India Vs England 1974 Series: Statistics & Record

English batsmen created new records. Indians failed to shine with bat or ball.

India Vs England History: Test Series Result
India Vs England 1974 Series: Amiss and Denness Rout India
India Vs England 1974 Series: Test Results

Series Record

Captains: Denness (Eng), Wadekar (Ind)
Wicketkeepers: Knott (Eng), Engineer (Ind)
Best Batsmen: Amiss (370), Denness (289), Lloyd (260), Gavaskar (217)
Best Bowler: C Old (17), Hendrick (14), Arnold (10), Bedi (10)
Highest Team Score: 629 (Eng) 302 (Ind)
Lowest Team Score: 42 (Ind)
Centuries: 8 (Eng 7, Ind 1)
50s: 12 (Ind 7, Eng 5)
5wkts in inning: 1 each
10wkts in inning: 0

Statistics

Second whitewash by England against India.

Team Records:

England Score: 328/9d and 213/3d, 629, 459/2d
India Score: 246 and 182, 302 and 42 (f/o), 165 and 216

Batting Records
Highest Centuries

2 by Denness

Highest Ind. Scores

214* by David Lloyd

Centuries

123* (Fletcher), 101 (Gavaskar), 100* (Eldrich) – 1st Test
188 (Amiss), 118 (Denness), 106 (A Greig) – 2nd Test
214* (D Lloyd) & 100 (Denness) – 3rd Test

Biggest (100-plus) Partnerships:
200-plus

221 2nd Amiss & Edrich (Eng)
201 5th Denness & Greig (Eng)
211 2nd Lloyd & Denness (Eng)

100-plus

104 6th Fletcher & Greig (Eng)
109* 4th Edrich & Denness (Eng)
116 1st Amiss & Lloyd (Eng)
131 1st Gavaskar & Engineer (Ind)
157 1st Amiss & Lloyd (Eng)

Bowling Records
Best Bowling in an Inning

6/226 Bedi
5/21 C Old