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Thu, 16 Aug - Tue, 21 Aug 1979 - 00:00 – 3rd Test • Headingley, Leeds
Match drawn
England
270/10 (34.00)
India
223/6 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
270/10 (34.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Boycott
c Viswanath b Kapil Dev
31
65
86
4
0
47.69
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c Viswanath b Amarnath
15
70
102
1
0
21.42
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev
4
10
9
0
0
40.00
In 1979
Career
David Gower
lbw b Kapil Dev
0
6
9
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
b Ghavri
11
57
68
0
0
19.29
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
c Ghavri b Venkataraghavan
137
152
201
10
5
90.13
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
c †Reddy b Amarnath
27
53
79
3
0
50.94
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
run out
18
49
54
2
0
36.73
In 1979
Career
Bob Taylor (WK)
c Chauhan b Bedi
1
15
10
0
0
6.66
In 1979
Career
Bob Willis
not out
4
11
13
0
0
36.36
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
c sub b Bedi
0
8
5
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 6, nb 8, w 4)
22
Total
270 80.5 Ov (RR: 3.34)
5130
9424
0
380
95
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
27.00
7
84
3
3.11
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
18.00
4
60
1
3.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mohinder Amarnath
20.00
7
53
2
2.65
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
7.00
2
25
1
3.57
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bishan Bedi
8.50
2
26
2
2.94
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
India innigs
223/6 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar
b Edmonds
78
209
240
9
0
37.32
In 1979
Career
Chetan Chauhan
c Botham b Willis
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Mohinder Amarnath
c †Taylor b Willis
0
18
14
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
c Brearley b Hendrick
1
18
26
0
0
5.55
In 1979
Career
Yashpal Sharma
c Botham b Miller
40
125
133
2
0
32.00
In 1979
Career
Dilip Vengsarkar
not out
65
183
178
6
0
35.51
In 1979
Career
Kapil Dev
c Gooch b Miller
3
10
14
0
0
30.00
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
not out
20
97
99
1
0
20.61
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 11, lb 4, w 1)
16
Total
223/6 110 Ov (RR: 2.02)
4237
12559
0
342
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
18.00
5
42
2
2.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
14.00
6
13
1
0.92
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
13.00
3
39
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
28.00
8
59
1
2.10
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
32.00
13
52
2
1.62
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
3.00
1
2
0
0.66
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
2.00
2
0
0
0.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
India innigs
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