f32650 t851	England v India
	India in England 1979 (1st Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th July 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by an innings and 83 runs
Umpires	DJ Constant, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	England (1) 318/3 (Boycott 113*, Gower 43*)
Close of play day 2	India (1) 59/2 (Gavaskar 25*)
Close of play day 3	India (2) 7/0 (Gavaskar 3*, Chauhan 2*)
Player of the Match	DI Gower

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*JM Brearley	c Reddy b Kapil Dev	24	95	116	2	-
G Boycott	lbw b Kapil Dev	155	341	458	12	-
DW Randall	c Reddy b Kapil Dev	15	31	31	3	-
GA Gooch	c Reddy b Kapil Dev	83	109	122	13	1
DI Gower	not out	200	279	365	24	-
IT Botham	b Kapil Dev	33	39	33	4	1
G Miller	not out	63	116	144	5	-
PH Edmonds	did not bat
+RW Taylor	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
M Hendrick	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 27 lb, 18 nb, 11 w)	60
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 165.2 overs)	633
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Brearley), 2-90 (Randall), 3-235 (Gooch), 4-426 (Boycott), 5-468 (Botham)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	48	15	146	5	1	3
Ghavri	38	5	129	0	6	5
Amarnath	13.2	2	47	0	-	8
Chandrasekhar	29	1	113	0	-	-
Venkataraghavan	31	4	107	0	-	-
Gaekwad	3	0	12	0	-	-
Chauhan	3	0	19	0	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	run out	61	160	178	3	-
CPS Chauhan	c Gooch b Botham	4	8	16	1	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Gooch b Edmonds	22	57	58	4	-
GR Viswanath	c Botham b Edmonds	78	181	213	9	-
AD Gaekwad	c Botham b Willis	25	124	126	3	-
M Amarnath	b Willis	31	47	67	6	-
Kapil Dev	lbw b Botham	1	6	4	-	-
KD Ghavri	c Brearley b Willis	6	25	29	1	-
+B Reddy	b Hendrick	21	57	75	3	-
*S Venkataraghavan	c Botham b Hendrick	28	46	52	3	2
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	0	4	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 12 nb, 3 w)	20
Total	(all out, 116.1 overs)	297
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Chauhan), 2-59 (Vengsarkar), 3-129 (Gavaskar), 4-205 (Viswanath), 5-209 (Gaekwad), 6-210 (Kapil Dev), 7-229 (Ghavri), 8-251 (Amarnath), 9-294 (Venkataraghavan), 10-297 (Reddy, 116.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	24	9	69	3	2	12
Botham	26	4	86	2	1	-
Hendrick	24.1	9	36	2	-	-
Edmonds	26	11	60	2	-	-
Boycott	5	1	8	0	-	-
Miller	11	3	18	0	-	-

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India second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Gooch b Hendrick	68	117	137	10	-
CPS Chauhan	c Randall b Willis	56	142	167	8	-
DB Vengsarkar	c Edmonds b Hendrick	7	24	32	-	-
GR Viswanath	c Taylor b Botham	51	119	133	6	-
AD Gaekwad	c Gooch b Botham	15	54	60	3	-
M Amarnath	lbw b Botham	10	69	77	1	-
Kapil Dev	c Hendrick b Botham	21	17	18	4	-
KD Ghavri	c Randall b Hendrick	4	25	30	-	-
+B Reddy	lbw b Hendrick	0	1	7	-	-
*S Venkataraghavan	lbw b Botham	0	6	4	-	-
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	0	3	4	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 12 lb, 2 nb)	21
Total	(all out, 95.4 overs)	253
Fall of wickets:
1-124 (Gavaskar), 2-136 (Chauhan), 3-136 (Vengsarkar), 4-182 (Gaekwad), 5-227 (Viswanath), 6-240 (Amarnath), 7-249 (Kapil Dev), 8-250 (Reddy), 9-251 (Venkataraghavan), 10-253 (Ghavri, 95.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	14	3	45	1	-	2
Botham	29	8	70	5	-	-
Hendrick	20.4	8	45	4	-	1
Edmonds	17	6	37	0	-	-
Miller	9	1	27	0	-	-
Gooch	6	3	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> B Reddy made his debut in Test matches
--> BS Chandrasekhar made his last appearance in Test matches
--> G Boycott (1) 50 in 159 balls, 215 minutes
--> G Boycott (1) 100 in 255 balls, 340 minutes with 7 fours
--> G Boycott (1) 150 in 330 balls with 12 fours
--> G Boycott (1) passed 6000 runs in Test matches when he reached 62
--> G Boycott (1) passed 35000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 70
--> GA Gooch (1) 50 in 68 balls, 81 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 94 balls, 103 minutes
--> DI Gower (1) 100 in 170 balls, 194 minutes with 10 fours
--> DI Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 111 in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) passed his previous highest score of 144 in First-Class matches
--> DI Gower (1) 150 in 237 balls with 17 fours
--> DI Gower (1) 200 in 277 balls, 363 minutes with 24 fours and 1 six
--> DI Gower (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 142
--> DI Gower (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 161
--> G Miller (1) 50 in 98 balls, 122 minutes
--> SM Gavaskar (1) 50 in 130 balls, 153 minutes
--> GR Viswanath (1) 50 in 132 balls, 153 minutes
--> AD Gaekwad (1) passed 5000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 3
--> SM Gavaskar (2) 50 in 94 balls, 117 minutes
--> SM Gavaskar (2) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 34
--> CPS Chauhan (2) 50 in 118 balls, 134 minutes
--> GR Viswanath (2) 50 in 111 balls, 118 minutes with 6 fours
--> GR Viswanath (2) passed 4000 runs in Test matches when he reached 22
--> Kapil Dev (2) passed 500 runs in Test matches when he reached 11
--> CPS Chauhan made his debut in England in Test matches
--> M Amarnath made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AD Gaekwad made his debut in England in Test matches
--> KD Ghavri made his debut in England in Test matches
--> DB Vengsarkar made his debut in England in Test matches
--> Kapil Dev made his debut in England in Test matches
--> Kapil Dev achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed IT Botham in the England first innings (previous best was 4-38)
--> Kapil Dev achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England first innings
--> IT Botham reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AD Gaekwad, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
--> M Hendrick reached 550 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed DB Vengsarkar, his 2nd wicket in the India second innings

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