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

Match drawn

sunil-gavaskar
Player Of The Match
Sunil Gavaskar
, IND
221
ian-botham
Player Of The Series
Ian Botham
, ENG
244 runs • 20 wkts
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England1st Inn
305/10(124.5 overs)
Graham Gooch
79 (205)
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
3/59 (29)
Peter Willey
52 (80)
Kapil Dev
3/83 (32)
India1st Inn
202/10(79.3 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath
62 (153)
Ian Botham
4/65 (28)
Yajurvindra Singh
*43 (119)
Mike Hendrick
3/38 (22.3)
England2nd Inn
334/8(116.5 overs)
Geoff Boycott
125 (293)
Karsan Ghavri
3/76 (34)
David Bairstow
59 (114)
Kapil Dev
2/89 (28.5)
India2nd Inn
429/8(150.5 overs)
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
GroundKennington Oval, London
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
India tour of England
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
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Alan Butcher
David Bairstow
David Bairstow
Umpires
England
David Constant
England
Ken Palmer
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