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England vs India, 4th Test at London, Aug 30 1979 - Match Result

RESULT

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

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305 & 334/8d

(T:438) 202 & 429/8

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

, IND

221

Player Of The Series

, ENG

244 runs • 20 wkts

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Scorecard summary

England • 305/10(124.5 overs)

1st INNINGS

79 (205)

Srinivas Venkataraghavan

3/59 (29)

52 (80)

3/83 (32)

India • 202/10(79.3 overs)

1st INNINGS

Gundappa Viswanath

62 (153)

4/65 (28)

Yajurvindra Singh

43* (119)

3/38 (22.3)

England • 334/8(116.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

125 (293)

3/76 (34)

59 (114)

2/89 (28.5)

India • 429/8(150.5 overs)

2nd INNINGS

221 (443)

3/97 (29)

80 (263)

2/96 (43.5)

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Match details

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	India tour of England
Season	1979
Player Of The Match	Sunil Gavaskar
Player Of The Series	Ian Botham
Series result	England won the 4-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 854
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Alan Butcher David Bairstow
Umpires	David Constant Ken Palmer

Match Coverage

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When Sunny made 438 look gettable

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SM Gavaskar	caught	221	443
CPS Chauhan	caught	80	263
DB Vengsarkar	caught	52	139
N Kapil Dev	caught	0	5
Yashpal Sharma	lbw	19	29
GR Viswanath	caught	15	11
Yajurvindra Singh	lbw	1	3
S Venkataraghavan	run out	6	4
KD Ghavri	not out	3	4
B Reddy	not out	5	6
Extras	(b 11, lb 15, w 1)
Total	429(8 wkts; 150.5 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	213	Chetan Chauhan	Sunil Gavaskar
2nd	153	Sunil Gavaskar	Dilip Vengsarkar
3rd	1	Sunil Gavaskar	Kapil Dev
4th	22	Sunil Gavaskar	Yashpal Sharma
5th	21	Gundappa Viswanath	Yashpal Sharma
6th	1	Yajurvindra Singh	Yashpal Sharma
7th	8	Srinivas Venkataraghavan	Yashpal Sharma
8th	4	Karsan Ghavri	Yashpal Sharma
9th	6	Karsan Ghavri	Bharath Reddy

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