West Indian cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1966–67
The West Indian cricket team toured India and Ceylon in December 1966 and January 1967 to play a three-match Test series against the Indian national cricket team. West Indies won the Test series 2–0. India were captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and West Indies by Garfield Sobers.[1] In January, the West Indians played a first-class rated international against the Ceylon national cricket team at the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo. The match was drawn. Ceylon were captained by Michael Tissera.[2]
Test series summary
First Test
13–18 December 1966 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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296 (109.4 overs) CG Borde 121 GS Sobers 3/46 (25 overs) | 421 (161.5 overs) CC Hunte 101 BS Chandrasekhar 7/157 (61.5 overs) | |
316 (111.5 overs) BK Kunderan 79 LR Gibbs 4/67 (24.5 overs) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 16 December was taken as a rest day.
- AL Wadekar (IND) and CH Lloyd (WIN) made their Test debuts.
Second Test
31 December 1966–5 January 1967 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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West Indies won by an innings and 45 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: I Gopalakrishnan and SP Pan |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- 2 January was taken as a rest day.
- There was no play on the second day due to riots in the stadium.[3]
- BS Bedi (IND) made his Test debut.
Third Test
13–18 January 1967 (5-day match) Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 16 January was taken as a rest day.
References
External links
- West Indies to India 1966-67 at Test Cricket Tours
- West Indies in India and Ceylon 1966-67 at CricketArchive
Further reading
- Dicky Rutnagur, "West Indies triumph but cracks begin to show", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1967, pp. 65–68
- Dicky Rutnagur, "West Indies in India, 1966-67", Wisden 1968, pp. 855–70
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