| Indian cricket team in England in 1967 | |
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| Date | 29 April – 23 July 1967 |
| Location | England |
| Result | England won the series 3–0 |
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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1967 season and played 18 first-class fixtures, winning only two, losing 7 and drawing 9.
India played three Test matches and lost the series to England 3-0. The Indian team was captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, while Brian Close led the England side. England won the First Test by 6 wickets at Headingley; the Second at Lord's by an innings and 124 runs; and the Third at Edgbaston by 132 runs.
Test series[edit | edit source]
First Test[edit | edit source]
8–13 June 1967
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Robin Hobbs (Eng), and Subrata Guha and Ramesh Saxena (Ind) made their Test debuts.
- Basil D'Oliveira (Eng) scored his first century in Tests.[1]
- Geoff Boycott's (Eng) 246 was the highest score for any batsman in Tests between India and England.[2]
- 11 June was a rest day.
- BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.[1]
Second Test[edit | edit source]
22–26 June 1967
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 25 June was a rest day.
- John Murray (Eng) equalled the record for most catches by a wicket-keeper in an innings in Tests (6),[3] before Wasim Bari took 7 in 1979.[4]
- Ray Illingworth (Eng) claimed his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[5]
Third Test[edit | edit source]
13–15 July 1967
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- India's 92 in the first innings was their lowest total in a Test innings in 15 years.[6]
- Ray Illingworth (Eng) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.[7]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "India in British Isles 1967 (1st Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ Preston, Norman. "First Test, England v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ Preston, Norman. "Second Test, England v India". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Third Test Match, New Zealand v Pakistan". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "India in British Isles 1967 (2nd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "Third Test, England v India 1967". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ↑ "India in British Isles 1967 (3rd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Annual reviews[edit | edit source]
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Guha, Ramachandra (2002). A Corner of a Foreign Field. Picador. ISBN 9780330491167.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo archive
- India in British Isles 1967 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- India to England 1967 at test-cricket-tours.co.uk
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