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England vs India, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
India in England Test Series, 1979
Venue:
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
Date & Time:
Jul 12
-
Jul 16
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
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England won by an innings and 83 runs
England 1st Innings
633-5 d (165.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mike Brearley
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
24
95
2
0
25.26
Sir 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
60
(b 4, lb 27, w 11, nb 18, p 0)
Total
633
(5 wkts, 165.2 Ov)
Did not Bat
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor
,
Bob Willis
,
Mike Hendrick
Fall of Wickets
66-1 (
M Brearley
, 0),
90-2 (
D Randall
, 0),
235-3 (
G Gooch
, 0),
426-4 (
G Boycott
, 0),
468-5 (
I Botham
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Kapil Dev
48
15
146
5
0
0
3.04
Karsan Ghavri
38
5
129
0
0
0
3.39
Mohinder Amarnath
13.2
2
47
0
0
0
3.56
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
29
1
113
0
0
0
3.90
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
31
4
107
0
0
0
3.45
Anshuman Gaekwad
3
0
12
0
0
0
4.00
Chetan Chauhan
3
0
19
0
0
0
6.33
India 1st Innings
297-10 (116.1 Ov)
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 Ghavri
c Brearley b Willis
6
25
1
0
24.00
Bharath 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
20
(b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 12, p 0)
Total
297
(10 wkts, 116.1 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
15-1 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
59-2 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
129-3 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
205-4 (
G Viswanath
, 0),
209-5 (
A Gaekwad
, 0),
210-6 (
K Dev
, 0),
229-7 (
K Ghavri
, 0),
251-8 (
M Amarnath
, 0),
294-9 (
S Venkataraghavan
, 0),
297-10 (
B Reddy
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
24
9
69
3
0
0
2.88
Sir Ian Botham
26
4
86
2
0
0
3.31
Mike Hendrick
24.1
9
36
2
0
0
1.49
Phil Edmonds
26
11
60
2
0
0
2.31
Sir Geoff Boycott
5
1
8
0
0
0
1.60
Geoff Miller
11
3
18
0
0
0
1.64
India 2nd Innings
253-10 (f/o) (95.4 Ov)
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 Ghavri
c Randall b Hendrick
4
25
0
0
16.00
Bharath 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
21
(b 7, lb 12, w 0, nb 2, p 0)
Total
253
(10 wkts, 95.4 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
124-1 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
136-2 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
136-3 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
182-4 (
A Gaekwad
, 0),
227-5 (
G Viswanath
, 0),
240-6 (
M Amarnath
, 0),
249-7 (
K Dev
, 0),
250-8 (
B Reddy
, 0),
251-9 (
S Venkataraghavan
, 0),
253-10 (
K Ghavri
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
14
3
45
1
0
0
3.21
Sir Ian Botham
29
8
70
5
0
0
2.41
Mike Hendrick
20.4
8
45
4
0
0
2.21
Phil Edmonds
17
6
37
0
0
0
2.18
Geoff Miller
9
1
27
0
0
0
3.00
Graham Gooch
6
3
8
0
0
0
1.33
Match Info
Match
ENG vs IND, 1st Test, India in England Test Series, 1979
Date
-
Time
Venue
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires
David Constant, Barrie Meyer
England Squad
Playing
Mike Brearley (c)
,
Sir Geoff Boycott
,
Derek Randall
,
Graham Gooch
,
David Gower
,
Sir Ian Botham
,
Geoff Miller
,
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor (wk)
,
Bob Willis
,
Mike Hendrick
Bench
Support Staff
India Squad
Playing
Sunil Gavaskar
,
Chetan Chauhan
,
Dilip Vengsarkar
,
Gundappa Viswanath
,
Anshuman Gaekwad
,
Mohinder Amarnath
,
Kapil Dev
,
Karsan Ghavri
,
Bharath Reddy (wk)
,
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
,
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Bench
Support Staff
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