adi (06/18/82)
INDIA in ENGLAND -- First Test at Lord's
The visiting Indian team was soundly defeated by England in the
first of three Tests. The Indians narrowly escaped an innings
defeat, but England came in winners by a seven wickets.
England batted first after the new skipper, Willis, won the toss.
Despite a few early set-backs, Botham, Randall and Edmonds built
up a sizable total. A record last wicket stand of 70 between
Allott and Willis aided the final score of 433.
The England seamers, Botham, Willis, Pringle and Allott, skittled
India out for 128, Botham leading the way with 5 for 46.
Following on, the visitors fared better, thanks to a 157 by
Vengsarkar and a dashing 89 by Kapil Dev. By the last day,
however, England needed only 65 to win, which they managed with
little difficulty.
SCORES :
First Test India vs. England at Lord's
(Gavaskar) (Willis)
England won by 7 wickets
England - First Innings 433
(Randall 126, Botham 67, Edmonds 64, Allott 41n.o.;
Kapil Dev 5-125, Madan Lal 3-99 )
India - First Innings 128
(Gavaskar 48, Kapil Dev 41;
Botham 5-46, Willis 3-41, Pringle 2-16 )
India - Second Innings 369
(Vengsarkar 157, K. Dev 89, Y. Sharma 37;
Willis 6-101, Pringle 2-58 )
England - Second Innings 67 for 3
(Lamb 37n.o.;
K. Dev 3-43 )
Is there any interest for material such as above ?
Also, I would like to receive any cricket related news.san (06/19/82)
I think a new magazine net.sport.cricket is a great idea. I have had to go around looking for British newspapers or trying to tune my shortwave radio. So, KEEP IT UP. --shamim BTL MH PS This is my first submission to the network. If anything went wrong, sorry.
san (06/19/82)
Cricket news this summer should be plentiful. India is playing England to be followed by Pakistan vs. England. Also the World Cup is going on now (the preliminary rounds include a team from the USA!!). Cricket has almost almost become an year round sport.