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

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