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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
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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