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India v England, 1976/1977, 1st test
Delhi (Feroz Shah Kotla), 17/12/1976 - 22/12/1976

Toss: England
Umpires: MV Nagendra, J Reuben
Result: England won by an inns & 25 runs

England
DL Amiss              c Sharma           b Venkataraghavan      179
JM Brearley           run out                                     5
GD Barlow             c Amarnath         b Bedi                   0
RA Woolmer            lbw                b Chandrasekhar          4
KWR Fletcher                             b Chandrasekhar          8
*AW Greig             lbw                b Venkataraghavan       25
+APE Knott            st Kirmani         b Bedi                  75
CM Old                c Viswanath        b Bedi                  15
JK Lever              c Bedi             b Chandrasekhar         53
RGD Willis            c Venkataraghavan  b Bedi                   1
DL Underwood          not out                                     7
Extras                b 1, lb 5, w 1, nb 2                        9
Total                 all out                                   381

Fall Of Wickets
1-34 (Brearley)               2-34 (Barlow)                 
3-51 (Woolmer)                4-65 (Fletcher)               
5-125 (Greig)                 6-226 (Knott)                 
7-263 (Old)                   8-357 (Amiss)                 
9-363 (Willis)                10-381 (Lever)                

Bowling
Ghavri              14      3    50     0
Amarnath             8      2    12     0
Bedi                59     22    92     4
Chandrasekhar       32.5    6   117     3
Venkataraghavan     34      6    94     2
Gaekwad              1      0     1     0
Sharma               3      0     6     0

India
SM Gavaskar           c Willis           b Lever                 38
AD Gaekwad            lbw                b Lever                 20
M Amarnath            lbw                b Lever                  0
GR Viswanath          lbw                b Lever                  3
S Venkataraghavan                        b Lever                  0
BP Patel              c Knott            b Lever                 33
P Sharma              c Willis           b Underwood              4
+SMH Kirmani                             b Lever                 13
KD Ghavri             not out                                     3
*BS Bedi              c Greig            b Old                    0
BS Chandrasekhar                         b Old                    0
Extras                b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 3                        8
Total                 all out                                   122

Fall Of Wickets
1-43 (Gaekwad)                2-43 (Amarnath)               
3-49 (Viswanath)              4-49 (Venkataraghavan)        
5-96 (Patel)                  6-99 (Gavaskar)               
7-103 (Sharma)                8-121 (Kirmani)               
9-122 (Bedi)                  10-122 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Old                 12.5    0    28     2
Willis               7      3    21     0
Lever               23      6    46     7
Underwood            9      3    19     1

India
SM Gavaskar           c Woolmer          b Underwood             71
AD Gaekwad                               b Willis                11
P Sharma              c Fletcher         b Underwood             29
GR Viswanath          c Knott            b Greig                 18
BP Patel                             c & b Underwood             14
M Amarnath            c                  b Underwood             24
+SMH Kirmani          c Lever            b Greig                 10
KD Ghavri             not out                                    35
S Venkataraghavan     c Knott            b Lever                  4
*BS Bedi                                 b Lever                  0
BS Chandrasekhar                         b Lever                  0
Extras                b 3, lb 8, w 0, nb 7                       18
Total                 all out                                   234

Fall Of Wickets
1-20 (Gaekwad)                2-110 (Sharma)                
3-133 (Gavaskar)              4-153 (Viswanath)             
5-163 (Patel)                 6-182 (Kirmani)               
7-190 (Amarnath)              8-226 (Venkataraghavan)       
9-226 (Bedi)                  10-234 (Chandrasekhar)        

Bowling
Old                  4      2     6     0
Willis               9      3    24     1
Lever               13.4    6    24     3
Underwood           44     15    78     4
Greig               40     11    84     2