1st Test-India in England Test Series 1979

TESTEdgbaston, BirminghamThu, 12 Jul - Mon, 16 Jul 1979 - 15:30
ENG
England
633/10 (34.00)
VS
India
452/8 (20.00) & 253/10 (95.4)
IND
England won by an innings and 83 runs
PREVIEWSUMMARYSCORECARDMATCH STATSPERFORMANCE
ENGEngland innings
633/10 (34.00)
BATTING
BatsmanRBM4s6sSRIn SeasonR4s6sCareerR4s6s
Mike Brearley (c)
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev		24951162025.26In 1979Career
Geoff Boycott 
lbw b Kapil Dev		15534145812045.45In 1979Career
Derek Randall 
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev		1531313048.38In 1979Career
Graham Gooch 
c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev		8310912213176.14In 1979Career
David Gower 
not out 		20027936524071.68In 1979Career
Ian Botham 
b Kapil Dev		3339334184.61In 1979Career
Geoff Miller 
not out 		631161445054.31In 1979Career
Extras
(b 4, lb 27, nb 18, w 11)		60
Total
633/5d 165.2 Ov (RR: 3.82)		6331010632
BOWLING
BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sIn SeasonW0sBestCareerW0sBest
Kapil Dev48.001514653.04000In 1979Career
Karsan Ghavri38.00512903.39000In 1979Career
Mohinder Amarnath13.2024703.52000In 1979Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar29.00111303.89000In 1979Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan31.00410703.45000In 1979Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad3.0001204.00000In 1979Career
Chetan Chauhan3.0001906.33000In 1979Career
INDIndia innings
452/8 (20.00)
BATTING
BatsmanRBM4s6sSRIn SeasonR4s6sCareerR4s6s
Sunil Gavaskar 
run out 		611601783038.12In 1979Career
Chetan Chauhan 
c Gooch b Botham		48161050.00In 1979Career
Dilip Vengsarkar 
c Gooch b Edmonds		2257584038.59In 1979Career
Gundappa Viswanath 
c Botham b Edmonds		781812139043.09In 1979Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad 
c Botham b Willis		251241263020.16In 1979Career
Mohinder Amarnath 
b Willis		3147676065.95In 1979Career
Kapil Dev 
lbw b Botham		1640016.66In 1979Career
Karsan Ghavri 
c Brearley b Willis		625291024.00In 1979Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
b Hendrick		2157753036.84In 1979Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
c Botham b Hendrick		2846523260.86In 1979Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 
not out 		004000.00In 1979Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 12, w 3)		20
Total
297 116.1 Ov (RR: 2.55)		297711332
BOWLING
BowlerOMRWECO0s4s6sIn SeasonW0sBestCareerW0sBest
Bob Willis24.0096932.87000In 1979Career
Ian Botham26.0048623.30000In 1979Career
Mike Hendrick24.1093621.48000In 1979Career
Phil Edmonds26.00116022.30000In 1979Career
Geoff Boycott5.001801.60000In 1979Career
Geoff Miller11.0031801.63000In 1979Career
ENGEngland innings
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BATTING
BatsmanRBM4s6sSRIn SeasonR4s6sCareerR4s6s
Sunil Gavaskar 
c Gooch b Hendrick		6811713710058.11In 1979Career
Chetan Chauhan 
c Randall b Willis		561421678039.43In 1979Career
Dilip Vengsarkar 
c Edmonds b Hendrick		724320029.16In 1979Career
Gundappa Viswanath 
c (wk)Taylor b Botham		511191336042.85In 1979Career
Aunshuman Gaekwad 
c Gooch b Botham		1554603027.77In 1979Career
Mohinder Amarnath 
lbw b Botham		1069771014.49In 1979Career
Kapil Dev 
c Hendrick b Botham		21171840123.52In 1979Career
Karsan Ghavri 
c Randall b Hendrick		425300016.00In 1979Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
lbw b Hendrick		017000.00In 1979Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
lbw b Botham		064000.00In 1979Career
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 
not out 		034000.00In 1979Career
Extras
(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)		21
Total
253 95.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)		253577320
INDIndia innings
253/10 (95.4)
MILESTONES
David Gower brought up 1000 Test runsENGREACHED
Now on 1058.
Gundappa Viswanath brought up 4000 Test runsINDREACHED
Now on 4029.
Geoff Boycott brought up 6000 Test runsENGREACHED
Now on 6093.
Kapil Dev brought up 500 Test runsINDREACHED
Now on 510.
Kapil Dev reached 25 Test wicketsINDREACHED
Now on 29.
Kapil Dev took their 1st Test five-wicket haulINDREACHED
Now on 1.
Bharath Reddy played their 1st TestINDREACHED
Now on 1.
Gundappa Viswanath registered their 25th Test fiftyINDREACHED
Now on 26.
David Gower reached 100 Test foursENGREACHED
Now on 116.
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