England vs India, 4th Test at London, Aug 30 1979 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

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

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England

305 & 334/8d

India

(T:438) 202 & 429/8

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Sunil Gavaskar

, IND

221

Player Of The Series

Ian Botham

, ENG

244 runs • 20 wkts

England 1st Innings

India 1st Innings

England 2nd Innings

India 2nd Innings

Info

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
Kapil Dev	32	12	83	3	2.59	-	-	-
Karsan Ghavri	26	8	61	2	2.34	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	29.5	4	69	2	2.31	-	-	-
Yajurvindra Singh	8	2	15	0	1.87	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	29	9	59	3	2.03	-	-	-

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
Bob Willis	18	2	53	3	2.94	-	-	-
Ian Botham	28	7	65	4	2.32	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	22.3	7	38	3	1.68	-	-	-
Peter Willey	4	1	10	0	2.50	-	-	-
Graham Gooch	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	5	1	17	0	3.40	-	-	-

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
Kapil Dev	28.5	4	89	2	3.08	-	-	-
Karsan Ghavri	34	11	76	3	2.23	-	-	-
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	26	4	75	1	2.88	-	-	-
Bishan Bedi	26	4	67	1	2.57	-	-	-
Yajurvindra Singh	2	0	4	0	2.00	-	-	-

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
Bob Willis	28	4	89	1	3.17	-	-	-
Ian Botham	29	5	97	3	3.34	-	-	-
Mike Hendrick	8	2	15	0	1.87	-	-	-
Phil Edmonds	38	11	87	1	2.28	-	-	-
Peter Willey	43.5	15	96	2	2.19	-	-	-
Graham Gooch	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-
Alan Butcher	2	0	9	0	4.50	-	-	-

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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	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

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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)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
RGD Willis	28	4	89	1	3.17
IT Botham	29	5	97	3	3.34
M Hendrick	8	2	15	0	1.87
PH Edmonds	38	11	87	1	2.28
P Willey	43.5	15	96	2	2.19
GA Gooch	2	0	9	0	4.5
AR Butcher	2	0	9	0	4.5

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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