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.
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