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Thu, 12 Jul - Mon, 16 Jul 1979 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Birmingham
England won by an innings and 83 runs
England
633/10 (34.00)
India
452/8 (20.00) & 253/10 (95.4)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
633/10 (34.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Ian Botham
b Kapil Dev
33
33
39
4
1
84.61
In 1979
Career
Did not bat: Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor (wk), Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Mike Brearley), 2-90 (Derek Randall), 3-235 (Graham Gooch), 4-426 (Geoff Boyc
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 27, nb 18, w 11)
60
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
633/5d(165.2 Ov, RR: 3.82)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Mike Brearley (c)
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev
24
116
95
2
0
25.26
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
lbw b Kapil Dev
155
458
341
12
0
45.45
In 1979
Career
Derek Randall
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev
15
31
31
3
0
48.38
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev
83
122
109
13
1
76.14
In 1979
Career
David Gower
not out
200
365
279
24
0
71.68
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
b Kapil Dev
33
33
39
4
1
84.61
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
not out
63
144
116
5
0
54.31
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 27, nb 18, w 11)
60
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
48.00
15
146
5
3.04
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
38.00
5
129
0
3.39
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mohinder Amarnath
13.20
2
47
0
3.52
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
29.00
1
113
0
3.89
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
31.00
4
107
0
3.45
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad
3.00
0
12
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Chetan Chauhan
3.00
0
19
0
6.33
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
India innigs
452/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-59 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-129 (Sunil Gavaskar), 4-205 (Gund
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 12, w 3)
20
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
297(116.1 Ov, RR: 2.55)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Sunil Gavaskar
run out
61
178
160
3
0
38.12
In 1979
Career
Chetan Chauhan
c Gooch b Botham
4
16
8
1
0
50.00
In 1979
Career
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Gooch b Edmonds
22
58
57
4
0
38.59
In 1979
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
c Botham b Edmonds
78
213
181
9
0
43.09
In 1979
Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad
c Botham b Willis
25
126
124
3
0
20.16
In 1979
Career
Mohinder Amarnath
b Willis
31
67
47
6
0
65.95
In 1979
Career
Kapil Dev
lbw b Botham
1
4
6
0
0
16.66
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
c Brearley b Willis
6
29
25
1
0
24.00
In 1979
Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
b Hendrick
21
75
57
3
0
36.84
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
c Botham b Hendrick
28
52
46
3
2
60.86
In 1979
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
not out
0
4
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 12, w 3)
20
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
24.00
9
69
3
2.87
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
26.00
4
86
2
3.30
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
24.10
9
36
2
1.48
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
26.00
11
60
2
2.30
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Boycott
5.00
1
8
0
1.60
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Geoff Miller
11.00
3
18
0
1.63
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Fall of wickets: 1-124 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-136 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-136 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-182 (An
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
253(95.4 Ov, RR: 2.64)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Sunil Gavaskar
c Gooch b Hendrick
68
137
117
10
0
58.11
In 1979
Career
Chetan Chauhan
c Randall b Willis
56
167
142
8
0
39.43
In 1979
Career
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Edmonds b Hendrick
7
32
24
0
0
29.16
In 1979
Career
Gundappa Viswanath
c (wk)Taylor b Botham
51
133
119
6
0
42.85
In 1979
Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad
c Gooch b Botham
15
60
54
3
0
27.77
In 1979
Career
Mohinder Amarnath
lbw b Botham
10
77
69
1
0
14.49
In 1979
Career
Kapil Dev
c Hendrick b Botham
21
18
17
4
0
123.52
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
c Randall b Hendrick
4
30
25
0
0
16.00
In 1979
Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
lbw b Hendrick
0
7
1
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
lbw b Botham
0
4
6
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
not out
0
4
3
0
0
0.00
In 1979
Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
India innigs
253/10 (95.4)
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