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)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most 50s 2 Chetan Chauhan 2 Gundappa Viswanath 2 Sunil Gavaskar 1 Graham Gooch 1 Geoff Miller
Best Average 13.5 Mike Hendrick 22.29 Sir Ian Botham 28.5 Bob Willis
Most Runs Conceed 156 Sir Ian Botham 146 Kapil Dev 129 Karsan Ghavri 114 Bob Willis 113 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Most Wickets 7 Sir Ian Botham 6 Mike Hendrick 5 Kapil Dev
Best Bowling Fig 5 Sir Ian Botham 5 Kapil Dev 4 Mike Hendrick
Best Economy 1.33 Graham Gooch 1.6 Geoff Boycott 1.82 Mike Hendrick 2.25 Geoff Miller 2.26 Phil Edmonds
Most Fours 24 David Gower 15 Gundappa Viswanath 13 Sunil Gavaskar 13 Graham Gooch 12 Geoff Boycott
Most Runs 200 David Gower 155 Geoff Boycott 129 Gundappa Viswanath 129 Sunil Gavaskar 83 Graham Gooch
Best Averages 155 Geoff Boycott 83 Graham Gooch 64.5 Gundappa Viswanath 64.5 Sunil Gavaskar 33 Sir Ian Botham
Highest Score 200 David Gower 155 Geoff Boycott 83 Graham Gooch 78 Gundappa Viswanath 68 Sunil Gavaskar
Most Runs Conceed 97 Phil Edmonds
Most Wickets 4 Bob Willis 2 Phil Edmonds
Best Strike Rate 0.96 Kapil Dev 0.85 Sir Ian Botham 0.76 Graham Gooch 0.72 David Gower 0.54 Geoff Miller
Best Bowling Fig 3 Bob Willis 2 Phil Edmonds
Most Not Outs 2 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 1 Geoff Miller 1 David Gower
Best Average 29.2 Kapil Dev 48.5 Phil Edmonds
Best Strike Rate 47.14 Sir Ian Botham 57 Bob Willis 57.6 Kapil Dev
Most Runs 60 Chetan Chauhan 41 Mohinder Amarnath
Most Ducks 2 Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Best Averages 24 Mike Brearley 20.5 Mohinder Amarnath
Most 100s 1 David Gower
Most Ducks 2 Bharath Reddy
Best Strike Rate 129 Phil Edmonds 44.5 Mike Hendrick
Best Strike Rate 0.48 Derek Randall
Most 100s 1 Geoff Boycott
Worst Bowling Fig 146 Kapil Dev 129 Karsan Ghavri 113 Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 107 Srinivas Venkataraghavan 86 Sir Ian Botham
Most Fours 7 Mohinder Amarnath 6 Anshuman Gaekwad
Most Balls Faced 341 Geoff Boycott 300 Gundappa Viswanath 279 David Gower 277 Sunil Gavaskar 178 Anshuman Gaekwad
Worst Bowling Fig 69 Bob Willis 60 Phil Edmonds
Most Balls Faced 116 Geoff Miller
Highest Score 56 Chetan Chauhan
Gundappa Viswanath vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 9
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Sunil Gavaskar vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 131.6
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilip Vengsarkar vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 106.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Kapil Dev vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.4
Balanced matchup
Sunil Gavaskar vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Mohinder Amarnath vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 148.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Gundappa Viswanath vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Chetan Chauhan vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 104.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilip Vengsarkar vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilip Vengsarkar vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 92.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Gundappa Viswanath vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 208.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Chetan Chauhan vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 4.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Srinivas Venkataraghavan vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.0
Balanced matchup
Mohinder Amarnath vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Dilip Vengsarkar vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Sunil Gavaskar vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 132.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Kapil Dev vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 54.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Bharath Reddy vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 29.0
Balanced matchup
Bharath Reddy vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 18.0
Balanced matchup
Kapil Dev vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 59.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Anshuman Gaekwad vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 71.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Anshuman Gaekwad vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 12.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Anshuman Gaekwad vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Karsan Ghavri vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 45.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Karsan Ghavri vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Karsan Ghavri vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 14.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Kapil Dev vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Gundappa Viswanath vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 181.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Mohinder Amarnath vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sunil Gavaskar vs Mike Hendrick
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 117.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Srinivas Venkataraghavan vs Sir Ian Botham
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Srinivas Venkataraghavan vs Bob Willis
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
âš  Bowler dominance
Chetan Chauhan vs Phil Edmonds
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 100.0
✔ Batsman advantage