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4th Test-India in England Test Series 1979

TESTKennington Oval, LondonThu, 30 Aug - Tue, 04 Sep 1979 - 15:30

ENG

England

270/10 (34.00) & 334/8 (116.5)

India

223/6 (20.00) & 429/8 (150.5)

IND

Match drawn

ENGEngland innings

270/10 (34.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Boycott lbw b Kapil Dev	35	102	132	4	0	34.31	In 1979	Career
Alan Butcher c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkataraghavan	14	95	117	1	0	14.73	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch c Viswanath b Ghavri	79	205	246	7	0	38.53	In 1979	Career
David Gower lbw b Kapil Dev	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Peter Willey c Yajurvindra Singh b Bedi	52	80	96	8	0	65.00	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham st (wk)Reddy b Venkataraghavan	38	55	52	4	1	69.09	In 1979	Career
Mike Brearley (c) b Ghavri	34	102	121	3	0	33.33	In 1979	Career
David Bairstow (WK) c (wk)Reddy b Kapil Dev	9	34	59	0	0	26.47	In 1979	Career
Phil Edmonds c Kapil Dev b Venkataraghavan	16	41	47	2	0	39.02	In 1979	Career
Bob Willis not out	10	28	41	2	0	35.71	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick c Gavaskar b Bedi	0	9	7	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Extras (lb 9, nb 5, w 4)	18
Total 305 124.5 Ov (RR: 2.44)	305	753		31	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Kapil Dev	32.00	12	83	3	2.59	In 1979	Career
Karsan Ghavri	26.00	8	61	2	2.34	In 1979	Career
Bishan Bedi	29.50	4	69	2	2.31	In 1979	Career
Yajurvindra Singh	8.00	2	15	0	1.87	In 1979	Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	29.00	9	59	3	2.03	In 1979	Career

INDIndia innings

223/6 (20.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Sunil Gavaskar c (wk)Bairstow b Botham	13	39	75	0	0	33.33	In 1979	Career
Chetan Chauhan c Botham b Willis	6	13	15	1	0	46.15	In 1979	Career
Dilip Vengsarkar c Botham b Willis	0	3	1	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Gundappa Viswanath c Brearley b Botham	62	153	170	5	0	40.52	In 1979	Career
Yashpal Sharma lbw b Willis	27	61	59	3	0	44.26	In 1979	Career
Yajurvindra Singh not out	43	119	176	1	0	36.13	In 1979	Career
Kapil Dev b Hendrick	16	37	50	2	0	43.24	In 1979	Career
Karsan Ghavri c (wk)Bairstow b Botham	7	14	15	0	0	50.00	In 1979	Career
Bharath Reddy (WK) c (wk)Bairstow b Botham	12	28	32	2	0	42.85	In 1979	Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) c & b Hendrick	2	6	12	0	0	33.33	In 1979	Career
Bishan Bedi c Brearley b Hendrick	1	5	5	0	0	20.00	In 1979	Career
Extras (b 2, lb 3, nb 3, w 5)	13
Total 202 79.3 Ov (RR: 2.54)	202	478		14	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bob Willis	18.00	2	53	3	2.94	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham	28.00	7	65	4	2.32	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick	22.30	7	38	3	1.68	In 1979	Career
Peter Willey	4.00	1	10	0	2.50	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch	2.00	0	6	0	3.00	In 1979	Career
Phil Edmonds	5.00	1	17	0	3.40	In 1979	Career

ENGEngland innings

334/8 (116.5)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Geoff Boycott b Ghavri	125	293	418	6	0	42.66	In 1979	Career
Alan Butcher c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri	20	61	75	2	0	32.78	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch lbw b Kapil Dev	31	66	67	3	1	46.96	In 1979	Career
David Gower c (wk)Reddy b Bedi	7	26	20	0	0	26.92	In 1979	Career
Peter Willey c (wk)Reddy b Ghavri	31	95	116	4	0	32.63	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham run out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Mike Brearley (c) b Venkataraghavan	11	20	26	0	0	55.00	In 1979	Career
David Bairstow (WK) c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev	59	114	135	8	0	51.75	In 1979	Career
Phil Edmonds not out	27	31	36	4	1	87.09	In 1979	Career
Extras (lb 14, nb 7, w 2)	23
Total 334/8d 116.5 Ov (RR: 2.85)	334	709		27	2

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Kapil Dev	28.50	4	89	2	3.08	In 1979	Career
Karsan Ghavri	34.00	11	76	3	2.23	In 1979	Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	26.00	4	75	1	2.88	In 1979	Career
Bishan Bedi	26.00	4	67	1	2.57	In 1979	Career
Yajurvindra Singh	2.00	0	4	0	2.00	In 1979	Career

INDIndia innings

429/8 (150.5)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	Career
Sunil Gavaskar c Gower b Botham	221	443	490	21	0	49.88	In 1979	Career
Chetan Chauhan c Botham b Willis	80	263	314	7	0	30.41	In 1979	Career
Dilip Vengsarkar c Botham b Edmonds	52	139	152	5	0	37.41	In 1979	Career
Kapil Dev c Gooch b Willey	0	5	3	0	0	0.00	In 1979	Career
Yashpal Sharma lbw b Botham	19	29	47	0	0	65.51	In 1979	Career
Gundappa Viswanath c Brearley b Willey	15	11	13	2	0	136.36	In 1979	Career
Yajurvindra Singh lbw b Botham	1	3	2	0	0	33.33	In 1979	Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) run out	6	4	5	0	0	150.00	In 1979	Career
Karsan Ghavri not out	3	4	12	0	0	75.00	In 1979	Career
Bharath Reddy (WK) not out	5	6	7	1	0	83.33	In 1979	Career
Extras (b 11, lb 15, w 1)	27
Total 429/8 150.5 Ov (RR: 2.84)	429	907		36	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	In Season	Career
Bob Willis	28.00	4	89	1	3.17	In 1979	Career
Ian Botham	29.00	5	97	3	3.34	In 1979	Career
Mike Hendrick	8.00	2	15	0	1.87	In 1979	Career
Phil Edmonds	38.00	11	87	1	2.28	In 1979	Career
Peter Willey	43.50	15	96	2	2.19	In 1979	Career
Graham Gooch	2.00	0	9	0	4.50	In 1979	Career
Alan Butcher	2.00	0	9	0	4.50	In 1979	Career