English cricket team in India and Sri Lanka in 1984–85

{{Test match

| date =28 November–3 December 1984

| team1 ={{cr-rt|England}}

| team2 ={{cr|India}}

| score-team1-inns1 =195 (96.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Phil Edmonds 48 (81)

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6/64 (31.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =465/8d (137 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Ravi Shastri 142 (323)

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Pat Pocock 3/133 (46 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =317 (135 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Mike Gatting 136 (255)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6/117 (46 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =51/2 (15.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Mohinder Amarnath 22* (27)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =Norman Cowans 1/18 (5 overs)

| result =India won by 8 wickets

| venue =Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

| umpires =Bhairab Ganguli (Ind) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)

| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16886/scorecard/63391 Scorecard]

| toss =England won the toss and decided to bat.

| rain =

| motm=

| notes = Chris Cowdrey and Tim Robinson (both Eng) made their debut in Tests.

• Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (Ind) claimed his first wicket in Tests.{{cite web |title=INDIA v ENGLAND 1984-85 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-england-1984-85-151944 |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}
• 30 November was a rest day.
• Mike Gatting (Eng) scored his first century in Tests.{{cite web |title=The definition of being positive has changed |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mike-gatting-the-definition-of-being-positive-has-changed-909821 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2015}}
• This was India's first win after 31 Tests.

}}

{{Test match

| date =12–17 December 1984

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =307 (125.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Kapil Dev 60 (97)

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Richard Ellison 4/66 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =418 (169.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Tim Robinson 160 (390)

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 6/99 (49.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =235 (103.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Sunil Gavaskar 65 (164)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Phil Edmonds 4/60 (44 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =127/2 (23.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Allan Lamb 37* (38)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 1/41 (8 overs)

| result =England won by 8 wickets

| venue =Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

| umpires =Dara Dotiwalla (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)

| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16886/scorecard/63392 Scorecard]

| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.

| rain =

| motm=

| notes = Manoj Prabhakar (Ind) made his debut in Tests.

• 14 December was a rest day.
• This was England's first win after 13 Tests,{{cite web |last1=Steen |first1=Rob |title=Surprise, surprise |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rob-steen-on-ten-of-the-most-shocking-results-in-test-history-1085678 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en |date=7 March 2017}} their then longest winless run in Tests.{{cite web |title=INDIA v ENGLAND 1984-85 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-england-1984-85-151945 |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}

}}

{{Test match

| date =31 December 1984–5 January 1985

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =437/7d (200 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Ravi Shastri 111 (357)

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Phil Edmonds 3/72 (47 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =276 (100.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Allan Lamb 67 (102)

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Chetan Sharma 4/38 (12.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =29/1 (18 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Manoj Prabhakar 21 (56)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Allan Lamb 1/6 (1 over)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =Eden Gardens, Calcutta

| umpires =Bhairab Ganguli (Ind) and V. Vikramraju (Ind)

| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16886/scorecard/63393 Scorecard]

| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) scored a century on Test debut.

• Only 20 minutes of play was possible on day 2 due to smog and rain.
• 2 January was a rest day.
• Azharuddin and Ravi Shastri, in the first innings, broke the record for highest partnership for India for the fifth wicket in Tests (214 runs),{{cite web |title=INDIA v ENGLAND 1984-85 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-england-1984-85-151946 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}} before it was broken by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in 2001.{{cite web |last1=Kotian |first1=Harish |title=15 years ago this day.... |url=https://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/-fifteen-years-ago-this-day-vvs-laxman-rahul-dravid/20160314.htm |publisher=Rediff.com |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}

}}

{{Test match

| date =13–18 January 1985

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =272 (67.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Mohinder Amarnath 78 (101)

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Neil Foster 6/104 (23 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =652/7d (175 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Mike Gatting 207 (309)

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Mohinder Amarnath 2/36 (12 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =412 (122.5 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Mohammad Azharuddin 105 (218)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Neil Foster 5/59 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =35/1 (8 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Tim Robinson 21* (26)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =Laxman Sivaramakrishnan 1/12 (4 overs)

| result =England won by 9 wickets

| venue =MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras

| umpires =Mahendra Gupte (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16886/scorecard/63394 Scorecard]

| toss =India won the toss and decided to bat.

| rain =

| motm=

| notes= 16 January was a rest day.

• With Graeme Fowler's involvement in partnerships of 178 and 241 runs for the first and second wickets in England's first innings, both records for the country, he became the first player since Len Hutton in 1938 to be involved in such an instance in the same innings of a Test.{{cite web |title=India v England 1984-85 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-england-1984-85-151947 |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}
• This was also the first instance where two England players scored double-centuries in one innings of a Test.

}}

{{Test match

| date =31 January–5 February 1985

| team1 ={{cr-rt|India}}

| team2 ={{cr|England}}

| score-team1-inns1 =553/8d (165 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 =Dilip Vengsarkar 137 (255)

| wickets-team1-inns1 =Neil Foster 3/123 (36 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =417 (188.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 =Tim Robinson 96 (279)

| wickets-team2-inns1 =Kapil Dev 4/81 (36.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =97/1d (13 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 =Mohammad Azharuddin 54* (43)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =Mike Gatting 0/7 (1 over)

| score-team2-inns2 =91/0 (36 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 =Mike Gatting 41* (59)

| wickets-team2-inns2 =Mohammad Azharuddin 0/8 (1 over)

| result =Match drawn

| venue =Modi Stadium, Kanpur

| umpires =V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)

| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/16886/scorecard/63395 Scorecard]

| toss = India won the toss and decided to bat.

| notes = Gopal Sharma (Ind) made his debut in Tests.

• Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) became the first player to score centuries in his first three Tests.
• India's first innings total of 553 was their highest against England in Tests.{{cite web |title=INDIA v ENGLAND 1984-85 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-england-1984-85-151948 |work=Wisden |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}

}}

England won the Charminar Challenge Cup 4–1.

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 5 December 1984

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 214/6 (45 overs)

| runs1 = DB Vengsarkar 105 (124)

| wickets1 = NA Foster 3/44 (10 overs)

| score2 = 215/6 (43.2 overs)

| runs2 = MW Gatting 115* (135)

| wickets2 = M Prabhakar 1/27 (10 overs)

| result = England won by 4 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45397.html Scorecard]

| venue = Nehru Stadium, Pune

| umpires = S Banerjee and MI Ghouse

| motm = DB Vengsarkar (IND) and MW Gatting (ENG)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced to 45 overs per side.

| notes = RS Ghai and KS More (both IND), and RM Ellison and RT Robinson (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 27 December 1984

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 252/5 (49 overs)

| runs1 = RJ Shastri 102 (142)

| wickets1 = VJ Marks 3/50 (8 overs)

| score2 = 241/6 (46 overs)

| runs2 = MW Gatting 59 (86)

| wickets2 = RMH Binny 2/48 (7 overs)

| result = England won by faster scoring rate

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45460.html Scorecard]

| venue = Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

| umpires = JD Ghosh and PG Pandit

| motm = RJ Shastri (IND)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced to 49 overs per side.

• When play was halted England needed to have scored 237 runs to win.

| notes =

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 20 January 1985

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}

| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 205/6 (46 overs)

| runs1 = M Azharuddin 47* (37)

| wickets1 = VJ Marks 3/35 (10 overs)

| score2 = 206/7 (45 overs)

| runs2 = AJ Lamb 59* (75)

| wickets2 = Kapil Dev 3/38 (10 overs)

| result = England won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45557.html Scorecard]

| venue = M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

| umpires = SK Das and RV Ramani

| motm = AJ Lamb (ENG)

| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.

| notes = M Azharuddin and S Viswanath (both IND) made their ODI debuts.

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 23 January 1985

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 240/7 (50 overs)

| runs1 = MD Moxon 70 (124)

| wickets1 = RJ Shastri 4/40 (10 overs)

| score2 = 241/7 (47.4 overs)

| runs2 = Kapil Dev 54 (41)

| wickets2 = JP Agnew 3/38 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 3 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45564.html Scorecard]

| venue = Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur

| umpires = R Mrithyunjayan and AL Narasimhan

| motm = Kapil Dev (IND)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = JP Agnew, CS Cowdrey and MD Moxon (all ENG), and LS Rajput (IND) made their ODI debuts.

}}

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 27 January 1985

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 121/6 (15 overs)

| runs1 = AJ Lamb 33* (19)

| wickets1 = TA Sekhar 3/23 (3 overs)

| score2 = 114/5 (15 overs)

| runs2 = RJ Shastri 53 (45)

| wickets2 = PH Edmonds 2/20 (3 overs)

| result = England won by 7 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45585.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh

| umpires = RB Gupta and BR Nagaraja Rao

| motm = RJ Shastri (IND)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = The match was reduced before play started to 15 overs per side.

| notes = BN French (ENG) made his ODI debut.

}}

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1985
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1986

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/IND/1984-85_IND_England_in_India_1984-85.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]
• [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61797.html Tour Page ESPNcricinfo]
• [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61797.html?view=records record ESPNcricinfo]

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