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Green Park, Kanpur

Match: First Test, Nov 20-24, 2004

About the ground:
Green Park, Kanpur A big ground in the heart of the city of Kanpur, Green Park (Modi stadium) was in the very early days of pre and post-mutiny (1857) used as a parade ground. After normalisation, some Britishers formed a sports club and used the ground for cricket, football, hockey and other games.

The picturesque ground is a regular Test venue, but staging of international matches has been restricted of late because of the rotation system adopted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The first Test to be played at Green Park was in 1951-52, when England beat India by eight wickets in three days. A total of 18 Tests have been played there since, with as many as 11 ending in dull draw thanks to dead pitches.

Green Park has, however, seen some remarkable performances. It was at the venue that Jasu Patel single-handedly won a Test for India against Australia in 1959-60 by picking 14 wickets in the match, including 9-69 in first innings. Gundappa Viswanath made his Test debut a memorable one by hitting a hundred against Australia at the venue in 1969 after getting a duck in first innings while Mohammad Azharuddin completed his world record run of scoring three consecutive centuries in his first three Tests.

Summary of Results:
CountryPlayedWonLostDrawn
Australia3-21
England61-5
India184311
New Zealand2-11
Pakistan2--2
South Africa1-1-
Sri Lanka1--1
West Indies32-1
TOTAL187711

Highest Innings Totals: 676 for 7 by India v Sri Lanka in 1986-87
v India: 559 for 8 decl. by England in 1963-64

Lowest Innings Totals: 105 by Australia in 1959-60
for India : 121 v England in 1951-52

Individual Hundreds: 27
for India: 15 (Highest-199 by Mohammad Azharuddin v Sri Lanka in 1986-87)
v India: 12 (Highest-250 by Faoud Bacchus for West Indies in 1978-79)

Best Innings Bowling: 9-69 by Jasu Patel for India v Australia in 1959-60
v India: 7-67 by Geoff Dymock for Australia in 1979-80

Best Match Bowling: 14-124 by Jasu Patel for India v Australia in 1959-60
v India: 12-124 by Alan Davidson for Australia in 1959-60

Highest Partnership for each wicket:
for India:
WktRunsBatsmenforSeason
1st162DJ GandhiS RameshNZ 1999-00
2nd150K SrikkanthM AzharuddinEng 1984-85
3rd163*AD GaekwadGR ViswanathNZ 1976-77
4th172GR ViswanathAD GaekwadWI 1978-79
5th109AD GaekwadM AmarnathWI 1978-79
6th272M AzharuddinKapil DevSL 1986-87
7th169Yashpal SharmaKapil DevEng 1981-82
8th53PR UmrigarFM EngineerEng 1961-62
9th117RMH BinnyS Madan LalWI 1983-84
10th45KD GhavriDR DoshiPak 1979-80

v India:
WktRunsBatsmenforSeason
1st159S WettimunyJR RatnayekeSL 1986-87
2nd139G PullarKF BarringtonEng 1961-62
3rd129SFAF BacchusRR JumadeenWI 1978-79
4th206KF BarringtonER DexterEng 1961-62
5th160SFAF BacchusDA MurrayWI 1978-79
6th163GStA SobersJS SolomonWI 1958-59
7th130CG GreenidgeMD MarshallWI 1983-84
8th96J BirkenshawGG ArnoldEng 1972-73
9th81RW BarberGAR LockEng 1961-62
10th52ADG RobertsPJ PetherickNZ 1976-77

Statistics: Rajneesh Gupta

Venues:

  • Green Park, Kanpur - First Test
  • Eden Gardens, Kolkata - Second Test


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