India tour of England | 1979 India tour of England

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WI-W

(18.1/50 ov) 104/1

PAK-W

WI Women chose to bat.

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India tour of England 1979

RESULT

4th Test, The Oval, August 30 - September 04, 1979, India tour of England

ENG

305 & 334/8d

IND

(T:438) 202 & 429/8

Match drawn

RESULT

3rd Test, Leeds, August 16 - 21, 1979, India tour of England

ENG

270

IND

223/6

Match drawn

RESULT

2nd Test, Lord's, August 02 - 07, 1979, India tour of England

IND

96 & 318/4

ENG

419/9d

Match drawn

RESULT

1st Test, Birmingham, July 12 - 16, 1979, India tour of England

ENG

633/5d

IND

(f/o) 297 & 253

England won by an innings and 83 runs

RESULT

9th Match, Manchester, June 16 - 18, 1979, Prudential World Cup

238/5

IND

(54.1/60 ov, T:239) 191

Sri Lanka won by 47 runs

RESULT

6th Match, Leeds, June 13, 1979, Prudential World Cup

IND

182

(57/60 ov, T:183) 183/2

New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)

RESULT

1st Match, Birmingham, June 09, 1979, Prudential World Cup

IND

190

(51.3/60 ov, T:191) 194/1

West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 51 balls remaining)

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Winner

Englandwon the 4-match Test series 1-0

When Sunny made 438 look gettable

Had India pulled off a remarkable victory at The Oval in 1979, Sunil Gavaskar's 221 would be up there as the greatest Test innings

Mongia should be back where he belongs

As if there are not enough problems with the composition of the Indian team, the selectors by their indecisiveness, have added fuel to the fire by meddling with the one spot with which there seemed to be no problem - the wicketkeeper's slot

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'India's strength will always be skill'

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India tour of England 1979 Top Wicket Takers

Tests

ODIs

Ian Botham

ENG, Rfm

Innings: 7Average: 23.60

Kapil Dev

IND, Rfm

Innings: 5Average: 30.93

Mike Hendrick

ENG, Rfm

Innings: 7Average: 18.16

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Michael Holding

WI, Rf

Innings: 1Average: 8.25

Mohinder Amarnath

IND, Rm

Innings: 3Average: 28.50

Brian McKechnie

NZ, Rfm

Innings: 1Average: 8.00

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India tour of England 1979 Top Run Scorers

Tests

ODIs

Sunil Gavaskar

IND, Rhb

542

Innings: 7Average: 77.42

Geoff Boycott

ENG, Rhb

378

Innings: 5Average: 75.60

Gundappa Viswanath

IND, Rhb

341

Innings: 7Average: 48.71

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Gordon Greenidge

WI, Rhb

106

Innings: 1

Gundappa Viswanath

IND, Rhb

106

Innings: 3Average: 35.33

Sunil Gavaskar

IND, Rhb

Innings: 3Average: 29.66

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