It was the first
match of the inaugural World Cup, and following Ajit Wadekar’s retirement,
there was a returnee at the helm – Srinivas Venkataraghavan. Thirty years old
then, the engineer by qualification was the third-oldest member of the squad.
Only Farokh, an Engineer by name, and Abid Ali were senior.
The 60-overs-a-side match marked the ODI debuts of three men, of whom two – Mohinder Amarnath and Anshuman Gaekwad – were the sons of former Test skippers (Lala Amarnath and Dattajirao Gaekwad, respectively). The third was Karsan Ghavri.
Mike Denness, England’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. John Jameson, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Venkat. Amarnath broke the 54-run stand. Keith Fletcher, whose 107-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 68. Ali broke the 176-run stand.
The third-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Tony, who faced (Gr)eight deliveries, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ali. Dennis Amiss, the player of the match, scored 137. His 147-ball innings included 18 boundaries. Madan Lal broke the eight-run stand.
Denness, whose 31-ball knock included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 37. He was unbeaten, as was Chris Old, who scored 51. His 30-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.
India conceded 16 extras. England scored 334 for the loss of four wickets off 60 overs. The first two letters of Solkar’s first name (Eknath) spell the Hindi word for one. Coincidentally, he bowled a wicketless over, conceding a dozen. The left-armer didn’t get it (Ghav)right. He bowled 11 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 83.
Venkat, who bowled a dozen overs, conceded 41. He was wicketless. Lal bowled 12 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 64, picking up a wicket. Amarnath bowled 12 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 60, picking up a wicket. Ali, who bowled a dozen overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of scalps.
The match is best remembered for Sunil Gavaskar’s crawl to 36. His 174-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. Solkar, who faced 34 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Peter Lever (Ge)off the bowling of Arnold, who broke the ‘Ekky’s*-run stand.
Gaekwad, whose 46-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Alan Knott. Lever broke the 29-run stand. Gundappa Viswanath, whose 59-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. He was caught by Fletcher. Old broke the 58-run stand. Brijesh Patel, the baby of the team, faced 57 balls, scoring 16. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 13 extras. The Indians, who scored an embarrassing 132 for the loss of three wickets off 60 overs, lost by a whopping 202 runs. Jameson bowled a couple of wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded three. Barry Wood bowled five wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded four.
Greig bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26. John Snow bowled a dozen wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24.
Arnold and Lever bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 20, the latter conceded 16. Old bowled a dozen overs, including four maidens. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket.
(*Note: Ekkees is the Hindi word for 21. Solkar, who was fondly called Ekky, was born on March 18, 1948. He passed away at the age of 57 on June 26, 2005.)
The 60-overs-a-side match marked the ODI debuts of three men, of whom two – Mohinder Amarnath and Anshuman Gaekwad – were the sons of former Test skippers (Lala Amarnath and Dattajirao Gaekwad, respectively). The third was Karsan Ghavri.
Mike Denness, England’s skipper, chose to bat on winning the toss. John Jameson, whose 42-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 21. He was caught by Venkat. Amarnath broke the 54-run stand. Keith Fletcher, whose 107-ball innings included four boundaries and a six, scored 68. Ali broke the 176-run stand.
The third-wicket pair wasn’t in seventh heaven. Tony, who faced (Gr)eight deliveries, scored four. He was trapped leg before wicket by Ali. Dennis Amiss, the player of the match, scored 137. His 147-ball innings included 18 boundaries. Madan Lal broke the eight-run stand.
Denness, whose 31-ball knock included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 37. He was unbeaten, as was Chris Old, who scored 51. His 30-ball innings included four boundaries and a couple of sixes.
India conceded 16 extras. England scored 334 for the loss of four wickets off 60 overs. The first two letters of Solkar’s first name (Eknath) spell the Hindi word for one. Coincidentally, he bowled a wicketless over, conceding a dozen. The left-armer didn’t get it (Ghav)right. He bowled 11 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 83.
Venkat, who bowled a dozen overs, conceded 41. He was wicketless. Lal bowled 12 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 64, picking up a wicket. Amarnath bowled 12 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 60, picking up a wicket. Ali, who bowled a dozen overs, conceded 58. He picked up a couple of scalps.
The match is best remembered for Sunil Gavaskar’s crawl to 36. His 174-ball innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten. Solkar, who faced 34 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Peter Lever (Ge)off the bowling of Arnold, who broke the ‘Ekky’s*-run stand.
Gaekwad, whose 46-ball innings including a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was caught by Alan Knott. Lever broke the 29-run stand. Gundappa Viswanath, whose 59-ball innings included five boundaries, scored 37. He was caught by Fletcher. Old broke the 58-run stand. Brijesh Patel, the baby of the team, faced 57 balls, scoring 16. He was unbeaten.
England conceded 13 extras. The Indians, who scored an embarrassing 132 for the loss of three wickets off 60 overs, lost by a whopping 202 runs. Jameson bowled a couple of wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded three. Barry Wood bowled five wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded four.
Greig bowled nine wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26. John Snow bowled a dozen wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 24.
Arnold and Lever bowled 10 overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a couple of maidens, conceded 20, the latter conceded 16. Old bowled a dozen overs, including four maidens. He conceded 26, picking up a wicket.
(*Note: Ekkees is the Hindi word for 21. Solkar, who was fondly called Ekky, was born on March 18, 1948. He passed away at the age of 57 on June 26, 2005.)
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