English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1984–85

English cricket team in India in 1984-85
 
  India England
Dates 13 November 1984–7 February 1985
Captains Sunil Gavaskar David Gower
Test series
Result England won the 5-match series 2–1
Most runs Mohammad Azharuddin (439) Mike Gatting (575)
Most wickets L Sivaramakrishnan (23) Neil Foster (14)
One Day International series
Results England won the 5-match series 4–1
Most runs Ravi Shastri (223) Mike Gatting (209)
Most wickets Ravi Shastri (6) Vic Marks (6)

The England national cricket team toured India in 1984-85, playing a five-match Test series and five match ODI series versus India. Before arriving in India, the English team played two matches in Sri Lanka in November 1984.

The tour was nearly called off after the Deputy High Commissioner of Western India, Percy Norris was shot dead on 28 November in Mumbai, the day after hosting a reception for the England team.[1][2]

Test Series

1st Test

28 Nov-3 Dec 1984
scorecard
v
195 (96.2 overs)
Phil Edmonds 48
L Sivaramakrishnan 6/64 (31.2 overs)
465/8 d. (137 overs)
Ravi Shastri 142
Pat Pocock 3/133 (46 overs)
317 (135 overs)
Mike Gatting 136
L Sivaramakrishnan 6/117 (46 overs)
51/2 (15.1 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 22
Norman Cowans 1/18 (5 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: B Ganguli, S Kishen
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

12–17 December 1984
scorecard
v
307 (125.2 overs)
Kapil Dev 60
Richard Ellison 4/66 (26 overs)
418 (169.1 overs)
Tim Robinson 160
L Sivaramakrishnan 6/99 (49.1 overs)
235 (103.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 65
Phil Edmonds 4/60 (44 overs)
127/2 (23.4 overs)
Alan Lamb 37
L Sivaramakrishnan 1/41 (8 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: DN Dotiwalla, PD Reporter
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

v
437/7 d. (200 overs)
Ravi Shastri 111
Phil Edmonds 3/72 (47 overs)
276 (100.3 overs)
Alan Lamb 67
Chetan Sharma 4/38 (12.3 overs)
29/1 (18 overs)
Manoj Prabhakar 21
Alan Lamb 1/6 (1 overs)

4th Test

13–18 January 1985
scorecard
v
272 (67.5 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 78
Neil Foster 6/104 (23 overs)
652/7 d. (175 overs)
Mike Gatting 207
Mohinder Amarnath 2/36 (12 overs)
412 (122.5 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 105
Neil Foster 5/59 (28 overs)
35/1 (8 overs)
Tim Robinson 21
L Sivaramakrishnan 1/12 (4 overs)
England won by 9 wickets
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras
Umpires: MY Gupte, VK Ramaswamy
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

31 Jan-5 Feb 1985
scorecard
v
553/8 d. (165 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 137
Neil Foster 3/123 (36 overs)
417 (188.5 overs)
Tim Robinson 96
Kapil Dev 4/81 (36.5 overs)
97/1 d. (13 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 54
Mike Gatting 0/7 (1 overs)
91/0 (36 overs)
Mike Gatting 41
Mohammad Azharuddin 0/8 (1 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

ODI series

England won the Charminar Challenge Cup 4-1.

1st ODI

5 December 1984
Scorecard
India 
214/6 (45 overs)
v
 England
215/6 (43.2 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 105 (124)
NA Foster 3/44 (10 overs)
MW Gatting 115* (135)
M Prabhakar 1/27 (10 overs)
England won by 4 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: S Banerjee and MI Ghouse
Player of the match: DB Vengsarkar (IND) and MW Gatting (ENG)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 45 overs per side.
  • RS Ghai and KS More (both IND), and RM Ellison and RT Robinson (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

27 December 1984
Scorecard
India 
252/5 (49 overs)
v
 England
241/6 (46 overs)
RJ Shastri 102 (142)
VJ Marks 3/50 (8 overs)
MW Gatting 59 (86)
RMH Binny 2/48 (7 overs)
England won by faster scoring rate
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: JD Ghosh and PG Pandit
Player of the match: RJ Shastri (IND)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 49 overs per side.
  • When play was halted England needed to have scored 237 runs to win.


3rd ODI

20 January 1985
Scorecard
India 
205/6 (46 overs)
v
 England
206/7 (45 overs)
M Azharuddin 47* (37)
VJ Marks 3/35 (10 overs)
AJ Lamb 59* (75)
Kapil Dev 3/38 (10 overs)
England won by 3 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: SK Das and RV Ramani
Player of the match: AJ Lamb (ENG)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
  • M Azharuddin and S Viswanath (both IND) made their ODI debuts.


4th ODI

23 January 1985
Scorecard
England 
240/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
241/7 (47.4 overs)
MD Moxon 70 (124)
RJ Shastri 4/40 (10 overs)
Kapil Dev 54 (41)
JP Agnew 3/38 (10 overs)
India won by 3 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: R Mrithyunjayan and AL Narasimhan
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)


5th ODI

27 January 1985
Scorecard
England 
121/6 (15 overs)
v
 India
114/5 (15 overs)
AJ Lamb 33* (19)
TA Sekhar 3/23 (3 overs)
RJ Shastri 53 (45)
PH Edmonds 2/20 (3 overs)
England won by 7 runs
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Umpires: RB Gupta and BR Nagaraja Rao
Player of the match: RJ Shastri (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced before play started to 15 overs per side.
  • BN French (ENG) made his ODI debut.

References

  • Playfair Cricket Annual 1985
  • Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1985
  1. ↑ Radha, Sailesh S, "A Tribute to...Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket", AuthorHouse Publishing, 2009.
  2. ↑ "The show must go on". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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