India vs England Scorecard, India vs England, 4th Test, 30 August, 1979, Kennington Oval

England vs India | August 30, 1979, 07:30 PM | Kennington Oval

Abandoned, Canceled, No Result

England

305/10 (124.5 ov) & 334/8 (116.5 ov)

India

202/10 (79.3 ov) & 429/8 (150.5 ov)

Match drawn

Player of the Match

Sunil Gavaskar - India

Commentary Scorecard Squad Stats

England 1st Innings Inning

305/10 (124.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott lbw b Kapil Dev	35	102	4	0	34.31
Alan Butcher c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkataraghavan	14	95	1	0	14.74
Graham Gooch c Viswanath b Ghavri	79	205	7	0	38.54
David Gower lbw b Kapil Dev	0	2	0	0	0.00
Peter Willey c Yajurvindra Singh b Bedi	52	80	8	0	65.00
Sir Ian Botham st †Reddy b Venkataraghavan	38	55	4	1	69.09
Mike Brearley b Ghavri	34	102	3	0	33.33
David Bairstow c †Reddy b Kapil Dev	9	34	0	0	26.47
Phil Edmonds c Kapil Dev b Venkataraghavan	16	41	2	0	39.02
Bob Willis not out	10	28	2	0	35.71
Mike Hendrick c Gavaskar b Bedi	0	9	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 9, w 4, nb 5, p 0)	18
TOTAL (2.45 RUNS PER OVER)	305/10 (124.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

51-2 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 45-1 (Alan Butcher, 0 ov), 245-6 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 51-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 148-4 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 203-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 272-7 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 275-8 (David Bairstow, 0 ov), 304-9 (Phil Edmonds, 0 ov), 305-10 (Mike Hendrick, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kapil Dev	32	12	83	3	2.59
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	26	8	61	2	2.35
Bishan Singh Bedi	29.5	4	69	2	2.31
Yajurvindra Singh	8	2	15	0	1.88
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	29	9	59	3	2.03

India 1st Innings Inning

202/10 (79.3 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c †Bairstow b Botham	13	39	0	0	33.33
Chetan Chauhan c Botham b Willis	6	13	1	0	46.15
Dilip Vengsarkar c Botham b Willis	0	3	0	0	0.00
Gundappa Viswanath c Brearley b Botham	62	153	5	0	40.52
Yashpal Sharma lbw b Willis	27	61	3	0	44.26
Yajurvindra Singh not out	43	119	1	0	36.13
Kapil Dev b Hendrick	16	37	2	0	43.24
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri c †Bairstow b Botham	7	14	0	0	50.00
Bharat Reddy c †Bairstow b Botham	12	28	2	0	42.86
Srinivas Venkataraghavan c & b Hendrick	2	6	0	0	33.33
Bishan Singh Bedi c Brearley b Hendrick	1	5	0	0	20.00
EXTRAS ( b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 3, p 0)	13
TOTAL (2.55 RUNS PER OVER)	202/10 (79.3 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

47-3 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 9-1 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 9-2 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 130-5 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 91-4 (Yashpal Sharma, 0 ov), 161-6 (Kapil Dev, 0 ov), 172-7 (Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri, 0 ov), 192-8 (Bharat Reddy, 0 ov), 200-9 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan, 0 ov), 202-10 (Bishan Singh Bedi, 0 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	18	2	53	3	2.94
Sir Ian Botham	28	7	65	4	2.32
Mike Hendrick	22.3	7	38	3	1.69
Peter Willey	4	1	10	0	2.50
Graham Gooch	2	0	6	0	3.00
Phil Edmonds	5	1	17	0	3.40

England 2nd Innings Inning

334/8 (116.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Geoff Boycott b Ghavri	125	293	6	0	42.66
Alan Butcher c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri	20	61	2	0	32.79
Graham Gooch lbw b Kapil Dev	31	66	3	1	46.97
David Gower c †Reddy b Bedi	7	26	0	0	26.92
Peter Willey c †Reddy b Ghavri	31	95	4	0	32.63
Sir Ian Botham run out	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mike Brearley b Venkataraghavan	11	20	0	0	55.00
David Bairstow c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev	59	114	8	0	51.75
Phil Edmonds not out	27	31	4	1	87.10
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 14, w 2, nb 7, p 0)	23
TOTAL (2.87 RUNS PER OVER)	334/8 (116.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

291-7 (Geoff Boycott, 0 ov), 43-1 (Alan Butcher, 0 ov), 107-2 (Graham Gooch, 0 ov), 125-3 (David Gower, 0 ov), 192-4 (Peter Willey, 0 ov), 194-5 (Sir Ian Botham, 0 ov), 215-6 (Mike Brearley, 0 ov), 334-8 (David Bairstow, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Kapil Dev	28.5	4	89	2	3.09
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri	34	11	76	3	2.24
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	26	4	75	1	2.88
Bishan Singh Bedi	26	4	67	1	2.58
Yajurvindra Singh	2	0	4	0	2.00

India 2nd Innings (target 438) Inning

429/8 (150.5 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar c Gower b Botham	221	443	21	0	49.89
Chetan Chauhan c Botham b Willis	80	263	7	0	30.42
Dilip Vengsarkar c Botham b Edmonds	52	139	5	0	37.41
Kapil Dev c Gooch b Willey	0	5	0	0	0.00
Yashpal Sharma lbw b Botham	19	29	0	0	65.52
Gundappa Viswanath c Brearley b Willey	15	11	2	0	136.36
Yajurvindra Singh lbw b Botham	1	3	0	0	33.33
Srinivas Venkataraghavan run out	6	4	0	0	150.00
Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri not out	3	4	0	0	75.00
Bharat Reddy not out	5	6	1	0	83.33
EXTRAS ( b 11, lb 15, w 1, nb 0, p 0)	27
TOTAL (2.85 RUNS PER OVER)	429/8 (150.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

389-4 (Sunil Gavaskar, 0 ov), 213-1 (Chetan Chauhan, 0 ov), 366-2 (Dilip Vengsarkar, 0 ov), 367-3 (Kapil Dev, 0 ov), 423-8 (Yashpal Sharma, 0 ov), 410-5 (Gundappa Viswanath, 0 ov), 411-6 (Yajurvindra Singh, 0 ov), 419-7 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Bishan Singh Bedi

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Bob Willis	28	4	89	1	3.18
Sir Ian Botham	29	5	97	3	3.34
Mike Hendrick	8	2	15	0	1.88
Phil Edmonds	38	11	87	1	2.29
Peter Willey	43.5	15	96	2	2.19
Graham Gooch	2	0	9	0	4.50
Alan Butcher	2	0	9	0	4.50