f35554 t1007	India v England
	England in India, Sri Lanka and Australia 1984/85 (3rd Test)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 31st December 1984, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th January 1985 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	B Ganguli, V Vikramraju
Close of play day 1	India (1) 168/4 (Azharuddin 13*, Shastri 26*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 176/4 (Azharuddin 21*, Shastri 26*)
Close of play day 3	India (1) 348/5 (Shastri 108*, Kirmani 0*)
Close of play day 4	England (1) 99/2 (Robinson 25*, Pocock 0*)

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*SM Gavaskar	c Gatting b Edmonds	13	56	89	1	-
AD Gaekwad	c Downton b Cowans	18	38	68	4	-
DB Vengsarkar	b Edmonds	48	157	176	6	-
M Amarnath	c Cowdrey b Edmonds	42	107	140	7	-
M Azharuddin	c Gower b Cowans	110	322	443	10	-
RJ Shastri	b Cowans	111	357	455	13	-
+SMH Kirmani	c Fowler b Pocock	35	59	114	1	1
M Prabhakar	not out	35	86	122	2	-
C Sharma	not out	13	23	34	-	-
NS Yadav	did not bat
L Sivaramakrishnan	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 200 overs)	437
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Gaekwad), 2-35 (Gavaskar), 3-126 (Amarnath), 4-127 (Vengsarkar), 5-341 (Azharuddin), 6-356 (Shastri), 7-407 (Kirmani)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	41	12	103	3	-	-
Ellison	53	14	117	0	-	-
Edmonds	47	22	72	3	-	-
Pocock	52	14	108	1	-	-
Gatting	2	1	1	0	-	-
Cowdrey	2	0	15	0	-	-
Gower	3	0	13	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Fowler	c Vengsarkar b Sivaramakrishnan	49	133	165	5	-
RT Robinson	b Yadav	36	108	168	3	-
*DI Gower	c Shastri b Yadav	19	44	54	2	-
PI Pocock	c Azharuddin b Sivaramakrishnan	5	30	24	1	-
MW Gatting	b Yadav	48	48	46	6	1
AJ Lamb	c Kirmani b Sharma	67	102	136	7	2
CS Cowdrey	lbw b Yadav	27	61	77	3	-
+PR Downton	not out	6	51	89	-	-
PH Edmonds	c Gavaskar b Sharma	8	14	15	1	-
RM Ellison	c and b Sharma	1	15	18	-	-
NG Cowans	b Sharma	1	6	8	-	-
Extras	(2 lb, 7 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 100.3 overs)	276
Fall of wickets:
1-71 (Gower), 2-98 (Fowler), 3-110 (Pocock), 4-152 (Robinson), 5-163 (Gatting), 6-229 (Cowdrey), 7-261 (Lamb), 8-270 (Edmonds), 9-273 (Ellison), 10-276 (Cowans, 100.3 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sharma	12.3	0	38	4	-	-
Prabhakar	5	1	16	0	-	-
Sivaramakrishnan	28	7	90	2	-	-
Yadav	32	10	86	4	-	-
Shastri	23	6	44	0	-	-

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India second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RJ Shastri	not out	7	50	68	1	-
M Prabhakar	lbw b Lamb	21	56	63	3	-
NS Yadav	not out	0	4	4	-	-
*SM Gavaskar	did not bat
AD Gaekwad	did not bat
DB Vengsarkar	did not bat
M Amarnath	did not bat
M Azharuddin	did not bat
+SMH Kirmani	did not bat
C Sharma	did not bat
L Sivaramakrishnan	did not bat
Extras	(1 nb)	1
Total	(1 wicket, 18 overs)	29
Fall of wickets:
1-29 (Prabhakar)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cowans	4	1	6	0	-	-
Cowdrey	4	0	10	0	-	-
Edmonds	4	3	2	0	-	-
Ellison	1	0	1	0	-	-
Pocock	2	1	4	0	-	-
Lamb	1	0	6	1	-	-
Robinson	1	1	0	0	-	-
Fowler	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> M Azharuddin made his debut in Test matches
--> AD Gaekwad made his last appearance in Test matches
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> M Azharuddin (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> M Azharuddin (1) 50 in 163 balls, 234 minutes
--> M Azharuddin (1) 100 in 289 balls, 368 minutes with 9 fours
--> RJ Shastri (1) 50 in 134 balls, 182 minutes
--> RJ Shastri (1) 100 in 332 balls, 422 minutes with 12 fours
--> RJ Shastri (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 38
--> M Prabhakar (1) passed his previous highest score of 25 in Test matches
--> G Fowler (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 14
--> G Fowler (1) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 46
--> AJ Lamb (1) 50 in 81 balls, 103 minutes
--> M Azharuddin made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> C Sharma achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed NG Cowans in the England first innings (previous best was 3-94)
--> RT Robinson retired hurt in the England first innings having scored 17 (team score 31/0) - he returned when the score was 71/1

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