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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 853 (853/56)
England v India, 1979, 3rd Test
Headingley, Leeds
16,17,18,20,21 August 1979 (5-day match)

Result: Match drawn
England leads the 4-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer
Man of the Match: IT Botham

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 80/4 (Randall 11*, Botham 9*)
  • Day 2: No play
  • Day 3: No play
  • Day 4: England 270, India 10/2 (Gavaskar 10*, Viswanath 0*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             c Viswanath        b Kapil Dev           31  86  65  4 0
    *JM Brearley          c Viswanath        b Amarnath            15 102  70  1 0
    GA Gooch              c Vengsarkar       b Kapil Dev            4   9  10  0 0
    DI Gower              lbw                b Kapil Dev            0   9   6  0 0
    DW Randall                               b Ghavri              11  68  57  0 0
    IT Botham             c Ghavri           b Venkataraghavan    137 201 152 10 5
    G Miller              c Reddy            b Amarnath            27  79  53  3 0
    PH Edmonds            run out                                  18  54  49  2 0
    +RW Taylor            c Chauhan          b Bedi                 1  10  15  0 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                   4  13  11  0 0
    M Hendrick            c sub              b Bedi                 0   5   8  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, w 4, nb 8)                   22
    Total                 (all out, 80.5 overs)                   270
    
    FoW: 1-53 (Boycott), 2-57 (Gooch), 3-57 (Brearley), 4-58 (Gower),
         5-89 (Randall), 6-176 (Miller), 7-264 (Edmonds),
         8-264 (Botham), 9-266 (Taylor), 10-270 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   27      7     84      3
    Ghavri                      18      4     60      1
    Amarnath                    20      7     53      2
    Venkataraghavan              7      2     25      1
    Bedi                         8.5    2     26      2
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar                              b Edmonds             78 240 209  9 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis               0   1   1  0 0
    M Amarnath            c Taylor           b Willis               0  14  18  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Hendrick             1  26  18  0 0
    Yashpal Sharma        c Botham           b Miller              40 133 125  2 0
    DB Vengsarkar         not out                                  65 178 183  6 0
    N Kapil Dev           c Gooch            b Miller               3  14  10  0 0
    KD Ghavri             not out                                  20  99  97  1 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 4, w 1)                        16
    Total                 (6 wickets, 110 overs)                  223
    
    DNB: *S Venkataraghavan, +B Reddy, BS Bedi.
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Chauhan), 2-9 (Amarnath), 3-12 (Viswanath),
         4-106 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-156 (Gavaskar), 6-160 (Kapil Dev).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      18      5     42      2
    Hendrick                    14      6     13      1
    Botham                      13      3     39      0
    Edmonds                     28      8     59      1
    Miller                      32     13     52      2
    Gooch                        3      1      2      0
    Boycott                      2      2      0      0
    


  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, India.

    Ground Page: Headingley, Leeds

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, JM Brearley, GA Gooch, DI Gower, DW Randall, IT Botham, G Miller, PH Edmonds, RW Taylor, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

    India Player Pages: SM Gavaskar, CPS Chauhan, M Amarnath, GR Viswanath, Yashpal Sharma, DB Vengsarkar, N Kapil Dev, KD Ghavri, S Venkataraghavan, B Reddy, BS Bedi.

    Match Officials' Pages: HD Bird, BJ Meyer.

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