Cricinfo - 1st Test: India v West Indies at Bangalore, Nov 22-27, 1974

Played at Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium, Bangalore, on 22,23,24,26,27 November 1974 (5-day match)

Result West Indies won by 267 runs

West Indies 1st innings R M 4s 6s

RC Fredericks c Patel b Venkataraghavan 23 75 4 0

CG Greenidge run out 93 177 13 3

AI Kallicharran c Engineer b Prasanna 124 281 15 2

IVA Richards c Prasanna b Chandrasekhar 4 2 1 0

CH Lloyd c Abid Ali b Venkataraghavan 30 76 3 0

DL Murray c Solkar b Venkataraghavan 0 6 0 0

KD Boyce b Chandrasekhar 4 4 1 0

AG Barrett c Patel b Chandrasekhar 2 14 0 0

VA Holder b Chandrasekhar 0 1 0 0

LR Gibbs c Solkar b Venkataraghavan 2 10 0 0

AME Roberts not out 0 1 0 0

Extras (b 5, lb 1, nb 1) 7

Total (all out; 95.2 overs) 289 (3.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets0-38* (Fredericks, retired not out), 1-177 (Greenidge), 2-181 (Richards), 3-230 (Lloyd), 4-236 (Murray), 5-245 (Boyce), 6-255 (Barrett), 7-255 (Holder), 8-264 (Gibbs), 9-289 (Fredericks), 10-289 (Kallicharran)

Bowling O M R W Econ

S Abid Ali 8 1 21 0 2.62

ED Solkar 7 1 28 0 4.00

BS Chandrasekhar 28 5 112 4 4.00

EAS Prasanna 22.2 4 46 1 2.05

S Venkataraghavan 30 8 75 4 2.50

India 1st innings R M 4s 6s

SM Gavaskar c Richards b Holder 14 35 2 0

FM Engineer c Richards b Roberts 3 32 0 0

HS Kanitkar st Murray b Barrett 65 158 11 0

GR Viswanath lbw b Gibbs 29 87 3 1

Mansur Ali Khan c Lloyd b Holder 22 94 2 0

BP Patel c Murray b Holder 2 10 0 0

ED Solkar run out 14 53 1 0

S Abid Ali run out 49 110 6 0

S Venkataraghavan b Roberts 1 7 0 0

EAS Prasanna c Kallicharran b Roberts 23 35 4 0

BS Chandrasekhar not out 5 26 1 0

Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 17) 33

Total (all out; 83.5 overs) 260 (3.10 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-23 (Engineer), 2-23 (Gavaskar), 3-112 (Viswanath), 4-154 (Kanitkar), 5-157 (Patel), 6-163 (Mansur Ali Khan), 7-197 (Solkar), 8-199 (Venkataraghavan), 9-241 (Prasanna), 10-260 (Abid Ali)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AME Roberts 22 5 65 3 2.95

VA Holder 20.5 7 37 3 1.77

LR Gibbs 15 4 39 1 2.60

KD Boyce 12 1 51 0 4.25

AG Barrett 14 3 35 1 2.50

West Indies 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR

CG Greenidge c Gavaskar b Venkataraghavan 107 260 208 14 2 51.44

DL Murray lbw b Abid Ali 0 3 0 0

AI Kallicharran lbw b Prasanna 29 75 0

IVA Richards c Abid Ali b Chandrasekhar 3 5 0 0

CH Lloyd c Solkar b Chandrasekhar 163 205 149 22 2 109.39

KD Boyce c Mansur Ali Khan b Venkataraghavan 4 16 0

VA Holder not out 26 38 0

AG Barrett not out 5 10 0

Extras (lb 15, nb 4) 19

Total (6 wickets dec; 83 overs) 356 (4.28 runs per over)

Did not bat RC Fredericks, LR Gibbs, AME Roberts

Fall of wickets1-5 (Murray), 2-71 (Kallicharran), 3-75 (Richards), 4-282 (Greenidge), 5-301 (Boyce), 6-340 (Lloyd)

Bowling O M R W Econ

S Abid Ali 19 1 92 1 4.84

ED Solkar 2 0 7 0 3.50

BS Chandrasekhar 23 3 102 2 4.43

EAS Prasanna 18 3 57 1 3.16

S Venkataraghavan 21 4 79 2 3.76

India 2nd innings (target: 386 runs) R M 4s 6s

SM Gavaskar c Murray b Boyce 0 8 0 0

HS Kanitkar c Kallicharran b Holder 18 88 2 0

ED Solkar c Murray b Boyce 15 18 3 0

GR Viswanath b Holder 22 80 2 0

BP Patel lbw b Roberts 22 86 4 0

S Abid Ali c sub b Boyce 1 4 0 0

S Venkataraghavan lbw b Roberts 7 31 1 0

EAS Prasanna not out 12 33 2 0

BS Chandrasekhar b Roberts 0 2 0 0

FM Engineer absent hurt -

Mansur Ali Khan absent hurt -

Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 15) 21

Total (all out; 42.5 overs) 118 (2.75 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Gavaskar), 2-25 (Solkar), 3-54 (Kanitkar), 4-69 (Viswanath), 5-71 (Abid Ali), 6-96 (Venkataraghavan), 7-118 (Patel), 8-118 (Chandrasekhar)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AME Roberts 10.5 4 24 3 2.21

VA Holder 10 3 18 2 1.80

LR Gibbs 1 0 1 0 1.00

KD Boyce 13 3 43 3 3.30

AG Barrett 8 3 11 0 1.37

Toss India, who chose to field first
Series West Indies led the 5-match series 1-0

Test debuts HS Kanitkar (India); CG Greenidge and IVA Richards (West Indies)

Umpires MV Nagendra and J Reuben

Close of play
22 Nov day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 212/2 (AI Kallicharran 64*, CH Lloyd 21*)
23 Nov day 2 - India 1st innings 43/2 (HS Kanitkar 6*, GR Viswanath 4*)
24 Nov day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 40/1 (CG Greenidge 29*, AI Kallicharran 10*)
25 Nov rest day
26 Nov day 4 - India 2nd innings 36/2 (HS Kanitkar 9*, GR Viswanath 5*)
27 Nov day 5 - India 2nd innings 118 (42.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

RC Fredericks (1) retired hurt on 23* from 38/0 to 264/8

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