England v India 3rd Test
India tour of England - 1979 (1979) · Headingley, Leeds · 16 August 1979
Match drawn
Match drawn. Ian Botham top-scored with 137 for England.
MATCH FACTS
- Series
- India tour of England - 1979 (1979)
- Ground
- Headingley, Leeds
- Dates
- 16 August 1979 to 21 August 1979
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Ian Botham
- Captains
- Mike Brearley (England), Srinivas Venkataraghavan (India)
- Umpires
- BJ Meyer and HD Bird
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to bat.
England batted first and made 270 all out. Ian Botham top-scored with 137 off 152 balls. Kapil Dev took 3 for 84 for India.
India replied with 223 for 6. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 78 off 209 balls, and Dilip Vengsarkar made 65. England led by 47 on first innings.
Match drawn.
ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 270 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Boycott | c Gundappa Viswanath | 31 | 65 |
| Mike Brearley | c Gundappa Viswanath | 15 | 70 |
| Graham Gooch | c Dilip Vengsarkar | 4 | 10 |
| David Gower | lbw | 0 | 6 |
| Derek Randall | bowled | 11 | 57 |
| Ian Botham | c Karsan Ghavri | 137 | 152 |
| Geoff Miller | c Bharath Reddy | 27 | 53 |
| Phil Edmonds | run out | 18 | 49 |
| Bob Taylor | c Chetan Chauhan | 1 | 15 |
| Bob Willis | not out | 4 | 11 |
| Mike Hendrick | caught | 0 | 8 |
Extras 22 · Total 270 all out
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 27 | 7 | 84 | 3 |
| Karsan Ghavri | 18 | 4 | 60 | 1 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | 20 | 7 | 53 | 2 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
| Bishan Bedi | 8.5 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-53 (Geoff Boycott), 2-57 (Graham Gooch), 3-57 (Mike Brearley), 4-58 (David Gower), 5-89 (Derek Randall), 6-176 (Geoff Miller), 7-264 (Phil Edmonds), 8-264 (Ian Botham), 9-266 (Bob Taylor), 10-270 (Mike Hendrick)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Geoff Boycott and Mike Brearley | 53 |
| second | Graham Gooch and Mike Brearley | 4 |
| third | Mike Brearley and David Gower | 0 |
| fourth | Derek Randall and David Gower | 1 |
| fifth | Derek Randall and Ian Botham | 31 |
| sixth | Geoff Miller and Ian Botham | 87 |
| seventh | Phil Edmonds and Ian Botham | 88 |
| eighth | Bob Taylor and Ian Botham | 0 |
| ninth | Bob Willis and Bob Taylor | 2 |
| tenth | Bob Willis and Mike Hendrick | 4 |
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 223 FOR 6
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunil Gavaskar | bowled | 78 | 209 |
| Chetan Chauhan | c Ian Botham | 0 | 1 |
| Mohinder Amarnath | c Bob Taylor | 0 | 18 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | c Mike Brearley | 1 | 18 |
| Yashpal Sharma | c Ian Botham | 40 | 125 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | not out | 65 | 183 |
| Kapil Dev | c Graham Gooch | 3 | 10 |
| Karsan Ghavri | not out | 20 | 97 |
Did not bat: Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bharath Reddy, Bishan Bedi
Extras 16 · Total 223 for 6
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Willis | 18 | 5 | 42 | 2 |
| Mike Hendrick | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| Ian Botham | 13 | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Phil Edmonds | 28 | 8 | 59 | 1 |
| Geoff Miller | 32 | 13 | 52 | 2 |
| Graham Gooch | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Geoff Boycott | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-9 (Mohinder Amarnath), 3-12 (Gundappa Viswanath), 4-106 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-156 (Sunil Gavaskar), 6-160 (Kapil Dev)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Chetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar | 1 |
| second | Mohinder Amarnath and Sunil Gavaskar | 8 |
| third | Gundappa Viswanath and Sunil Gavaskar | 3 |
| fourth | Sunil Gavaskar and Yashpal Sharma | 94 |
| fifth | Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar | 50 |
| sixth | Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev | 4 |
| seventh | Karsan Ghavri and Dilip Vengsarkar | 63 |
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