Anthony de Mello Trophy

The Anthony de Mello Trophy is awarded to the winner of the England-India Test cricket series held in India. The trophy was instituted in 1951, when England toured India for a five-match series.[3][4][5] The trophy is named after Anthony de Mello, an Indian cricket administrator and one of the founders of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Anthony de Mello Trophy
Countries India
 England
AdministratorBoard of Control for Cricket in India
England and Wales Cricket Board
FormatTest Cricket
First edition1951–52
Latest edition2020–21
Tournament format5-match test series
Number of teams2
Current trophy holder India
Most successful India (9 series wins)
Most runsIndia Sunil Gavaskar (1,331)[1]
Most wicketsIndia Ravichandran Ashwin (74)[2]
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When the series is held in England, the England-India Test cricket series is played for the Pataudi Trophy. That trophy was instituted by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 2007 to mark the 75th anniversary of the first England-India Test series held in England in 1932.[6] The trophy was named after the Pataudi cricketing family. In 2012, the Pataudi family requested to make the Pataudi Trophy the winner's prize in India as well as England. However, the BCCI said it would not rename the trophy awarded in India.[7]

In 2012, England won the Anthony De Mello Trophy. It was England's first series win in India since 1984–85,[8] India won the series 3–1 in 2020–21 thus qualifying for the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship final.[9][10]

Results
Series Years First match Tests  India  England Drawn Result Holder Ref
1 1951–52 9 November 1951 5 1 1 3 Drawn Both [11]
2 1961–62 11 November 1961 5 2 0 3  India  India [12]
3 1963–64 10 January 1964 5 0 0 5 Drawn [13]
4 1972–73 20 December 1972 5 2 1 2  India [14]
5 1976–77 17 December 1976 5 1 3 1  England  England [15]
6 1981–82 27 November 1981 6 1 0 5  India  India [16]
7 1984–85 28 November 1984 5 1 2 2  England  England [17]
8 1992–93 29 January 1993 3 3 0 0  India  India [18]
9 2001–02 3 December 2001 3 1 0 2  India [19]
10 2005–06 1 March 2006 3 1 1 1 Drawn [20]
11 2008–09 11 December 2008 2 1 0 1  India [21]
12 2012–13 15 November 2012 4 1 2 1  England  England [22]
13 2016–17 9 November 2016 5 4 0 1  India  India [23]
14 2020–21 5 February 2021 4 3 1 0  India [24]

Player of the series
Years Player of the series
1981–82 India Kapil Dev
1984–85 England Mike Gatting
1992–93 India Anil Kumble
2001–02 India Sachin Tendulkar
2005–06 England Andrew Flintoff
2008–09 India Zaheer Khan
2012–13 England Alastair Cook
2016–17 India Virat Kohli
2020–21 India Ravichandran Ashwin

See also

References
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  2. "STATISTICS / STATSGURU / TEST mATCHES / BOWLING RECORDS". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. "India-England series played for Anthony De Mello trophy: BCCI". The Hindu. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  4. Saldanha, Francis. "Resurgent England Wins Anthony De Mello Trophy". Bellevision. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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  7. "Recognise India-England series as Pataudi Trophy". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. "England script famous series win on Indian soil". vcricket.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  9. Sankar, Rohit (8 November 2016). "Why India-England Test series' are known by different names". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
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