TestNo. 854MenScorecard

England v India

Match drawn

30 August to 4 September 1979The Oval

England

305 & 334/8d116.5 ov

India

202 & 429/8150.5 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

305124.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	lbw	35	102	132	4	0	34.3
Alan Butcher	caught	14	95	117	1	0	14.7
Graham Gooch	caught	79	205	246	7	0	38.5
David Gower	lbw	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Peter Willey	caught	52	80	96	8	0	65.0
Ian Botham	stumped	38	55	52	4	1	69.1
Mike Brearley	bowled	34	102	121	3	0	33.3
David Bairstow	caught	9	34	59	0	0	26.5
Phil Edmonds	caught	16	41	47	2	0	39.0
Bob Willis	not out	10*	28	41	2	0	35.7
Mike Hendrick	caught	0	9	7	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 9, w 4, nb 5	18
Total	all out, 124.5 overs	305

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-45 Alan Butcher2-51 Geoff Boycott3-51 David Gower4-148 Peter Willey5-203 Ian Botham6-245 Graham Gooch7-272 Mike Brearley8-275 David Bairstow9-304 Phil Edmonds10-305 Mike Hendrick

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kapil Dev	32	12	83	3	2.59
Karsan Ghavri	26	8	61	2	2.35
Bishan Bedi	29.5	4	69	2	2.31
Yajurvindra Singh	8	2	15	0	1.88
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	29	9	59	3	2.03

India innings

20279.3 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	caught	13	39	75	0	0	33.3
Chetan Chauhan	caught	6	13	15	1	0	46.2
Dilip Vengsarkar	caught	0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Gundappa Viswanath	caught	62	153	170	5	0	40.5
Yashpal Sharma	lbw	27	61	59	3	0	44.3
Yajurvindra Singh	not out	43*	119	176	1	0	36.1
Kapil Dev	bowled	16	37	50	2	0	43.2
Karsan Ghavri	caught	7	14	15	0	0	50.0
Bharath Reddy	caught	12	28	32	2	0	42.9
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	caught	2	6	12	0	0	33.3
Bishan Bedi	caught	1	5	5	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 3	13
Total	all out, 79.3 overs	202

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-9 Chetan Chauhan2-9 Dilip Vengsarkar3-47 Sunil Gavaskar4-91 Yashpal Sharma5-130 Gundappa Viswanath6-161 Kapil Dev7-172 Karsan Ghavri8-192 Bharath Reddy9-200 Srinivas Venkataraghavan10-202 Bishan Bedi

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	18	2	53	3	2.94
Ian Botham	28	7	65	4	2.32
Mike Hendrick	22.3	7	38	3	1.69
Peter Willey	4	1	10	0	2.50
Graham Gooch	2	0	6	0	3.00
Phil Edmonds	5	1	17	0	3.40

England innings

334/8d116.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott	bowled	125	293	418	6	0	42.7
Alan Butcher	caught	20	61	75	2	0	32.8
Graham Gooch	lbw	31	66	67	3	1	47.0
David Gower	caught	7	26	20	0	0	26.9
Peter Willey	caught	31	95	116	4	0	32.6
Ian Botham	run out	0	3	4	0	0	0.0
Mike Brearley	bowled	11	20	26	0	0	55.0
David Bairstow	caught	59	114	135	8	0	51.8
Phil Edmonds	not out	27*	31	36	4	1	87.1
Extras	lb 14, w 2, nb 7	23
Total	8 wickets declared, 116.5 overs	334

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-43 Alan Butcher2-107 Graham Gooch3-125 David Gower4-192 Peter Willey5-194 Ian Botham6-215 Mike Brearley7-291 Geoff Boycott8-334 David Bairstow

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kapil Dev	28.5	4	89	2	3.09
Karsan Ghavri	34	11	76	3	2.24
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	26	4	75	1	2.88
Bishan Bedi	26	4	67	1	2.58
Yajurvindra Singh	2	0	4	0	2.00

India innings chasing 438

429/8150.5 ov

India batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	caught	221	443	490	21	0	49.9
Chetan Chauhan	caught	80	263	314	7	0	30.4
Dilip Vengsarkar	caught	52	139	152	5	0	37.4
Kapil Dev	caught	0	5	3	0	0	0.0
Yashpal Sharma	lbw	19	29	47	0	0	65.5
Gundappa Viswanath	caught	15	11	13	2	0	136.4
Yajurvindra Singh	lbw	1	3	2	0	0	33.3
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	run out	6	4	5	0	0	150.0
Karsan Ghavri	not out	3*	4	12	0	0	75.0
Bharath Reddy	not out	5*	6	7	1	0	83.3
Extras	b 11, lb 15, w 1	27
Total	8 wickets, 150.5 overs	429

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-213 Chetan Chauhan2-366 Dilip Vengsarkar3-367 Kapil Dev4-389 Sunil Gavaskar5-410 Gundappa Viswanath6-411 Yajurvindra Singh7-419 Srinivas Venkataraghavan8-423 Yashpal Sharma

Bowling to India
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bob Willis	28	4	89	1	3.18
Ian Botham	29	5	97	3	3.34
Mike Hendrick	8	2	15	0	1.88
Phil Edmonds	38	11	87	1	2.29
Peter Willey	43.5	15	96	2	2.19
Graham Gooch	2	0	9	0	4.50
Alan Butcher	2	0	9	0	4.50

Tests in August 1979

3 matches

TestScorecardIndia96 & 318/4148England419/9d129.5Match drawnLord's, 2 August TestScorecardEngland27080.5India223/6110Match drawnLeeds, 16 August TestScorecardEngland305 & 334/8d116.5India202 & 429/8150.5Match drawnThe Oval, 30 August

Match facts

Format: Test No. 854
Dates: 30 August to 4 September 1979
Ground: The Oval
Result: Match drawn
In the database: Scorecard

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  "balls_per_over": 6,
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    "batting": [{"player": "Graham Gooch", "dismissal": "caught",
      "runs": 79, "balls": 205, "minutes": 246, ...}, ...],
    "bowling": [{"player": "Kapil Dev", "overs": "32", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
  }, ...]
}

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England v India

Previous meetingTest, Match drawn, 16 August 1979 Next meetingTest, England won by 10 wickets, 15 February 1980