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Thu, 30 Aug - Thu, 30 Aug 1979 - 00:00 – 4th Test • Kennington Oval, London
Match drawn
England
270/10 (34.00) & 334/8 (116.5)
India
223/6 (20.00) & 429/8 (150.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
270/10 (34.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
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 †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 †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)
5795
14307
0
589
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
32.00
12
83
3
2.59
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
26.00
8
61
2
2.34
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bishan Bedi
29.50
4
69
2
2.31
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Yajurvindra Singh
8.00
2
15
0
1.87
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
29.00
9
59
3
2.03
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
India innigs
223/6 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sunil Gavaskar
c †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 †Bairstow b Botham
7
14
15
0
0
50.00
In 1979
Career
Bharath Reddy (WK)
c †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)
3838
9082
0
266
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
18.00
2
53
3
2.94
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
28.00
7
65
4
2.32
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
22.30
7
38
3
1.68
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
4.00
1
10
0
2.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
2.00
0
6
0
3.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
5.00
1
17
0
3.40
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
England innigs
334/8 (116.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
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 †Reddy b Bedi
7
26
20
0
0
26.92
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
c †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)
6346
13471
0
513
38
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Kapil Dev
28.50
4
89
2
3.08
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Karsan Ghavri
34.00
11
76
3
2.23
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
26.00
4
75
1
2.88
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Bishan Bedi
26.00
4
67
1
2.57
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Yajurvindra Singh
2.00
0
4
0
2.00
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
India innigs
429/8 (150.5)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
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)
8151
17233
0
684
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Bob Willis
28.00
4
89
1
3.17
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Ian Botham
29.00
5
97
3
3.34
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Mike Hendrick
8.00
2
15
0
1.87
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Phil Edmonds
38.00
11
87
1
2.28
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Peter Willey
43.50
15
96
2
2.19
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Graham Gooch
2.00
0
9
0
4.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
Alan Butcher
2.00
0
9
0
4.50
0
0
0
In 1979
Career
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