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| Venue | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 22nd December 1976 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | England won by an innings and 25 runs |
| Umpires | MV Nagendra, J Reuben |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 239/6 (Amiss 109*, Old 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | India (1) 51/4 (Gavaskar 22*, Patel 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | India (2) 82/1 (Gavaskar 40*, Sharma 24*) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 216/7 (Ghavri 23*, Venkataraghavan 3*) |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Amiss | c Sharma b Venkataraghavan | 179 | 397 | 511 | 22 | 1 | |
| JM Brearley | run out | 5 | 31 | 50 | - | - | |
| GD Barlow | c Amarnath b Bedi | 0 | 5 | 4 | - | - | |
| RA Woolmer | lbw b Chandrasekhar | 4 | 20 | 34 | - | - | |
| KWR Fletcher | b Chandrasekhar | 8 | 14 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| *AW Greig | lbw b Venkataraghavan | 25 | 57 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| +APE Knott | st Kirmani b Bedi | 75 | 90 | 105 | 13 | - | |
| CM Old | c Viswanath b Bedi | 15 | 76 | 102 | 1 | - | |
| JK Lever | c Bedi b Chandrasekhar | 53 | 194 | 169 | 6 | - | |
| RGD Willis | c Venkataraghavan b Bedi | 1 | 15 | 15 | - | - | |
| DL Underwood | not out | 7 | 14 | 19 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 5 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 151.5 overs) | 381 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Brearley, 9.5 ov), 2-34 (Barlow, 10.5 ov), 3-51 (Woolmer, 19.2 ov), 4-65 (Fletcher, 23.6 ov), 5-125 (Greig, 43.2 ov), 6-226 (Knott, 74.2 ov), 7-263 (Old, 98.3 ov), 8-357 (Amiss, 139.3 ov), 9-363 (Willis, 144.6 ov), 10-381 (Lever, 151.5 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ghavri | 14 | 3 | 50 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Amarnath | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Bedi | 59 | 22 | 92 | 4 | - | - | |
| Chandrasekhar | 32.5 | 6 | 117 | 3 | - | - | |
| Venkataraghavan | 34 | 6 | 94 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gaekwad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sharma | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Willis b Lever | 38 | 140 | 200 | 4 | - | |
| AD Gaekwad | lbw b Lever | 20 | 37 | 68 | 3 | - | |
| M Amarnath | lbw b Lever | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| GR Viswanath | lbw b Lever | 3 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| S Venkataraghavan | b Lever | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| BP Patel | c Knott b Lever | 33 | 52 | 87 | 3 | - | |
| PH Sharma | c Willis b Underwood | 4 | 29 | 37 | 1 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | b Lever | 13 | 23 | 36 | 3 | - | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 3 | 17 | 28 | - | - | |
| *BS Bedi | c Greig b Old | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | b Old | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.5 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43 (Gaekwad, 14.1 ov), 2-43 (Amarnath, 14.2 ov), 3-49 (Viswanath, 18.2 ov), 4-49 (Venkataraghavan, 18.4 ov), 5-96 (Patel, 38.2 ov), 6-99 (Gavaskar, 42.3 ov), 7-103 (Sharma, 46.6 ov), 8-121 (Kirmani, 50.5 ov), 9-122 (Bedi, 51.4 ov), 10-122 (Chandrasekhar, 51.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Old | 12.5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Willis | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Lever | 23 | 6 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Underwood | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| India second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Woolmer b Underwood | 71 | 215 | 240 | 7 | 1 | |
| AD Gaekwad | b Willis | 11 | 19 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| PH Sharma | c Fletcher b Underwood | 29 | 151 | 196 | 3 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | c Knott b Greig | 18 | 75 | 81 | - | - | |
| BP Patel | c and b Underwood | 14 | 49 | 56 | 1 | - | |
| M Amarnath | c sub (DW Randall) b Underwood | 24 | 41 | 39 | 3 | - | |
| +SMH Kirmani | c Lever b Greig | 10 | 13 | 15 | 2 | - | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 35 | 58 | 78 | 4 | 1 | |
| S Venkataraghavan | c Knott b Lever | 4 | 38 | 48 | - | - | |
| *BS Bedi | b Lever | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| BS Chandrasekhar | b Lever | 0 | 10 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 b, 8 lb, 7 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 110.4 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20 (Gaekwad, 5.2 ov), 2-110 (Sharma, 57.3 ov), 3-133 (Gavaskar, 67.5 ov), 4-153 (Viswanath, 82.3 ov), 5-163 (Patel, 85.6 ov), 6-182 (Kirmani, 90.5 ov), 7-190 (Amarnath, 93.3 ov), 8-226 (Venkataraghavan, 106.4 ov), 9-226 (Bedi, 106.6 ov), 10-234 (Chandrasekhar, 110.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 13.4 | 6 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Willis | 9 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Old | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | - | 4 | |
| Underwood | 44 | 15 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Greig | 40 | 11 | 84 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GD Barlow made his debut in Test matches
--> JK Lever made his debut in Test matches
--> DL Amiss (1) 50 in 82 balls, 113 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> DL Amiss (1) 100 in 203 balls, 247 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> DL Amiss (1) 150 in 360 balls, 449 minutes with 19 fours and 1 six
--> APE Knott (1) 50 in 56 balls, 62 minutes with 10 fours
--> JK Lever (1) 50 in 189 balls, 165 minutes with 6 fours
--> JK Lever (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> SM Gavaskar (2) 50 in 144 balls, 191 minutes with 4 fours and 1 six
--> GD Barlow made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> RGD Willis made his debut in India in Test matches
--> RA Woolmer made his debut in India in Test matches
--> JM Brearley made his debut in India in Test matches
--> BS Bedi reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed CM Old, his 3rd wicket in the England first innings
--> JK Lever achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the India first innings
--> JK Lever reached 600 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed GR Viswanath, his 3rd wicket in the India first innings
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