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England vs India, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
India in England Test Series, 1979
Venue:
Lord's,
London
Date & Time:
Aug 02
-
Aug 07
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
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Match drawn
India 1st Innings
96-10 (55.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sunil Gavaskar
c Taylor b Gooch
42
114
4
0
36.84
Chetan Chauhan
c Randall b Botham
2
14
0
0
14.29
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Botham b Hendrick
0
12
0
0
0.00
Gundappa Viswanath
c Brearley b Hendrick
21
34
3
0
61.76
Anshuman Gaekwad
c Taylor b Botham
13
71
1
0
18.31
Yashpal Sharma
c Taylor b Botham
11
53
2
0
20.75
Kapil Dev
c Miller b Botham
4
5
0
0
80.00
Karsan Ghavri
not out
3
19
0
0
15.79
Bharath Reddy
lbw b Botham
0
8
0
0
0.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
run out
0
1
0
0
0.00
Bishan Bedi
b Lever
0
4
0
0
0.00
Extras
0
(b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0, p 0)
Total
96
(10 wkts, 55.5 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
12-1 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
23-2 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
51-3 (
G Viswanath
, 0),
75-4 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
79-5 (
A Gaekwad
, 0),
89-6 (
K Dev
, 0),
96-7 (
Y Sharma
, 0),
96-8 (
B Reddy
, 0),
96-9 (
S Venkataraghavan
, 0),
96-10 (
B Bedi
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
John Lever
9.5
3
29
1
0
0
3.05
Sir Ian Botham
19
9
35
5
0
0
1.84
Mike Hendrick
15
7
15
2
0
0
1.00
Phil Edmonds
2
1
1
0
0
0
0.50
Graham Gooch
10
5
16
1
0
0
1.60
England 1st Innings
419-9 d (129.5 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mike Brearley
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
12
28
2
0
42.86
Sir Geoff Boycott
c Gavaskar b Ghavri
32
80
5
0
40.00
Graham Gooch
b Kapil Dev
10
52
1
0
19.23
David Gower
b Ghavri
82
94
10
2
87.23
Derek Randall
run out
57
135
8
0
42.22
Sir Ian Botham
b Venkataraghavan
36
63
3
0
57.14
Geoff Miller
st Reddy b Bedi
62
160
4
0
38.75
Phil Edmonds
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
20
53
4
0
37.74
Bob Taylor
c Vengsarkar b Bedi
64
112
9
0
57.14
John Lever
not out
6
8
1
0
75.00
Extras
38
(b 11, lb 21, w 2, nb 4, p 0)
Total
419
(9 wkts, 129.5 Ov)
Did not Bat
Mike Hendrick
Fall of Wickets
21-1 (
M Brearley
, 0),
60-2 (
G Boycott
, 0),
71-3 (
G Gooch
, 0),
185-4 (
D Gower
, 0),
226-5 (
D Randall
, 0),
253-6 (
I Botham
, 0),
291-7 (
P Edmonds
, 0),
394-8 (
G Miller
, 0),
419-9 (
B Taylor
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Kapil Dev
38
11
93
3
0
0
2.45
Karsan Ghavri
31
2
122
2
0
0
3.94
Bishan Bedi
38.5
13
87
2
0
0
2.26
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
22
2
79
1
0
0
3.59
India 2nd Innings
318-4 (148 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sunil Gavaskar
c Brearley b Botham
59
117
8
0
50.43
Chetan Chauhan
c Randall b Edmonds
31
100
4
0
31.00
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Boycott b Edmonds
103
295
13
0
34.92
Gundappa Viswanath
c Gower b Lever
113
337
14
0
33.53
Anshuman Gaekwad
not out
1
31
0
0
3.23
Yashpal Sharma
not out
5
9
0
0
55.56
Extras
6
(b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 1, p 0)
Total
318
(4 wkts, 148 Ov)
Did not Bat
Kapil Dev
,
Karsan Ghavri
,
Bharath Reddy
,
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
,
Bishan Bedi
Fall of Wickets
79-1 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
99-2 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
309-3 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
312-4 (
G Viswanath
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Sir Ian Botham
35
13
80
1
0
0
2.29
Mike Hendrick
25
12
56
0
0
0
2.24
John Lever
24
7
69
1
0
0
2.88
Phil Edmonds
45
18
62
2
0
0
1.38
Geoff Miller
17
6
37
0
0
0
2.18
Graham Gooch
2
0
8
0
0
0
4.00
Match Info
Match
ENG vs IND, 2nd Test, India in England Test Series, 1979
Date
-
Time
Venue
Lord's, London
Umpires
Dickie Bird, Ken Palmer
England Squad
Playing
Mike Brearley (c)
,
Sir Geoff Boycott
,
Graham Gooch
,
David Gower
,
Derek Randall
,
Sir Ian Botham
,
Geoff Miller
,
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor (wk)
,
John Lever
,
Mike Hendrick
Bench
Support Staff
India Squad
Playing
Sunil Gavaskar
,
Chetan Chauhan
,
Dilip Vengsarkar
,
Gundappa Viswanath
,
Anshuman Gaekwad
,
Yashpal Sharma
,
Kapil Dev
,
Karsan Ghavri
,
Bharath Reddy (wk)
,
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
,
Bishan Bedi
Bench
Support Staff
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