From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!adi
Newsgroups: net.sport
Title: Cricket: England beats India by 7 wkts in First Test
Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.247
Posted: Fri Jun 18 13:14:12 1982
Received: Tue Jun 22 01:15:28 1982

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 )


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