West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1974–75

The West Indies cricket team, captained by Clive Lloyd, toured India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan from November 1974 to March 1975 and played a five-match Test series against the India national cricket team followed by a two-match series against the Pakistan national cricket team. West Indies won the series in India 3–2 and the series in Pakistan was drawn 0–0. In Sri Lanka, the West Indians played two internationals against the Sri Lanka national cricket team which had not then achieved Test status; therefore, the internationals played at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground and the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, both in Colombo, are classified as first-class matches. India were captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Pakistan by Intikhab Alam and Sri Lanka by Anura Tennekoon.[1]

Test series summary

First Test
22–27 November 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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289 (95.2 overs)
AI Kallicharran 124
S Venkataraghavan 4/75 (30 overs)
260 (83.5 overs)
HS Kanitkar 65
VA Holder 3/37 (20.5 overs)
356/6d (83 overs)
CH Lloyd 163 (149)
S Venkataraghavan 2/79 (21 overs)
118 (42.5 overs)
GR Viswanath 22
BP Patel 22
AME Roberts 3/24 (10.5 overs)
West Indies won by 267 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: MV Nagendra and J Reuben

Second Test
11–15 December 1974
(5-day match)
Scorecard
v
220 (86.3 overs)
PH Sharma 54
AME Roberts 3/51 (17.3 overs)
493 (141 overs)
IVA Richards 192*
EAS Prasanna 4/147 (34 overs)
256 (96.5 overs)
FM Engineer 75
LR Gibbs 6/76 (40.5 overs)
West Indies won by an innings and 17 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
Umpires: MV Gothoskar and B Satyaji Rao
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 13 December was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
  • PH Sharma (IND) made his Test debut.

Third Test
27 December 1974–1 January 1975
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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233 (80.3 overs)
GR Viswanath 52
AME Roberts 5/50 (19.3 overs)
240 (81.1 overs)
RC Fredericks 100
Madan Lal 4/22 (16.1 overs)
316 (143.2 overs)
GR Viswanath 139 (263)
VA Holder 3/61 (27.2 overs)
224 (84.2 overs)
AI Kallicharran 57
BS Bedi 4/52 (26.2 overs)
India won by 85 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: J Reuben and HP Sharma
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 30 December was taken as a rest day.
  • AD Gaekwad and KD Ghavri (both IND) made their Test debuts.

Fourth Test
11–15 January 1975
(5-day match)
Scorecard
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190 (58.5 overs)
GR Viswanath 97*
AME Roberts 7/64 (20.5 overs)
192 (59.2 overs)
IVA Richards 50
EAS Prasanna 5/70 (23 overs)
256 (104.4 overs)
AD Gaekwad 80
AME Roberts 5/57 (21.4 overs)
154 (67 overs)
AI Kallicharran 51
EAS Prasanna 4/41 (24 overs)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 13 January was taken as a rest day.
  • The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.

Fifth Test
23–29 January 1975
(6-day match)
Scorecard
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604/6d (161 overs)
CH Lloyd 242*
KD Ghavri 4/140 (35 overs)
406 (181.1 overs)
ED Solkar 102
LR Gibbs 7/98 (59 overs)
205/3d (40 overs)
CG Greenidge 54
KD Ghavri 2/92 (17 overs)
202 (77.1 overs)
BP Patel 73*
VA Holder 6/39 (20.1 overs)
West Indies won by 201 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: MV Nagendra and J Reuben
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 26 January was taken as a rest day.

First Test
15 – 20 February 1975
Scorecard
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199 (59.4 overs)
Asif Masood 30*
AME Roberts 5/66 (23 overs)
214 (61.5 overs)
AI Kallicharran 92*
Sarfraz Nawaz 6/89 (27 overs)
373/7d (94.6 overs)
Mushtaq Mohammad 123
AME Roberts 4/121 (26 overs)
258/4 (69 overs)
L Baichan 105*
Intikhab Alam 2/61 (18 overs)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • 18 February was taken as a rest day.
  • Agha Zahid (PAK) and L Baichan (WIN) made their Test debuts.

Second Test
1 – 6 March 1975
Scorecard
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406/8d (94 overs)
Wasim Raja 107*
LR Gibbs 3/89 (26 overs)
493 (103.1 overs)
AI Kallicharran 115
Intikhab Alam 3/122 (28 overs)
256 (99.1 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 98*
LR Gibbs 2/49 (37.1 overs)
1/0 (1 over)
Extras 1
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • 4 March was taken as a rest day.
  • Liaqat Ali (PAK) made his Test debut.

References
  1. "West Indies in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1974–75". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2014.


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