- Test no. 854 | 1979 season
- Played at Kennington Oval, London
- 30,31 August, 1,3,4 September 1979 (5-day match)
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | lbw b Kapil Dev | 35 | 132 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 34.31 | |
| AR Butcher | c Yajurvindra Singh b Venkataraghavan | 14 | 117 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 14.73 | |
| GA Gooch | c Viswanath b Ghavri | 79 | 246 | 205 | 7 | 0 | 38.53 | |
| DI Gower | lbw b Kapil Dev | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| P Willey | c Yajurvindra Singh b Bedi | 52 | 96 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 65.00 | |
| IT Botham | st †Reddy b Venkataraghavan | 38 | 52 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 69.09 | |
| JM Brearley* | b Ghavri | 34 | 121 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| DL Bairstow† | c †Reddy b Kapil Dev | 9 | 59 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 26.47 | |
| PH Edmonds | c Kapil Dev b Venkataraghavan | 16 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 39.02 | |
| RGD Willis | not out | 10 | 41 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| M Hendrick | c Gavaskar b Bedi | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 9, w 4, nb 5) | 18 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 124.5 overs) | 305 | (2.44 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-45 (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 | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| N Kapil Dev | 32 | 12 | 83 | 3 | 2.59 | |||
| KD Ghavri | 26 | 8 | 61 | 2 | 2.34 | |||
| BS Bedi | 29.5 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 2.31 | |||
| Yajurvindra Singh | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.87 | |||
| S Venkataraghavan | 29 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 2.03 |
| India 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c †Bairstow b Botham | 13 | 75 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Botham b Willis | 6 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Botham b Willis | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GR Viswanath | c Brearley b Botham | 62 | 170 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 40.52 | |
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Willis | 27 | 59 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 44.26 | |
| Yajurvindra Singh | not out | 43 | 176 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 36.13 | |
| N Kapil Dev | b Hendrick | 16 | 50 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 43.24 | |
| KD Ghavri | c †Bairstow b Botham | 7 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| B Reddy† | c †Bairstow b Botham | 12 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| S Venkataraghavan* | c & b Hendrick | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| BS Bedi | c Brearley b Hendrick | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 3) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 79.3 overs) | 202 | (2.54 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-9 (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 | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 18 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 2.94 | |||
| IT Botham | 28 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 2.32 | |||
| M Hendrick | 22.3 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.68 | |||
| P Willey | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | |||
| GA Gooch | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3.40 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| G Boycott | b Ghavri | 125 | 418 | 293 | 6 | 0 | 42.66 | |
| AR Butcher | c Venkataraghavan b Ghavri | 20 | 75 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 32.78 | |
| GA Gooch | lbw b Kapil Dev | 31 | 67 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 46.96 | |
| DI Gower | c †Reddy b Bedi | 7 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26.92 | |
| P Willey | c †Reddy b Ghavri | 31 | 116 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 32.63 | |
| IT Botham | run out | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JM Brearley* | b Venkataraghavan | 11 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 | |
| DL Bairstow† | c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev | 59 | 135 | 114 | 8 | 0 | 51.75 | |
| PH Edmonds | not out | 27 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 87.09 | |
| Extras | (lb 14, w 2, nb 7) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets dec; 116.5 overs) | 334 | (2.85 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RGD Willis, M Hendrick |
| Fall of wickets1-43 (Butcher), 2-107 (Gooch), 3-125 (Gower), 4-192 (Willey), 5-194 (Botham), 6-215 (Brearley), 7-291 (Boycott), 8-334 (Bairstow) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| N Kapil Dev | 28.5 | 4 | 89 | 2 | 3.08 | |||
| KD Ghavri | 34 | 11 | 76 | 3 | 2.23 | |||
| S Venkataraghavan | 26 | 4 | 75 | 1 | 2.88 | |||
| BS Bedi | 26 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 2.57 | |||
| Yajurvindra Singh | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| India 2nd innings (target: 438 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Gower b Botham | 221 | 490 | 443 | 21 | 0 | 49.88 | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Botham b Willis | 80 | 314 | 263 | 7 | 0 | 30.41 | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Botham b Edmonds | 52 | 152 | 139 | 5 | 0 | 37.41 | |
| N Kapil Dev | c Gooch b Willey | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw b Botham | 19 | 47 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 65.51 | |
| GR Viswanath | c Brearley b Willey | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136.36 | |
| Yajurvindra Singh | lbw b Botham | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| S Venkataraghavan* | run out | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| B Reddy† | not out | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 15, w 1) | 27 | ||||||
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| Total | (8 wickets; 150.5 overs) | 429 | (2.84 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat BS Bedi |
| Fall of wickets1-213 (Chauhan), 2-366 (Vengsarkar), 3-367 (Kapil Dev), 4-389 (Gavaskar), 5-410 (Viswanath), 6-411 (Yajurvindra Singh), 7-419 (Venkataraghavan), 8-423 (Yashpal Sharma) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RGD Willis | 28 | 4 | 89 | 1 | 3.17 | |||
| IT Botham | 29 | 5 | 97 | 3 | 3.34 | |||
| M Hendrick | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1.87 | |||
| PH Edmonds | 38 | 11 | 87 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| P Willey | 43.5 | 15 | 96 | 2 | 2.19 | |||
| GA Gooch | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| AR Butcher | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 4-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
DL Bairstow and
AR Butcher
(England) Player of the match SM Gavaskar (India) Player of the series IT Botham (England) |
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Umpires
DJ Constant and KE Palmer |
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Close of play 30 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 245/5 (GA Gooch 79*, JM Brearley 16*) 31 Aug day 2 - India 1st innings 137/5 (Yajurvindra Singh 19*, N Kapil Dev 0*) 1 Sep day 3 - England 2nd innings 177/3 (G Boycott 83*, P Willey 26*) 2 Sep rest day 3 Sep day 4 - India 2nd innings 76/0 (SM Gavaskar 42*, CPS Chauhan 32*) 4 Sep day 5 - India 2nd innings 429/8 (150.5 ov) - end of match |
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Sep 4, 1979 
Sunil Gavaskar raises a stump after India's unsuccessful run chase © Getty Images |
Sep 3, 1979 
Geoffrey Boycott takes in the applause for his century © Getty Images |
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