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England v India, 1979, 4th test
The Oval, 30/08/1979 - 04/09/1979

Toss: England
Umpires: DJ Constant, KE Palmer
Result: Match Drawn

England
G Boycott             lbw                b Kapil Dev             35
AR Butcher            c Yujurvindra Singhb Venkataraghavan       14
GA Gooch              c Viswanath        b Ghavri                79
DI Gower              lbw                b Kapil Dev              0
P Willey              c Yujurvindra Singhb Bedi                  52
IT Botham             st Reddy           b Venkataraghavan       38
*JM Brearley                             b Ghavri                34
+DL Bairstow          c Reddy            b Kapil Dev              9
PH Edmonds            c Kapil Dev        b Venkataraghavan       16
RGD Willis            not out                                    10
M Hendrick            c Gavaskar         b Bedi                   0
Extras                b 0, lb 9, w 4, nb 5                       18
Total                 all out                                   305

Fall Of Wickets
1-45 (Butcher)                2-51 (Boycott)                
3-51 (Gower)                  4-148 (Willey)                
5-203 (Botham)                6-245 (Gooch)                 
7-272 (Brearley)              8-275 (Bairstow)              
9-304 (Edmonds)               10-305 (Hendrick)             

Bowling
Kapil Dev           32     12    83     3
Ghavri              26      8    61     2
Bedi                29.5    4    69     2
Yujurvindra Singh    8      2    15     0
Venkataraghavan     29      9    59     3

India
SM Gavaskar           c Bairstow         b Botham                13
CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis                 6
DB Vengsarkar         c Botham           b Willis                 0
GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Botham                62
Yashpal Sharma        lbw                b Willis                27
Yujurvindra Singh     not out                                    43
N Kapil Dev                              b Hendrick              16
KD Ghavri             c Bairstow         b Botham                 7
+B Reddy              c Bairstow         b Botham                12
*S Venkataraghavan                   c & b Hendrick               2
BS Bedi               c Brearley         b Hendrick               1
Extras                b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 3                       13
Total                 all out                                   202

Fall Of Wickets
1-9 (Chauhan)                 2-9 (Vengsarkar)              
3-47 (Gavaskar)               4-91 (Yashpal Sharma)         
5-130 (Viswanath)             6-161 (Kapil Dev)             
7-172 (Ghavri)                8-192 (Reddy)                 
9-200 (Venkataraghavan)       10-202 (Bedi)                 

Bowling
Willis              18      2    53     3
Botham              28      7    65     4
Hendrick            22.3    7    38     3
Willey               4      1    10     0
Gooch                2      0     6     0
Edmonds              5      1    17     0

England
G Boycott                                b Ghavri               125
AR Butcher            c Venkataraghavan  b Ghavri                20
GA Gooch              lbw                b Kapil Dev             31
DI Gower              c Reddy            b Bedi                   7
P Willey              c Reddy            b Ghavri                31
IT Botham             run out                                     0
*JM Brearley                             b Venkataraghavan       11
+DL Bairstow          c Gavaskar         b Kapil Dev             59
PH Edmonds            not out                                    27
Extras                b 0, lb 14, w 2, nb 7                      23
Total                 for 8 wickets                             334

Fall Of Wickets
1-43 (Butcher)                2-107 (Gooch)                 
3-125 (Gower)                 4-192 (Willey)                
5-194 (Botham)                6-215 (Brearley)              
7-291 (Boycott)               8-334 (Bairstow)              

Bowling
Kapil Dev           28.5    4    89     2
Ghavri              34     11    76     3
Bedi                26      4    67     1
Yujurvindra Singh    2      0     4     0
Venkataraghavan     26      4    75     1

India
SM Gavaskar           c Gower            b Botham               221
CPS Chauhan           c Botham           b Willis                80
DB Vengsarkar         c Botham           b Edmonds               52
N Kapil Dev           c Gooch            b Willey                 0
Yashpal Sharma        lbw                b Botham                19
GR Viswanath          c Brearley         b Willey                15
Yujurvindra Singh     lbw                b Botham                 1
*S Venkataraghavan    run out                                     6
KD Ghavri             not out                                     3
+B Reddy              not out                                     5
Extras                b 11, lb 15, w 1, nb 0                     27
Total                 for 8 wickets                             429

Fall Of Wickets
1-213 (Chauhan)               2-366 (Vengsarkar)            
3-367 (Kapil Dev)             4-389 (Gavaskar)              
5-410 (Viswanath)             6-411 (Yujurvindra Singh)     
7-419 (Venkataraghavan)       8-423 (Yashpal Sharma)        

Bowling
Willis              28      4    89     1
Botham              29      5    97     3
Hendrick             8      2    15     0
Willey              43.5   15    96     2
Gooch                2      0     9     0
Edmonds             38     11    87     1
Butcher              2      0     9     0