Indian national cricket team in England in the 1974 season

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The tour of the Indian Cricket Team to England in the 1974 season took place from June 6 to July 16 1974th The international cricket tour was part of the 1974 international cricket season and included three tests and two ODIs . England won the Test Series 3-0 and the ODI Series 2-0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1972/73 season in India .

Stages

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham 24,803 3rd test
Headingley Stadium Leeds 17,000 1. ODI
The oval London 23,500 2. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground London 30,000 2nd test
Old Trafford Cricket Ground Manchester 19,000 1st test

Squad lists

The two teams named the following squads.

test ODI
England England India India England England India India
  • Dennis Amiss
  • Geoff Arnold
  • Geoff Boycott
  • Mike Denness
  • John Edrich
  • Keith Fletcher
  • Ian Greig
  • Mike Hendrick
  • Alan Knott
  • David Lloyd
  • Chris Old
  • Derek Underwood
  • Bob Willis
  • Syed Abid Ali
  • Bishan Bedi
  • Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
  • Farokh Engineer
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Madan Lal
  • Ashok Mankad
  • Sudhir Naik
  • Parthiv Patel
  • Erapalli Prasanna
  • Eknath Solkar
  • Srinivas Venkataraghavan
  • Sadanand Viswanath
  • Ajit Wadekar
  • Dennis Amiss
  • Geoff Arnold
  • Mike Denness
  • John Edrich
  • Keith Fletcher
  • Ian Greig
  • Robin Jackman
  • Alan Knott
  • David Lloyd
  • Chris Old
  • Mike Smith
  • Derek Underwood
  • Bob Woolmer
  • Syed Abid Ali
  • Bishan Bedi
  • Gopal Bose
  • Farokh Engineer
  • Sunil Gavaskar
  • Madan Lal
  • Ashok Mankad
  • Sudhir Naik
  • Parthiv Patel
  • Eknath Solkar
  • Srinivas Venkataraghavan
  • Sadanand Viswanath
  • Ajit Wadekar

Tour matches

India played 15 tour matches during the tour.

Testing

First test in Manchester

June
6-11 scorecard
Manchester England England
328-9d (143.3) & 213-3d (70)
- India India
246 (84) & 182 (85.1)
England wins with 113 runs

Second test in London

June
20-24 scorecard
London (Lord's) England England
629 (182.5)
- India India
302 (101.5) & 42 (17) (f / o)
England wins with one innings and 285 runs

Third test in Birmingham

July
4-8 scorecard
Birmingham India India
165 (59.2) & 216 (67.4)
- England England
459-2d (140)
England wins with one innings and 78 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Leeds

July 13th
scorecard
Leeds India India
265 (53.5 / 55)
- England England
266-6 (51.1 / 55)
England wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in London

15./16. July
scorecard
London (oval) India India
171 (47.3 / 55)
- England England
172-4 (48.5 / 55)
England wins with 6 wickets

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