England v India
England won by an innings and 83 runs
12 to 16 July 1979Birmingham
Englandwon by an innings and 83 runs
633/5d165.2 ov
India
297 & 25395.4 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
England innings
633/5d165.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Brearley | caught | 24 | 95 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 25.3 |
| Geoff Boycott | lbw | 155 | 341 | 458 | 12 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Derek Randall | caught | 15 | 31 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 48.4 |
| Graham Gooch | caught | 83 | 109 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 76.1 |
| David Gower | not out | 200* | 279 | 365 | 24 | 0 | 71.7 |
| Ian Botham | bowled | 33 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 84.6 |
| Geoff Miller | not out | 63* | 116 | 144 | 5 | 0 | 54.3 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 27, w 11, nb 18 | 60 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets declared, 165.2 overs | 633 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-66 Mike Brearley2-90 Derek Randall3-235 Graham Gooch4-426 Geoff Boycott5-468 Ian Botham
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 48 | 15 | 146 | 5 | 3.04 | 0 | 0 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 38 | 5 | 129 | 0 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 13.2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 3.53 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | 29 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 31 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Chetan Chauhan | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
India innings
297116.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | run out | 61 | 160 | 178 | 3 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 22 | 57 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 38.6 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught | 78 | 181 | 213 | 9 | 0 | 43.1 |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | caught | 25 | 124 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 20.2 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 31 | 47 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 66.0 |
| Kapil Dev | lbw | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught | 6 | 25 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 |
| Bharath Reddy | bowled | 21 | 57 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 36.8 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught | 28 | 46 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 60.9 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0* | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 12 | 20 | |||||
| Total | all out, 116.1 overs | 297 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-15 Chetan Chauhan2-59 Dilip Vengsarkar3-129 Sunil Gavaskar4-205 Gundappa Viswanath5-209 Aunshuman Gaekwad6-210 Kapil Dev7-229 Karsan Ghavri8-251 Mohinder Amarnath9-294 Srinivas Venkataraghavan10-297 Bharath Reddy
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 24 | 9 | 69 | 3 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 26 | 4 | 86 | 2 | 3.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 24.1 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 1.49 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 26 | 11 | 60 | 2 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Boycott | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 |
India innings
25395.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught | 68 | 117 | 137 | 10 | 0 | 58.1 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught | 56 | 142 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 39.4 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught | 7 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught | 51 | 119 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | caught | 15 | 54 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 27.8 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | lbw | 10 | 69 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| Kapil Dev | caught | 21 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 123.5 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught | 4 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 |
| Bharath Reddy | lbw | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | lbw | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0* | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 12, nb 2 | 21 | |||||
| Total | all out, 95.4 overs | 253 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 640
1-124 Sunil Gavaskar2-136 Chetan Chauhan3-136 Dilip Vengsarkar4-182 Aunshuman Gaekwad5-227 Gundappa Viswanath6-240 Mohinder Amarnath7-249 Kapil Dev8-250 Bharath Reddy9-251 Srinivas Venkataraghavan10-253 Karsan Ghavri
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 14 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 3.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 29 | 8 | 70 | 5 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | 20.4 | 8 | 45 | 4 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 17 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 2.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Miller | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |