English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1984–85
The England national cricket team toured India in 1984-85, playing a five-match Test series and five match ODI series versus India. Shortly after they arrived in India, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated; with cricket in India then out of the question for a few weeks, the English team went to Sri Lanka to play a couple of warm-up matches.
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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 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
2nd Test
3rd Test
31 Dec 1984-5 Jan 1985 scorecard |
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- India won the toss and decided to bat
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) made his Test debut and scored his first century in Tests.
4th Test
5th Test
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- India won the toss and decided to bat
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the first player to score centuries in his first three Tests.
ODI series
England won the Charminar Challenge Cup 4-1.
1st ODI
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- JP Agnew, CS Cowdrey and MD Moxon (all ENG), and LS Rajput (IND) made their ODI debuts.
References
- Playfair Cricket Annual 1985
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1985
- Radha, Sailesh S, "A Tribute to...Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket", AuthorHouse Publishing, 2009.
- "The show must go on". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
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