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Indian cricket team in England in 1996

International cricket tour

Summary

International cricket tour

Field	Value
series_name	Indian cricket team in England in 1996
team1_image	Flag of India.svg
team1_name	India
team2_image	Flag of England.svg
team2_name	England
from_date	5 May
to_date	9 July 1996
team1_captain	Mohammad Azharuddin
team2_captain	Michael Atherton
no_of_tests	3
team1_tests_won	0
team2_tests_won	1
team1_tests_most_runs	Sachin Tendulkar (428)
team2_tests_most_runs	Nasser Hussain (318)
team1_tests_most_wickets	Venkatesh Prasad (16)
team2_tests_most_wickets	Chris Lewis (15)
player_of_test_series	Sourav Ganguly (Ind) and Nasser Hussain (Eng)
no_of_ODIs	3
team1_ODIs_won	0
team2_ODIs_won	2
team1_ODIs_most_runs	Mohammad Azharuddin (128)
team2_ODIs_most_runs	Ali Brown (155)
team1_ODIs_most_wickets	Venkatesh Prasad (5)
team2_ODIs_most_wickets	Dominic Cork (5)
player_of_ODI_series	Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) and Chris Lewis (Eng)

The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1996 cricket season. They played a total of eighteen matches, including three Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against England. In the Tests and ODIs, India were captained by Mohammad Azharuddin, while Michael Atherton captained England.

This tour saw Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad make their Test debuts. Prasad made his debut in the 1st Test at Edgbaston, taking six wickets in this match and ultimately finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the Test series with 16. Ganguly and Dravid made their debuts in the 2nd Test at Lord's, scoring 131 and 95 respectively; both would go on to become mainstays of the Indian batting as well as national captains. The team also included established players such as Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sanjay Manjrekar and Nayan Mongia.

Nonetheless, the tour was a disaster for India. The team lost the Test series 1–0 (with the last two matches drawn), and the ODI series 2–0 (with no result in the first match due to rain). The rest of the tour saw victories in a single-innings match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI and limited-overs matches against an England National Cricket Association XI and Middlesex, but also defeats in a limited-overs match against Northamptonshire and a first-class match against Derbyshire. The tour was also marred by a spat between Azharuddin and opener Navjot Singh Sidhu, which resulted in the latter walking out of the tour after the 2nd ODI. Following the tour, Azharuddin, who was also facing personal problems at the time, was sacked as captain.

Tour matches

Three-day: British Universities v Indians

| score-team1-inns1 = 457/6d (110 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Ajay Jadeja 112* | wickets-team1-inns1 = Kervin Marc 3/91 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 217 (74.5 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Gul Khan 56 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Narendra Hirwani 6/60 (29.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 231/3d (68 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Rahul Dravid 101* | wickets-team1-inns2 = Scott Boswell 1/21 (8 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = | runs-team2-inns2 = | wickets-team2-inns2 =

Three-day: Hampshire v Indians

| score-team1-inns1 = 362/5d (86.2 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Sourav Ganguly 100* | wickets-team1-inns1 = Kevan James 5/74 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 458/9 (124 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Kevan James 103 | wickets-team2-inns1 = Salil Ankola 4/120 (30 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = | runs-team1-inns2 = | wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = | runs-team2-inns2 = | wickets-team2-inns2 =

Test series

1st Test

| score-team1-inns1 = 214 (69.1 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Javagal Srinath 52 (65) | wickets-team1-inns1 = Dominic Cork 4/61 (20.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 313 (90.2 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Nasser Hussain 128 (227) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Venkatesh Prasad 4/71 (28 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 219 (70.4 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Sachin Tendulkar 122 (177) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Chris Lewis 5/72 (22.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 121/2 (33.5 overs) | runs-team2-inns2 = Michael Atherton 53* (100) | wickets-team2-inns2 = Venkatesh Prasad 2/50 (14 overs)

2nd Test

| score-team1-inns1 = 344 (130.3 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Jack Russell 124 (261) | wickets-team1-inns1 = Venkatesh Prasad 5/76 (33.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 429 (169.3 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Sourav Ganguly 131 (301) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Alan Mullally 3/71 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 278/9d (121 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Alec Stewart 66 (136) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Anil Kumble 3/90 (51 overs)

3rd Test

| score-team1-inns1 = 521 (167 overs) | runs-team1-inns1 = Sachin Tendulkar 177 (360) | wickets-team1-inns1 = Chris Lewis 3/89 (37 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 564 (198.5 overs) | runs-team2-inns1 = Michael Atherton 160 (376) | wickets-team2-inns1 = Sourav Ganguly 3/71 (19.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 211 (69 overs) | runs-team1-inns2 = Sachin Tendulkar 74 (97) | wickets-team1-inns2 = Mark Ealham 4/21 (14 overs)

July 7 was taken as a rest day and is to date the last test match in England to feature a rest day.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External sources

CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 1997
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1997

References

"India tour of England, 1996". ESPNcricinfo.
(25 October 2011). "Lele reveals why Sidhu walked out of 1996 England tour". [[The Times of India]].
Panicker, Prem. (2 January 1998). "Sachin sacked, Azhar back!". [[Rediff.com]].
"Records - First-class matches - Bowling records - Four wickets in four balls". ESPNcricinfo.

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