1975 World Cup, Match 6 - India beat East Africa by 10 wickets at Headingley in Leeds. After a disppointing performance against England, India bounced back with a record 10 wickets victory. Farokh Engineer was awarded man of the match for his well-made unbeaten fifty.


1975 World Cup, Match 6 - 11th June 1975, India vs East Africa at Headingley, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: East Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
⇒ Umpires: Dickie Bird and A Jepson
⇒ Match Result: India won by 10 wkts
⇒ Man of the Match: Farokh Engineer

East Africa Batting


⇒ Frasat Ali b Abid Ali 12
⇒ Samuel Walusimbi lbw b Abid Ali 16
⇒ Praful Mehta (WK) run out 12
⇒ Yunus Badat b Bedi 1
⇒ Jawahir Shah b Amarnath 37
⇒ Harilal Shah (C) c Engineer b Amarnath 0
⇒ Ramesh Sethi c Gaekwad b Madan Lal 23
⇒ Mehmood Quaraishy run out 6
⇒ Zulfiqar Ali not out 2
⇒ Prabhu Nana lbw b Madan Lal 0
⇒ Don Pringle b Madan Lal 2

Extras : 9 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)

Total : 120 all out (55.3 Overs)

Fall of Wickets : 1-26 (Frasat Ali), 2-36 (Walusimbi), 3-37 (Yunus Badat), 4-56 (Mehta), 5-56 (Harilal Shah), 6-98 (Jawahir Shah), 7-116 (Sethi), 8-116 (Mehmood Quaraishy), 9-116 (Nana), 10-120 (Pringle)

India Bowling


⇒ Abid Ali 12-5-22-2
⇒ Madan Lal 9.3-2-15-3
⇒ Bedi 12-8-6-1
⇒ Venkataraghavan 12-4-29-0
⇒ Amarnath 10-0-39-2

India Batting


⇒ Sunil Gavaskar not out 65
⇒ Farokh Engineer (WK) not out 54
⇒ Did not Bat - Anshuman Gaekwad, Gundappa Viswanath, DidBrijesh Patel, Eknath Solkar, Abid Ali, Madan Lal, Mohinder Amarnath, Venkataraghavan (C), Bishan Singh Bedi

Extras : 4 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 0)

Total : 123/0 (29.5 Overs)

Fall of Wickets :

East Africa Bowling


⇒ Frasat Ali 6-1-17-0
⇒ Pringle 3-0-14-0
⇒ Zulfiqar Ali 11-3-32-0
⇒ Nana 4.5-0-36-0
⇒ Sethi 5-0-20-0


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