Bob Willis is pictured above during his fine spell of 24-9-69-3 in India's 1st innings of the 1st
Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham in July 1979. His efforts helped England to a comprehensive
innings and 83 runs victory after they had posted a mammoth total of 633-5 dec.
England won the series 1-0 after the remaining 3 Tests were all drawn.
|
Date |
Test |
Venue |
1st Inns |
2nd Inns |
Batting |
Ct |
Result |
|
06/06/74 |
1 |
Manchester |
24-3-64-4 |
12-5-33-1 |
24 & dnb |
1 |
Won |
|
17/12/76 |
1 |
Delhi |
7-3-21-0 |
9-3-24-1 |
1 & dnb |
2 |
Won |
|
01/01/77 |
2 |
Calcutta |
20-3-27-5 |
13-1-32-2 |
0* & dnb |
0 |
Won |
|
14/01/77 |
3 |
Madras |
19-5-46-1 |
13-4-18-3 |
7 & 4* |
0 |
Won |
|
28/01/77 |
4 |
Bangalore |
17-2-53-6 |
18-2-47-2 |
7 & 0 |
0 |
Lost |
|
11/02/77 |
5 |
Bombay |
13-1-52-0 |
6-1-15-0 |
0 & dnb |
1 |
Draw |
|
12/07/79 |
1 |
Birmingham |
24-9-69-3 |
14-3-45-1 |
dnb & dnb |
0 |
Won |
|
16/08/79 |
3 |
Leeds |
18-5-42-2 |
dnb |
4* & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
|
30/08/79 |
4 |
The Oval |
18-2-53-3 |
28-4-89-1 |
10* & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
|
27/11/81 |
1 |
Bombay |
12-5-33-1 |
13-4-31-1 |
1 & 13 |
0 |
Lost |
|
23/12/81 |
3 |
Delhi |
26-3-99-2 |
dnb |
dnb & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
|
01/01/82 |
4 |
Calcutta |
14-3-28-2 |
6-0-21-0 |
11* & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
|
13/01/82 |
5 |
Madras |
28.1-7-79-2 |
7-2-15-1 |
1* & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
|
30/01/82 |
6 |
Kanpur |
23-5-75-3 |
dnb |
dnb & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
| * |
10/06/82 |
1 |
Lord's |
16-2-41-3 |
28-3-101-6 |
28 & dnb |
0 |
Won |
| * |
24/06/82 |
2 |
Manchester |
17-2-94-2 |
dnb |
6 & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
| * |
08/07/82 |
3 |
The Oval |
23-4-78-3 |
4-0-16-1 |
1* & dnb |
0 |
Draw |
Summary of above matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 17 |
118 |
28 |
11.80 |
0 |
0 |
62 |
6-53 |
23.24 |
3 |
4 |
Summary of all matches
| M |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100s |
50s |
W |
BB |
Ave |
5w |
Ct |
| 90 |
840 |
28* |
11.51 |
0 |
0 |
325 |
8-43 |
25.20 |
16 |
35 |