RESULT

India vs England Scorecard, India vs England, 12 July, 1979, Edgbaston & Match Stats

ENG

633/5 (165.2 ov)

IND

297/10 (116.1 ov) & 253/10 (95.4 ov)

England won by an innings and 83 runs

England 1st Innings

633/5 (165.2 ov)

RR 3.83

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mike Brearley c †Reddy b Kapil Dev	24	95	2	0	25.26
Geoff Boycott lbw b Kapil Dev	155	341	12	0	45.45
Derek Randall c †Reddy b Kapil Dev	15	31	3	0	48.39
Graham Gooch c †Reddy b Kapil Dev	83	109	13	1	76.15
David Gower not out	200	279	24	0	71.68
Sir Ian Botham b Kapil Dev	33	39	4	1	84.62
Geoff Miller not out	63	116	5	0	54.31
EXTRAS (b 4, lb 27, w 11, nb 18, p 0)	60
TOTAL (3.83 RUNS PER OVER)	633/5 (165.2 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 66-1 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 426-4 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 90-2 (Derek Randall, 0 ov), 235-3 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 468-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT: Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kapil Dev	48	15	146	5	3.04
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	38	5	129	0	3.39
Mohinder Amarnath	13.2	2	47	0	3.53
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar	29	1	113	0	3.90
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	31	4	107	0	3.45
Anshuman Gaekwad	3	0	12	0	4.00
Chetan Chauhan	3	0	19	0	6.33

India 1st Innings

297/10 (116.1 ov)

RR 2.56

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar run out	61	160	3	0	38.13
Chetan Chauhan c Gooch b Botham	4	8	1	0	50.00
Dilip Vengsarkar c Gooch b Edmonds	22	57	4	0	38.60
Gundappa Viswanath c Botham b Edmonds	78	181	9	0	43.09
Anshuman Gaekwad c Botham b Willis	25	124	3	0	20.16
Mohinder Amarnath b Willis	31	47	6	0	65.96
Kapil Dev lbw b Botham	1	6	0	0	16.67
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c Brearley b Willis	6	25	1	0	24.00
Bharat Reddy b Hendrick	21	57	3	0	36.84
Srinivas Venkataraghavan c Botham b Hendrick	28	46	3	2	60.87
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 12, p 0)	20
TOTAL (2.56 RUNS PER OVER)	297/10 (116.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 129-3 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 15-1 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 59-2 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 205-4 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 209-5 (Anshuman Gaekwad, 0 ov), 251-8 (Mohinder Amarnath, 0 ov), 210-6 (Kapil Dev, 0 ov), 229-7 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov), 297-10 (Bharat Reddy, 0 ov), 294-9 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	24	9	69	3	2.88
Sir Ian Botham	26	4	86	2	3.31
Mike Hendrick	24.1	9	36	2	1.49
Phil Edmonds	26	11	60	2	2.31
Geoff Boycott	5	1	8	0	1.60
Geoff Miller	11	3	18	0	1.64

India 2nd Innings

253/10 (95.4 ov)

RR 2.65

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c Gooch b Hendrick	68	117	10	0	58.12
Chetan Chauhan c Randall b Willis	56	142	8	0	39.44
Dilip Vengsarkar c Edmonds b Hendrick	7	24	0	0	29.17
Gundappa Viswanath c †Taylor b Botham	51	119	6	0	42.86
Anshuman Gaekwad c Gooch b Botham	15	54	3	0	27.78
Mohinder Amarnath lbw b Botham	10	69	1	0	14.49
Kapil Dev c Hendrick b Botham	21	17	4	0	123.53
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c Randall b Hendrick	4	25	0	0	16.00
Bharat Reddy lbw b Hendrick	0	1	0	0	0.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan lbw b Botham	0	6	0	0	0.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar not out	0	3	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 7, lb 12, w 0, nb 2, p 0)	21
TOTAL (2.65 RUNS PER OVER)	253/10 (95.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 124-1 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 136-2 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 136-3 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 227-5 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 182-4 (Anshuman Gaekwad, 0 ov), 240-6 (Mohinder Amarnath, 0 ov), 249-7 (Kapil Dev, 0 ov), 253-10 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov), 250-8 (Bharat Reddy, 0 ov), 251-9 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	14	3	45	1	3.21
Sir Ian Botham	29	8	70	5	2.41
Mike Hendrick	20.4	8	45	4	2.18
Phil Edmonds	17	6	37	0	2.18
Geoff Miller	9	1	27	0	3.00
Graham Gooch	6	3	8	0	1.33

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: India vs England
DATE & TIME: Thursday, July 12, 1979 · 07:30 PM
TOSS: Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Venue: Edgbaston, Birmingham