Indian cricket team in England in 1990

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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1990 season and played 14

leg-spinner and future Indian cricket captain Anil Kumble
making his international debut and Tendulkar making his 1st Test century at the age of 17, becoming the youngest Test centurion at the time.

Background

1985 Ashes and, except for a victory in a one-off match against Sri Lanka, their first home Test victory in 24 attempts.[2] India's previous tour of England was in 1986, when they won 2–0; coming into the 1990 tour, they had not won an away Test match since.[3]
The two sides had not met since the 1986 tour.

The Indian team selected for the tour was different compared to the successful 1986 team. Legendary players like

left-arm spinner Maninder Singh
were dropped. However the team now had a young Sachin Tendulkar, who had already proved himself at the age of 17 as capable of being world-class and was now being predicted as the successor to Gavaskar. Captain Mohammed Azharuddin was now the leading batsman in the side while the 1986 tour winning captain Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri and the hero of the 1986 tour, Dilip Vengsarkar, were slowly coming to the end of their careers.

Test series

First Test

26 July – 31 July
Scorecard
v
653/4d (162 overs)
Graham Gooch 333 (485)
Narendra Hirwani 1/102 (30 overs)
454 (114.1 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 121 (111)
Angus Fraser 5/104 (39.1 overs)
272/4d (54.2 overs)
Graham Gooch 123 (113)
Sanjeev Sharma 2/75 (15 overs)
224 (62 overs)
Sanjeev Sharma 38 (26)
Angus Fraser 3/39 (22 overs)
England won by 247 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird and Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Graham Gooch
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Second Test

Third Test

23 August – 28 August
Scorecard
v
606/9d (173 overs)
Ravi Shastri 187 (436)
Devon Malcolm 2/110 (35 overs)
340 (123.4 overs)
Graham Gooch 85 (248)
Manoj Prabhakar 4/74 (32.4 overs)
477/4 (154 overs)
David Gower 157* (270)
Kapil Dev 2/66 (24 overs)
Match drawn
The Oval, London
Umpires: Nigel Plews and David Shepherd
Player of the match: David Gower
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • India enforced the follow-on.

One Day series

First ODI

18 July
Scorecard
England 
229 (54.3 overs)
v
 India
233/4 (53 overs)
Allan Lamb 56 (77)
Manoj Prabhakar 3/40 (10.3 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 82 (133)
Chris Lewis 2/58 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
John Holder
Player of the match: Anil Kumble
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Second ODI

20 July
Scorecard
England 
281 (55 overs)
v
 India
282/5 (53 overs)
Robin Smith 103 (105)
Manoj Prabhakar 3/58 (11 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 63* (44)
Eddie Hemmings 2/53 (11 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Robin Smith
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Aftermath

Both Azharuddin and Atherton were named Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

External sources

CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand in England 1990 - Results Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. ISBN 0-947766-16-2
    .
  3. ISBN 0-947766-16-2
    .

Further reading

  • Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001


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