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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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England FlagEngland
305 & 334/8d
India FlagIndia
(T:438) 202 & 429/8

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
221
sunil-gavaskar
Player Of The Series
244 runs • 20 wkts
ian-botham
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England • 305/10(124.5 overs)
1st INNINGS
Graham Gooch
79 (205)
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
3/59 (29)
Peter Willey
52 (80)
Kapil Dev
3/83 (32)
India • 202/10(79.3 overs)
1st INNINGS
Gundappa Viswanath
62 (153)
Ian Botham
4/65 (28)
Yajurvindra Singh
43* (119)
Mike Hendrick
3/38 (22.3)
England • 334/8(116.5 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Geoff Boycott
125 (293)
Karsan Ghavri
3/76 (34)
David Bairstow
59 (114)
Kapil Dev
2/89 (28.5)
India • 429/8(150.5 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Sunil Gavaskar
221 (443)
Ian Botham
3/97 (29)
Chetan Chauhan
80 (263)
Peter Willey
2/96 (43.5)
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Match details
Kennington Oval, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Season1979
Player Of The Match
India
Sunil Gavaskar
Player Of The Series
England
Ian Botham
Series resultEngland won the 4-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 854
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Alan Butcher
Alan Butcher
David Bairstow
David Bairstow
Umpires
England
David Constant
England
Ken Palmer
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India Innings
Player NameRB
SM Gavaskar
caught221443
CPS Chauhan
caught80263
DB Vengsarkar
caught52139
N Kapil Dev
caught05
Yashpal Sharma
lbw1929
GR Viswanath
caught1511
Yajurvindra Singh
lbw13
S Venkataraghavan
run out64
KD Ghavri
not out34
B Reddy
not out56
Extras(b 11, lb 15, w 1)
Total429(8 wkts; 150.5 ovs)
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