Indian cricket team in England in 1967
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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1967 season and played 18 first-class fixtures, winning only two, losing 7 and drawing 9.
India played three Test matches and lost the series to England 3-0. England won the First Test by 6 wickets at Headingley; the Second Test at Lord's by an innings and 124 runs; and the Third Test at Edgbaston by 132 runs.
The Indian team was captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, son of the 1946 captain. Other notable players included Farokh Engineer, Bishan Singh Bedi, Chandu Borde and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar.
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Test Serise [edit]
First Test [edit]
| 8–13 June 1967 Scorecard |
England  550/4 (d) (183 overs) |
v |  India164 (87.2 overs) |
England won by 6 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: CS Elliott, H Yarnold |
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| Geoff Boycott 246 Chandrasekhar 2/121 (45 overs) |
Nawab of Pataudi 64 Ray Illingworth 3/31 (22 overs) |
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| 126/4 (47.3 overs) | 510 (209.2 overs) | ||||
| Ken Barrington 46 Chandrasekhar 3/50 (19 overs) |
Nawab of Pataudi 148 Ray Illingworth 4/100 (58 overs) |
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Second Test [edit]
| 22–26 June 1967 Scorecard |
India 152 (55.4 overs) |
v | England 386 (154.2 overs) |
England won by an innings and 124 runs Lord's Cricket Ground Umpires: JS Buller, A Jepson |
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| Ajit Wadekar 57 John Snow 3/49 (20.4 overs) |
Tom Graveney 151 Chandrasekhar 5/127 (53 overs) |
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| 110 (56.3 overs) | |||||
| Budhi Kunderan 47 Ray Illingworth 6/29 (22.3 overs) |
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Third Test [edit]
| 13–15 July 1967 Scorecard |
England 298 (106 overs) |
v | India 92 (36.3 overs) |
England won by 132 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: AE Fagg, WFF Price |
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| John Murray 77 Erapalli Prasanna 3/51 (20 overs) |
Farokh Engineer 23 David Brown 3/17 (11 overs) |
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| 203 (76.5 overs) | 277 (112.4 overs) | ||||
| Brian Close 47 Erapalli Prasanna 4/60 (24 overs) |
Ajit Wadekar 70 Brian Close 4/68 (21.4 overs) |
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External sources [edit]
Annual reviews [edit]
Further reading [edit]
- Bill Frindall, The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978, Wisden, 1979
- Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001
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