Test Match #853 Hide Percentages    Printable Scorecard     
1979 England v India - 3rd Test
Headingley, Leeds
16th August, 1979
 
England 270
India 223/6
Match drawn

 
England   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Geoff Boycott c Viswanath b Kapil Dev 31  65  4  0 47.69 11.48%
Mike Brearley* c Viswanath b Amarnath 15  70  1  0 21.43 5.56%
Graham Gooch c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev 4  10  0  0 40.00 1.48%
David Gower lbw b Kapil Dev 0  6  0  0 0.00
Derek Randall b Ghavri 11  57  0  0 19.30 4.07%
Ian Botham c Ghavri b Venkataraghavan 137  152  10  5 90.13 50.74%
Geoff Miller c †Reddy b Amarnath 27  53  3  0 50.94 10.00%
Phillippe Edmonds run out 18  49  2  0 36.73 6.67%
Robert Taylor c Chauhan b Bedi 1  15  0  0 6.67 0.37%
Bob Willis not out 4  11  0  0 36.36 1.48%
Mike Hendrick c sub b Bedi 0  8  0  0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 4, nb 8) 22  
Total All Out   (80.5 overs @ 3.34 rpo) 270
Fall of Wickets
 
1-53 Boycott, 2-57 Gooch, 3-57 Brearley, 4-58 Gower, 5-89 Randall, 6-176 Miller,
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7-264 Edmonds, 8-264 Botham, 9-266 Taylor, 10-270 Hendrick
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Kapil Dev 27.0 7 84 3 3.11 30.00
Karsan Ghavri 18.0 4 60 1 3.33 10.00
Mohinder Amarnath 20.0 7 53 2 2.65 20.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan 7.0 2 25 1 3.57 10.00
Bishen Bedi 8.5 2 26 2 2.94 20.00
 
 
India   1st Innings
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sunil Gavaskar b Edmonds 78  209  9  0 37.32 34.98%
Chetandra Chauhan c Botham b Willis 0  1  0  0 0.00
Mohinder Amarnath c †Taylor b Willis 0  18  0  0 0.00
Gundappa Viswanath c Brearley b Hendrick 1  18  0  0 5.56 0.45%
Yashpal Sharma c Botham b Miller 40  125  2  0 32.00 17.94%
Dillip Vengsarkar not out 65  183  6  0 35.52 29.15%
Kapil Dev c Gooch b Miller 3  10  0  0 30.00 1.35%
Karsan Ghavri not out 20  97  1  0 20.62 8.97%
Extras (b 11, lb 4, w 1) 16  
Total 6 wickets   (110.0 overs @ 2.03 rpo) 223
 
Did not Bat
 
Srinivas Venkataraghavan*, Bharat Reddy†, Bishen Bedi
Fall of Wickets
 
1-1 Chauhan, 2-9 Amarnath, 3-12 Viswanath, 4-106 Yashpal Sharma, 5-156 Gavaskar,
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6-160 Kapil Dev
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Bob Willis 18.0 5 42 2 2.33 20.00
Mike Hendrick 14.0 6 13 1 0.93 10.00
Ian Botham 13.0 3 39 0 3.00
Phillippe Edmonds 28.0 8 59 1 2.11 10.00
Geoff Miller 32.0 13 52 2 1.63 20.00
Graham Gooch 3.0 1 2 0 0.67
Geoff Boycott 2.0 2 0 0 0.00
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Headingley, Leeds
Toss England won the toss and elected to bat
Series 1979 England v India - 3rd Test
Match No. Test #853
Match Conditions Day Match
Player of Match Ian Botham
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END OF DAY STATUS (Rest days excluded)
Day 1 - England 1st innings 80/4 (DW Randall 11*, IT Botham 9*)
Day 2 - No play
Day 3 - No play
Day 4 - India 1st innings 10/2 (SM Gavaskar 10*, GR Viswanath 0*)
Day 5 - India 1st Innings 223/6, 110.0 overs - end of match

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