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1979 - England v. India - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s India
Match Date: August 16, 1979
Venue: Headingley
Toss: England , elected to bat
Player of the Match: Ian Botham
Result: Match Drawn
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Geoffrey Boycott318665
Bob Taylor11015
Graham Gooch4910
Mike Brearley1510270
Geoff Miller277953
David Gower096
Ian Botham137201152
Bob Willis4*1311
Derek Randall116857
Phil Edmonds185449
Mike Hendrick058
270 All Out (80.5 overs @ 3.34 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Mohinder Amarnath20.07532
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan7.02251
N Kapil Dev27.07843
Karsan Ghavri18.04601
Bishan Singh Bedi8.52262
India 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Yashpal Sharma40133125
Sunil Gavaskar78240209
Mohinder Amarnath01418
Gundappa Viswanath12618
Karsan Ghavri20*9997
Dilip Vengsarkar65*178183
Chetan Chauhan011
N Kapil Dev31410
223 6 wickets (110.0 overs @ 2.03 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Geoffrey Boycott2.0200
Phil Edmonds28.08591
Geoff Miller32.013522
Graham Gooch3.0120
Bob Willis18.05422
Mike Hendrick14.06131
Ian Botham13.03390

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