India made a
couple of changes to their playing eleven – Yashpal Sharma and Rajinder Singh
Ghai were replaced by debutant Lalchand Rajput and Manoj Prabhakar. England
made three changes to theirs – Tim Robinson, Richard Ellison and Neil Foster
made way for debutants Martyn Moxon, Chris Cowdrey and Jonathan Agnew.
Sunil Gavaskar, India's skipper, put the visitors in on winning the toss. Graeme Fowler scored 37. His 59-ball innings included three boundaries. Ravi Shastri broke the 70-run partnership. Mike Gatting faced 10 balls, scoring just a run. Shastri broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth eight.
David Gower, England’s skipper, scored 11. His 15-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 22-run stand. Allan Lamb scored 30. His 29-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was stumped by Viswanath. Shastri broke the 54-run S(t)(adan)and.
Moxon scored 70. His 124-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Kapil Dev, the player of the match, broke the 22-run stand. Cowdrey, the oldest son of Colin, scored 46. His 42-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.
Vic Marks, who faced nine balls, scored four. Thirumalai Sekhar broke the 23-run partnership. Paul Downton scored 13. His nine-run innings included a boundary. He was caught by Rajput. Sekhar broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth 22. Phil Edmonds scored eight. His seven-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 20 extras. England scored 240 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Ashok Patel and Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 36.
Dev, Sekhar and Shastri bowled 10 overs apiece. The World Cup-winning captain, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 42, picking up a scalp. Sekhar, who picked up a couple of wickets, conceded 50. Shastri, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40. He picked up four scalps.
Rajput, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Downton. Norman Cowans broke the five-run partnership. Srikkanth scored six. His eight-ball innings included a boundary. Cowans broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Dilip Vengsarkar scored 11. His 23-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Downton. Agnew broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 20. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 55 balls, scored 47. His innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. Cowdrey broke the 59-run partnership.
Dev, who faced 41 balls, scored 54. His innings included three boundaries and four sixes. He was caught by Gatting. Cowans broke the 76-run partnership. Gavaskar, who faced 82 balls, scored 52. His innings included four boundaries. Agnew broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 31.
Shastri, who faced 45 balls, scored 24. He was unbeaten. Prabhakar, who scored four, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Agnew broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth seven. Viswanath, faced 25 balls, scoring 23. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 20 extras. India scored 241 for the loss of seven wickets off 47.4 overs, winning by three wickets with 14 balls to spare. Gatting, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 14. Marks bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 32. Edmonds bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 44.
Cowdrey bowled 7.4 overs, conceding 52. He picked up a wicket. Cowans and Agnew bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up three scalps each. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 38.
England led the five-match series 3-1.
Sunil Gavaskar, India's skipper, put the visitors in on winning the toss. Graeme Fowler scored 37. His 59-ball innings included three boundaries. Ravi Shastri broke the 70-run partnership. Mike Gatting faced 10 balls, scoring just a run. Shastri broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth eight.
David Gower, England’s skipper, scored 11. His 15-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Shastri, who broke the 22-run stand. Allan Lamb scored 30. His 29-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes. He was stumped by Viswanath. Shastri broke the 54-run S(t)(adan)and.
Moxon scored 70. His 124-ball innings included seven boundaries. He was caught by Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Kapil Dev, the player of the match, broke the 22-run stand. Cowdrey, the oldest son of Colin, scored 46. His 42-ball innings included four boundaries and a six. He was unbeaten.
Vic Marks, who faced nine balls, scored four. Thirumalai Sekhar broke the 23-run partnership. Paul Downton scored 13. His nine-run innings included a boundary. He was caught by Rajput. Sekhar broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth 22. Phil Edmonds scored eight. His seven-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.
India conceded 20 extras. England scored 240 for the loss of seven wickets off 50 overs. Ashok Patel and Prabhakar bowled 10 wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 54, the latter, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 36.
Dev, Sekhar and Shastri bowled 10 overs apiece. The World Cup-winning captain, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 42, picking up a scalp. Sekhar, who picked up a couple of wickets, conceded 50. Shastri, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40. He picked up four scalps.
Rajput, who faced a ball, didn’t get off the mark. He was caught by Downton. Norman Cowans broke the five-run partnership. Srikkanth scored six. His eight-ball innings included a boundary. Cowans broke the second-wicket partnership, which was worth half-a-dozen.
Dilip Vengsarkar scored 11. His 23-ball innings included a boundary. He was caught by Downton. Agnew broke the third-wicket stand, which was worth 20. Mohammad Azharuddin, who faced 55 balls, scored 47. His innings included a couple of boundaries and as many sixes. Cowdrey broke the 59-run partnership.
Dev, who faced 41 balls, scored 54. His innings included three boundaries and four sixes. He was caught by Gatting. Cowans broke the 76-run partnership. Gavaskar, who faced 82 balls, scored 52. His innings included four boundaries. Agnew broke the sixth-wicket partnership, which was worth 31.
Shastri, who faced 45 balls, scored 24. He was unbeaten. Prabhakar, who scored four, wasn’t in seventh heaven, because Agnew broke the seventh-wicket partnership, which was worth seven. Viswanath, faced 25 balls, scoring 23. His innings included three boundaries. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 20 extras. India scored 241 for the loss of seven wickets off 47.4 overs, winning by three wickets with 14 balls to spare. Gatting, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 14. Marks bowled half-a-dozen wicketless overs, conceding 32. Edmonds bowled 10 wicketless overs, conceding 44.
Cowdrey bowled 7.4 overs, conceding 52. He picked up a wicket. Cowans and Agnew bowled 10 overs apiece, picking up three scalps each. While the former conceded 44, the latter conceded 38.
England led the five-match series 3-1.
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