India v England (125)

a3151 o125	India v England
	Wills Series (India) 1981/82 (1st ODI)
Venue	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad on 25th November 1981 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 5 wickets
Umpires	MV Gothoskar, SN Hanumantha Rao
Man of the Match	MW Gatting

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India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *SM Gavaskar c Gooch b Willis 0 13 27 - - K Srikkanth b Botham 0 10 18 - - DB Vengsarkar c and b Underwood 46 85 119 4 - GR Viswanath c Cook b Gooch 8 29 39 1 - KBJ Azad b Botham 30 58 76 2 1 Madan Lal c Lever b Underwood 6 17 37 1 - +SMH Kirmani not out 18 37 45 1 - RJ Shastri run out 19 28 31 2 - RMH Binny not out 2 3 1 - - DR Doshi did not bat Randhir Singh did not bat Extras (4 b, 13 lb, 3 nb, 7 w) 27 Total (7 wickets, innings closed, 46 overs) 156 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Srikkanth), 2-8 (Gavaskar), 3-39 (Viswanath), 4-91 (Vengsarkar), 5-113 (Azad), 6-119 (Madan Lal), 7-154 (Shastri) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Willis 9 3 17 1 - - Botham 10 4 20 2 - - Lever 10 0 46 0 - - Gooch 7 0 28 1 - - Underwood 10 3 18 2 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s GA Gooch c Kirmani b Binny 23 44 55 4 - G Boycott lbw b Madan Lal 5 10 32 - - G Cook c Viswanath b Binny 13 41 45 1 - DI Gower c and b Binny 8 18 42 1 - *KWR Fletcher b Doshi 26 69 94 2 - MW Gatting not out 47 68 94 5 - IT Botham not out 25 13 19 1 2 +CJ Richards did not bat JK Lever did not bat DL Underwood did not bat RGD Willis did not bat Extras (7 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) 13 Total (5 wickets, 43.5 overs) 160 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Boycott), 2-43 (Gooch), 3-46 (Cook), 4-61 (Gower), 5-126 (Fletcher) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Madan Lal 10 2 30 1 - - Randhir Singh 6 0 18 0 - - Binny 7.5 3 35 3 - - Shastri 10 1 24 0 - - Doshi 10 1 40 1 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced to 46 overs per side
--> K Srikkanth made his debut in ODIs
--> KBJ Azad passed his previous highest ODIs score of 29
--> RJ Shastri made his debut in ODIs
--> Randhir Singh made his debut in ODIs
--> G Cook made his debut in ODIs
--> CJ Richards made his debut in ODIs