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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 854 (854/57)
England v India, 1979, 4th Test
Kennington Oval, London
30,31 August, 1,3,4 September 1979 (5-day match)

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

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant and KE Palmer
Test Debuts: DL Bairstow, AR Butcher (Eng).
Man of the Match: SM Gavaskar
Man of the series: IT Botham

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 245/5 (Gooch 79*, Brearley 16*)
  • Day 2: England 305, India 137/5 (Yajurvindra Singh 19*, Kapil Dev 0*)
  • Day 3: India 202, England 177/3 (Boycott 83*, Willey 26*)
  • Day 4: England 334/8d, India 76/0 (Gavaskar 42*, Chauhan 32*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott             lbw                b Kapil Dev           35 132 102  4 0
    AR Butcher            c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkataraghavan    14 117  95  1 0
    GA Gooch              c Viswanath        b Ghavri              79 246 205  7 0
    DI Gower              lbw                b Kapil Dev            0   1   2  0 0
    P Willey              c Yajurvindra Singh b Bedi               52  96  80  8 0
    IT Botham             st Reddy           b Venkataraghavan     38  52  55  4 1
    *JM Brearley                             b Ghavri              34 121 102  3 0
    +DL Bairstow          c Reddy            b Kapil Dev            9  59  34  0 0
    PH Edmonds            c Kapil Dev        b Venkataraghavan     16  47  41  2 0
    RGD Willis            not out                                  10  41  28  2 0
    M Hendrick            c Gavaskar         b Bedi                 0   7   9  0 0
    Extras                (lb 9, w 4, nb 5)                        18
    Total                 (all out, 124.5 overs)                  305
    
    FoW: 1-45 (Butcher), 2-51 (Boycott), 3-51 (Gower),
         4-148 (Willey), 5-203 (Botham), 6-245 (Gooch),
         7-272 (Brearley), 8-275 (Bairstow), 9-304 (Edmonds),
         10-305 (Hendrick).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   32     12     83      3
    Ghavri                      26      8     61      2
    Bedi                        29.5    4     69      2
    Yajurvindra Singh            8      2     15      0
    Venkataraghavan             29      9     59      3
    
    India 1st innings                                               R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Bairstow         b Botham              13  75  39  0 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis               6  15  13  1 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Botham           b Willis               0   1   3  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Botham              62 170 153  5 0
    Yashpal Sharma        lbw                b Willis              27  59  61  3 0
    Yajurvindra Singh     not out                                  43 176 119  1 0
    N Kapil Dev                              b Hendrick            16  50  37  2 0
    KD Ghavri             c Bairstow         b Botham               7  15  14  0 0
    +B Reddy              c Bairstow         b Botham              12  32  28  2 0
    *S Venkataraghavan                   c & b Hendrick             2  12   6  0 0
    BS Bedi               c Brearley         b Hendrick             1   5   5  0 0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 3)                   13
    Total                 (all out, 79.3 overs)                   202
    
    FoW: 1-9 (Chauhan), 2-9 (Vengsarkar), 3-47 (Gavaskar),
         4-91 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-130 (Viswanath), 6-161 (Kapil Dev),
         7-172 (Ghavri), 8-192 (Reddy), 9-200 (Venkataraghavan),
         10-202 (Bedi).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      18      2     53      3
    Botham                      28      7     65      4
    Hendrick                    22.3    7     38      3
    Willey                       4      1     10      0
    Gooch                        2      0      6      0
    Edmonds                      5      1     17      0
    
    England 2nd innings                                             R   M   B  4 6
    G Boycott                                b Ghavri             125 418 293  6 0
    AR Butcher            c Venkataraghavan  b Ghavri              20  75  61  2 0
    GA Gooch              lbw                b Kapil Dev           31  67  66  3 1
    DI Gower              c Reddy            b Bedi                 7  20  26  0 0
    P Willey              c Reddy            b Ghavri              31 116  95  4 0
    IT Botham             run out                                   0   4   3  0 0
    *JM Brearley                             b Venkataraghavan     11  26  20  0 0
    +DL Bairstow          c Gavaskar         b Kapil Dev           59 135 114  8 0
    PH Edmonds            not out                                  27  36  31  4 1
    Extras                (lb 14, w 2, nb 7)                       23
    Total                 (8 wickets declared, 116.5 overs)       334
    
    DNB: RGD Willis, M Hendrick.
    
    FoW: 1-43 (Butcher), 2-107 (Gooch), 3-125 (Gower),
         4-192 (Willey), 5-194 (Botham), 6-215 (Brearley),
         7-291 (Boycott), 8-334 (Bairstow).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Kapil Dev                   28.5    4     89      2
    Ghavri                      34     11     76      3
    Venkataraghavan             26      4     75      1
    Bedi                        26      4     67      1
    Yajurvindra Singh            2      0      4      0
    
    India 2nd innings (target: 438 runs)                            R   M   B  4 6
    SM Gavaskar           c Gower            b Botham             221 490 443 21 0
    CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis              80 314 263  7 0
    DB Vengsarkar         c Botham           b Edmonds             52 152 139  5 0
    N Kapil Dev           c Gooch            b Willey               0   3   5  0 0
    Yashpal Sharma        lbw                b Botham              19  47  29  0 0
    GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Willey              15  13  11  2 0
    Yajurvindra Singh     lbw                b Botham               1   2   3  0 0
    *S Venkataraghavan    run out                                   6   5   4  0 0
    KD Ghavri             not out                                   3  12   4  0 0
    +B Reddy              not out                                   5   7   6  1 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 15, w 1)                       27
    Total                 (8 wickets, 150.5 overs)                429
    
    DNB: BS Bedi.
    
    FoW: 1-213 (Chauhan), 2-366 (Vengsarkar), 3-367 (Kapil Dev),
         4-389 (Gavaskar), 5-410 (Viswanath),
         6-411 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-419 (Venkataraghavan),
         8-423 (Yashpal Sharma).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Willis                      28      4     89      1
    Botham                      29      5     97      3
    Hendrick                     8      2     15      0
    Edmonds                     38     11     87      1
    Willey                      43.5   15     96      2
    Gooch                        2      0      9      0
    Butcher                      2      0      9      0
    


  • Report

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: England, India.

    Ground Page: Kennington Oval, London

    England Player Pages: G Boycott, AR Butcher, GA Gooch, DI Gower, P Willey, IT Botham, JM Brearley, DL Bairstow, PH Edmonds, RGD Willis, M Hendrick.

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

    Match Officials' Pages: DJ Constant, KE Palmer.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
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