English cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1972–73

English cricket team in India in 1972-73
Date	5 December 1972 – 11 February 1973
Location	India
Result	India won the 5-Test series 2-1
Teams India England Captains Ajit Wadekar Tony Lewis Most runs Farokh Engineer (415) Viswanath (365) Ajit Wadekar (312) Tony Greig (382) Keith Fletcher (312) Mike Denness (257) Most wickets Chandrasekhar (35) Bishan Singh Bedi (25) Erapalli Prasanna (10) Geoff Arnold (17) Chris Old (15) Derek Underwood (15)

The England national cricket team, organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from December 1972 to March 1973 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by three Tests against the Pakistan national cricket team. England were captained by Tony Lewis. The Sri Lanka national cricket team was not Test-qualified at that time and played a single first-class match against MCC in Colombo.

Test matches in India

1st Test

20–25 December 1972 scorecard

India	v	England
173 (84.4 overs) Syed Abid Ali 58 Geoff Arnold 6/45 (23.4 overs)		200 (108.5 overs) Tony Greig 68 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 8/79 (41.5 overs)
233 (98.4 overs) Eknath Solkar 75 Derek Underwood 4/56 (30 overs)		208/4 (88.5 overs) Tony Lewis 70 Bishan Singh Bedi 3/50 (39 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: MV Nagendra, B Satyaji Rao

• India won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Test

30 Dec–4 Jan 1973 scorecard

India	v	England
210 (97.4 overs) Farokh Engineer 75 Bob Cottam 3/45 (23 overs)		174 (75.2 overs) Alan Knott 35 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/65 (26.2 overs)
155 (67.5 overs) Salim Durani 53 Tony Greig 5/24 (19.5 overs)		163 (91 overs) Tony Greig 67 Bishan Singh Bedi 5/63 (40 overs)

India won by 28 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: AM Mamsa, J Reuben

• India won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

12–17 January 1973 scorecard

England	v	India
242 (86.5 overs) Keith Fletcher 97 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 6/90 (38.5 overs)		316 (135.1 overs) Nawab of Pataudi 73 Pat Pocock 4/114 (46 overs)
159 (106 overs) Mike Denness 76 Erapalli Prasanna 4/16 (10 overs)		86/6 (33.5 overs) Salim Durani 38 Pat Pocock 4/28 (13 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras Umpires: AM Mamsa, MV Nagendra

• England won the toss and decided to bat

4th Test

25–30 January 1973 scorecard

India	v	England
357 (167 overs) Ajit Wadekar 90 Chris Old 4/69 (24 overs)		397 (172.5 overs) Tony Lewis 125 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 4/86 (41 overs)
186/6 (84 overs) Gundappa Viswanath 75 Derek Underwood 2/46 (26 overs)

Match drawn Modi Stadium, Kanpur Umpires: MV Gothoskar, J Reuben

• India won the toss and decided to bat

5th Test

6–11 February 1973 scorecard

India	v	England
448 (138.2 overs) Farokh Engineer 121 Geoff Arnold 3/64 (21 overs)		480 (163.1 overs) Tony Greig 148 Bhagwat Chandrasekhar 5/135 (46.1 overs)
244/5 d. (96 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 67 Derek Underwood 2/70 (38 overs)		67/2 (29 overs) Graham Roope 26 Bishan Singh Bedi 1/25 (10 overs)

Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Bombay Umpires: MV Gothoskar, J Reuben

• India won the toss and decided to bat

Sri Lanka

Having left India in February, MCC played four matches in Sri Lanka, two of which were first-class including one against the Sri Lanka national team which they won by 7 wickets.

Pakistan

Main article: English cricket team in Pakistan in 1972–73

In March, England played three Tests in Pakistan which were all drawn.

External links

• Cricarchive
• Tour page ESPNcricinfo
• Record ESPNcricinfo