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England vs India, 1st Test at Birmingham, Jul 12 1979 - Match Result

RESULT
1st Test, Birmingham, July 12 - 16, 1979, India tour of England
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England FlagEngland
633/5d
India FlagIndia
(fo) 297 & 253

England won by an innings and 83 runs

Player Of The Match
200*
david-gower
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England • 633/5(165.2 overs)
1st INNINGS
David Gower
200* (279)
Kapil Dev
5/146 (48)
Geoff Boycott
155 (341)
Karsan Ghavri
0/129 (38)
India • 297/10(116.1 overs)
1st INNINGS
Gundappa Viswanath
78 (181)
Bob Willis
3/69 (24)
Sunil Gavaskar
61 (160)
Mike Hendrick
2/36 (24.1)
India • 253/10(95.4 overs)
2nd INNINGS
Sunil Gavaskar
68 (117)
Ian Botham
5/70 (29)
Chetan Chauhan
56 (142)
Mike Hendrick
4/45 (20.4)
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Match details
Edgbaston, Birmingham
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Season1979
Player Of The Match
England
David Gower
Series resultEngland led the 4-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 851
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
Bharath Reddy
Bharath Reddy
Umpires
England
Barrie Meyer
England
David Constant
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India Innings
Player NameRB
SM Gavaskar
caught68117
CPS Chauhan
caught56142
DB Vengsarkar
caught724
GR Viswanath
caught51119
AD Gaekwad
caught1554
M Amarnath
lbw1069
N Kapil Dev
caught2117
KD Ghavri
caught425
B Reddy
lbw01
S Venkataraghavan
lbw06
BS Chandrasekhar
not out03
Extras(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)
Total253(10 wkts; 95.4 ovs)
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