English cricket team in India in 1992-93

Infobox_Cricket_series_begin
series_name = English cricket team in India in 1992-93
team1_

team1_name = England
team2_
| team2_name = India
from_date = 3 January
to_date = 5 March 1993
team1_captain = Graham Gooch
team2_captain = Mohammad Azharuddin
Infobox_Cricket_series_tests
no_of_tests = 3
team1_tests_won = 0
team2_tests_won = 3
team1_tests_most_runs = Graeme Hick
(315)
team2_tests_most_runs = Vinod Kambli
(317)
team1_tests_most_wickets = Graeme Hick
(8)
team2_tests_most_wickets = Anil Kumble
(21)
player_of_test_series = Anil Kumble
Infobox_Cricket_series_ODI
no_of_ODIs = 6
team1_ODIs_won = 3
team2_ODIs_won = 3
team1_ODIs_most_runs = Robin Smith
(305)
team2_ODIs_most_runs = Navjot Sidhu
(287)
team1_ODIs_most_wickets = Paul Jarvis
(15)
team2_ODIs_most_wickets = Javagal Srinath (13)
player_of_ODI_series =
The English cricket team toured India during January, February and March 1993. The tour was beset by controversy over England's poor performances and results, with selection, tour management, the Indian cuisine and climate, airport industrial action and even players' appearances being blamed for the lack of success. [cite web|url=http://www.nobok.co.uk/page/IVaultDetail/0,,10301~793684,00.html|title=Michael Atherton's comments on touring India in 1993|accessdate=March 9|accessyear=2007]

As far as squad selection was concerned, the primary focus was the omission of David Gower, who had averaged over 50 in the previous summer's series against Pakistan. His replacement was Dermot Reeve who ended up not even featuring in the Test series. The official reason for leaving Gower out of the squad was that he was "too old", but with veterans Mike Gatting and John Emburey also making the trip, despite having only just returned from a ban for playing cricket in apartheid South Africa, this seemed rather spurious. Questions about it were even raised in Parliament and a special general meeting of the MCC convened, but to no effect, and Gower's presence in India was as a media representative only. Buried beneath this furore was the additional omission of Jack Russell, considered by most to be England's best wicketkeeper, in favour of the largely-unheralded Richard Blakey. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/cricket/2001/england_on_tour/1634980.stm|title=BBC Sport: England on tour; shambolic from start to finish|accessdate=March 9|accessyear=2007]

Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was also under considerable pressure heading into the series, after a poor tour of South Africa that led to the Indian media questioning his captaincy, but the tone changed after his match-winning performance in the first Test.

India won the Test series 3-0, keeping the same eleven throughout, and the One Day International series was drawn three games apiece.

quads

Test Matches

First Test: India v England (29 January - 2 February)

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = India
first innings score of first team = 371
overs in first innings of first team = 122.5
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Mohammad Azharuddin
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = M. Azharuddin
Highest score for first innings of first team = 182
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 197
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Graeme Hick
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = G.A. Hick
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 12.5-5-19-3

second innings score of first team = 82/2
overs in second innings of first team = 29.2
Highest scorer for second innings of first team = Navjot Sidhu
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form = N.S. Sidhu
Highest score for second innings of first team = 37
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced = 68
Best bowler in second innings of first team = Graeme Hick
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form = G.A. Hick
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures = 6-1-9-2

batting second

batting second = England
first innings score of second team = 163
overs in first innings of second team = 100.1
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Mike Gatting
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = M.W. Gatting
Highest score for first innings of second team = 33
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 143
Best bowler in first innings of second team = Rajesh Chauhan
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = R.K. Chauhan
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 29.1-15-30-3

second innings score of second team = 286
overs in second innings of second team = 137.2
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = Mike Gatting
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = M.K. Gatting
Highest score for second innings of second team = 81
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = 165
Best bowler in second innings of second team = Anil Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = A. Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = 40-16-76-3

other result= true
result = India won by 8 wickets [ [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/ENG_IN_IND/ENG_IND_T1_29JAN-02FEB1993.html] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 8 March 2007]
stadium = Eden Gardens
city = Calcutta
country = India
umpire1 = P.D. Reporter
umpire1 initial form = P.D. Reporter
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Srinivas Venkataraghavan
umpire2 initial form = S. Venkataraghavan
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Mohammad Azharuddin
MOTM initial form = M. Azharuddin
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind

Speculation about the future of Azharuddin as captain was quelled as he guided India from a slightly wobbly 93/3 to a defendable 371. His innings of 182 was supported by Sachin Tendulkar, Pravin Amre and Kapil Dev, with who he added 123, 62, and 68 respectively. None of the England bowlers looked threatening, and the decision to omit a second front-line spinner in order to play four seamers looked flawed, especially when Gooch finally turned to Graeme Hick and he ended up with three wickets, including Azharuddin's.

England's batting was insipid. The top order failed miserably, slumping to 40/4 and 89/6, but the tail worked hard and Ian Salisbury came close to saving the follow-on after a three-hour stay at the crease for 28. Second time around, they offered up more defiance, Alec Stewart and Mike Gatting showing some form, but insufficient to set India a challenging total. Again, Salisbury (26) batted well, and was supported for more than an hour and a half by Paul Taylor, but ultimately to no avail.

India had a couple of scares on their way to the 79 that they needed to win, with Hick picking up two more wickets (Sidhu and Prabhakar), but never looked in any serious danger of collapsing.

Vinod Kambli and Rajesh Chauhan made their debuts for India in this match. This was Graham Gooch's 100th Test match.

econd Test (11-15 February)

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = India
first innings score of first team = 560/6 d
overs in first innings of first team = 165
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Sachin Tendulkar
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = S.R. Tendulkar
Highest score for first innings of first team = 165
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 296
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Paul Jarvis
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = P.W. Jarvis
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 28-7-72-2

second innings score of first team =
overs in second innings of first team =
Highest scorer for second innings of first team =
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form =
Highest score for second innings of first team =
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced =
Best bowler in second innings of first team =
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form =
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures =

batting second

batting second = England
first innings score of second team = 286
overs in first innings of second team = 127.3
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Neil Fairbrother
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = N.H. Fairbrother
Highest score for first innings of second team = 83
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 159
Best bowler in first innings of second team = Venkatapathy Raju
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = S.L.V. Raju
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 54-21-103-4

second innings score of second team = 252
overs in second innings of second team = 81.1
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = Chris Lewis (cricketer)
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = C.C. Lewis
Highest score for second innings of second team = 117
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = 140
Best bowler in second innings of second team = Anil Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = A. Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = 21-7-64-6

other result= true
result = India won by an innings and 22 runs [ [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/ENG_IN_IND/ENG_IND_T2_11-15FEB1993.html] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 March 2007]
stadium = M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
city = Madras
country = India
umpire1 = V.K. Ramaswamy
umpire1 initial form = V.K. Ramaswamy
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = R.S. Rathore
umpire2 initial form = R.S. Rathore
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Sachin Tendulkar
MOTM initial form = S.R. Tendulkar
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind

England's plans for the second Test were put awry by captain Gooch succumbing to a dodgy prawn curry the night before the match. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/cricket/2001/england_on_tour/1639734.stm|title= BBC Sport looks back at the 1993 tour of India|accessdate=March 9|accessyear=2007] Robin Smith was promoted to open the batting with Alec Stewart, who was relieved of wicketkeeping duties by Richard Blakey. Mike Atherton was dropped, and Phil Tufnell came into the side, despite a lack of form.

India won the toss as proceeded to capitalise on the visitors' shortcomings, racking up 275/2 on the first day, including a century from Navjot Sidhu. Sachin Tendulkar also went on to make a big century (165) on the second day and played some sublime strokes, including three boundaries in five balls from Malcolm to bring up his hundred, with further support from Amre (78) and Kapil Dev (66*), as India declared on 560/6, then their highest score against England.

In reply, England lost Smith early, but Stewart (74) and Hick (64) batted solidly, adding 113 for the second wicket. Again though, England collapsed, from 157/2 to 220/7, and only Fairbrother's 83 made the total a respectable 286, but even that wasn't sufficient to avoid the follow-on. The spinners starred for India, bowling all but 7 overs in the innings, and taking all 9 wickets that fell to bowlers, with Raju (4-103) the pick. The story was similar in the second innings - Smith's 56 held together an otherwise flaky top order, which slumped to 99/6 before Chris Lewis took the attack back to the bowlers, finally delivering on the promise that many had seen for years. Lewis and Salisbury added 73, and Lewis and Tufnell another 56, but neither of these partnership were sufficient to prevent England losing by an innings. Lewis's innings of 117, which included two sixes and 15 fours, was his maiden Test century. Kumble picked up six wickets as he winkled most of the England batsmen out, while Kapil Dev set the tone by ripping out Stewart and Hick for ducks at the top of the order.

Third Test (19-23 February)

First Class Matches
batting first

batting first = England
first innings score of first team = 347
overs in first innings of first team = 135
Highest scorer for first innings of first team = Graeme Hick
Highest scorer for first innings of first team initial form = G.A. Hick
Highest score for first innings of first team = 178
Highest score for first innings of first team balls faced = 319
Best bowler in first innings of first team = Kapil Dev
Best bowler in first innings of first team initial form = Kapil Dev
Best bowler in first innings of first team figures = 15-3-35-3

second innings score of first team = 229
overs in second innings of first team = 82.5
Highest scorer for second innings of first team = Robin Smith (cricketer)
Highest scorer for second innings of first team initial form = R.A. Smith
Highest score for second innings of first team = 62
Highest score for second innings of first team balls faced = 166
Best bowler in second innings of first team = Anil Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of first team initial form = A. Kumble
Best bowler in second innings of first team figures = 26-9-70-4

batting second

batting second = India
first innings score of second team = 591
overs in first innings of second team = 189.3
Highest scorer for first innings of second team = Vinod Kambli
Highest scorer for first innings of second team initial form = V.G. Kambli
Highest score for first innings of second team = 224
Highest score for first innings of second team balls faced = 411
Best bowler in first innings of second team = Phil Tufnell
Best bowler in first innings of second team initial form = P.C.R. Tufnell
Best bowler in first innings of second team figures = 39.3-6-142-4

second innings score of second team = -
overs in second innings of second team = -
Highest scorer for second innings of second team = -
Highest scorer for second innings of second team initial form = -
Highest score for second innings of second team = -
Highest score for second innings of second team balls faced = -
Best bowler in second innings of second team = -
Best bowler in second innings of second team initial form = -
Best bowler in second innings of second team figures = -

other result= true
result = India won by an innings and 15 runs [ [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/ENG_IN_IND/ENG_IND_T3_19-23FEB1993.html] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 March 2007]
stadium = Wankhede Stadium
city = Bombay
country = India
umpire1 = P.D. Reporter
umpire1 initial form = P.D. Reporter
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Srinivas Venkataraghavan
umpire2 initial form = S. Venkataraghavan
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Graeme Hick
MOTM initial form = G.A. Hick
MOTM country = England
MOTM ctry short form = Eng

England's decision to go into the final Test of the series with just four specialist bowlers (Phillip DeFreitas, Lewis, Tufnell and John Emburey) looked justified when Gooch won the toss and elected to bat. Jarvis, Malcolm and Salisbury were dropped, and Fairbrother was unwell and unable to play, so in came Atherton, Emburey, DeFreitas and the fit-again Gooch. Blakey retained his place behind the stumps so that Stewart could once again open the batting. India kept faith with the same team that had won the first two tests convincingly.

England were soon in trouble though, at 58/4, and then 118/6 as wickets once again fell in clusters. Once Hick and Lewis (49) (demoted to number eight) were together though, batting looked an awful lot easier, as they put on 93 for the next wicket, and only started to get bogged down once the ball began turning more sharply. Hick manipulated the tail masterfully though, and eked out a further 51 with Emburey and 68 with Tufnell (2*), before being the last man out, taken by a marvelous running catch by Kapil Dev for a Test career-best 178.

In reply, India made a positive start. Prabhakar and Sidhu added 109 for the first wicket, and when that fell it only brought Vinod Kambli to the crease. He and Tendulkar (78), two local boys, delighted the fans in adding 196 for the third wicket, batting together for almost the whole day on a slow wicket and seemingly carving boundaries from the bowling at will. Kambli also received great support from another Bombay-based player, Amre (57), with whom he added 101, but eventually fell to Lewis for a magnificent 224, as India racked up a massive 591.

Set 245 to avoid an innings defeat, England started badly again. Prabhakar took the wickets of the top three batsmen, reducing the visitors to 34/3, and they never really recovered despite half-centuries from Smith and Gatting, and 47 from Hick. The tail was unable to demonstrate the same resilience as in the first innings, only DeFreitas making double figures, and the Test series ended on a whimper for England when DeFreitas was stumped off Raju still sixteen runs short of making India bat a second time.

This marked just the second time that India had won three Tests in a series (the previous occasion being in New Zealand in 1967-78).

One-day Internationals

First ODI (18 January)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = India
score first innings = 223/3
overs first innings = 48
batting first highest scorer = Vinod Kambli
batting first highest scorer initial form = V.G. Kambli
batting first highest score = 100*
batting first highest score balls faced = 143
bowling first best bowler = paul Jarvis
bowling first best bowler initial form = P.W. Jarvis
bowling first best figures = 2/49 (10)
batting second

batting second = England
score second innings = 224/6
overs second innings = 48
batting second highest scorer = Alec Stewart
batting second highest scorer initial form = A.J. Stewart
batting second highest score = 91
batting second highest score balls faced = 126
bowling second best bowler = Kapil Dev
bowling second best bowler initial form = Kapil Dev
bowling second best figures = 2/36 (10)
winning team = England
win margin = 4 wickets
stadium = Sawai Mansingh Stadium
city = Jaipur
country = India
umpire1 = John Hampshire
umpire1 initial form = S.K. Bansal
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Srinivas Venkataraghavan
umpire2 initial form = S. Venkataraghavan
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Vinod Kambli
MOTM initial form = V.G. Kambli
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind |

England needed 19 to win of the last two overs and got there off the final ball, two missed run-out attempts in the final over costing India dear.

econd ODI (21 January)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = England
score first innings = 198/6
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Graeme Hick
batting first highest scorer initial form = G.A. Hick
batting first highest score = 56
batting first highest score balls faced = 73
bowling first best bowler = Javagal Srinath
bowling first best bowler initial form = J. Srinath
bowling first best figures = 2/34 (10)
batting second

batting second = India
score second innings = 201/5
overs second innings = 45.1
batting second highest scorer = Navjot Sidhu
batting second highest scorer initial form = N.S. Sidhu
batting second highest score = 76
batting second highest score balls faced = 107
bowling second best bowler = Phillip DeFreitas
bowling second best bowler initial form = P.A.J. DeFreitas
bowling second best figures = 2/31 (10)
winning team = India
win margin = 5 wickets
stadium = Sector 16 stadium
city = Chandigarh
country = India
umpire1 = R.V. Rawami
umpire1 initial form = R.V. Rawami
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = R.K. Ramaswamy
umpire2 initial form = R.K. Ramaswamy
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Navjot Sidhu
MOTM initial form = N.S. Sidhu
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind |

Ian Salisbury made his One Day International debut in this match.

Third ODI (26 February)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = England
score first innings = 218/9
overs first innings = 47
batting first highest scorer = Graeme Hick
batting first highest scorer initial form = G.A. Hick
batting first highest score = 56
batting first highest score balls faced = 81
bowling first best bowler = Javagal Srinath
bowling first best bowler initial form = J. Srinath
bowling first best figures = 5/41 (9)
batting second

batting second = India
score second innings = 170
overs second innings = 41.4
batting second highest scorer = Navjot Sidhu
batting second highest scorer initial form = N.S. Sidhu
batting second highest score = 40
batting second highest score balls faced = 57
bowling second best bowler = Paul Jarvis
bowling second best bowler initial form = P.W. Jarvis
bowling second best figures = 5/35 (8.4)
winning team = England
win margin = 48 runs
stadium = M.Chinnaswamy Stadium
city = Bangalore
country = India
umpire1 = M.R. Singh
umpire1 initial form = M.R. Singh
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = R.K. Ramaswamy
umpire2 initial form = R.K. Ramaswamy
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Paul Jarvis
MOTM initial form = P.W. Jarvis
MOTM country = England
MOTM ctry short form = Eng |

Fourth ODI (1 March)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = India
score first innings = 137/7
overs first innings = 26
batting first highest scorer = Sachin Tendulkar
batting first highest scorer initial form = S.R. Tendulkar
batting first highest score = 24
batting first highest score balls faced = 32
bowling first best bowler = Paul Jarvis
bowling first best bowler initial form = P.W. Jarvis
bowling first best figures = 2/40 (5)
batting second

batting second = England
score second innings = 141/4
overs second innings = 25.4
batting second highest scorer = Neil Fairbrother
batting second highest scorer initial form = N.H. Fairbrother
batting second highest score = 53*
batting second highest score balls faced = 52
bowling second best bowler = Kapil Dev
bowling second best bowler initial form = Kapil Dev
bowling second best figures = 1/10 (4)
winning team = England
win margin = 6 wickets
stadium = Keenan Stadium
city = Jamshedpur
country = India
umpire1 = C.K. Sathe
umpire1 initial form = C.K. Sathe
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = A.L. Narasimhan
umpire2 initial form = A.L. Narasimhan
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Neal Fairbrother
MOTM initial form = N.H. Fairbrother
MOTM country = England
MOTM ctry short form = Eng |

Match was reduced to 26 overs per side.

Fifth ODI (4 March)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = England
score first innings = 256
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Robin Smith (cricketer)
batting first highest scorer initial form = R.A. Smith
batting first highest score = 129
batting first highest score balls faced = 145
bowling first best bowler = Manoj Prabhakar
bowling first best bowler initial form = M. Prabhakar
bowling first best figures = 4/54 (10)
batting second

batting second = India
score second innings = 257/7
overs second innings = 48
batting second highest scorer = Navjot Sidhu
batting second highest scorer initial form = N.S. Sidhu
batting second highest score = 134*
batting second highest score balls faced = 160
bowling second best bowler = Devon Malcolm
bowling second best bowler initial form = D.E. Malcolm
bowling second best figures = 3/40 (10)
winning team = India
win margin = 3 wickets
stadium = Captain Roop Singh Stadium
city = Gwalior
country = India
umpire1 = A.V. Jayaprakash
umpire1 initial form = A.V. Jayaprakash
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = P.D. Reporter
umpire2 initial form = P.D. Reporter
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Navjot Sidhu
MOTM initial form = N.S. Sidhu
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind |

ixth ODI (5 March)

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = England
score first innings = 265/4
overs first innings = 48
batting first highest scorer = Graeme Hick
batting first highest scorer initial form = G.A. Hick
batting first highest score = 105*
batting first highest score balls faced = 109
bowling first best bowler = Javagal Srinath
bowling first best bowler initial form = J. Srinath
bowling first best figures = 3/37 (9)
batting second

batting second = India
score second innings = 267/7
overs second innings = 46.4
batting second highest scorer = Mohammad Azharuddin
batting second highest scorer initial form = M. Azharuddin
batting second highest score = 95*
batting second highest score balls faced = 63
bowling second best bowler = Paul Jarvis
bowling second best bowler initial form = P.W. Jarvis
bowling second best figures = 3/39 (10)
winning team = India
win margin = 3 wickets
stadium = Captain Roop Singh Stadium
city = Gwalior
country = India
umpire1 = S.K. Bansal
umpire1 initial form = S.K. Bansal
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Srinivas Venkataraghavan
umpire2 initial form = S. Venkataraghavan
umpire2 country = India
umpire2 country short form = Ind
MOTM = Mohammad Azharuddin
MOTM initial form = M. Azharuddin
MOTM country = India
MOTM ctry short form = Ind |

Graeme Hick's 105 not out was his first One-day International century in his 27th match.

External sources

[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1992-93.html Cricket Archive]

Notes

References

* "Playfair Cricket Annual"
* "Wisden Cricketers Almanack "