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The 1980's was an era of change for the game of cricket. Over this decade cricket became much more internationalized, and the same time more commercialized. Different TV companies played their part in this. Kerry Packar's Channel was the obvious leader; but the others were not far behind. Unfortunately, amidst all these changes, there was very little change in the pitches of India. In fact, if anything, the pitches became even slower. Slow pitches quite often led to boring test matches. Slow test cricket, combined with India's historical success at lord's, in 1983, helped increase the popularity of ODI cricket.
Still, the slowness of the Indian pitches didn't stop, Ian Botham, Malcolm Marshall, Micheal Holding, Neal Foster, Courtney Walsh and Richard Haldee show their class during passages to India.
India in England (Golden Jubilee test, Feb. 1980): This was supposed to be a grand occasion for Indian cricket. Unfortunately three things spoiled their party; a sub standard wicket at Mumbai, a young guy called Ian Botham ,and fatigue and boredom of the leading Indian players. Most of the leading players of the country had been playing non-stop international cricket since the previous summer. In June, they participated in the WC, then came the 4 test series in England. In autumn, India hosted a long tour by Kim Hughes Australia. Even before the Aussies had left Indian soil, Asif Iqbal's Pakistan were in India. With this almost non-stop cricket, the Indian team was jaded, and at Mumbai they failed to perform up to expectation.
As for Botham he scored a quickfire century and took 13 wickets in the match. On the opening day, he took 6/58 to restrict the home side to a mere 242. snapback hats wholesale , In fact it was only the determined battign by WK Kirmani that helped India cross the 200 mark. However, the Indian seamers, Kapil and Ghavri threatened to restrict the tourists on the 2nd day. At one stage, Englad was reduced to 58/5. But, then came Ian Botham. With WK Taylor standing firm at one end, he toyed with the Indian bowling. On a poor batting wicket, he smashed 17 fours in his 144 ball 114; it was match winning knock. He was the 6th man out, and at that stage India still held a slender lead, but by this time the Indian bowling had become tired after receiving lusty blows from ‘Beefy'. Tail enders Lever and Stevenson scored vital runs to stretch the England lead to 54.
Botham looked unplayable in the Indian 2nd innings; taking 7/48, and with India's bogey man Lever chipping in with 3 wickets India only managed 149 in their 2nd innings. Boycott and Gooch took England home to a 10 wicket victory.
England in India (1981-82): The England selectors gave lot of weight to sub continent experience in picking their team. Keith Fletcher, a veteran of 1972-73 and 1976-77 campaign was recalled to lead the team. The pace attack relied on Botham, Willis and lLever, young Dilley and Allott completed the pace battery. Sadly, the pitches in India offered nothing for the bowlers. The slow boring cricket by both the teams disappointed everyone. In fact, at one stage, during the 4th test at Calcutta, it got so boring that, Geoffrey Boycott left fielding complaining of an upset stomach; but later he was found playing golf at the course adjacent to the Eden Gardens. ?? The incident was kind of funny, but the England management didn't find anything amusing. Boycott was immediately sent home and his international career ended there.
The 6 test series was decided in the very first test at Mumbai. For the 3rd time running, the Wankhede Stadium at Mumbai produced an underprepared wicket for a test match. But, this time it was the Indian seamers, Kapil and Madan Lal who exploited the conditions better. wholesale blank baseball caps , Botham and Dilley took 4 wickets a piece on the opening day to restrict the hosts to 179 allout. But, then England slumped from comfortable 95/1 to 166 all out the next day. Botham, fresh from his heroics in the Ashes during the summer, took 5/61 in India's 2nd innings, but the spinners Underwood and Emburey proved largely ineffective. India reached 227 all out; and then Kapil (5/70) and Madan Lal (5/23) bowled England out for 102.
John Lever, the left armer from Essex, briefly brought back memories of 1976-777 taking 5 iwckets at Bangalore, but the Indian captain Gavaskar stood like a wall, scoring 171 and taking his side to safety. ? The English seamers proved steady without being penetrative in the 3rd test at Delhi and the 4th test at Calcutta. In a bold move, Fletcher, the England captain, put the opposition in after winning the toss at Chennai. For a brief period it seemed to work, as Dilley dismissed debutant Pranab Roy for 6, and then Willis got the bigger fish (Gavaskar for 25). But then Vishwanath (222) and Yashpal Sharma (140) took? India to 481/4. English bowlers did better at Kanpur, restricting India at one stage to 207/6, but weather intervened to take away vital playing times. Also, Kapil Dev with 116 from just 98 deliveries completely nullified the English threat.
SL in India (Autumn 1982): SL, the new boy of test cricket at the time, played one test and 3 ODIs during a short tour. The test at Chennai was only the 5th in their history. They achieved a highly creditable draw, thanks mainly to 3 men; future captain Duleep Mendis became the 1st Lankan to score centuries in each innings of a test; scoring 105 on each occasion, Roy Dias, the elegant right hander 60 and 97 with effortless grace, and right arm fast bowler Asantha De Mel took 5 wickets in India's 2nd innings.
The game had an exciting finish. India needed only 175 in their final innings, but time was against them. Still, the home team fancied their chances after scoring 566/6 (Decl. ) in the 1st innings, scoring their runs at a rate of 4. 32, very respectable in those days standards. In the 2nd innings, in a bid to look for quick runs, they changed their batting line up, Vengsarkar opened the innings with debutant Arun Lal. But, De Mel emerged to spoil India's plan. First, with the new ball he dismissed both the openers cheaply to leave the home side struggling at 16/2. But, then Sandip Patil (46) and Kapil (30) rekindled India's hopes of a victory with some quick runs. But, it was De Mel who had the final say, he not only dismissed, but also accounted for Vishwanath and Madan Lal. With Patil being run out India finished at 135/7. At one stage, even an unlikely Lank an win looked possible, thanks only to De Mel, who finished with highly impressive 5/68.
WI in India (!983): Clive Lloyd's men landed in India (in autumn) with only one thing in their mind; revenge. While the upset at Lord's in the summer saw India reaching the zenith of success, for WI it was simply a humiliation. During the long tour of India, during the 1983-84 season they took full revenge. They won all the ODIs, and easily defeated the home side 3-0 in the 6 test series.
As usual, the WI tem depended on its pace battery for their success; of spinner Roger Harper only made couple of cameo appearances in the last two tests. Especially Marshall and Holding excelled themselves taking 63 wickets in between themselves in the series. It was Marsahll, who started it all at Kanpur in the opening test. After Gordon Greenidge's mammoth 194 helped WI reach 454, he quickly restricted the home side to 18/4 in the 2nd evening. He simply ran through the Indian top order and with Holding and Davies also joining in the party there was no comeback for the home side. Marshall completed a superb match for him after taking 4/19 and 4/47 along with his 92 with the bat. Indian batsmen performed better in the 2nd test at Delhi, with both Vengsarkar (159) and Gavaskar (121) reaching 3 figures. Then came the 3rd test, and the underprepared wicket of Ahmedabad.
Kapil's decision to bowl first seemed to work perfectly as Binny dismissed Greenidge, Haynes and Richards cheaply; and at the end WI reached 281 only due to a brave 98 from WK Dujon. The game took a decisive turn in favor of the tourist on the 3rd morning, when India collapsed from a comfortable 173/2 to 241 all out. mets hats , And if just to emphasize the depth of pace talent in WI at the time, it wasn't Holding or Marshall, but Wayne Daniel, one of the most unlucky cricketers of the era, who stole the limelight taking 5/39.
India's captain Kapil Dev took 9/83 in the WI 2nd innings; it was a superlative bowling effort. But lack of support from the other end meant that the Windies recovered from 114/7 to 201. Interestingly, it was Holding (58) and Marshall (29) who led the recovery. In a wicket where the ball was keeping low regularly, they played everything of the front foot, knowing fully well that no one would dare bowl short to them.
By the time India had started their chase, the pitch had become a graveyard for the batsmen. The WI bowlers took full advantage; especially, Holding with his extra pace seemed almost unplayable. ? He took 4/30, as India collapsed to 103 all out. WK Kirmani saved India's blushes, his 24* helped the home side reach 3 figures.
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