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1979 - England v. India - Test Match Summary

Teams: England v/s India
Match Date: August 30, 1979
Venue: Kennington Oval
Toss: England , elected to bat
Player of the Match: Sunil Gavaskar
Result: Match Drawn
England 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
David Gower012
Graham Gooch79246205
Bob Willis10*4128
Phil Edmonds164741
Geoffrey Boycott35132102
Mike Hendrick079
Peter Willey529680
David Bairstow95934
Alan Butcher1411795
Mike Brearley34121102
Ian Botham385255
305 All Out (124.5 overs @ 2.44 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Karsan Ghavri26.08612
Bishan Singh Bedi29.54692
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan29.09593
N Kapil Dev32.012833
Yajurvindra Singh8.02150
India 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
N Kapil Dev165037
Dilip Vengsarkar013
Yajurvindra Singh43*176119
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan2126
Karsan Ghavri71514
Sunil Gavaskar137539
Yashpal Sharma275961
Bishan Singh Bedi155
Gundappa Viswanath62170153
Chetan Chauhan61513
Bharath Reddy123228
202 All Out (79.3 overs @ 2.54 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Phil Edmonds5.01170
Peter Willey4.01100
Mike Hendrick22.37383
Ian Botham28.07654
Graham Gooch2.0060
Bob Willis18.02533
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Phil Edmonds27*3631
Graham Gooch316766
Geoffrey Boycott125418293
David Gower72026
Alan Butcher207561
Peter Willey3111695
David Bairstow59135114
Ian Botham043
Mike Brearley112620
334 8 wickets declared (116.5 overs @ 2.86 rpo)
India 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Yajurvindra Singh2.0040
Karsan Ghavri34.011763
Bishan Singh Bedi26.04671
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan26.04751
N Kapil Dev28.54892
India 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Karsan Ghavri3*124
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan654
Yashpal Sharma194729
Chetan Chauhan80314263
Yajurvindra Singh123
Bharath Reddy5*76
Gundappa Viswanath151311
Dilip Vengsarkar52152139
N Kapil Dev035
Sunil Gavaskar221490443
429 8 wickets (150.5 overs @ 2.84 rpo)
England 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Peter Willey43.515962
Alan Butcher2.0090
Mike Hendrick8.02150
Ian Botham29.05973
Graham Gooch2.0090
Bob Willis28.04891
Phil Edmonds38.011871

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