling of his fellow Antiguan Andy Roberts, who broke the nine-run stand.

Ravi Shastri, who faced 29 balls, scored 17. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Malcolm Marshall broke the 27-run stand. Mohinder, who faced (Amarna)thirty-one balls, scored 11. Larry Gomes broke the 11-run stand.

Ashok Malhotra, who faced 22 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he was caught by Richards. Gomes broke the 27-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 59 balls, scored 54. His innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Richards. Gomes broke the 35-run stand.

Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, faced four balls, scoring a run. Roberts trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the five-run stand. Madan Lal, who faced 11 balls, scored six. Gomes broke the 13-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 11. Syed, who faced (Kirma)nine balls, scored three. He was run out. Balvinder Singh, who faced 23 balls, scored 16. He waS(andh)unbeaten.

Yashpal Sharma, who faced 64 balls, scored 25. Michael Holding broke the 15-run stand. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who faced 11 balls, scored three. Holding broke the 13-run stand.

The West Indies conceded 20 extras. India were dismissed for 166 off 44.4 overs. Garner bowled 10 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 30. Marshall bowled seven overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 25 and picked up a wicket.

Holding bowled 8.4 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 15. He picked up a couple of wickets, as did Roberts, who bowled nine overs, conceding 38. Gomes bowled 10 overs, conceding 38. He picked up four wickets.

Desmond Haynes, who faced 31 balls, scored 19. He was caught by Venkataraghavan. Amarnath broke the 61-run stand. Richards faced 28 balls, scoring as many. He was caught by Shastri. Venkataraghavan broke the 45-run stand.

Gordon Greenidge, the player of the match, scored 64. His 95-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Sandhu. Shastri broke the 26-run stand.

Faoud Bacchus, who faced 56 balls, scored 26. He was unbeaten, as was Dujon, who scored 20 off 32 balls.

India conceded 10 extras. The West Indies scored 167 for the loss of three wickets off 40.2 overs, winning by seven wickets with 58 balls to spare.

Sharma bowled 14 wicketless balls, conceding 12. Dev bowled six wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 21.

Lal bowled seven overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37. He was wicketless, as was Sandhu, who bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 30.

Amarnath bowled four overs, conceding 23. He picked up a wicket, as did Shastri, who bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded 10.

Venkataraghavan, who was playing his last One-day International, was a fortnight short of his 38^th birthday. He bowled eight overs, conceding 24. He picked up a scalp.

India lost the three-match series 1-2.   

India WIn, courtesy of Kapil

The West Indians made one change to their playing eleven – St Vincent fast bowler Winston Davis, who made his One-day International debut in this match, was a like-for-like replacement for the Barbadian Joel Garner.

India made a couple of changes in their playing eleven – Ravi Shastri was pushed up the order, thanks to Anshuman Gaekwad’s exclusion, and Balvinder Singh Sandhu was included at the expense of his fellow Sikh Maninder Singh.

It was a 47-overs-a-side match. Clive Lloyd, the West Indian skipper and a Guyanese, inserted the visitors on winning the toss. Shastri, who faced 56 balls, scored 30. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Jeff Dujon. Malcolm Marshall broke the 93-run stand. The second-wicket stand was worth 59. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 117 balls, scored 90. His innings included eight boundaries. He was run out.

Mohinder, who faced 34 balls, scored (Amarna)thirty. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Vivian Richards broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 72. Kapil Dev, India’s skipper, was the player of the match. He scored 72. His 38-ball innings included seven boundaries and three sixes. Andy Roberts broke the 22-run stand.

Yashpal Sharma, who faced 26 balls, scored 23. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Gordon Greenidge. Davis broke the 31-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 19 balls, scored 18. His innings included a boundary and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Ashok Malhotra, who faced three balls, scoring just a run.

India scored 282 for the loss of five wickets off 47 overs. Michael Holding bowled seven overs, conceding 49. He was wicketless, as was Larry Gomes, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 64. Richards, who bowled six overs, conceded 44. He picked up a wicket. Marshall, who bowled seven overs, conceded 23. He picked up a scalp, as did Davis (who bowled eight overs, conceding 40) and Roberts (who bowled nine overs, conceding 44).

Desmond Haynes wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just a couple. Sandhu trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the six-run stand. Greenidge, who faced 28 balls, scored 16. His innings included a six. He was caught by Dev, who broke the 16-run stand. Lloyd, who faced four balls, scored eight. His innings included a six. He was caught by Amarnath. Madan Lal broke the 40-run stand.

Richards, who faced 51 balls, scored 64. His innings included 11 boundaries and a six. Lal broke the 36-run stand. Gomes, who faced 28 balls, scored 26. His innings included a six. He was caught by Dev. Shastri broke the 56-run stand. Faoud Bacchus, who faced 65 balls, scored 52. His innings included three boundaries and a six. He was caught by Sharma. Shastri broke the 27-run stand.

Dujon, who faced 64 balls, scored 53. His innings included three boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten. Marshall, who faced six balls, scored five. He was caught by Sandhu. Shastri broke the stand, which was worth 11.

Roberts, who faced 10 balls, scored a dozen. His innings included a boundary and a six. Dev broke the 36-run stand. Holding faced eight balls, scoring a couple. He was caught by Malhotra. Sandhu broke the four-run stand. Although he was unbeaten, Davis, who faced 12 balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven.

India conceded eight extras. The West Indies scored 255 for the loss of nine wickets off 47 overs, losing by 27 runs. Srinivas Venkataraghavan, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 63. Lal, who bowled nine overs, conceded 65. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Sandhu and Dev bowled 10 overs each, picking up a couple of wickets apiece. While the former conceded 38, the latter conceded 33. Shastri bowled eight overs, conceding 48. He picked up three scalps.

India notched up their maiden WIn over the then world champions in limited-overs internationals, levelling the three-match series 1-1.

   

        

Dev Kap(il)tains, India don’t WIn

India made four changes to their playing eleven – Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Arun Lal, Balvinder Singh Sandhu and Thirumalai Sekhar were replaced by Anshuman Gaekwad, Ashok Malhotra, Madan Lal and Venkataraghavan. The selection of the offie was the biggest surprise of them all, because he (Srini)vas 37 years old then.

The West Indies made four changes to the team that last played the Indians – Alvin Kallicharran, Collis King, Deryck Murray and Colin Croft were replaced by the Trinidadian duo of Gus Logie and Larry Gomes, Jeff Dujon and Malcolm Marshall.

Kapil Dev, who was back at the helm, won the toss, inserting the islanders. Gordon Greenidge, who faced 75 balls, scored 66. His innings included four boundaries and as many sixes. He was caught by Lal. Maninder Singh broke the 125-run stand.

Vivian Richards, who faced 38 balls, scored 32. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Gaekwad. Mohinder Amarnath broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth 73.

Desmond Haynes, the player of the match, scored 97. His 104-ball innings included a dozen boundaries. He was caught by Yashpal Sharma. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Logie faced a dozen balls, scoring six. He was unbeaten.

Clive Lloyd, the West Indies’ skipper, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. He was caught by Syed Kirmani. Dev broke the eight-run stand.

India conceded 11 extras. The West Indians scored 215 for the loss of four wickets off 38.5 overs. Lal bowled seven overs, conceding 34. He was wicketless, as was Venkat, who bowled nine overs, conceding 48.

Amarnath bowled seven overs, conceding 39. He picked up a wicket, as did Singh, who bowled nine overs, conceding 62. Dev, who bowled 6.5 overs, conceded 21. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Gaekwad faced 52 balls, scoring 22. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Gomes broke the 55-run stand. Sunil Gavaskar faced 59 balls, scoring 25. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Andy Roberts. Joel Garner broke the four-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 26 balls, scored 27. His innings included a boundary and a six. He was caught by Logie. Roberts broke the 51-run stand. The fourth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Dev, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. Roberts trapped him leg before wicket.

Sharma faced half-a-dozen balls, scoring a couple. He was caught by Haynes. Gomes broke the five-run stand. The sixth-wicket pair put on just a couple. Amarnath, who faced 33 balls, scored 27. His innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Malhotra, who faced 14 balls, scored 21. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Michael Holding. Gomes broke the 23-run stand. Kirmani, who faced 16 balls, scored 13, as did Lal, who faced 30 balls. They were unbeaten.

The West Indians conceded 13 extras. India scored 163 for the loss of seven wickets off 39 overs, losing by 52 runs. Logie bowled a wicketless over, conceding just a run.

Holding bowled five overs, including a maiden. He conceded eight. He was wicketless, as was Marshall, who bowled eight overs. He conceded 25. Garner bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 39 and picked up a wicket.

Roberts bowled seven overs, including two maidens. He conceded 27 and picked up two wickets. Gomes, who bowled nine overs, conceded 50. He picked up three scalps.

The men from the Caribbean islands led the three-match series 1-0.

  

      

India triumph; SL are Devastated

While India’s playing eleven was unchanged, the Sri Lankans made a couple of changes – Anura Ranasinghe and Ajit de Silva made way for Somachandra de Silva and One-day International debutant Rumesh Ratnayake.

Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lanka’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. He faced six balls, scoring a run. Dev, his Indian counterpart, trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the first-wicket stand, which was worth just a Kapil.

Sidath Wettimuny, who faced 34 balls, scored 18. Roger Binny trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 46-run stand. Duleep, who faced 38 balls, scored 23. Dilip Doshi (Men)dismissed him, breaking the 58-run stand.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth 51. Ranjan Madugalle, who faced 37 balls, scored 18. He was run out. Ashantha de Mel, who faced 16 balls, scored 25. Doshi broke the 36-run stand. 

Ravi Ratnayake, who faced three balls, scored a run. Madan Lal broke the five-run stand.

Somachandra wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just three. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 10-run stand. Roy Dias, who faced 144 balls, scored 121. His innings included 11 boundaries. He was caught by Doshi. Dev broke the 14-run stand.

Mahes Goonatilleke, who faced eleven balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Rumesh, who faced nine balls, scoring six. India conceded nine extras. Sri Lanka scored 233 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs.

Mohinder Amarnath, who bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceded 53. Binny bowled 10 overs, conceded 54. He picked up a wicket. Lal bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Dev bowled 10 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 41, picking up a couple of wickets. Doshi bowled 10 overs, conceding 35. He picked up a couple of scalps.

India’s openers put on 34. Binny, who faced 17 balls, scored 15. He was run out. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 61 balls, scored 42. He was caught by Dias. de Mel broke the 119-run stand.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 92 off 83 balls. Needless to say, Somachandra was in seventh heaven. Ashok Malhotra, who faced 44 balls, scored 27. He was unbeaten.

Dev, who faced 14 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Ravi. de Mel broke the 17-run stand. Yashpal Sharma, who faced 27 balls, scored 30. He was unbeaten. 

Sri Lanka conceded 13 extras. India scored 234 for the loss of four wickets off 39.2 overs, winning by six wickets with 64 balls to spare.

Dias bowled a couple of wicketless balls, conceding a run. Warnapura bowled a couple of overs, conceding 15. He was wicketless, as were the Ratnayakes – while Ravi bowled three overs, conceding 25, Rumesh wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he conceded 38.

Vinothen John bowled nine wicketless overs, conceding 33. Somachandra bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 51 and picked up a wicket. de Mel bowled eight overs, including a maiden. He conceded 58 and picked up a couple of wickets.

The Indians swept the three-match series 3-0.

        

  

Sri Lanka lose Ind(i)a Kapi(ta)l

While India playing eleven was unchanged, Sri Lanka made one change – Ajit de Silva replaced his namesake Somachandra.

Bandula Warnapura, the visiting skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. He wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. Kapil Dev, his opposite number, trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 10-run stand.

Sidath Wettimuny, who faced 107 balls, scored 74. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Roger Binny broke the 170-run stand.

The third-wicket stand was worth 18. Duleep, who faced 11 balls, scored 1o. He was caught by Srikkanth. Binny (Men)dismissed him.

Roy Dias, who faced 114 balls, scored 102. His innings included eight boundaries. He was caught by Dilip Doshi. Binny broke the 20-run stand.

Ravi Ratnayake, who faced six balls, scored a couple. He was stumped by Syed Kirmani. Madan Lal broke the 11-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Anura Ranasinghe, who faced 17 balls, scored 20. Dev dismissed him.

Ranjan Madugalle, who faced eight balls, wasn’t in seventh heaven. He was caught by Kirmani. Lal broke the 11-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on 29. Ashantha de Mel, who faced 21 balls, scored 28. He was run out.

Mahes Goonatilleke, who faced eight balls, scored four. He was unbeaten, as was Ajit, who faced five balls, scoring six.

India conceded 20 extras. Sri Lanka scored 277 for the loss of eight wickets off 50 overs. Sandeep Patil and Yashpal Sharma bowled four wicketless overs each. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 16.

Doshi bowled five overs, conceding 34. He was wicketless, as was Mohinder Amarnath, bowled 10 overs, conceding 52.

Lal and Dev bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 41. Binny, who bowled seven overs, conceded 39. He picked up three scalps.

Binny, who faced 13 balls, scored 10. Vinothen John trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 26-run stand.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 66 balls, scored 53. He was caught by Warnapura. Ratnayake broke the 134-run stand.

Srikkanth, the player of the match, scored 95. His 66-ball innings included 13 boundaries and a six. He was caught by Mendis. Warnapura broke the eight-run stand.

Ashok Malhotra, who faced 56 balls, scored 44. He was unbeaten. Patil faced 48 balls, scoring 64. He was caught by Dias. Ajit broke the 108-run stand. Dev, who faced three balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

Sri Lanka conceded 14 extras. India scored 281 for the loss of four wickets off 40.5 overs, winning by six wickets with 55 balls to spare.

de Mel bowled two wicketless overs, conceding 23. Ranasinghe bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 78.

John bowled five overs, conceding 44. He picked up a wicket, as did Ajit, who bowled 5.5 overs, conceding 36.

Ratnayake, who bowled eight overs, conceded 48. He picked up a wicket, as did Warnapura, who bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38. 

India took an unaSsaiLable 2-0 lead, winning their second series at home with the third match to spare.       

India win under Kapil Dev’SLeadership

On Kapil Dev’s debut as India’s One-day International captain, Sunil Gavaskar was the most notable absentee, and Suru Nayak’s international career had come to an end.

There were two other omissions from the team that lost the second One-day International against England – Ghulam Parkar and Ravi Shastri.

The replacements were a redoubtable foursome too – Roger Binny, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Doshi. 

Sri Lanka, who made six changes to the team that beat the Indians at the 1979 World Cup – Sunil Wettimuny, Sudath Pasqual, Sunil Jayasinghe, Tony Opatha, Stanley de Silva and Ranjan Gunatilleke were replaced by Wettimuny’s younger brother Sidath, Anura Ranasinghe, Ashantha de Mel, Mahes Goonatilleke, Ravi Ratnayeke and One-day International debutant Vinothen John.

It was a 46-overs-a-side match. Bandula Warnapura, the skipper of the visiting team, inserted the hosts on winning the toss.

Binny, faced 29 balls, scoring 16. de Mel trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 62-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 37 balls, scoring 23. He was caught by Ratnayake. Somachandra de Silva broke the 33-run stand.

Srikkanth, who faced 43 balls, scored 57. His innings included 10 boundaries and a six. He was caught by John. Warnapura broke the 34-run stand.

Sandeep Patil, who faced 21 balls, scored 15. Ranasinghe trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 33-run stand. Ashok Malhotra, who faced 60 balls, scored 40. Warnapura broke the 11-run stand. 

Dev, who faced 31 balls, scored 49. His innings included three boundaries and a six. He was stumped by Goonatilleke. De Silva broke the 68-run stand. Yashpal Sharma, who scored a run-a-ball 37, was unbeaten. Amarnath, who faced a dozen balls, scored 13. He was caught by Sidath. John broke the 28-run stand.

Sri Lanka conceded 19 extras. They may have been granted Test status, but they didn’t test the hosts, who notched up 269 for the loss of seven wickets off 46 overs. Ratnayake bowled seven wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37.

Ranasinghe bowled three overs, conceding 21. He picked up a wicket, as did de Mel, who bowled seven overs, conceding 58.

John bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 44 and picked up a wicket. de Silva and Warnapura bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 49, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 41.

Warnapura, who faced 15 balls, failed to get off the mark. Madan, the L(oc)al boy, broke the eight-run stand. Roy Dias, who faced 49 balls, scored 39. He was caught by Sharma. Doshi, the player of the match, broke the 59-run stand.

Sidath, who faced 60 balls, scored 43. Amarnath broke the 28-run stand. Ranjan Madugalle, who faced nine balls, scored a run. He was caught by Lal. Doshi broke the three-run stand.

Ranasinghe, who faced 27 balls, scored 35. He was caught by Binny. Amarnath broke the 57-run stand. 

De Mel, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was caught by Lal. Doshi broke the three-run stand.

Duleep Mendis, who faced 39 balls, scored 33. He was caught by Dev. Doshi broke the eight-run stand.

de Silva, who faced 19 balls, scored nine. Dev broke the nine-run stand. Goonatilleke, who faced 31 balls, scored 14. He was unbeaten, as was Ratnayake, who faced 25 balls, scoring six.

India conceded 10 extras. The Sri Lankans scored 191 for the loss of eight wickets off 46 overs, winning by 78 runs.

Vengsarkar bowled a wicketless over, conceding four. Malhotra’s only over was a maiden. He was wicketless.

Patil bowled three overs, conceding 17. He was wicketless, as was Binny, who bowled six overs, conceding 33.

Lal and Dev bowled eight overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 24, the latter, whose spell included six maidens, conceded just nine.

Amarnath bowled nine overs, conceding 50. He picked up a couple of wickets. Doshi, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 44. He picked up four scalps.

India led the three-match series 1-0.    

     

England’S(uni)losses to India are avenged

England made no changes to their playing eleven. Vi(swana)th Gundappa bidding adieu to limited-over internationals, the vacant slot in India’s middle order was occupied in this match by Ashok Malhotra. On winning the toss, Sunil Gavaskar, the Indian captain, inserted the hosts.

Barry Wood, who faced 39, scored 15. Sandeep Patil broke the 43-run stand. Chris Tavare scored 27. His 53-ball innings included a boundary. Patil broke the second-wicket stand, which was worth 10.

David Gower, who faced 90 balls, scored 76. His innings included a couple of boundaries and a six. He was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar. Yashpal Sharma broke the third-wicket partnership, which was worth 159.

The fourth-wicket stand was worth just six. Ian Botham wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he scored just four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was run out.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 42. Derek Randall, who faced 25 balls, scored 24. He was run out. The sixth-wicket pair didn’t open its account. Geoff Miller, who didn’t face a ball, was run out.

Graham Dilley, who scored three balls, scored a run. He was caught by Sharma. Needless to say, Madan Lal was in seventh heaven.

Allan Lamb, the player of the match, scored 99. His 109-ball innings included five boundaries. He was caught by Lal, who broke the one-run stand.

Bob Taylor, who faced eight balls, scored three. He was unbeaten. The ninth-wicket partnership was worth eight. Paul Allott faced four balls, scoring five. His innings included a boundary. He was run out.

India conceded 22 extras. England, who scored 276 for the loss of nine wickets off 55 overs. Ravi Shastri, who bowled eight wicketless overs, conceded 53.

Suru Nayak and Kapil Dev bowled 11 wicketless overs, including a maiden, apiece. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 39. Sharma bowled three overs, conceding 27. He picked up a wicket.

Lal and Patil bowled 11 overs apiece, picking up a couple of scalps each. While the former conceded 50, the latter conceded 37.

Ghulam Parkar, who faced 14 balls, scored just a couple. He was caught by Botham. Bob Willis, England’s skipper, broke the five-run stand. Vengsarkar scored 15. His 27-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Taylor. Dilley broke the 23-run partnership.

Sharma, who faced 21 balls, scored just a couple. Allott trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the eight-run partnership. Malhotra, who faced 14 balls, scored four. Botham broke the six-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Gavaskar, who faced 54 balls, scored 15. He was caught by Willis off the bowling of Miller. Patil, who faced five balls, scored one. Miller broke the one-run stand.

Syed Kirmani, who faced 29 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Botham. Miller broke seventh-wicket stand, which was worth 23.

Dev, who faced 62 balls, scored 47. His innings included four boundaries and a six. He was caught by Gower. Wood broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth 65. He shared the player of the series award with Lamb.

Lal, who faced 75 balls, scored 53. His innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten, as was Shastri, who faced 30 balls, scoring nine.

England conceded six extras. India, who scored 162 for the loss of eight wickets off 55 overs, lost by 114 runs. Tavare, who bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceded three.

Dilley and Willis bowled seven overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 19, the latter, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 10.

Allott bowled eight overs, including three maidens. He conceded 24 and picked up a wicket. Botham bowled nine overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 22 and picked up a wicket.

Wood and Miller bowled 11 overs each. The former conceded 51 and picked up a wicket. The latter, whose spell included three maidens, conceded 27. He picked up three scalps.

England won the two-match series 2-0.

Nayak wasn’t picked to represent India in One-day Internationals again.

The IndianS(uni)lose to England again

This was the opening match of the penultimate bilateral series sponsored by Prudential, who sponsored the World Cup the following year. It was a 55-overs-a-side match. 

England made seven changes to the eleven that lost the series in India earlier that year. Bob Willis succeeded Keith Fletcher as skipper.

Geoff Cook, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch, John Lever, Jack Richards and Derek Underwood were replaced by Paul Allott, Graham Dilley, Geoff Miller, Derek Randall, Barry Wood and a South Africa-born debutant named Allan Lamb.

India made a couple of changes to their eleven as well. With neither Arun Lal nor Ashok Malhotra playing, the way was paved for Gundappa Viswanath's return and Ghulam Parkar's debut.

Willis won the toss, inserting the visitors, whose openers put on 30. Parkar scored 10. His 33-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Chris Tavare off the bowling of Willis.

Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 26 balls, scored five. He was caught by Bob Taylor. Ian Botham broke the 24-run stand.

Sunil Gavaskar, India’s skipper, scored 38. His 61-ball innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Botham. Allott broke the four-run stand. Sandeep Patil, who faced six balls, didn’t open his account. He was caught by Taylor. Botham broke the one-run stand.

Viswanath, playing his last One-day International, scored nine. His 14-ball innings included a couple of boundaries. Botham broke the nine-run stand. The S(hastr)ixth-wicket pair put on 45. Ravi, who faced 56 balls, scored 18. His innings included a boundary. He was run out.

Yashpal Sharma scored 20. His 59-ball innings included a boundary and a six. He was caught by Taylor. Allott broke the one-run stand. Syed Kirmani, who faced 24 balls, scored 11. He was caught by Taylor off the bowling of Botham, who broke the 40-run partnership.

Suru Nayak, who faced 19 balls, scored three. He was caught by Tavare. Willis broke the 38-run stand. The last-wicket pair put on just one. Kapil Dev, who faced 37 balls, scored 60. His innings included five boundaries and three sixes. He was run out.

Madan Lal, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten. England conceded 18 extras. India were dismissed for 193 off 55 overs.

Dilley bowled five wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 20. Wood bowled seven wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 17. Miller bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 29.

Willis and Allott bowled 11 overs apiece, picking up a couple of wickets each. While the former conceded 32, the latter, whose spell included four maidens, conceded 21. Botham bowled 11 overs, conceding 56. He picked up four scalps.

Wood, the player of the match, scored 78. His 137-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten. Tavare, who faced 120 balls, scored 66. His innings included five boundaries. Lal trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 133-run stand.

Lamb scored 35. His 50-ball innings included four boundaries. He was unbeaten. India conceded 15 extras. England scored 194 for the loss of one wicket off 50.1 overs, winning by nine wickets with 29 balls to spare.

Sharma bowled 5.1 overs, conceding 34. He was wicketless, as were Patil (who bowled seven overs, conceding 29) and Nayak (who bowled nine overs, conceding 37).

Dev bowled nine wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 21. Shastri bowled 11 wicketless overs, conceding 37. Lal bowled nine overs, including three maidens. He conceded 21, picking up the only wicket to fall.

England led the two-match series 1-0. 

Undoubtedly, the Indians (Gavask)are E(ng)la(n)(te)d

The series decider was a 46-overs-a-side match. The teams made a couple of changes apiece. While England included Chris Tavare and Bob Taylor (in place of Geoffrey Boycott and Jack Richards) in their playing eleven, two Indians – Arun Lal and Ashok Malhotra – made their One-way International debuts, replacing Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Kirti Azad.

On winning the toss, Sunil Gavaskar, India’s captain, inserted England. Graham Gooch, who faced 11 balls, scored three. He was caught by Arun. Madan Lal broke the 13-run stand. Tavare, who faced 17 balls, scored 11. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Madan. Ravi Shastri broke the 20-run partnership.

Cook scored 30 (Ge)off 75 balls. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Suru Nayak. Sandeep Patil broke the 53-run stand. David Gower, who faced 59 balls, scored 42. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Patil, who broke the 15-run stand.

Ian Botham scored 52. His run-a-ball innings included five boundaries and a couple of sixes. Nayak broke the fifth-wicket partnership, which was worth 80. England captain Keith Fletcher faced 52 balls, scoring 69. His innings included four boundaries and as many sixes. Madan broke the 47-run stand.

Mike Gatting, who faced a dozen balls, scored eight. He was unbeaten, as was Taylor, who faced two balls, scoring a couple. India conceded 13 extras. England scored 230 for the loss of six wickets off 46 overs. Kapil Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, including three maidens. He conceded 23.

Madan bowled eight overs, conceding 56. He picked up a couple of wickets. Nayak and Shastri bowled 10 overs, including a maiden, apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 51, the latter conceded 34. Patil, who bowled 10 overs, conceded 53. He picked up a couple of scalps.

Arun, who faced 12 balls, scored nine. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gooch. Botham broke the 16-run stand. Dilip Vengsarkar, who faced 27 balls, scored 13. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Willis. Gooch broke the 43-run partnership.

Gavaskar, the player of the match, faced 87 balls, scoring 71. His innings included 10 boundaries. He was stumped by Taylor. Derek Underwood broke the 76-run stand. Patil, who faced 55 balls, scored 64. His innings included seven boundaries. Underwood broke the 49-run stand.

Yashpal Sharma, who faced 48 balls, scored 34. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. The fifth-wicket pair did not open its account. Dev, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. He was caught by Gooch off the bowling of Underwood.

Malhotra, who faced 24 balls, scored 28. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten. England conceded a dozen extras. India, who scored 231 for the loss of five wickets off 42 overs, won by five wickets with four overs to spare.

Willis bowled six overs, including a maiden. He conceded 29. He was wicketless, as was John Lever, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 55.

Botham and Gooch bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up a wicket each. While the former conceded 48, the latter conceded 39. Underwood bowled 10 overs, conceding 48. He picked up three scalps.

India won the three-match series 2-1. It was their first series win.