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cricket
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team from
England
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, organised by the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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, toured
India
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and
Sri Lanka
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in the 1976-77 cricket season. They played five
Test matches against the
India national cricket team, with England winning three matches, India winning one and the other one being drawn. The MCC team played four matches in Sri Lanka after leaving India, but Sri Lanka was not yet a Test-class team.
Test matches
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
References
External links
Tour homeat
ESPNcricinfo
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1976 in English cricket
1976 in Indian cricket
1977 in English cricket
1977 in Indian cricket
1977 in Sri Lankan cricket
1976-77
1977
Events January
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Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980
Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1972–73 to 1999–2000
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