- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras18 (lb 9, nb 5, w 4)TOTAL305 all out (124.5 Overs, RR: 2.44)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (AR Butcher), 2-51 (G Boycott), 3-51 (DI Gower), 4-148 (P Willey), 5-203 (IT Botham), 6-245 (GA Gooch), 7-272 (JM Brearley), 8-275 (DL Bairstow), 9-304 (PH Edmonds), 10-305 (M Hendrick)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Kapil Dev 32 12 83 3 2.59 0 0 KD Ghavri 26 8 61 2 2.34 0 0 BS Bedi 29.5 4 69 2 2.31 0 0 Yajurvindra Singh 8 2 15 0 1.87 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 29 9 59 3 2.03 0 0
30/08Result
4th Test, India tour of England at London, Aug 30 - Sep 4 1979
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202 & 429/8 (150.5 ov)
Player of the Match
30/08Result
4th Test, India tour of England at London, Aug 30 - Sep 4 1979
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305 & 334/8d -
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202 & 429/8 (150.5 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 2, lb 3, nb 3, w 5)TOTAL202 all out (79.3 Overs, RR: 2.54)Fall of wickets: 1-9 (CPS Chauhan), 2-9 (DB Vengsarkar), 3-47 (SM Gavaskar), 4-91 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-130 (GR Viswanath), 6-161 (N Kapil Dev), 7-172 (KD Ghavri), 8-192 (B Reddy), 9-200 (S Venkataraghavan), 10-202 (BS Bedi)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RGD Willis 18 2 53 3 2.94 0 0 IT Botham 28 7 65 4 2.32 0 0 M Hendrick 22.3 7 38 3 1.68 0 0 P Willey 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0 GA Gooch 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 0 PH Edmonds 5 1 17 0 3.40 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (lb 14, nb 7, w 2)TOTAL334/8d (116.5 Overs, RR: 2.85)Fall of wickets: 1-43 (AR Butcher), 2-107 (GA Gooch), 3-125 (DI Gower), 4-192 (P Willey), 5-194 (IT Botham), 6-215 (JM Brearley), 7-291 (G Boycott), 8-334 (DL Bairstow)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Kapil Dev 28.5 4 89 2 3.08 0 0 KD Ghavri 34 11 76 3 2.23 0 0 S Venkataraghavan 26 4 75 1 2.88 0 0 BS Bedi 26 4 67 1 2.57 0 0 Yajurvindra Singh 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras27 (b 11, lb 15, w 1)TOTAL429/8 (150.5 Overs, RR: 2.84)Did not bat: BS BediFall of wickets: 1-213 (CPS Chauhan), 2-366 (DB Vengsarkar), 3-367 (N Kapil Dev), 4-389 (SM Gavaskar), 5-410 (GR Viswanath), 6-411 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-419 (S Venkataraghavan), 8-423 (Yashpal Sharma)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RGD Willis 28 4 89 1 3.17 0 0 IT Botham 29 5 97 3 3.34 0 0 M Hendrick 8 2 15 0 1.87 0 0 PH Edmonds 38 11 87 1 2.28 0 0 P Willey 43.5 15 96 2 2.19 0 0 GA Gooch 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0 AR Butcher 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England won the 4-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
30,31 August, 1,3,4 September 1979 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
Close of Play
- Thu, 30 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 245/5 (GA Gooch 79*, JM Brearley 16*)
- Fri, 31 Aug - day 2 - India 1st innings 137/5 (Yajurvindra Singh 19*, N Kapil Dev 0*)
- Sat, 01 Sep - day 3 - England 2nd innings 177/3 (G Boycott 83*, P Willey 26*)
- Sun, 02 Sep - rest day
- Mon, 03 Sep - day 4 - India 2nd innings 76/0 (SM Gavaskar 42*, CPS Chauhan 32*)
- Tue, 04 Sep - day 5 - India 2nd innings 429/8 (150.5 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
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