SUNIL GAVASKAR'S CRICKETING CAREER (1970-1987)

Cricket - a.k.a. The Gentleman's Game

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SUNIL GAVASKAR'S CRICKETING CAREER (1970-1987)

1970-71 vs. West Indies

1. Port Of Spain: c Lloyd b Noreiga 65; not out 67
2. Georgetown: c Carew b Sobers 116; not out 64
3. Bridgetown: c Holder b Dowe 1; not out 117
4. Port Of Spain: c Lewis b Holford 124; b Shepherd 220

Total: 774; Average: 154.8; Centuries: 4; Fifties: 3

1971 vs. England

5. Lord's: c Amiss b Price 4; c Edrich b Gifford 53
6. Manchester: c Knott b Price 57; c Knott b Hutton 24
7. Oval: b Snow 6; lbw b Snow 0

Total: 144; Average: 24.00; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 2

1972-73 vs. England

8. Delhi: c Grieg b Arnold 12; c Greig b Underwood 8
9. Calcutta: c Old b Underwood 18; lbw b Old 2
10. Madras: c Greig b Gifford 20; not out 0
11. Kanpur: c Greig b Birkenshaw 69; c Roope b Arnold 24
12. Bombay: b Old 4; c & b Underwood 67

Total: 224; Average: 24.89; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 2

1974 vs. England

13. Manchester: run out 101; c Hendricks b Old 58
14. Lord's: c Knott b Old 49; lbw b Arnold 5
15. Birmingham: c Knott b Arnold 0; c Knott b Old 4

Total: 217; Average: 26.17; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 1

1974-75 vs. West Indies

16. Bangalore: c Richards b Holder 14; c Murray b Boyce 0
17. Bombay: b Gibbs 86; c Fredericks b Roberts 8

Total: 108; Average: 27.00; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 1

1975-76 vs. New Zealand

18. Auckland: c Turner b Howarth 116; not out 35
19. Christchurch: c Burgess b Collinge 22; c Howarth b D.R. Hadlee 71
20. Wellington: c Wadsworth b R.J.Hadlee 22

Total: 266; Average: 66.50; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 1

1975-76 vs. West Indies

21. Bridgetown: lbw b Roberts 37; c Jumadeen b Roberts 1
22. Port of Spain: c Murray b Holding 156
23. Port of Spain: lbw b Holding 26; c Murray b Jumadeen 102
24. Kingston: b Holding 66; c Julien b Holding 2

Total: 390; Average: 55.71; Centuries: 2; Fifties: 1

1976-77 vs. New Zealand

25. Bombay: c Cairns b Petherick 119; c Burgess b R.J. Hadlee 14
26. Kanpur: b O'Sullivan 66; b R.J. Hadlee 15
27. Madras: b Cairns 2; st. Lees b O'Sullivan 43

Total: 259; Average: 43.17; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 0

1976-77 vs. England

28. Delhi: c Willis b J.K. Lever 38; c Woolmer b Underwood 71
29. Calcutta: c Old b Willis 0; b Underwood 18
30. Madras: c Brearley b Old 39; c Woolmer b Underwood 24
31. Bangalore: c Underwood b J.K. Lever 4; c Brearley b Underwood 50
32. Bombay: c & b Underwood 108; c Willis b Underwood 42

Total: 394; Average: 39.40; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 2

1977-78 vs. Australia

33. Brisbane: c Cosier b Clark 3; c Rixon b Clark 113
34. Perth: c Rixon b Clark 4; b Clark 127
35. Melbourne: c Rixon b Thomson 0; c Serjeant b Gannon 118
36. Sydney: c Rixon b Thomson 49;
37. Adelaide: c Toohey b Thomson 7; c Rixon b Callen 29

Total: 450; Average: 50.00; Centuries: 3; Fifties: 0

1978-79 vs. Pakistan

38. Faisalabad: Iqbal Qasim 89; not out 8
39. Lahore: c Majid Khan b S. Altaf 5; c Sarfraz b Mushtaq 97
40. Karachi: c Sarfraz b Imran 111; c Bari b Sarfraz 137

Total: 447; Average: 89.40; Centuries: 2; Fifties: 2

1978-79 vs. West Indies

41. Bombay: b Clarke 205; c Murray b Clarke 73
42. Bangalore: c Shivnaraine b Clarke 0;
43. Calcutta: c Bacchus b Phillip 107; not out 182
44. Madras: c Bacchus b Phillip 4; c Murray b Clarke 1
45. Delhi: c Murray b Clarke 120
46. Kanpur: c Murray b Marshall 40

Total: 732; Average: 91.50; Centuries: 4; Fifties: 1

1979 vs. England

47. Birmingham: run out 61; c Gooch b Hendrick 68
48. Lord's: c Taylor b Gooch 42; c Brearley b Botham 59
49. Leeds: b Edmonds 78;
50. Oval: c Bairstow b Botham 13; c Gower b Botham 221

Total: 542; Average: 77.43; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 4

1979-80 vs. Australia

51. Madras: c Wood b Hogg 50
52. Bangalore: c Hilditch b Yardley 10
53. Kanpur: lbw b Dymock 76; c Whatmore b Yardley 12
54. Delhi: lbw b Hogg 115;
55. Calcutta: lbw b Hogg 14; c Hilditch b Dymock 25
56. Bombay: c Hughes b Border 123;

Total: 425; Average: 53.12; Centuries: 2; Fifties: 2

1979-80 vs. Pakistan

57. Bangalore: c Miandad b Qadir 88;
58. Delhi: c Bari b Sikander Bakht 31; c Bari b Bakht 21
59. Bombay: c Qadir b Bakht 4; c Zaheer b Qasim 48
60. Kanpur: b Bakht 2; c Mudassar b Ehteshamuddin 81
61. Madras: c Qasim b Imran 166; not out 29
62. Calcutta: c Qasim b Imran 44; c Miandad b Imran 15

Total: 529; Average: 52.9; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 2

1979-80 vs. England

63. Bombay: c Taylor b Botham 49; c Taylor b Botham 24

Total: 73; Average: 36.50; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 0

1980-81 vs. Australia

64. Sydney: c Marsh b Lillee 0; c Marsh b Pascoe 10
65. Adelaide: b Pascoe 23; c Chappell b Pascoe 5
66. Melbourne: c Hughes b Pascoe 10; lbw b Lillee 70

Total: 118; Average: 19.67; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 1

1980-81 vs. New Zealand

67. Wellington: b Cairns 23; b Snedden 12
68. Christchurch: c Smith b R.J. Hadlee 53;
69. Auckland: c Smith b Snedden 5; c Cairns b Bracewell 33

Total: 126; Average: 21.00; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 1

1981-82 vs. England

70. Bombay: c Taylor b Botham 55; c Taylor b Botham 14
71. Bangalore: c & b Underwood 172;
72. Delhi: c Taylor b Lever 46;
73. Calcutta: b Underwood 42; not out 83
74. Madras: c Taylor b Willis 25; c Botham b Willis 11
75. Kanpur: run out 52

Total: 500; Average: 62.5; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 3

1982 vs. England

76. Lord's: b Botham 48; c Cook b Willis 24
77. Manchester: c Tavare b Willis 2
78. Oval: absent hurt

Total: 74; Average: 24.67; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 0

1982-83 vs. Sri Lanka

79. Madras: c De Mel b D.S. de Silva 155; not out 4

Total: 159; Average: 159.00; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 0

1982-83 vs. Pakistan

80. Lahore: c Bari b Sarfraz 83;
81. Karachi: run out 8; b Imran 42
82. Faisalabad: c Salim b Imran 12; not out 127
83. Hyderabad: c Bari b Imran 17; c & b Qasim 60
84. Lahore: lbw b Imran 13;
85. Karachi: c Bari b Tahir Naqqash 5; lbw b Imran 67

Total: 434; Average: 48.22; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 3

1982-83 vs. West Indies

86. Kingston: c Dujon b Marshall 20; b Holding 0
87. Port of Spain: c Dujon b Holding 1; c Dujon b Marshall 32
88. Georgetown: not out 147;
89. Bridgetown: c Dujon b Holding 2; c Roberts b Garner 19
90. Antigua: c Dujon b Marshall 18; c Dujon b Davis 1

Total: 240; Average: 30.00; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 0

1983-84 vs. Pakistan

91. Bangalore: lbw b Tahir Naqqash 42; not out 103
92. Jullundar: b Aseem Hafiz 5;
93. Nagpur: c Mudassar b A. Hafiz 50; c Mudassar b Nazir 64

Total: 264; Average: 66.00; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 2

1983-84 vs. West Indies

94. Kanpur: c Dujon b Marshall 0; c Davis b Marshall 7
95. Delhi: b Gomes 121; lbw b Holding 15
96. Ahmedaba: c Lloyd b Holding 90; lbw b Holding 1
97. Bombay: lbw b Marshall 12; c Davis b Marshall 3
98. Calcutta: c Dujon b Marshall 0; c Dujon b Holding 20
99. Madras: not out 236;

Total: 505; Average: 50.50; Centuries: 2; Fifties: 1

1984-85 vs. Pakistan

100. Lahore: c Salim Malik b A. Hafiz 48; lbw b Jalaluddin 37
101. Faisalabad: c Qasim Omar b A. Qadir 35;

Total: 120; Average: 40.00; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 0

1984-85 vs. England

102. Bombay: c Downton b Cowans 27; c Gower b Cowans 5
103. Delhi: c Downton b Ellison 1; b Pocock 65
104. Calcutta: c Gatting b Edmonds 13;
105. Madras: b Foster 17; c Gatting b Foster 3
106. Kanpur: b Cowans 9;

Total: 140; Average: 15.56; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 1

1985-86 vs. Sri Lanka

107. Colombo: c A. Silva b F.S. Ahangama 51; c De Mel b R. Ratnayake 0
108. Colombo: st. A. Silva b Ratnayeke 52; c A. Silva b Ratnayeke 19
109. Kandy: c A. Silva b Ratnayeke 49; not out 15

Total: 186; Average: 37.20; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 2

1985-86 vs. Australia

110. Adelaide: not out 166
111. Melbourne: b Gilbert 6; b Reid 8
112. Sydney: b Holland 172;

Total: 352; Average: 117.33; Centuries: 2; Fifties: 0

1986 vs. England

113. Lord's: c Emburey b Dilley 34; c Downton b Dilley 22
114. Leeds: c French b Pringle 35; c French b Lever 1
115. Birmingham: b Pringle 29; c French b Foster 54

Total: 175; Average: 29.17; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 1

1986 vs. Australia

116. Madras: c & b Matthews 8; c Jones b Bright 90
117. Delhi: b Gilbert 4;
118. Bombay: c Ritchie b Matthews 103;

Total: 205; Average: 51.25; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 2

1986-87 vs. Sri Lanka

119. Kanpur: c Wettimuny b Labrooy 176;
120. Nagpur: b Gurusinghe 74;
121. Cuttack: lbw b Ravi Ratnayake 5;

Total: 255; Average: 85.00; Centuries: 1; Fifties: 1

1987 vs. Pakistan

122. Madras: c Tauseef b Qadir 91;
123. Jaipur: c Miandad b Imran 0; c R. Raja b Tauseef 24
124. Ahmedabad: lbw b Imran 63;
125. Bangalore: b Tauseef 21; c S. Yousuf b I. Qasim 96

Total: 295; Average: 49.17; Centuries: 0; Fifties: 3

Country	Matches	Inns.	N.O.s	Runs	Hgst	100s	50s	Avg.
W. Indies	27	48	06	2749	236*	13	07	65.45
England	38	67	02	2483	221	04	16	38.20
Pakistan	24	41	04	2089	166	05	12	56.46
Australia	20	31	01	1550	172	08	05	51.67
New Zealand	09	16	01	651	119	02	02	43.40
Sri. Lanka	07	11.	02	660	166*	02	03	66.67
TOTAL	125	214	16	10,122	236*	34	45	51.12

Double Centuries:

4 [220(WI); 221(Eng); 205(WI); 236*(WI)]

Triple Centuries:

Score in 90s:

5 [(97(Pak); 90(WI); 90(Aus); 91(Pak); 96(Pak)]

Out for a Duck:

Century in both the innings:

3 [142&220(WI); 111&137(Pak); 107&182(WI)]

HOW OUT

Caught	137
Bowled	32
LBW	18
Run out	04
Stumped	02
Other	00
Total	198

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