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India v England, 1972/1973, 1st test
Delhi (Feroz Shah Kotla), 20/12/1972 - 25/12/1972

Toss: India
Umpires: MV Nagendra, B Satyaji Rao
Result: England won by 6 wickets

India
SM Gavaskar           c Greig            b Arnold                12
RD Parkar             c Pocock           b Arnold                 4
*AL Wadekar                              b Arnold                 3
DN Sardesai                              b Arnold                12
GR Viswanath          c Knott            b Greig                 27
ED Solkar             c Knott            b Greig                 20
+FM Engineer                             b Cottam                15
S Abid Ali            c Greig            b Cottam                58
S Venkataraghavan     c Greig            b Arnold                17
BS Bedi               not out                                     4
BS Chandrasekhar                         b Arnold                 0
Extras                b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0                        1
Total                 all out                                   173

Fall Of Wickets
1-7 (Parkar)                  2-15 (Wadekar)                
3-20 (Gavaskar)               4-43 (Sardesai)               
5-59 (Viswanath)              6-80 (Engineer)               
7-123 (Solkar)                8-169 (Abid Ali)              
9-169 (Venkataraghavan)       10-173 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Arnold              23.4    7    45     6
Cottam              23      5    66     2
Greig               23      8    32     2
Pocock               6      1    13     0
Underwood            9      1    16     0

England
B Wood                c Venkataraghavan  b Chandrasekhar         19
DL Amiss              st Engineer        b Bedi                  46
KWR Fletcher                             b Chandrasekhar          2
MH Denness            c Engineer         b Bedi                  16
*AR Lewis             lbw                b Chandrasekhar          0
AW Greig              not out                                    68
+APE Knott            c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar          4
GG Arnold             c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar         12
PI Pocock             lbw                b Chandrasekhar          0
DL Underwood          c Solkar           b Chandrasekhar          6
RMH Cottam            c Abid Ali         b Chandrasekhar          3
Extras                b 4, lb 17, w 0, nb 3                      24
Total                 all out                                   200

Fall Of Wickets
1-61 (Wood)                   2-69 (Amiss)                  
3-71 (Fletcher)               4-71 (Lewis)                  
5-119 (Denness)               6-123 (Knott)                 
7-152 (Arnold)                8-160 (Pocock)                
9-180 (Underwood)             10-200 (Cottam)               

Bowling
Abid Ali             9      5    13     0
Solkar               3      0     8     0
Bedi                47     23    59     2
Chandrasekhar       41.5   18    79     8
Venkataraghavan      8      2    17     0

India
SM Gavaskar           c Greig            b Underwood              8
RD Parkar             lbw                b Arnold                35
*AL Wadekar           st Knott           b Pocock                24
DN Sardesai           c Greig            b Underwood             10
GR Viswanath                             b Underwood              3
ED Solkar             c                  b Arnold                75
+FM Engineer          c Knott            b Underwood             63
S Abid Ali            c Fletcher         b Pocock                 0
S Venkataraghavan                        b Pocock                 0
BS Bedi                                  b Arnold                 2
BS Chandrasekhar      not out                                     1
Extras                b 8, lb 2, w 0, nb 2                       12
Total                 all out                                   233

Fall Of Wickets
1-26 (Gavaskar)               2-59 (Parkar)                 
3-82 (Wadekar)                4-86 (Sardesai)               
5-103 (Viswanath)             6-206 (Engineer)              
7-207 (Abid Ali)              8-211 (Venkataraghavan)       
9-215 (Bedi)                  10-233 (Solkar)               

Bowling
Arnold              20.4    6    46     3
Cottam               7      1    18     0
Greig                6      1    16     0
Pocock              33      7    72     3
Underwood           30     13    56     4
Wood                 2      0    13     0

England
B Wood                c Solkar           b Bedi                  45
DL Amiss              c Chandrasekhar    b Bedi                   9
KWR Fletcher          c Wadekar          b Bedi                   0
MH Denness            c Viswanath        b Chandrasekhar         35
*AR Lewis             not out                                    70
AW Greig              not out                                    40
Extras                b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 0                        9
Total                 for 4 wickets                             208

Fall Of Wickets
1-18 (Amiss)                  2-20 (Fletcher)               
3-76 (Denness)                4-107 (Wood)                  

Bowling
Abid Ali             4      2     6     0
Solkar               3      0    13     0
Bedi                39     20    50     3
Chandrasekhar       24      7    70     1
Venkataraghavan     16      0    47     0
Sardesai             1.5    0    12     0
Gavaskar             1      0     1     0