India v England @ Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
23, 24, 26, 27, 28 December 1981 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: SN Hanumantha Rao, S Kishen
Match Result: Match Drawn
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c Kapil Dev b Dilip Doshi | 71 | 176 | 260 | 11 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c Madan Lal b Dilip Doshi | 105 | 0 | 440 | 7 | - | |
| 3. Chris Tavare | b Madan Lal | 149 | 303 | 454 | 18 | - | |
| 4. David Gower | lbw b Madan Lal | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |
| *5. Keith Fletcher | b Sandeep Patil | 51 | 0 | 169 | 4 | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | c Kirti Azad b Madan Lal | 66 | 48 | 78 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7. Mike Gatting | b Madan Lal | 5 | 11 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| +8. Bob Taylor | lbw b Madan Lal | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| 9. John Lever | b Kapil Dev | 2 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| 10. Derek Underwood | not out | 2 | 0 | 4 | - | - | |
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | 1-132 (Graham Gooch), 2-248 (Geoff Boycott), 3-248 (David Gower), 4-368 (Keith Fletcher), 5-459 (Ian Botham), 6-465 (Chris Tavare), 7-465 (Bob Taylor), 8-474 (Mike Gatting), 9-476 (John Lever). |
| Extras | 0b, 15lb, 0w, 10nb, 0pen) 25 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 156.4 ovs, 736 mins) 476 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 40.4 | 5 | 126 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Madan Lal | 32 | 4 | 85 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dilip Doshi | 40 | 15 | 68 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Shastri | 27 | 3 | 109 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kirti Azad | 9 | 2 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 8 | 1 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| *1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Bob Taylor b John Lever | 46 | 0 | 139 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Kris Srikkanth | b Bob Willis | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Keith Fletcher b Derek Underwood | 8 | 43 | 52 | - | - | |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | b Ian Botham | 107 | 200 | 268 | 14 | - | |
| 5. Sandeep Patil | b Bob Willis | 31 | 61 | 109 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6. Kirti Azad | st Bob Taylor b Derek Underwood | 16 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Graham Gooch b Ian Botham | 16 | 0 | 86 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8. Ravi Shastri | lbw b Graham Gooch | 93 | 243 | 386 | 9 | - | |
| +9. Syed Kirmani | lbw b John Lever | 67 | 142 | 215 | 9 | - | |
| 10. Madan Lal | b Graham Gooch | 44 | 0 | 141 | 6 | - | |
| 11. Dilip Doshi | not out | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 20b, 8lb, 4w, 21nb, 0pen) 53 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 160.1 ovs, 735 mins) 487 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 26 | 3 | 99 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 37 | 7 | 104 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Underwood | 48 | 18 | 97 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 41 | 6 | 122 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 8.1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | not out | 20 | 57 | 72 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | not out | 34 | 0 | 72 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Chris Tavare | |||||||
| 4. David Gower | |||||||
| *5. Keith Fletcher | |||||||
| 6. Ian Botham | |||||||
| 7. Mike Gatting | |||||||
| +8. Bob Taylor | |||||||
| 9. John Lever | |||||||
| 10. Derek Underwood | |||||||
| 11. Bob Willis |
| FOW | . |
| Extras | 9b, 0lb, 0w, 5nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 0 wickets, 19 ovs, 72 mins) 68 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Madan Lal | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sandeep Patil | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kris Srikkanth | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sunny Gavaskar | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
India:
Sunny Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar, Gundappa Viswanath, Sandeep Patil, Kirti Azad, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Syed Kirmani, Madan Lal, Dilip Doshi
England:
Graham Gooch, Geoff Boycott, Chris Tavare, David Gower, Keith Fletcher, Ian Botham, Mike Gatting, Bob Taylor, John Lever, Derek Underwood, Bob Willis
