English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1984–85
January 01, 1970
The England national cricket team toured India in 1984–85, playing a five-match Test series and five match ODI series versus India. Shortly after they arrived in India, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated; with cricket in India then out of the question for a few weeks, the English team went to Sri Lanka to play a couple of warm-up matches.
The tour was nearly called off after the Deputy High Commissioner of Western India, Percy Norris was shot dead on 27 November in Mumbai, the day after hosting a reception for the England team.[1][2]
Azharuddin and Ravi Shastri, in the first innings, broke the record for highest partnership for India for the fifth wicket in Tests (214 runs),[7] before it was broken by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxmanin 2001.[8]
With Graeme Fowler's involvement in partnerships of 178 and 241 runs for the first and second wickets in England's first innings, both records for the country, he became the first player since Len Hutton in 1938 to be involved in such an instance in the same innings of a Test.[9]
This was also the first instance where two England players scored double-centuries in one innings of a Test.[9]
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The England national cricket team toured India in 1984 85 playing a five match Test series and five match ODI series versus India Shortly after they arrived in India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated with cricket in India then out of the question for a few weeks the English team went to Sri Lanka to play a couple of warm up matches English cricket team in India in 1984 85 IndiaEnglandDates13 November 1984 7 February 1985CaptainsSunil GavaskarDavid GowerTest seriesResultEngland won the 5 match series 2 1Most runsMohammad Azharuddin 439 Mike Gatting 575 Most wicketsL Sivaramakrishnan 23 Neil Foster 14 One Day International seriesResultsEngland won the 5 match series 4 1Most runsRavi Shastri 223 Mike Gatting 209 Most wicketsRavi Shastri 6 Vic Marks 6 The tour was nearly called off after the Deputy High Commissioner of Western India Percy Norris was shot dead on 27 November in Mumbai the day after hosting a reception for the England team 1 2 Contents 1 Test Series 1 1 1st Test 1 2 2nd Test 1 3 3rd Test 1 4 4th Test 1 5 5th Test 2 ODI series 2 1 1st ODI 2 2 2nd ODI 2 3 3rd ODI 2 4 4th ODI 2 5 5th ODI 3 References 4 External linksTest Series edit1st Test edit 28 November 3 December 1984 Scorecard England nbsp v nbsp India 195 96 2 overs Phil Edmonds 48 81 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6 64 31 2 overs 465 8d 137 overs Ravi Shastri 142 323 Pat Pocock 3 133 46 overs 317 135 overs Mike Gatting 136 255 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6 117 46 overs 51 2 15 1 overs Mohinder Amarnath 22 27 Norman Cowans 1 18 5 overs India won by 8 wicketsWankhede Stadium Bombay Umpires Bhairab Ganguli Ind and Swaroop Kishen Ind England won the toss and decided to bat Chris Cowdrey and Tim Robinson both Eng made their debut in Tests Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Ind claimed his first wicket in Tests 3 30 November was a rest day Mike Gatting Eng scored his first century in Tests 4 This was India s first win after 31 Tests 3 2nd Test edit 12 17 December 1984 Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp England 307 125 2 overs Kapil Dev 60 97 Richard Ellison 4 66 26 overs 418 169 1 overs Tim Robinson 160 390 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6 99 49 1 overs 235 103 4 overs Sunil Gavaskar 65 164 Phil Edmonds 4 60 44 overs 127 2 23 4 overs Allan Lamb 37 38 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 1 41 8 overs England won by 8 wicketsFeroz Shah Kotla Delhi Umpires Dara Dotiwalla Ind and Piloo Reporter Ind India won the toss and decided to bat Manoj Prabhakar Ind made his debut in Tests 14 December was a rest day This was England s first win after 13 Tests 5 their then longest winless run in Tests 6 3rd Test edit 31 December 1984 5 January 1985 Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp England 437 7d 200 overs Ravi Shastri 111 357 Phil Edmonds 3 72 47 overs 276 100 3 overs Allan Lamb 67 102 Chetan Sharma 4 38 12 3 overs 29 1 18 overs Manoj Prabhakar 21 56 Allan Lamb 1 6 1 over Match drawnEden Gardens Calcutta Umpires Bhairab Ganguli Ind and V Vikramraju Ind India won the toss and decided to bat Mohammad Azharuddin Ind scored a century on Test debut Only 20 minutes of play was possible on day 2 due to smog and rain 2 January was a rest day Azharuddin and Ravi Shastri in the first innings broke the record for highest partnership for India for the fifth wicket in Tests 214 runs 7 before it was broken by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in 2001 8 4th Test edit 13 18 January 1985 Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp England 272 67 5 overs Mohinder Amarnath 78 101 Neil Foster 6 104 23 overs 652 7d 175 overs Mike Gatting 207 309 Mohinder Amarnath 2 36 12 overs 412 122 5 overs Mohammad Azharuddin 105 218 Neil Foster 5 59 28 overs 35 1 8 overs Tim Robinson 21 26 Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 1 12 4 overs England won by 9 wicketsMA Chidambaram Stadium Madras Umpires Mahendra Gupte Ind and V K Ramaswamy Ind India won the toss and decided to bat 16 January was a rest day With Graeme Fowler s involvement in partnerships of 178 and 241 runs for the first and second wickets in England s first innings both records for the country he became the first player since Len Hutton in 1938 to be involved in such an instance in the same innings of a Test 9 This was also the first instance where two England players scored double centuries in one innings of a Test 9 5th Test edit 31 January 5 February 1985 Scorecard India nbsp v nbsp England 553 8d 165 overs Dilip Vengsarkar 137 255 Neil Foster 3 123 36 overs 417 188 5 overs Tim Robinson 96 279 Kapil Dev 4 81 36 5 overs 97 1d 13 overs Mohammad Azharuddin 54 43 Mike Gatting 0 7 1 over 91 0 36 overs Mike Gatting 41 59 Mohammad Azharuddin 0 8 1 over Match drawnModi Stadium Kanpur Umpires V K Ramaswamy Ind and Piloo Reporter Ind India won the toss and decided to bat Gopal Sharma Ind made his debut in Tests Mohammad Azharuddin Ind became the first player to score centuries in his first three Tests India s first innings total of 553 was their highest against England in Tests 10 ODI series editEngland won the Charminar Challenge Cup 4 1 1st ODI edit 5 December 1984 Scorecard India nbsp 214 6 45 overs v nbsp England215 6 43 2 overs DB Vengsarkar 105 124 NA Foster 3 44 10 overs MW Gatting 115 135 M Prabhakar 1 27 10 overs England won by 4 wicketsNehru Stadium Pune Umpires S Banerjee and MI Ghouse Player of the match DB Vengsarkar IND and MW Gatting ENG England won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 45 overs per side RS Ghai and KS More both IND and RM Ellison and RT Robinson both ENG made their ODI debuts 2nd ODI edit 27 December 1984 Scorecard India nbsp 252 5 49 overs v nbsp England241 6 46 overs RJ Shastri 102 142 VJ Marks 3 50 8 overs MW Gatting 59 86 RMH Binny 2 48 7 overs England won by faster scoring rateBarabati Stadium Cuttack Umpires JD Ghosh and PG Pandit Player of the match RJ Shastri IND England won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 49 overs per side When play was halted England needed to have scored 237 runs to win 3rd ODI edit 20 January 1985 Scorecard India nbsp 205 6 46 overs v nbsp England206 7 45 overs M Azharuddin 47 37 VJ Marks 3 35 10 overs AJ Lamb 59 75 Kapil Dev 3 38 10 overs England won by 3 wicketsM Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore Umpires SK Das and RV Ramani Player of the match AJ Lamb ENG England won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced to 46 overs per side M Azharuddin and S Viswanath both IND made their ODI debuts 4th ODI edit 23 January 1985 Scorecard England nbsp 240 7 50 overs v nbsp India241 7 47 4 overs MD Moxon 70 124 RJ Shastri 4 40 10 overs Kapil Dev 54 41 JP Agnew 3 38 10 overs India won by 3 wicketsVidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur Umpires R Mrithyunjayan and AL Narasimhan Player of the match Kapil Dev IND India won the toss and elected to field JP Agnew CS Cowdrey and MD Moxon all ENG and LS Rajput IND made their ODI debuts 5th ODI edit 27 January 1985 Scorecard England nbsp 121 6 15 overs v nbsp India114 5 15 overs AJ Lamb 33 19 TA Sekhar 3 23 3 overs RJ Shastri 53 45 PH Edmonds 2 20 3 overs England won by 7 runsSector 16 Stadium Chandigarh Umpires RB Gupta and BR Nagaraja Rao Player of the match RJ Shastri IND India won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced before play started to 15 overs per side BN French ENG made his ODI debut References editPlayfair Cricket Annual 1985 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1986 Radha Sailesh S A Tribute to Five Days in White Flannels A Trivia Book on Test Cricket AuthorHouse Publishing 2009 The show must go on ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 31 October 2017 a b INDIA v ENGLAND 1984 85 Wisden ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2021 The definition of being positive has changed ESPNcricinfo 17 August 2015 Retrieved 1 February 2021 Steen Rob 7 March 2017 Surprise surprise ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2021 INDIA v ENGLAND 1984 85 Wisden ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2021 INDIA v ENGLAND 1984 85 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2021 Kotian Harish 15 years ago this day Rediff com Retrieved 1 February 2021 a b India v England 1984 85 Wisden ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 1 February 2021 INDIA v ENGLAND 1984 85 Wisden 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