Anthony de Mello Trophy
Defunct Test cricket series between India and England
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The Anthony de Mello Trophy was awarded to the winner of England–India Test cricket series held in India. The trophy was instituted in 1951, when England toured India for a five-match Test series.[1][2][3] The trophy was named after Anthony de Mello, an Indian cricket administrator and one of the founders of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
| Countries |  India England |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Board of Control for Cricket in India |
| Format | Test Cricket |
| First edition | 1951–52 |
| Latest edition | 2023–24 |
| Tournament format | 5-match test series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Host | India |
| Current trophy holder | India (2024) |
| Most successful | India (9 series wins, 2 retentions & 1 shared) |
| Qualification | ICC World Test Championship |
| Most runs | Sunil Gavaskar (1,331) |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (74) |
| TV | Viacom 18 |
When the matches were played in England, teams were awarded the Pataudi Trophy[4] until both trophies were replaced by the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy in June 2025.[5] 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][8]
In 2012, England won the Anthony de Mello Trophy, their first series win in India since 1984–85,[9] India won the series 3–1 in 2020–21 thus qualifying for the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship final against New Zealand which they subsequently lost.[10][11] The last series was played in 2023–24, which India won by 4–1.[12]
Editions
| Series | Years | First match | Tests | India |
England |
Drawn | Result | Holder | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1951–52 | 9 November 1951 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Drawn | Both | [13] |
| 2 | 1961–62 | 11 November 1961 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | India |
India |
[14] |
| 3 | 1963–64 | 10 January 1964 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn | [15] | |
| 4 | 1972–73 | 20 December 1972 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | India |
[16] | |
| 5 | 1976–77 | 17 December 1976 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | England |
England |
[17] |
| 6 | 1981–82 | 27 November 1981 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | India |
India |
[18] |
| 7 | 1984–85 | 28 November 1984 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | England |
England |
[19] |
| 8 | 1992–93 | 29 January 1993 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | India |
India |
[20] |
| 9 | 2001–02 | 3 December 2001 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India |
[21] | |
| 10 | 2005–06 | 1 March 2006 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn | [22] | |
| 11 | 2008–09 | 11 December 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | India |
[23] | |
| 12 | 2012–13 | 15 November 2012 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | England |
England |
[24] |
| 13 | 2016–17 | 9 November 2016 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | India |
India |
[25] |
| 14 | 2020–21 | 5 February 2021 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | India |
[26] | |
| 15 | 2023–24 | 25 January 2024 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | India |
[27] |