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England v India, 1979, 3rd test
Leeds (Headingley), 16/08/1979 - 21/08/1979

Toss: England
Umpires: HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Result: Match Drawn

England
G Boycott             c Viswanath        b Kapil Dev             31
*JM Brearley          c Viswanath        b Amarnath              15
GA Gooch              c Vengsarkar       b Kapil Dev              4
DI Gower              lbw                b Kapil Dev              0
DW Randall                               b Ghavri                11
IT Botham             c Ghavri           b Venkataraghavan      137
G Miller              c Reddy            b Amarnath              27
PH Edmonds            run out                                    18
+RW Taylor            c Chauhan          b Bedi                   1
RGD Willis            not out                                     4
M Hendrick            c                  b Bedi                   0
Extras                b 4, lb 6, w 4, nb 8                       22
Total                 all out                                   270

Fall Of Wickets
1-53 (Boycott)                2-57 (Gooch)                  
3-57 (Brearley)               4-58 (Gower)                  
5-89 (Randall)                6-176 (Miller)                
7-264 (Edmonds)               8-264 (Botham)                
9-266 (Taylor)                10-270 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Kapil Dev           27      7    84     3
Ghavri              18      4    60     1
Amarnath            20      7    53     2
Venkataraghavan      7      2    25     1
Bedi                 8.5    2    26     2

India
SM Gavaskar                              b Edmonds               78
CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis                 0
M Amarnath            c Taylor           b Willis                 0
GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Hendrick               1
Yashpal Sharma        c Botham           b Miller                40
DB Vengsarkar         not out                                    65
N Kapil Dev           c Gooch            b Miller                 3
KD Ghavri             not out                                    20
Extras                b 11, lb 4, w 1, nb 0                      16
Total                 for 6 wickets                             223

Fall Of Wickets
1-1 (Chauhan)                 2-9 (Amarnath)                
3-12 (Viswanath)              4-106 (Yashpal Sharma)        
5-156 (Gavaskar)              6-160 (Kapil Dev)             

Bowling
Willis              18      5    42     2
Hendrick            14      6    13     1
Botham              13      3    39     0
Edmonds             28      8    59     1
Miller              32     13    52     2
Gooch                3      1     2     0
Boycott              2      2     0     0