India win by five wickets at Lord's
By A.C. De Silva
FLASHBACK: Oh to win at Lord's! This has become the long felt dream
of almost all cricket captains the world war. Sri Lanka's neighbours-India
achieved their long felt dream when they beat England under skipper
Kapil Dev in his 21st Test as Indian skipper in the match played at
Lord's between June 5 and 10 in 1986.
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Kapil Dev – took 4 for 52 in the 2nd innings of England who
were all out for 180. In the first innings he took 1 for 67
in England’s 294. |
Graham Dilley (England) – took 4/146 and 2 for 28 against
India in the Test at Lord’s in June 1886.
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Dilip Vengsarkar – scored 126 not out the top score of the
match against England. He made 33 out of 136/5 in the second
innings. |
Indeed the clash against England at Lord's was something special and
the preparations for the match then would have been quite ruined by the
number of days lost because of the rain. At that time what saved the
Indian party was the fact that so many of the players were seasoned
campaigners who had been in England. The manager then Raj Singh was
loved by English people wherever he went and the win would surely have
been a just reward for those concerned with the management of Indian
cricket then.
Indian skipper Kapil Dev may well have wanted to shield his batsmen
against the England bowlers spearheaded by Dilley. The England team had
gooch - a very capable batsman and the Indian bowlers had a lot to do to
keep him under control.
The Indian bowlers spearheaded by Kapil Dev also had Chetan Sharma
who struck it rich and gave the English batsmen ample problems to
worry when they batted first and removed gower and getting for 18 and
getting without scoring to put India in the game and when Lanka's
technique let him down again, this time by playing forward on too stiff
a left knee, England's innings was on the floor. So, England had a real
tough job on their hands.
Pringle (63) and Gooch came together and opening bat Gooch (114) came
forward with some fine strates but appeared to be slightly tired and was
out in the last ball of the first day and Pringle could not take charge
against accurate bowling on the second day morning. So, England who put
on 66 for the opening partnership between Gooch and T. Robinson (35),
apart from Pringle could not take charge of the situation.
A total of under 300 runs was not enough for England who were all out
for 294.
Chetan Sharma (5 for 64) and Roger Binny (3 for 55) had the England
batsman in check.
Determined cricket by Indians
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Derek Pringle – made 63 in England’s first innings total of
294. In the 23rd innings, he made six runs out of 180.
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Graham Gooch – made the top score of 114 for England in the
first innings total of 294 against India at in the Test at
Lord’s in June 1986. |
Came India's turn and there was some movement, but the Indian batsmen
put their heads down and played some determined cricket on the second
day. Indian support opener K. Srikkanth (20) was the only wicket to fall
at 31, while Sunil Gavaskar (34) and M. Amarnath (69) got the scoring
going on the third day with a second-wicket stand of 59 runs.
The best batting came from Dilip Vengsarkar (126 not out). He batted
really well. Vengsarkar's strokes were all from the book and made his
runs methodically. India made 341 runs in their first innings.
Of the English bowlers, Dilley (4 for 146) and Pringle (3 for 58)
shared the wickets between them.
Came England's turn for the second innings and they were somewhat
bundled out for 180 with getting making the highest with 40, A. Lamb 39.
India's Kapil Dev (4 for 52) and Marindar Singh (3 for 9 off 20.1
overs with 12 maidens) were the pick of the bowlers.
India - only 134 needed for win
Came India second turn to bat and they had only 134 runs to make for
a some what glorious win.
India's captain Kapil Dev saw this as a real gift, but he went about
making the runs in a methodical manner England's Dilley bowled well and
removed K. Srikkanth - the opener No. 3 batsman M.B. Amarnath for nought
and 8 respectively. Two down for 31 runs. There were some anxious
moments and it was left for Kapil Dev (not out 23) and Ravi Shastri (20
not out) to see that no further damage was done and saw the victory post
reached at 136 for 5 wickets.
In a parting message, Indian skipper Kapil Dev said: "In cricket you
cannot lose all the time nor win all the time either."
SCOREBOARD
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS
G. Gooch b Chetan Sharma 114
T. Robinson c Azharudeen b Harender Singh 35
D Gower c More b Chetan Sharma 18
M Gatting b Chetan Sharma 00
A Lamb c Srikanth b Chetan Sharma 06
D Pringle b Binny 63
J Emburcy c Amarnath b Kapil Dev 07
P Downton lbw b Chetan Sharma 05
R Ellison c Kapil Dev b Binny 12
G Dilley c More b Binny 04
P Edmonds not out 07
Extras (lb-15, w-1, nb-7) 23
Total 294
Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-92, 3-92, 4-98, 5-245, 6-264, 7-269
8-271, 9-287
Bowling (India): Kapil Dev 31-8-67-1
R. Binny 18.2-4-55-3
Chetan Sharma 32-10-64-5
Maninder Singh 30-15-45-1
M. Amarnath 7-1-18-0
R.J. Shastri 10-3-22-0
INDIA 1ST INNINGS
S.M. Gavaskar c Emburey b Dilley 34
K. Srikkanth c Gatting b Dilley 20
M.B. Amarnath c Pringle b Edmonds 69
D.B. Vengsarkar not out 126
M Azharuddin c and b Dilley 33
R J Shastri c Edmonds b Dilley 01
R M H Binny lbw b Pringle 09
Kapil Dev c Lamb b Ellison 01
Chetan Sharma b Pringle 02
Kiran More lbw b Pringle 25
Maninder Singh c Lamb b Emburey 06
Extras: (lb 5, w -1, nb9) 15
Total: 341
Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-90, 3-161, 4-232, 5-238, 6-252, 7-253
8-254, 9-303
Bowling (England): G. Dilley 34-7-146-4
R. Ellison 29-11-63-1
J. Emburey 27-13-25-1
P. Edmonds 22-7-41-1
D. Pringle 25-7-51-3
ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS
G. Gooch lbw b Kapil Dev 08
T. Robinson c Mahinder Singh b Kapil Dev 11
D Gower lbw b Kapil Dev 08
M Gatting b Chaton Sharma 40
A Lamb c More b Shastri 39
D Pringle c More b Kapil Dev 06
J Emburey c and b Maninder Singh 01
P Downton b Maninder Singh 29
R Ellison c More b Binny 19
G Dilley not out 02
P Edmonds c Binny b Maninder Singh 07
Extras: (lb-6, w-1, nb-3) 10
Total: 180
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-23, 3-35, 4-108, 5-113, 6-121, 7-164
8-170, 9-170
Bowling: (India): Kapil Dev 22-7-52-4
R. Binny 15-3-40-1
Chetan Sharma 17-4-48-1
Maninder Singh 20.4-12-9-3
M. Amarnath 2-2-0-0
K.J. Shastri 20-8-21-1
INDIA 2ND INNINGS
S M Gavaskar c Downton b Dilley 22
K Srikkanth c Gooch b Dilley 00
M B Amarnath lbw b Pringle 08
D B Vengsarkar b Edmonds 33
M Azharuddin run out 14
R J Shastri not out 23
Extras (lb9, nb5, w-1, b1) 16
Total (for 5 wkts) 136
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-31, 3-76, 4-78, 5-110.
Bowling (England) G. Dilley 10-3-28-2
R. Ellison 6-0-17-0
P. Edmonds 11-2-51-1
D. Pringle 15-5-24-1 |
