English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1976–77
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| Date | 29 November 1976 - 16 February 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | England 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]1st Test
[edit]17–22 December 1976
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- 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]1–6 January 1977
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- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Derek Randall and Roger Tolchard (both Eng) made their debut in Tests.
- 4 January was a rest day.
3rd Test
[edit]14–19 January 1977
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- 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]28 January–2 February 1977
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- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Yajurvindra Singh (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
- 31 January was a rest day.
5th Test
[edit]11–16 February 1977
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- 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]- ^ "Lever's Indian summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Magotra, Ashish. "Statues all around: Why does no one stand with Bishan Singh Bedi?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ a b "India v England". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- Marylebone Cricket Club in India, Sri Lanka and Australia 1976/77 at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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