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Thu, 12 Jul - Mon, 16 Jul 1979 - 00:00 – 1st Test • Edgbaston, 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
Most 50s
Chetan Chauhan
2
Gundappa Viswanath
2
Sunil Gavaskar
2
Graham Gooch
1
Geoff Miller
1
Best Average
Mike Hendrick
13.500000
Sir Ian Botham
22.285714
Bob Willis
28.500000
Kapil Dev
29.200000
Phil Edmonds
48.500000
Most Wickets
Sir Ian Botham
7
Mike Hendrick
6
Kapil Dev
5
Bob Willis
4
Phil Edmonds
2
Best Bowling Fig
Sir Ian Botham
5
Kapil Dev
5
Mike Hendrick
4
Bob Willis
3
Phil Edmonds
2
Most Runs Conceed
Sir Ian Botham
156
Kapil Dev
146
Karsan Ghavri
129
Bob Willis
114
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
113
Best Strike Rate
Kapil Dev
0.956521
Sir Ian Botham
0.846153
Graham Gooch
0.761467
David Gower
0.716845
Geoff Miller
0.543103
Most Fours
David Gower
24
Gundappa Viswanath
15
Sunil Gavaskar
13
Graham Gooch
13
Geoff Boycott
12
Highest Score
David Gower
200
Geoff Boycott
155
Graham Gooch
83
Gundappa Viswanath
78
Sunil Gavaskar
68
Most Runs
David Gower
200
Geoff Boycott
155
Gundappa Viswanath
129
Sunil Gavaskar
129
Graham Gooch
83
Most Runs Conceed
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
107
Phil Edmonds
97
Best Averages
Geoff Boycott
155.000000
Graham Gooch
83.000000
Gundappa Viswanath
64.500000
Sunil Gavaskar
64.500000
Sir Ian Botham
33.000000
Best Economy
Graham Gooch
1.333333
Geoff Boycott
1.600000
Mike Hendrick
1.820224
Geoff Miller
2.250000
Phil Edmonds
2.255813
Most Not Outs
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
2
Geoff Miller
1
David Gower
1
Best Strike Rate
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
0.538461
Derek Randall
0.483870
Most Runs
Geoff Miller
63
Chetan Chauhan
60
Mohinder Amarnath
41
Most Ducks
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
2
Bharath Reddy
2
Highest Score
Geoff Miller
63
Chetan Chauhan
56
Most sixes
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
2
Graham Gooch
1
Sir Ian Botham
1
Best Averages
Chetan Chauhan
30.000000
Mike Brearley
24.000000
Mohinder Amarnath
20.500000
Most 100s
David Gower
1
Geoff Boycott
1
Most Fours
Chetan Chauhan
9
Mohinder Amarnath
7
Anshuman Gaekwad
6
Most Balls Faced
Geoff Boycott
341
Gundappa Viswanath
300
David Gower
279
Sunil Gavaskar
277
Anshuman Gaekwad
178
Chetan Chauhan
150
Mohinder Amarnath
116
Worst Bowling Fig
Kapil Dev
146
Karsan Ghavri
129
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
113
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
107
Sir Ian Botham
86
Most Balls Faced
Geoff Miller
116
Worst Bowling Fig
Bob Willis
69
Phil Edmonds
60
Best Economy
Sir Ian Botham
2.836363
Bob Willis
3.000000
Best Strike Rate
Sir Ian Botham
47.1429
Bob Willis
57
Kapil Dev
57.6
Phil Edmonds
129
Mike Hendrick
44.5