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England v India @ Edgbaston, Birmingham
12, 13, 14, 16 July 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Match Result: England won by an innings and 83 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mike Brearley | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 24 | 95 | 116 | 2 | - |
| 2. Geoff Boycott | lbw b Kapil Dev | 155 | 0 | 458 | 12 | - |
| 3. Derek Randall | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 15 | 31 | 31 | 3 | - |
| 4. Graham Gooch | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 83 | 109 | 122 | 13 | 1 |
| 5. David Gower | not out | 200 | 279 | 365 | 24 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | b Kapil Dev | 33 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Geoff Miller | not out | 63 | 116 | 144 | 5 | - |
| 8. Phil Edmonds | ||||||
| +9. Bob Taylor | ||||||
| 10. Bob Willis | ||||||
| 11. Mike Hendrick |
| FOW | 1-66 (Mike Brearley), 2-90 (Derek Randall), 3-235 (Graham Gooch), 4-426 (Geoff Boycott), 5-468 (Ian Botham). |
| Extras | 4b, 27lb, 11w, 18nb, 0pen) 60 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 165.2 ovs) 633 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 48 | 15 | 146 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 38 | 5 | 129 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 13.2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 29 | 1 | 113 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 31 | 4 | 107 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aunshuman Gaekwad | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chetan Chauhan | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | run out ( > > ) | 61 | 0 | 178 | 3 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Graham Gooch b Ian Botham | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Graham Gooch b Phil Edmonds | 22 | 57 | 58 | 4 | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Ian Botham b Phil Edmonds | 78 | 181 | 213 | 9 | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 25 | 124 | 126 | 3 | - |
| 6. Mohinder Amarnath | b Bob Willis | 31 | 47 | 67 | 6 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | lbw b Ian Botham | 1 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Mike Brearley b Bob Willis | 6 | 25 | 29 | 1 | - |
| +9. Bharath Reddy | b Mike Hendrick | 21 | 57 | 75 | 3 | - |
| *10. Venkat | c Ian Botham b Mike Hendrick | 28 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 2 |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | - | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-15 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-59 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-129 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-205 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-209 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 6-210 (Kapil Dev), 7-229 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-251 (Mohinder Amarnath), 9-294 (Venkat), 297 (Bharath Reddy). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 3w, 12nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 116.1 ovs) 297 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 24 | 9 | 69 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 26 | 4 | 86 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 24.1 | 9 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 26 | 11 | 60 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Boycott | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 11 | 3 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c Graham Gooch b Mike Hendrick | 68 | 0 | 137 | 10 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Derek Randall b Bob Willis | 56 | 142 | 167 | 8 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Phil Edmonds b Mike Hendrick | 7 | 24 | 32 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Bob Taylor b Ian Botham | 51 | 119 | 133 | 6 | - |
| 5. Aunshuman Gaekwad | c Graham Gooch b Ian Botham | 15 | 54 | 60 | 3 | - |
| 6. Mohinder Amarnath | lbw b Ian Botham | 10 | 69 | 77 | 1 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | c Mike Hendrick b Ian Botham | 21 | 0 | 18 | 4 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c Derek Randall b Mike Hendrick | 4 | 25 | 30 | - | - |
| +9. Bharath Reddy | lbw b Mike Hendrick | 0 | 1 | 7 | - | - |
| *10. Venkat | lbw b Ian Botham | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-124 (Sunny Gavaskar), 2-136 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-136 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-182 (Aunshuman Gaekwad), 5-227 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-240 (Mohinder Amarnath), 7-249 (Kapil Dev), 8-250 (Bharath Reddy), 9-251 (Venkat), 253 (Karsan Ghavri). |
| Extras | 7b, 12lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 95.4 ovs) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 14 | 3 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 29 | 8 | 70 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 20.4 | 8 | 45 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 17 | 6 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Geoff Miller | 9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Mike Brearley, Geoff Boycott, Derek Randall, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Ian Botham, Geoff Miller, Phil Edmonds, Bob Taylor, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick