RESULT
4th Test, The Oval, August 30 - September 04, 1979, India tour of England
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England 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | lbw b Kapil Dev | 35 | 102 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 34.31 | ||
| Alan Butcher | c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkataraghavan | 14 | 95 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 14.73 | ||
| Graham Gooch | c Viswanath b Ghavri | 79 | 205 | 246 | 7 | 0 | 38.53 | ||
| David Gower | lbw b Kapil Dev | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Peter Willey | c Yajurvindra Singh b Bedi | 52 | 80 | 96 | 8 | 0 | 65.00 | ||
| Ian Botham | st †Reddy b Venkataraghavan | 38 | 55 | 52 | 4 | 1 | 69.09 | ||
| Mike Brearley (c) | b Ghavri | 34 | 102 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| David Bairstow † | c †Reddy b Kapil Dev | 9 | 34 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 26.47 | ||
| Phil Edmonds | c Kapil Dev b Venkataraghavan | 16 | 41 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 39.02 | ||
| Bob Willis | not out | 10 | 28 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | ||
| Mike Hendrick | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 9, nb 5, w 4) | 18 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 124.5 Ov (RR: 2.44) | 305 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Alan Butcher), 2-51 (Geoff Boycott), 3-51 (David Gower), 4-148 (Peter Willey), 5-203 (Ian Botham), 6-245 (Graham Gooch), 7-272 (Mike Brearley), 8-275 (David Bairstow), 9-304 (Phil Edmonds), 10-305 (Mike Hendrick) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 32 | 12 | 83 | 3 | 2.59 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 26 | 8 | 61 | 2 | 2.34 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 29.5 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 2.31 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 29 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 2.03 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
India 1st Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | c †Bairstow b Botham | 13 | 39 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Chetan Chauhan | c Botham b Willis | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | ||
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Botham b Willis | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Gundappa Viswanath | c Brearley b Botham | 62 | 153 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 40.52 | ||
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Willis | 27 | 61 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 44.26 | ||
| Yajurvindra Singh | not out | 43 | 119 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 36.13 | ||
| Kapil Dev | b Hendrick | 16 | 37 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 43.24 | ||
| Karsan Ghavri | c †Bairstow b Botham | 7 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Bharath Reddy † | c †Bairstow b Botham | 12 | 28 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | ||
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) | c & b Hendrick | 2 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Bishan Bedi | c Brearley b Hendrick | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 3, nb 3, w 5) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 79.3 Ov (RR: 2.54) | 202 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-9 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-47 (Sunil Gavaskar), 4-91 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-130 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-161 (Kapil Dev), 7-172 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-192 (Bharath Reddy), 9-200 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 10-202 (Bishan Bedi) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 18 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 2.94 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 28 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 2.32 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 22.3 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.68 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Willey | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3.40 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd Innings
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | b Ghavri | 125 | 293 | 418 | 6 | 0 | 42.66 | ||
| Alan Butcher | c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri | 20 | 61 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 32.78 | ||
| Graham Gooch | lbw b Kapil Dev | 31 | 66 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 46.96 | ||
| David Gower | c †Reddy b Bedi | 7 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26.92 | ||
| Peter Willey | c †Reddy b Ghavri | 31 | 95 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 32.63 | ||
| Ian Botham | run out | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Mike Brearley (c) | b Venkataraghavan | 11 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | ||
| David Bairstow † | c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 59 | 114 | 135 | 8 | 0 | 51.75 | ||
| Phil Edmonds | not out | 27 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 87.09 | ||
| Extras | (lb 14, nb 7, w 2) | 23 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 116.5 Ov (RR: 2.85) | 334/8d | |||||||
Did not bat: Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Alan Butcher), 2-107 (Graham Gooch), 3-125 (David Gower), 4-192 (Peter Willey), 5-194 (Ian Botham), 6-215 (Mike Brearley), 7-291 (Geoff Boycott), 8-334 (David Bairstow) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 28.5 | 4 | 89 | 2 | 3.08 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 34 | 11 | 76 | 3 | 2.23 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 26 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 2.88 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Bishan Bedi | 26 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 2.57 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd Innings (T: 438 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | c Gower b Botham | 221 | 443 | 490 | 21 | 0 | 49.88 | ||
| Chetan Chauhan | c Botham b Willis | 80 | 263 | 314 | 7 | 0 | 30.41 | ||
| Dilip Vengsarkar | c Botham b Edmonds | 52 | 139 | 152 | 5 | 0 | 37.41 | ||
| Kapil Dev | c Gooch b Willey | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Botham | 19 | 29 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 65.51 | ||
| Gundappa Viswanath | c Brearley b Willey | 15 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 | ||
| Yajurvindra Singh | lbw b Botham | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c) | run out | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | ||
| Karsan Ghavri | not out | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | ||
| Bharath Reddy † | not out | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | ||
| Extras | (b 11, lb 15, w 1) | 27 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 150.5 Ov (RR: 2.84) | 429/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: Bishan Bedi | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-213 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-366 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-367 (Kapil Dev), 4-389 (Sunil Gavaskar), 5-410 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-411 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-419 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 8-423 (Yashpal Sharma) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 28 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 3.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 29 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 3.34 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.87 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 38 | 11 | 87 | 1 | 2.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Willey | 43.5 | 15 | 96 | 2 | 2.19 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Butcher | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 30 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 245/5 (Graham Gooch 79*, Mike Brearley 16*)
Fri, 31 Aug - day 2 - India 1st innings 137/5 (Yajurvindra Singh 19*, Kapil Dev 0*)
Sat, 01 Sep - day 3 - England 2nd innings 177/3 (Geoff Boycott 83*, Peter Willey 26*)
Sun, 02 Sep - rest day
Mon, 03 Sep - day 4 - India 2nd innings 76/0 (Sunil Gavaskar 42*, Chetan Chauhan 32*)
Tue, 04 Sep - day 5 - India 2nd innings 429/8 (150.5 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
| Kennington Oval, London | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1979 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| 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 | |
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