| Anthony de Mello Trophy | |
| Country: | |
| Administrator: | Board of Control for Cricket in India England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Test Cricket |
| First: | 1951–52 |
| Last: | 2023-24 |
| Tournament Format: | 5-match test series |
| Participants: | 2 |
| Trophyholder: | (2024) |
| Most Successful: | (9 series wins & 2 retentions) |
| Most Runs: |  Sunil Gavaskar (1,331) |
| Most Wickets: | Ravichandran Ashwin (74) |
| Qualification: | ICC World Test Championship |
| Tv: | Viacom 18 |
| Current: | English cricket team in India in 2023–24 |
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.[1] [2] [3] 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).
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.[4] 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.[5]
In 2012, England won the Anthony De Mello Trophy. It was England's first series win in India since 1984–85,[6] India won the series 3–1 in 2020–21 thus qualifying for the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship final.[7] [8]
| Series | Years | First match | Tests | Drawn | Result | Holder | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1951–52 | 9 November 1951 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Drawn | Both | [9] |
| 2 | 1961–62 | 11 November 1961 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | India | [10] | |
| 3 | 1963–64 | 10 January 1964 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn | [11] | |
| 4 | 1972–73 | 20 December 1972 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | India | [12] | |
| 5 | 1976–77 | 17 December 1976 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | [13] | ||
| 6 | 1981–82 | 27 November 1981 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | India | [14] | |
| 7 | 1984–85 | 28 November 1984 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | [15] | ||
| 8 | 1992–93 | 29 January 1993 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | India | [16] | |
| 9 | 2001–02 | 3 December 2001 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India | [17] | |
| 10 | 2005–06 | 1 March 2006 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn | [18] | |
| 11 | 2008–09 | 11 December 2008 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | India | [19] | |
| 12 | 2012–13 | 15 November 2012 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | [20] | ||
| 13 | 2016–17 | 9 November 2016 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | India | [21] | |
| 14 | 2020–21 | 5 February 2021 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | India | [22] | |
| 15 | 2023–24 | 25 January 2024 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | India | [23] |