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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
Result: Match Drawn
Match Player: Ian Botham

England 1st Innings Batting
PlayerRunsMinBF
Ian Botham137201152
Geoffrey Boycott318665
Geoff Miller277953
Phil Edmonds185449
Mike Brearley1510270
Derek Randall116857
Graham Gooch4910
Bob Willis4*1311
Bob Taylor11015
David Gower096
Mike Hendrick058
270 All Out (80.5 overs @ 3.34 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
PlayerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bishan Singh Bedi8.52262
Karsan Ghavri18.04601
Mohinder Amarnath20.07532
N Kapil Dev27.07843
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan7.02251
India 1st Innings Batting
PlayerRunsMinBF
Mohinder Amarnath01418
Sunil Gavaskar78240209
Dilip Vengsarkar65*178183
Yashpal Sharma40133125
Karsan Ghavri20*9997
N Kapil Dev31410
Gundappa Viswanath12618
Chetan Chauhan011
223 6 wickets (110.0 overs @ 2.03 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
PlayerOversMaidensRunsWks
Graham Gooch3.0120
Geoffrey Boycott2.0200
Geoff Miller32.013522
Ian Botham13.03390
Mike Hendrick14.06131
Phil Edmonds28.08591
Bob Willis18.05422

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