Tuesday, September 26, 2017

India (Engl)a(n)dvance with K(ap)iller instinct

India made no changes to their playing eleven. England made four changes to the team that played the Indians in the bilateral series the previous year – Barry Wood, Derek Randall, Geoff Miller and Bob Taylor made way for Graeme Fowler, Mike Gatting, Ian Gould and Vic Marks. 

Bob Willis, England’s skipper, won the toss and chose to bat. Tavare, who faced 51 balls, scored 32. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Syed. Roger Binny broke the opening stand, which was worth sixty-(Kirma)nine.

Fowler faced 59 balls, scoring 33. His innings included three fours. Binny broke the 15-run partnership. David Gower faced (Amarna)thirty balls, scoring 17. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Kirmani off Mohinder, who broke the 23-run stand.

The fourth-wicket pair put on 34. Allan, who faced 58 balls, scored 29. His innings included (L)a(m)boundary. Yashpal Sharma ran him out. Mike scored 18. His 46-ball (Gatt)in(nin)gs included a boundary. Amarnath broke the nine-run stand.

Ian Botham scored six off 26 balls. Kirti Azad broke the 10-run stand. The seventh-wicket stand was worth 15. Gould, who faced 36 balls, scored 13. Kirmani ran him out.

Marks faced 18 balls, scoring eight. Kapil Dev broke the eighth-wicket stand, which was worth a couple. Graham Dilley faced 26 balls, scoring 20. He scored two boundaries and was unbeaten.

Paul Allott, who faced 14 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Sandeep Patil. Dev broke the 25-run stand. Willis faced two balls. Dev dismissed him for a blob, breaking the 11-run stand.

India conceded 29 extras, dismissing England for 213 off 60 overs. Madan Lal bowled five wicketless overs, conceding 15. Balvinder Singh Sandhu bowled eight wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 36.

Azad bowled a dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 28 and picked up a scalp. Binny bowled 12 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 43 and picked up a couple of wickets.

Amarnath, the player of the match, bowled a dozen overs, including a maiden. He conceded 27 and picked up two wickets. Dev bowled 11 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35 and picked up three wickets.

Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 41 balls, scored 25. His innings included three fours. He was caught by Gould. Allott broke the 46-run stand. 

Krishnamachari Srikkanth faced 44 balls, scoring 19. His innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Willis. Botham broke the four-run stand.

The third-wicket stand was worth 92. Amarnath, who faced 92 balls, scored 46. His innings included four boundaries and a six. Allott and Botham ran him out.

Sharma faced 115 balls, scoring 61. His innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes. He was caught by Allott. Willis broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth 63.

Patil, who faced 32 balls, scored 51. His innings included eight fours. He was unbeaten. Dev, who faced six balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

England conceded 14 extras. India scored 217 for the loss for four wickets off 54.4 overs, winning by six wickets with 32 balls to spare. While the hosts were E(ng)l(imin)a(n)(te)d, the Indians advanced to the final.

Dilley bowled 11 wicketless overs, conceding 43. Marks bowled 12 wicketless overs, including a maiden. He conceded 38. Allott bowled ten overs, including three maidens. He conceded 40 and picked up a wicket.

Willis bowled 10.4 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 42 and picked up a scalp. Botham bowled 11 overs, including four maidens. He conceded 40 and took a wicket.

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