The

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toured

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in 1984–85, playing a five-match Test series and five match ODI series versus

. Shortly after they arrived in India, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated; with cricket in India then out of the question for a few weeks, the English team went to

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to play a couple of warm-up matches. The tour was nearly called off after the Deputy High Commissioner of Western India, Percy Norris was shot dead on 27 November in

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, the day after hosting a reception for the England team.Radha, Sailesh S, "A Tribute to...Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket", AuthorHouse Publishing, 2009.

Test Series

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

ODI series

England won the Charminar Challenge Cup 4–1.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

References

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual 1985'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1986''

External links

CricketArchive tour itinerary
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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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