f31351 t788	India v England
	Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Sri Lanka and Australia 1976/77 (1st Test)
Venue	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd December 1976 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by an innings and 25 runs
Umpires	MV Nagendra, J Reuben
Close of play day 1	England (1) 239/6 (Amiss 109*, Old 5*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 51/4 (Gavaskar 22*, Patel 2*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 82/1 (Gavaskar 40*, Sharma 24*)
Close of play day 4	India (2) 216/7 (Ghavri 23*, Venkataraghavan 3*)

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Amiss	c Sharma b Venkataraghavan	179	397	511	22	1
JM Brearley	run out	5	31	50	-	-
GD Barlow	c Amarnath b Bedi	0	5	4	-	-
RA Woolmer	lbw b Chandrasekhar	4	20	34	-	-
KWR Fletcher	b Chandrasekhar	8	14	16	1	-
*AW Greig	lbw b Venkataraghavan	25	57	59	3	-
+APE Knott	st Kirmani b Bedi	75	90	105	13	-
CM Old	c Viswanath b Bedi	15	76	102	1	-
JK Lever	c Bedi b Chandrasekhar	53	194	169	6	-
RGD Willis	c Venkataraghavan b Bedi	1	15	15	-	-
DL Underwood	not out	7	14	19	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 151.5 overs)	381
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Brearley, 9.5 ov), 2-34 (Barlow, 10.5 ov), 3-51 (Woolmer, 19.2 ov), 4-65 (Fletcher, 23.6 ov), 5-125 (Greig, 43.2 ov), 6-226 (Knott, 74.2 ov), 7-263 (Old, 98.3 ov), 8-357 (Amiss, 139.3 ov), 9-363 (Willis, 144.6 ov), 10-381 (Lever, 151.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghavri	14	3	50	0	-	2
Amarnath	8	2	12	0	1	-
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	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Willis b Lever	38	140	200	4	-
AD Gaekwad	lbw b Lever	20	37	68	3	-
M Amarnath	lbw b Lever	0	1	2	-	-
GR Viswanath	lbw b Lever	3	12	17	-	-
S Venkataraghavan	b Lever	0	2	2	-	-
BP Patel	c Knott b Lever	33	52	87	3	-
PH Sharma	c Willis b Underwood	4	29	37	1	-
+SMH Kirmani	b Lever	13	23	36	3	-
KD Ghavri	not out	3	17	28	-	-
*BS Bedi	c Greig b Old	0	2	5	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	b Old	0	1	2	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	8
Total	(all out, 51.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Gaekwad, 14.1 ov), 2-43 (Amarnath, 14.2 ov), 3-49 (Viswanath, 18.2 ov), 4-49 (Venkataraghavan, 18.4 ov), 5-96 (Patel, 38.2 ov), 6-99 (Gavaskar, 42.3 ov), 7-103 (Sharma, 46.6 ov), 8-121 (Kirmani, 50.5 ov), 9-122 (Bedi, 51.4 ov), 10-122 (Chandrasekhar, 51.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Old	12.5	0	28	2	-	3
Willis	7	3	21	0	-	1
Lever	23	6	46	7	1	1
Underwood	9	3	19	1	-	-

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India second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Woolmer b Underwood	71	215	240	7	1
AD Gaekwad	b Willis	11	19	25	2	-
PH Sharma	c Fletcher b Underwood	29	151	196	3	-
GR Viswanath	c Knott b Greig	18	75	81	-	-
BP Patel	c and b Underwood	14	49	56	1	-
M Amarnath	c sub (DW Randall) b Underwood	24	41	39	3	-
+SMH Kirmani	c Lever b Greig	10	13	15	2	-
KD Ghavri	not out	35	58	78	4	1
S Venkataraghavan	c Knott b Lever	4	38	48	-	-
*BS Bedi	b Lever	0	2	2	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	b Lever	0	10	15	-	-
Extras	(3 b, 8 lb, 7 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 110.4 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Gaekwad, 5.2 ov), 2-110 (Sharma, 57.3 ov), 3-133 (Gavaskar, 67.5 ov), 4-153 (Viswanath, 82.3 ov), 5-163 (Patel, 85.6 ov), 6-182 (Kirmani, 90.5 ov), 7-190 (Amarnath, 93.3 ov), 8-226 (Venkataraghavan, 106.4 ov), 9-226 (Bedi, 106.6 ov), 10-234 (Chandrasekhar, 110.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	13.4	6	24	3	-	-
Willis	9	3	24	1	-	3
Old	4	2	6	0	-	4
Underwood	44	15	78	4	-	-
Greig	40	11	84	2	-	-

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Notes
--> GD Barlow made his debut in Test matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in Test matches
--> DL Amiss (1) 50 in 82 balls, 113 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> DL Amiss (1) 100 in 203 balls, 247 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> DL Amiss (1) 150 in 360 balls, 449 minutes with 19 fours and 1 six
--> APE Knott (1) 50 in 56 balls, 62 minutes with 10 fours
--> JK Lever (1) 50 in 189 balls, 165 minutes with 6 fours
--> JK Lever (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> SM Gavaskar (2) 50 in 144 balls, 191 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> GD Barlow made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in India in Test matches
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in India in Test matches
--> JM Brearley made his debut in India in Test matches
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed CM Old, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> JK Lever achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the India first innings
--> JK Lever reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GR Viswanath, his 3rd wicket in the India first innings

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