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1979 - England v. India - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s India
Match Date: July 12, 1979
Venue: Edgbaston
Toss: England , elected to bat
Player of the Match: David Gower
Result: England won by an innings and 83 runs
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Ian Botham333339
Graham Gooch83122109
David Gower200*365279
Mike Brearley2411695
Geoff Miller63*144116
Geoffrey Boycott155458341
Derek Randall153131
633 5 wickets declared (165.2 overs @ 3.83 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
B. S. Chandrasekhar29.011130
Anshuman Gaekwad3.00120
Mohinder Amarnath13.22470
Chetan Chauhan3.00190
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan31.041070
N Kapil Dev48.0151465
Karsan Ghavri38.051290
India 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Karsan Ghavri62925
Dilip Vengsarkar225857
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan285246
B. S. Chandrasekhar0*40
Sunil Gavaskar61178160
Chetan Chauhan4168
Bharath Reddy217557
Anshuman Gaekwad25126124
Mohinder Amarnath316747
N Kapil Dev146
Gundappa Viswanath78213181
297 All Out (116.1 overs @ 2.56 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Geoffrey Boycott5.0180
Phil Edmonds26.011602
Geoff Miller11.03180
Bob Willis24.09693
Mike Hendrick24.19362
Ian Botham26.04862
India 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Chetan Chauhan56167142
Bharath Reddy071
Dilip Vengsarkar73224
Anshuman Gaekwad156054
Gundappa Viswanath51133119
B. S. Chandrasekhar0*43
Sunil Gavaskar68137117
Karsan Ghavri43025
Mohinder Amarnath107769
N Kapil Dev211817
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan046
253 All Out (95.4 overs @ 2.64 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Geoff Miller9.01270
Graham Gooch6.0380
Bob Willis14.03451
Mike Hendrick20.48454
Ian Botham29.08705
Phil Edmonds17.06370

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