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Cricket Analysis
New Delhi: Going back in time, or rather making a complete mockery of it, Hollywood blockbuster, ‘The Curious case of Benjamin Button’ was quite simply a work of art in exhibiting the concept of rewinding or going backwards.
While very few parallels can be drawn between a sporting event and a motion picture, 21st July 2011 will witness a historic development as England take on India in the 100th Test between the two sides, which incidentally is also the 2000th international match in the traditional form of the game
It probably goes without saying that Lord’s would have to be the venue for such an occasion, it was 79 years ago that the home of cricket played host to the first ever Test match between the Indians and their former colonists in 1932.
The wheel in fact has turned full circle which makes it worthwhile to relive some of the memories of India’s landmark Tests against the English.
Inaugural Test: India under CK Nayudu took on the England side captained by Douglas Jardine at Lord’s from June 25-29 in 1932.
Jardine who was to mastermind the infamous ‘bodyline’ series against Australia later that year led by example scoring 79 and 85 not out as the hosts won comprehensively by 158 runs.
(Scores: England – 259 and 275, India – 189 and 187)
India’s first Test win against England: The M Chidambaram stadium at Chennai or Madras as it was then known was the scene for India’s maiden Test victory over England.
Pankaj Roy and Polly Umrigar both scored centuries and Vinoo Mankad took 12/108 as India hammered England by an innings and eight runs in the February 6-10 fixture during the 1951-52 series.
(Scores: England – 266 and 183, India – 457/9 declared)
With this win India also managed to draw the five match affair 1-1 after the visitors had triumphed in the penultimate Test at Kanpur. The first three matches of the series were drawn.
India’s first series win over England: India won a Test series for the first time against England with a 128 run victory at Madras (Nehru stadium) in January 1962.
Nawab of Pataudi’s (Jr) 103 in the first innings and chinaman bowler, Salim Durani’s ten wicket haul were largely responsible for India’s win.
(Scores: India – 428 and 190, England – 281 and 209)
The final scoreline for the series was 2-0 in favour of India as the hosts had also won the fourth Test at the Eden Gardens. The first three Tests of the series were drawn.
India’s first Test and series win in England: India scored the perfect double during by winning the third and final match of the 1971 series at the Oval.
India won the series 1-0 after their first ever Test victory on English soil.
BS Chandreshekhar took eight wickets in the match and was well supported by the other spinners in the pack, Bishan Singh Bedi and S. Venkataraghavan.
(Scores: England – 355 and 101, India – 284 and 174)
India’s whitewash of England: India blanked the English 3-0 in the 1992-93 series after winning the third and final Test at Mumbai by an innings and 15 runs.
The highlight of the match was Vinod Kambli’s double hundred which went a long way in the home team’s thumping win.
The Indian spin trio of Anil Kumble, Venkatpathy Raju and Rajesh Chauhan had the measure of the England batsmen throughout the series and the story was no different at the Wankhede stadium.
(Scores: England – 347 and 229, India – 591)
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