England v India 4th Test
India tour of England - 1979 (1979) · Kennington Oval, London · 30 August 1979 · England won the toss and chose to bat
Match drawn · Man of the Match: Sunil Gavaskar
Match drawn. Sunil Gavaskar top-scored with 221 for India. Man of the Match: Sunil Gavaskar.
England, 287 (10 wkts)
| Geoff Boycott | lbw | 35 | 102 |
| Alan Butcher | caught (Yajurvindra Singh) | 14 | 95 |
| Graham Gooch | caught (Gundappa Viswanath) | 79 | 205 |
| David Gower | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Willey | caught (Yajurvindra Singh) | 52 | 80 |
| Ian Botham | stumping (Bharath Reddy) | 38 | 55 |
| Mike Brearley | bowled | 34 | 102 |
| David Bairstow | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 9 | 34 |
| Phil Edmonds | caught (Kapil Dev) | 16 | 41 |
| Bob Willis | not out | 10 | 28 |
| Mike Hendrick | caught (Sunil Gavaskar) | 0 | 9 |
Kapil Dev 32.00-12-83-3Karsan Ghavri 26.00-8-61-2Bishan Bedi 29.50-4-69-2Yajurvindra Singh 8.00-2-15-0Srinivas Venkataraghavan 29.00-9-59-3
India, 189 (10 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (David Bairstow) | 13 | 39 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Ian Botham) | 6 | 13 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Ian Botham) | 0 | 3 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Mike Brearley) | 62 | 153 |
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw | 27 | 61 |
| Yajurvindra Singh | not out | 43 | 119 |
| Kapil Dev | bowled | 16 | 37 |
| Karsan Ghavri | caught (David Bairstow) | 7 | 14 |
| Bharath Reddy | caught (David Bairstow) | 12 | 28 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | caught (Mike Hendrick) | 2 | 6 |
| Bishan Bedi | caught (Mike Brearley) | 1 | 5 |
Bob Willis 18.00-2-53-3Ian Botham 28.00-7-65-4Mike Hendrick 22.30-7-38-3Peter Willey 4.00-1-10-0Graham Gooch 2.00-0-6-0Phil Edmonds 5.00-1-17-0
England, 311 (8 wkts)
| Geoff Boycott | bowled | 125 | 293 |
| Alan Butcher | caught (Srinivas Venkataraghavan) | 20 | 61 |
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 31 | 66 |
| David Gower | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 7 | 26 |
| Peter Willey | caught (Bharath Reddy) | 31 | 95 |
| Ian Botham | run out | 0 | 3 |
| Mike Brearley | bowled | 11 | 20 |
| David Bairstow | caught (Sunil Gavaskar) | 59 | 114 |
| Phil Edmonds | not out | 27 | 31 |
| Bob Willis | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hendrick | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Kapil Dev 28.50-4-89-2Karsan Ghavri 34.00-11-76-3Srinivas Venkataraghavan 26.00-4-75-1Bishan Bedi 26.00-4-67-1Yajurvindra Singh 2.00-0-4-0
India, 402 (8 wkts)
| Sunil Gavaskar | caught (David Gower) | 221 | 443 |
| Chetan Chauhan | caught (Ian Botham) | 80 | 263 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | caught (Ian Botham) | 52 | 139 |
| Kapil Dev | caught (Graham Gooch) | 0 | 5 |
| Yashpal Sharma | lbw | 19 | 29 |
| Gundappa Viswanath | caught (Mike Brearley) | 15 | 11 |
| Yajurvindra Singh | lbw | 1 | 3 |
| Srinivas Venkataraghavan | run out | 6 | 4 |
| Karsan Ghavri | not out | 3 | 4 |
| Bharath Reddy | not out | 5 | 6 |
| Bishan Bedi | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Bob Willis 28.00-4-89-1Ian Botham 29.00-5-97-3Mike Hendrick 8.00-2-15-0Phil Edmonds 38.00-11-87-1Peter Willey 43.50-15-96-2Graham Gooch 2.00-0-9-0Alan Butcher 2.00-0-9-0
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