English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1976–77

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English cricket team in India in 1976-77
Date29 November 1976 - 16 February 1977
LocationIndia India
ResultEngland won the 5-Test series 3-1
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A cricket team from England, organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club, toured India and Sri Lanka in the 1976-77 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the India national cricket team, with England winning three matches, India winning one and the other one being drawn. The MCC team played four matches in Sri Lanka after leaving India, but Sri Lanka was not yet a Test-class team.

Test matches[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

17–22 December 1976
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381 (151.5 overs)
Dennis Amiss 179 (397)
Bishan Singh Bedi 4/92 (59 overs)
122 (51.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 38 (140)
John Lever 7/46 (23 overs)
234 (f/o) (110.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 71 (215)
Derek Underwood 4/78 (44 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat.
  • Graham Barlow and John Lever (both Eng) made their debut in Tests.
  • 20 December was a rest day.
  • John Lever's bowling figures of 7/46 in India's first innings were the best by an England bowler on Test debut.[1]

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

1–6 January 1977
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155 (75 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 35 (109)
Bob Willis 5/27 (20 overs)
321 (178.4 overs)
Tony Greig 103 (347)
Bishan Singh Bedi 5/110 (64 overs)
181 (70.5 overs)
Brijesh Patel 56 (163)
Chris Old 3/38 (12 overs)
16/0 (3.4 overs)
Dennis Amiss 7* (18)
Graham Barlow 7* (5)
Madan Lal 0/3 (1 over)

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

14–19 January 1977
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262 (125.5 overs)
Mike Brearley 59 (205)
Bishan Singh Bedi 4/72 (38.5 overs)
164 (73.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 39 (135)
John Lever 5/59 (19.5 overs)
185/9d (71.5 overs)
Dennis Amiss 46 (109)
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/50 (20.5 overs)
83 (38.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 24 (66)
Derek Underwood 4/28 (14 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 17 January was a rest day.
  • Bishan Singh Bedi became the first India player to take 200 wickets in Tests.[2]

4th Test[edit | edit source]

28 January–2 February 1977
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253 (85 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 63 (103)
Bob Willis 6/53 (17 overs)
195 (96.2 overs)
Dennis Amiss 82 (189)
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/76 (31.2 overs)
259/9d (91 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 79* (158)
Derek Underwood 4/76 (31 overs)
177 (57.3 overs)
Alan Knott 81* (91)
Bishan Singh Bedi 6/71 (21.3 overs)

5th Test[edit | edit source]

11–16 February 1977
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338 (105.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 108 (219)
Derek Underwood 4/89 (38 overs)
317 (154 overs)
Mike Brearley 91 (259)
Erapalli Prasanna 4/73 (52 overs)
192 (70.4 overs)
Surinder Amarnath 63 (103)
Derek Underwood 5/84 (33 overs)
152/7 (71 overs)
Keith Fletcher 58* (148)
Karsan Ghavri 5/33 (15 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat.
  • 13 February was a rest day.
  • Derek Underwood's (Eng) five-wicket haul meant he now had one against each Test-playing nation.[3]
  • Underwood finished the series with 29 wickets, equalling the record held by Fred Trueman for most wickets by an England bowler in a Test series against India.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Lever's Indian summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Magotra, Ashish. "Statues all around: Why does no one stand with Bishan Singh Bedi?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "India v England". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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