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England v India @ Kennington Oval, London
30, 31 August, 1, 3, 4 September 1979 (five-day match)
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Match Result: Match Drawn
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | lbw b Kapil Dev | 35 | 0 | 132 | 4 | - |
| 2. Alan Butcher | c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkat | 14 | 95 | 117 | 1 | - |
| 3. Graham Gooch | c Gundappa Viswanath b Karsan Ghavri | 79 | 205 | 246 | 7 | - |
| 4. David Gower | lbw b Kapil Dev | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 5. Peter Willey | c Yajurvindra Singh b Bishan Bedi | 52 | 80 | 96 | 8 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | st Bharath Reddy b Venkat | 38 | 55 | 52 | 4 | 1 |
| *7. Mike Brearley | b Karsan Ghavri | 34 | 102 | 121 | 3 | - |
| +8. David Bairstow | c Bharath Reddy b Kapil Dev | 9 | 34 | 59 | - | - |
| 9. Phil Edmonds | c Kapil Dev b Venkat | 16 | 41 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 10. Bob Willis | not out | 10 | 28 | 41 | 2 | - |
| 11. Mike Hendrick | c Sunny Gavaskar b Bishan Bedi | 0 | 9 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-45 (Alan Butcher), 2-51 (Geoff Boycott), 3-51 (David Gower), 4-148 (Peter Willey), 5-203 (Ian Botham), 6-245 (Graham Gooch), 7-272 (Mike Brearley), 8-275 (David Bairstow), 9-304 (Phil Edmonds), 305 (Mike Hendrick). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 4w, 5nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.5 ovs) 305 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 32 | 12 | 83 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 26 | 8 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 29.5 | 4 | 69 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 29 | 9 | 59 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 13 | 0 | 75 | - | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 4. Gundappa Viswanath | c Mike Brearley b Ian Botham | 62 | 153 | 170 | 5 | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Bob Willis | 27 | 0 | 59 | 3 | - |
| 6. Yajurvindra Singh | not out | 43 | 119 | 176 | 1 | - |
| 7. Kapil Dev | b Mike Hendrick | 16 | 0 | 50 | 2 | - |
| 8. Karsan Ghavri | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 7 | 14 | 15 | - | - |
| +9. Bharath Reddy | c David Bairstow b Ian Botham | 12 | 28 | 32 | 2 | - |
| *10. Venkat | c & b Mike Hendrick | 2 | 0 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Bishan Bedi | c Mike Brearley b Mike Hendrick | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-9 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-9 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-47 (Sunny Gavaskar), 4-91 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-130 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-161 (Kapil Dev), 7-172 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-192 (Bharath Reddy), 9-200 (Venkat), 202 (Bishan Bedi). |
| Extras | 2b, 3lb, 5w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 79.3 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 18 | 2 | 53 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 28 | 7 | 65 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 22.3 | 7 | 38 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Boycott | b Karsan Ghavri | 125 | 0 | 418 | 6 | - |
| 2. Alan Butcher | c Venkat b Karsan Ghavri | 20 | 61 | 75 | 2 | - |
| 3. Graham Gooch | lbw b Kapil Dev | 31 | 66 | 67 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. David Gower | c Bharath Reddy b Bishan Bedi | 7 | 26 | 20 | - | - |
| 5. Peter Willey | c Bharath Reddy b Karsan Ghavri | 31 | 95 | 116 | 4 | - |
| 6. Ian Botham | run out ( > > ) | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| *7. Mike Brearley | b Venkat | 11 | 20 | 26 | - | - |
| +8. David Bairstow | c Sunny Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 59 | 114 | 135 | 8 | - |
| 9. Phil Edmonds | not out | 27 | 31 | 36 | 4 | 1 |
| 10. Bob Willis | ||||||
| 11. Mike Hendrick |
| FOW | 1-43 (Alan Butcher), 2-107 (Graham Gooch), 3-125 (David Gower), 4-192 (Peter Willey), 5-194 (Ian Botham), 6-215 (Mike Brearley), 7-291 (Geoff Boycott), 8-334 (David Bairstow). |
| Extras | 0b, 14lb, 2w, 7nb, 0pen) 23 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 116.5 ovs) 334 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Kapil Dev | 28.5 | 4 | 89 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Karsan Ghavri | 34 | 11 | 76 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkat | 26 | 4 | 75 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bishan Bedi | 26 | 4 | 67 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Yajurvindra Singh | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sunny Gavaskar | c David Gower b Ian Botham | 221 | 0 | 490 | 21 | - |
| 2. Chetan Chauhan | c Ian Botham b Bob Willis | 80 | 263 | 314 | 7 | - |
| 3. Dilip Vengsarkar | c Ian Botham b Phil Edmonds | 52 | 139 | 152 | 5 | - |
| 4. Kapil Dev | c Graham Gooch b Peter Willey | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 5. Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Ian Botham | 19 | 0 | 47 | - | - |
| 6. Gundappa Viswanath | c Mike Brearley b Peter Willey | 15 | 11 | 13 | 2 | - |
| 7. Yajurvindra Singh | lbw b Ian Botham | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| *8. Venkat | run out ( > > ) | 6 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Karsan Ghavri | not out | 3 | 4 | 12 | - | - |
| +10. Bharath Reddy | not out | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. Bishan Bedi |
| FOW | 1-213 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-366 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-367 (Kapil Dev), 4-389 (Sunny Gavaskar), 5-410 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-411 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-419 (Venkat), 8-423 (Yashpal Sharma). |
| Extras | 11b, 15lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 150.5 ovs) 429 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bob Willis | 28 | 4 | 89 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 29 | 5 | 97 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Hendrick | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 38 | 11 | 87 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Willey | 43.5 | 15 | 96 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Alan Butcher | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Geoff Boycott, Alan Butcher, Graham Gooch, David Gower, Peter Willey, Ian Botham, Mike Brearley, David Bairstow, Phil Edmonds, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick