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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1967 season and played 18 first-class fixtures, winning only two, losing 7 and drawing 9.
| Indian cricket team in England in 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 April – 23 July 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | England won the series 3–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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India played three Test matches and lost the series to England 3–0. The Indian team was captained by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, while Brian Close led the England side. England won the First Test by 6 wickets at Headingley; the Second at Lord's by an innings and 124 runs; and the Third at Edgbaston by 132 runs.
First Test
8–13 June 1967 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Robin Hobbs (Eng), and Subrata Guha and Ramesh Saxena (Ind) made their Test debuts.
- Basil D'Oliveira (Eng) scored his first century in Tests.[1]
- Geoff Boycott's (Eng) 246 was the highest score for any batsman in Tests between India and England.[2]
- 11 June was a rest day.
- BS Chandrasekhar (Ind) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.[1]
Second Test
22–26 June 1967 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- 25 June was a rest day.
- John Murray (Eng) equalled the record for most catches by a wicket-keeper in an innings in Tests (6),[3] before Wasim Bari took 7 in 1979.[4]
- Ray Illingworth (Eng) claimed his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[5]
Third Test
13–15 July 1967 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- India's 92 in the first innings was their lowest total in a Test innings in 15 years.[6]
- Ray Illingworth (Eng) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.[7]
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