f28885	Somerset v Indians
	India in England 1971
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 29th, 30th August 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Indians won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	PB Wight, H Yarnold
Close of play day 1	Indians (1) 320/7 (Abid Ali 83*, Krishnamurthy 7*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (1) 177/3 (Close 73*, O'Keeffe 29*)

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HK Jayantilal	c Virgin b Cartwright	32
AV Mankad	b Cartwright	26
*AL Wadekar	b Cartwright	10
DN Sardesai	b Cartwright	9
AA Baig	c Moseley b Cartwright	24
ED Solkar	c Langford b O'Keeffe	113		170	18	1
S Abid Ali	not out	102
S Venkataraghavan	c Clarkson b Jones	4
+P Krishnamurthy	b O'Keeffe	7
DD Govindraj	not out	10
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	12
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.4 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-57, 2-72, 3-73, 4-87, 5-158, 6-292, 7-299, 8-320

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	17	0	83	1	-	-
Moseley	14	1	58	0	-	-
Cartwright	33	13	79	5	-	-
O'Keeffe	24.4	8	76	2	-	-
Langford	11	1	41	0	-	-

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Wadekar b Venkataraghavan	47
MJ Kitchen	c Wadekar b Abid Ali	5
DB Close	not out	103
A Clarkson	lbw b Chandrasekhar	4
KJ O'Keeffe	run out	35
PJ Robinson	not out	13
TW Cartwright	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(15 lb, 4 nb)	19
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 79.3 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-94, 3-123, 4-194

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Govindraj	10	1	32	0	-	-
Abid Ali	17	3	42	1	-	-
Solkar	11	2	28	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	16.3	7	38	1	-	-
Venkataraghavan	25	6	67	1	-	-

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Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
HK Jayantilal	c Taylor b Jones	2
AV Mankad	b O'Keeffe	21
*AL Wadekar	c Virgin b Cartwright	74
DN Sardesai	b Cartwright	6
AA Baig	c Langford b Cartwright	20
S Abid Ali	not out	17
S Venkataraghavan	not out	15
ED Solkar	did not bat
+P Krishnamurthy	did not bat
DD Govindraj	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-58, 3-67, 4-128, 5-130

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	7	1	32	1	-	-
Moseley	5	0	11	0	-	-
Cartwright	15	5	42	3	-	-
O'Keeffe	8	2	20	1	-	-
Langford	7	1	40	0	-	-
Virgin	1	0	10	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Mankad b Govindraj	0
MJ Kitchen	c Abid Ali b Venkataraghavan	27
DB Close	not out	43
PJ Robinson	not out	52
A Clarkson	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
*BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb)	5
Total	(2 wickets, 39 overs)	127
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-50

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Govindraj	6	0	24	1	-	-
Abid Ali	3	1	3	0	-	-
Chandrasekhar	11	2	31	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	12	2	43	1	-	-
Wadekar	4	1	16	0	-	-
Mankad	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> A Clarkson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> DB Close (1) passed 27500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> PJ Robinson (2) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 30
--> TW Cartwright reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 3rd wicket in the Indians second innings

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