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England vs India

Match info: Test Series 1st Test at The Oval - First Test

Date: 30th Aug 1979

Home team and score Away team score

England

305 All out (124.5 overs)
334/8 Dec (116.5 overs)

Result

India

202 All out (79.3 overs)
429/8 (150.5 overs)

Match drawn

India 2nd Innings

England vs Pakistan quick scorecard
Batsman Wicket Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s
TOTAL: for 8 429 (150.0 Ov)
S.M. Gavaskar c Gower b Botham 221 0 - -
C.P.S. Chauhan c Botham b Willis 80 0 - -
D.B. Vengsarkar c Botham b Edmonds 52 0 - -
G.R. Viswanath c Brearley b Willey 15 0 - -
Sharma lbw b Botham 19 0 - -
Y. Singh lbw b Botham 1 0 - -
Dev c Gooch b Willey 0 0 - -
K.D. Ghavri not out 3 0 - -
B. Reddy not out 5 0 - -
S. Venkataraghavan run out 6 0 - -
B.S. Bedi did not bat 0 0 - -
Extras: 0nb, 1w, 11b, 15lb 27      
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
R.G.D. Willis 28.0 4 89 1
I.T. Botham 29.0 5 97 3
M. Hendrick 8.0 2 15 0
P.H. Edmonds 38.0 11 87 1
P. Willey 43.0 15 96 2
G.A. Gooch 2.0 0 9 0
A.R. Butcher 2.0 0 9 0

England 2nd Innings

England vs Pakistan quick scorecard
Batsman Wicket Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s
TOTAL: for 8 334 (116.0 Ov)
G. Boycott b Ghavri 125 0 - -
A.R. Butcher c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri 20 0 - -
G.A. Gooch lbw b Dev 31 0 - -
D.I. Gower c Reddy b Bedi 7 0 - -
P. Willey c Reddy b Ghavri 31 0 - -
I.T. Botham run out 0 0 - -
J.M. Brearley b Venkataraghavan 11 0 - -
D.L. Bairstow c Gavaskar b Dev 59 0 - -
P.H. Edmonds not out 27 0 - -
R.G.D. Willis did not bat 0 0 - -
M. Hendrick did not bat 0 0 - -
Extras: 7nb, 2w, 0b, 14lb 23      
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Dev 28.0 4 89 2
K.D. Ghavri 34.0 11 76 3
S. Venkataraghavan 26.0 4 75 1
B.S. Bedi 26.0 4 67 1
Y. Singh 2.0 0 4 0

India 1st Innings

England vs Pakistan quick scorecard
Batsman Wicket Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s
TOTAL: All out 202 (79.0 Ov)
S.M. Gavaskar c Bairstow b Botham 13 0 - -
C.P.S. Chauhan c Botham b Willis 6 0 - -
D.B. Vengsarkar c Botham b Willis 0 0 - -
G.R. Viswanath c Brearley b Botham 62 0 - -
Sharma lbw b Willis 27 0 - -
Y. Singh not out 43 0 - -
Dev b Hendrick 16 0 - -
K.D. Ghavri c Bairstow b Botham 7 0 - -
B. Reddy c Bairstow b Botham 12 0 - -
S. Venkataraghavan c&b Hendrick 2 0 - -
B.S. Bedi c Brearley b Hendrick 1 0 - -
Extras: 3nb, 5w, 2b, 3lb 13      
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
R.G.D. Willis 18.0 2 53 3
I.T. Botham 28.0 7 65 4
M. Hendrick 22.0 7 38 3
P. Willey 4.0 1 10 0
G.A. Gooch 2.0 0 6 0
P.H. Edmonds 5.0 1 17 0

England 1st Innings

England vs Pakistan quick scorecard
Batsman Wicket Bowler Runs Balls 4s 6s
TOTAL: All out 305 (124.0 Ov)
G. Boycott lbw b Dev 35 0 - -
A.R. Butcher c Singh b Venkataraghavan 14 0 - -
G.A. Gooch c Viswanath b Ghavri 79 0 - -
D.I. Gower lbw b Dev 0 0 - -
P. Willey c Singh b Bedi 52 0 - -
I.T. Botham st Reddy b Venkataraghavan 38 0 - -
J.M. Brearley b Ghavri 34 0 - -
D.L. Bairstow c Reddy b Dev 9 0 - -
P.H. Edmonds c Dev b Venkataraghavan 16 0 - -
R.G.D. Willis not out 10 0 - -
M. Hendrick c Gavaskar b Bedi 0 0 - -
Extras: 5nb, 4w, 0b, 9lb 18      
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Dev 32.0 12 83 3
K.D. Ghavri 26.0 8 61 2
B.S. Bedi 29.0 4 69 2
Y. Singh 8.0 2 15 0
S. Venkataraghavan 29.0 9 59 3