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England v India

1979-07-12 · Test · Men · Edgbaston

England won by inns & 83 runs

MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Scoring mix · England
Fours252 · 44.0%
Sixes12 · 2.1%
Other runs309 · 53.9%
Scoring mix · India
Fours132 · 47.7%
Sixes12 · 4.3%
Other runs133 · 48.0%
Scoring mix · India
Fours128 · 55.2%
Other runs104 · 44.8%
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Kapil Dev
5/146 · 3.04
Aunshuman Gaekwad
0/12 · 4.00
Chetan Chauhan
0/19 · 6.33
Mohinder Amarnath
0/47 · 3.52
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
0/107 · 3.45
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
0/113 · 3.89
Karsan Ghavri
0/129 · 3.39
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Bob Willis
3/69 · 2.87
Mike Hendrick
2/36 · 1.48
Phil Edmonds
2/60 · 2.30
Ian Botham
2/86 · 3.30
Geoff Boycott
0/8 · 1.60
Geoff Miller
0/18 · 1.63
Bowling spells · wickets, with economy
Ian Botham
5/70 · 2.41
Mike Hendrick
4/45 · 2.17
Bob Willis
1/45 · 3.21
Graham Gooch
0/8 · 1.33
Geoff Miller
0/27 · 3.00
Phil Edmonds
0/37 · 2.17
INNINGS 1

England

165.2 overs · run rate 3.82 · declared
633/5d
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Mike Brearleycaught Bharath Reddy24952025.26
Geoff Boycottlbw15534112045.45
Derek Randallcaught Bharath Reddy15313048.38
Graham Goochcaught Bharath Reddy8310913176.14
David Gowernot out200*27924071.68
Ian Bothambowled33394184.61
Geoff Millernot out63*1165054.31
Extras 60 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 60)Total 633/5d (165.2 ov)Run rate 3.82

Did not bat: Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick

Fall of wickets1-66 (Mike Brearley)2-90 (Derek Randall)3-235 (Graham Gooch)4-426 (Geoff Boycott)5-468 (Ian Botham)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Kapil Dev481514653.0400
Karsan Ghavri38512903.3900
Mohinder Amarnath13.224703.5200
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar29111303.8900
Srinivas Venkataraghavan31410703.4500
Aunshuman Gaekwad301204.0000
Chetan Chauhan301906.3300
Partnerships · England
1st wicket · Mike Brearley & Geoff Boycott
66
2nd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Derek Randall
24
3rd wicket · Geoff Boycott & Graham Gooch
145
4th wicket · Geoff Boycott & David Gower
191
5th wicket · David Gower & Ian Botham
42
6th wicket (unbroken) · David Gower & Geoff Miller
165
INNINGS 2

India

116.1 overs · run rate 2.55 · all out
297
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskarrun out611603038.12
Chetan Chauhancaught Graham Gooch481050.00
Dilip Vengsarkarcaught Graham Gooch22574038.59
Gundappa Viswanathcaught Ian Botham781819043.09
Aunshuman Gaekwadcaught Ian Botham251243020.16
Mohinder Amarnathbowled31476065.95
Kapil Devlbw160016.66
Karsan Ghavricaught Mike Brearley6251024.00
Bharath Reddybowled21573036.84
Srinivas Venkataraghavancaught Ian Botham28463260.86
Bhagwath Chandrasekharnot out0*0000.00
Extras 20 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 20)Total 297 (116.1 ov)Run rate 2.55

Fall of wickets1-15 (Chetan Chauhan)2-59 (Dilip Vengsarkar)3-129 (Sunil Gavaskar)4-205 (Gundappa Viswanath)5-209 (Aunshuman Gaekwad)6-210 (Kapil Dev)7-229 (Karsan Ghavri)8-251 (Mohinder Amarnath)9-294 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)10-297 (Bharath Reddy)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Bob Willis2496932.8700
Ian Botham2648623.3000
Mike Hendrick24.193621.4800
Phil Edmonds26116022.3000
Geoff Boycott51801.6000
Geoff Miller1131801.6300
Partnerships · India
1st wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Chetan Chauhan
15
2nd wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Dilip Vengsarkar
44
3rd wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Gundappa Viswanath
70
4th wicket · Gundappa Viswanath & Aunshuman Gaekwad
76
5th wicket · Aunshuman Gaekwad & Mohinder Amarnath
4
6th wicket · Mohinder Amarnath & Kapil Dev
1
7th wicket · Mohinder Amarnath & Karsan Ghavri
19
8th wicket · Mohinder Amarnath & Bharath Reddy
22
9th wicket · Bharath Reddy & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
43
10th wicket · Bharath Reddy & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
3
INNINGS 3

India

95.4 overs · run rate 2.64 · all out
253
Batting scorecard
BatterDismissalRB4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskarcaught Graham Gooch6811710058.11
Chetan Chauhancaught Derek Randall561428039.43
Dilip Vengsarkarcaught Phil Edmonds7240029.16
Gundappa Viswanathcaught Bob Taylor511196042.85
Aunshuman Gaekwadcaught Graham Gooch15543027.77
Mohinder Amarnathlbw10691014.49
Kapil Devcaught Mike Hendrick211740123.52
Karsan Ghavricaught Derek Randall4250016.00
Bharath Reddylbw01000.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavanlbw06000.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekharnot out0*3000.00
Extras 21 (w 0, nb 0, b/lb 21)Total 253 (95.4 ov)Run rate 2.64

Fall of wickets1-124 (Sunil Gavaskar)2-136 (Chetan Chauhan)3-136 (Dilip Vengsarkar)4-182 (Aunshuman Gaekwad)5-227 (Gundappa Viswanath)6-240 (Mohinder Amarnath)7-249 (Kapil Dev)8-250 (Bharath Reddy)9-251 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan)10-253 (Karsan Ghavri)

Bowling scorecard
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Bob Willis1434513.2100
Ian Botham2987052.4100
Mike Hendrick20.484542.1700
Phil Edmonds1763702.1700
Geoff Miller912703.0000
Graham Gooch63801.3300
Partnerships · India
1st wicket · Sunil Gavaskar & Chetan Chauhan
124
2nd wicket · Chetan Chauhan & Dilip Vengsarkar
12
3rd wicket · Dilip Vengsarkar & Gundappa Viswanath
0
4th wicket · Gundappa Viswanath & Aunshuman Gaekwad
46
5th wicket · Gundappa Viswanath & Mohinder Amarnath
45
6th wicket · Mohinder Amarnath & Kapil Dev
13
7th wicket · Kapil Dev & Karsan Ghavri
9
8th wicket · Karsan Ghavri & Bharath Reddy
1
9th wicket · Karsan Ghavri & Srinivas Venkataraghavan
1
10th wicket · Karsan Ghavri & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
2

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