Thu, 12 Jul - Mon, 16 Jul 1979 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Edgbaston, Birmingham
England won by an innings and 83 runs
EnglandEngland
633/10 (34.00)
IndiaIndia
452/8 (20.00) & 253/10 (95.4)
England innigs
633/10 (34.00)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Mike Brearley (c)
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev
24951162025.26 In 1979 Career
Geoff Boycott 
lbw b Kapil Dev
15534145812045.45 In 1979 Career
Derek Randall 
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev
1531313048.38 In 1979 Career
Graham Gooch 
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev
8310912213176.14 In 1979 Career
David Gower 
not out
20027936524071.68 In 1979 Career
Ian Botham 
b Kapil Dev
3339334184.61 In 1979 Career
Geoff Miller 
not out
631161445054.31 In 1979 Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 27, nb 18, w 11)
60
Total
633/5d 165.2 Ov (RR: 3.82)
120271919001197380.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Kapil Dev48.001514653.04000 In 1979 Career
Karsan Ghavri38.00512903.39000 In 1979 Career
Mohinder Amarnath13.2024703.52000 In 1979 Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar29.00111303.89000 In 1979 Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan31.00410703.45000 In 1979 Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad3.0001204.00000 In 1979 Career
Chetan Chauhan3.0001906.33000 In 1979 Career
India innigs
452/8 (20.00)
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Sunil Gavaskar 
run out
611601783038.12 In 1979 Career
Chetan Chauhan 
c Gooch b Botham
48161050.00 In 1979 Career
Dilip Vengsarkar 
c Gooch b Edmonds
2257584038.59 In 1979 Career
Gundappa Viswanath 
c Botham b Edmonds
781812139043.09 In 1979 Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad 
c Botham b Willis
251241263020.16 In 1979 Career
Mohinder Amarnath 
b Willis
3147676065.95 In 1979 Career
Kapil Dev 
lbw b Botham
1640016.66 In 1979 Career
Karsan Ghavri 
c Brearley b Willis
625291024.00 In 1979 Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
b Hendrick
2157753036.84 In 1979 Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
c Botham b Hendrick
2846523260.86 In 1979 Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 
not out
004000.00 In 1979 Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 12, w 3)
20
Total
297 116.1 Ov (RR: 2.55)
5643135090627380.00

BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sSeasonW0sBestAll timeW0sBest
Bob Willis24.0096932.87000 In 1979 Career
Ian Botham26.0048623.30000 In 1979 Career
Mike Hendrick24.1093621.48000 In 1979 Career
Phil Edmonds26.00116022.30000 In 1979 Career
Geoff Boycott5.001801.60000 In 1979 Career
Geoff Miller11.0031801.63000 In 1979 Career
England innigs
BatsmenRBM4s6sSRSeasonR4s6sAll timeR4s6s
Sunil Gavaskar 
c Gooch b Hendrick
6811713710058.11 In 1979 Career
Chetan Chauhan 
c Randall b Willis
561421678039.43 In 1979 Career
Dilip Vengsarkar 
c Edmonds b Hendrick
724320029.16 In 1979 Career
Gundappa Viswanath 
c †Taylor b Botham
511191336042.85 In 1979 Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad 
c Gooch b Botham
1554603027.77 In 1979 Career
Mohinder Amarnath 
lbw b Botham
1069771014.49 In 1979 Career
Kapil Dev 
c Hendrick b Botham
21171840123.52 In 1979 Career
Karsan Ghavri 
c Randall b Hendrick
425300016.00 In 1979 Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
lbw b Hendrick
017000.00 In 1979 Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
lbw b Botham
064000.00 In 1979 Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 
not out
034000.00 In 1979 Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)
21
Total
253 95.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)
480710963060800.00

India innigs
253/10 (95.4)