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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
Phil Edmonds164741
Geoffrey Boycott35132102
Mike Hendrick079
Peter Willey529680
David Bairstow95934
Alan Butcher1411795
Mike Brearley34121102
Ian Botham385255
David Gower012
Graham Gooch79246205
Bob Willis10*4128
305 All Out (124.5 overs @ 2.44 rpo)
India 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Bishan Singh Bedi29.54692
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan29.09593
N Kapil Dev32.012833
Yajurvindra Singh8.02150
Karsan Ghavri26.08612
India 1st Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Karsan Ghavri71514
Sunil Gavaskar137539
Yashpal Sharma275961
Bishan Singh Bedi155
Gundappa Viswanath62170153
Chetan Chauhan61513
Bharath Reddy123228
N Kapil Dev165037
Dilip Vengsarkar013
Yajurvindra Singh43*176119
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan2126
202 All Out (79.3 overs @ 2.54 rpo)
England 1st Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Peter Willey4.01100
Mike Hendrick22.37383
Ian Botham28.07654
Graham Gooch2.0060
Bob Willis18.02533
Phil Edmonds5.01170
England 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Geoffrey Boycott125418293
David Gower72026
Alan Butcher207561
Peter Willey3111695
David Bairstow59135114
Ian Botham043
Mike Brearley112620
Phil Edmonds27*3631
Graham Gooch316766
334 8 wickets declared (116.5 overs @ 2.86 rpo)
India 2nd Innings Bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWks
Karsan Ghavri34.011763
Bishan Singh Bedi26.04671
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan26.04751
N Kapil Dev28.54892
Yajurvindra Singh2.0040
India 2nd Innings Batting
BatterRunsDismissalMinBF
Yashpal Sharma194729
Chetan Chauhan80314263
Yajurvindra Singh123
Bharath Reddy5*76
Gundappa Viswanath151311
Dilip Vengsarkar52152139
N Kapil Dev035
Sunil Gavaskar221490443
Karsan Ghavri3*124
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan654
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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