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England v India @ Lord's, London
2, 3, 4, 6, 7 August 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: HD Bird, KE Palmer
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Bob Taylor b Graham Gooch | 42 | 0 | 139 | 4 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Derek Randall b Ian Botham | 2 | 14 | 29 | - | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Ian Botham b Mike Hendrick | 0 | 12 | 20 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Mike Brearley b Mike Hendrick | 21 | 34 | 38 | 3 | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c Bob Taylor b Ian Botham | 13 | 71 | 93 | 1 | - |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | c Bob Taylor b Ian Botham | 11 | 0 | 65 | 2 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Geoff Miller b Ian Botham | 4 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 3 | 19 | 36 | - | - |
| +9. Bharath Reddy | lbw b Ian Botham | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| *10. Venkat | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Bishan Bedi | b John Lever | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-12 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-23 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-51 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-75 (Sunny Gavaskar), 5-79 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 6-89 (Kapil Dev), 7-96 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-96 (Bharath Reddy), 9-96 (Venkat), 96 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb, 0pen) 0 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 55.5 ovs) 96 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| John Lever | 9.5 | 3 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 19 | 9 | 35 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 10 | 5 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mike Brearley | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 12 | 28 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | c Sunny Gavaskar b Karsan Ghavri | 32 | 0 | 93 | 5 | - |
| 3. Graham Gooch | b Kapil Dev | 10 | 52 | 76 | 1 | - |
| 4. David Gower | b Karsan Ghavri | 82 | 94 | 131 | 10 | 2 |
| 5. Derek Randall | run out ( > > ) | 57 | 135 | 156 | 8 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | b Venkat | 36 | 63 | 74 | 3 | - |
| 7. Geoff Miller | st Bharath Reddy b Bishan Bedi | 62 | 160 | 192 | 4 | - |
| 8. Phil Edmonds | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 20 | 53 | 50 | 4 | - |
| +9. Bob Taylor | c Dilip Vengsarkar b Bishan Bedi | 64 | 112 | 123 | 9 | - |
| 10. John Lever | not out | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 11. Mike Hendrick |
| FOW | 1-21 (Mike Brearley), 2-60 (Geoff Boycott), 3-71 (Graham Gooch), 4-185 (David Gower), 5-226 (Derek Randall), 6-253 (Ian Botham), 7-291 (Phil Edmonds), 8-394 (Geoff Miller), 9-419 (Bob Taylor). |
| Extras | 11b, 21lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 38 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 129.5 ovs) 419 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 38 | 11 | 93 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 31 | 2 | 122 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 38.5 | 13 | 87 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 22 | 2 | 79 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Mike Brearley b Ian Botham | 59 | 0 | 142 | 8 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Derek Randall b Phil Edmonds | 31 | 100 | 114 | 4 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Geoff Boycott b Phil Edmonds | 103 | 295 | 353 | 13 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c David Gower b John Lever | 113 | 337 | 351 | 14 | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | not out | 1 | 31 | 37 | - | - |
| 6. Yashpal Sharma | not out | 5 | 0 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | ||||||
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | ||||||
| +9. Bharath Reddy | ||||||
| *10. Venkat | ||||||
| 11. Bishan Bedi |
| FOW | 1-79 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-99 (Sunny Gavaskar), 3-309 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-312 (Gundappa Viswanath). |
| Extras | 2b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 148 ovs) 318 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ian Botham | 35 | 13 | 80 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 25 | 12 | 56 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Lever | 24 | 7 | 69 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 45 | 18 | 62 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 17 | 6 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Mike Brearley, Geoff Boycott, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Derek Randall, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, John Lever, Mike Hendrick