England v India 1st Test
India tour of England - 1979 (1979) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 12 July 1979 · England won the toss and chose to bat
England won by an innings and 83 runs · Man of the Match: David Gower
England won by an innings and 83 runs. David Gower top-scored with 200* for England. Man of the Match: David Gower.
England, 573 (5 wkts)
| Mike Brearley | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 24 | 95 |
| Geoff Boycott | lbw | 155 | 341 |
| Derek Randall | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 15 | 31 |
| Graham Gooch | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 83 | 109 |
| David Gower | not out | 200 | 279 |
| Ian Botham | bowled | 33 | 39 |
| Geoff Miller | not out | 63 | 116 |
| Phil Edmonds | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Taylor | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Willis | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Kapil Dev 48.00-15-146-5Karsan Ghavri 38.00-5-129-0Mohinder Amarnath 13.20-2-47-0Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 29.00-1-113-0Srinivas Venkataraghavan 31.00-4-107-0Anshuman Gaekwad 3.00-0-12-0Chetan Chauhan 3.00-0-19-0
India, 277 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | run out | 61 | 160 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Graham Gooch) | 4 | 8 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Graham Gooch) | 22 | 57 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Ian Botham) | 78 | 181 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | caught (Ian Botham) | 25 | 124 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | bowled | 31 | 47 |
| Kapil Dev | lbw | 1 | 6 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (Mike Brearley) | 6 | 25 |
| Bharath Reddy | bowled | 21 | 57 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught (Ian Botham) | 28 | 46 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 0 |
Bob Willis 24.00-9-69-3Ian Botham 26.00-4-86-2Mike Hendrick 24.10-9-36-2Phil Edmonds 26.00-11-60-2Geoff Boycott 5.00-1-8-0Geoff Miller 11.00-3-18-0
India, 232 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (Graham Gooch) | 68 | 117 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Derek Randall) | 56 | 142 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Phil Edmonds) | 7 | 24 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Bob Taylor) | 51 | 119 |
| Anshuman Gaekwad | caught (Graham Gooch) | 15 | 54 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | lbw | 10 | 69 |
| Kapil Dev | caught (Mike Hendrick) | 21 | 17 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (Derek Randall) | 4 | 25 |
| Bharath Reddy | lbw | 0 | 1 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | lbw | 0 | 6 |
| Bhagwath Chandrasekhar | not out | 0 | 3 |
Bob Willis 14.00-3-45-1Ian Botham 29.00-8-70-5Mike Hendrick 20.40-8-45-4Phil Edmonds 17.00-6-37-0Geoff Miller 9.00-1-27-0Graham Gooch 6.00-3-8-0
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