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

ENG

England

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

VS

India

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

IND

Match drawn

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ENG vs IND — 4th Test

Match No: 4th Test
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 1979
Teams: England vs India
Series: India in England Test Series
Ground: Kennington Oval, London
Toss: England, elected to bat first
Umpires: David ConstantKen Palmer
Result: Match drawn
Season: 1979
Player of Match: Sunil Gavaskar

England

England innings

270/10 (34.00)

BATTING

Total 305 124.5 Ov (RR: 2.44)	305 (305)
Graham Gooch	79 (79)
Peter Willey	52 (52)

BOWLING

Srinivas Venkataraghavan	3/59
Kapil Dev	3/83
Karsan Ghavri	2/61

India

India innings

223/6 (20.00)

BATTING

Total 202 79.3 Ov (RR: 2.54)	202 (202)
Gundappa Viswanath	62 (62)
Yajurvindra Singh	43 (43)

BOWLING

Ian Botham	4/65
Mike Hendrick	3/38
Bob Willis	3/53

England

England innings

334/8 (116.5)

BATTING

Total 334/8d 116.5 Ov (RR: 2.85)	334 (334)
Geoff Boycott	125 (125)
David Bairstow (WK)	59 (59)

BOWLING

Karsan Ghavri	3/76
Kapil Dev	2/89
Bishan Bedi	1/67

India

India innings

429/8 (150.5)

BATTING

Total 429/8 150.5 Ov (RR: 2.84)	429 (429)
Sunil Gavaskar	221 (221)
Chetan Chauhan	80 (80)

BOWLING

Ian Botham	3/97
Peter Willey	2/96
Bob Willis	1/89