England vs India, 3rd Test at Leeds, Aug 16 1979 - Match Result

RESULT

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

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England

270

India

223/6

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Ian Botham

, ENG

137

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England1st Inn

270/10(80.5 overs)

Ian Botham

137 (152)

Kapil Dev

3/84 (27)

Geoff Boycott

31 (65)

Mohinder Amarnath

2/53 (20)

India1st Inn

223/6(110 overs)

Sunil Gavaskar

78 (209)

Geoff Miller

2/52 (32)

Dilip Vengsarkar

*65 (183)

Bob Willis

2/42 (18)

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Match details

GroundHeadingley, Leeds

TossEngland, elected to bat first

Series

India tour of England

Season1979

Player Of The Match

Ian Botham

Series resultEngland led the 4-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 853

Match daysday (5-day match)

Umpires

Barrie Meyer

Dickie Bird

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