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| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th August 1979 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | India won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | HD Bird, KE Palmer |
| Scorers | Y Chad (India), E Solomon (England) |
| Close of play day 1 | England (1) 53/1 (Boycott 26*, Gooch 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 72/3 (Gower 9*, Randall 0*) |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 357/7 (Miller 52*, Taylor 25*) |
| Close of play day 4 | India (2) 196/2 (Vengsarkar 66*, Viswanath 35*) |
| Player of the Match | DB Vengsarkar |
| India first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Taylor b Gooch | 42 | 114 | 139 | 4 | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Randall b Botham | 2 | 14 | 29 | - | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Botham b Hendrick | 0 | 12 | 20 | - | - | |
| GR Viswanath | c Brearley b Hendrick | 21 | 34 | 38 | 3 | - | |
| AD Gaekwad | c Taylor b Botham | 13 | 71 | 93 | 1 | - | |
| Yashpal Sharma | c Taylor b Botham | 11 | 53 | 65 | 2 | - | |
| Kapil Dev | c Miller b Botham | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| KD Ghavri | not out | 3 | 19 | 36 | - | - | |
| +B Reddy | lbw b Botham | 0 | 8 | 10 | - | - | |
| *S Venkataraghavan | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| BS Bedi | b Lever | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 55.5 overs) | 96 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Chauhan), 2-23 (Vengsarkar), 3-51 (Viswanath), 4-75 (Gavaskar), 5-79 (Gaekwad), 6-89 (Kapil Dev), 7-96 (Yashpal Sharma), 8-96 (Reddy), 9-96 (Venkataraghavan), 10-96 (Bedi, 55.5 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lever | 9.5 | 3 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Botham | 19 | 9 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hendrick | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Edmonds | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 10 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JM Brearley | c Reddy b Kapil Dev | 12 | 28 | 35 | 2 | - | |
| G Boycott | c Gavaskar b Ghavri | 32 | 80 | 93 | 5 | - | |
| GA Gooch | b Kapil Dev | 10 | 52 | 76 | 1 | - | |
| DI Gower | b Ghavri | 82 | 94 | 131 | 10 | 2 | |
| DW Randall | run out | 57 | 135 | 156 | 8 | - | |
| IT Botham | b Venkataraghavan | 36 | 63 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| G Miller | st Reddy b Bedi | 62 | 160 | 192 | 4 | - | |
| PH Edmonds | c Reddy b Kapil Dev | 20 | 53 | 50 | 4 | - | |
| +RW Taylor | c Vengsarkar b Bedi | 64 | 112 | 123 | 9 | - | |
| JK Lever | not out | 6 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - | |
| M Hendrick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 21 lb, 4 nb, 2 w) | 38 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 129.5 overs) | 419 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Brearley), 2-60 (Boycott), 3-71 (Gooch), 4-185 (Gower), 5-226 (Randall), 6-253 (Botham), 7-291 (Edmonds), 8-394 (Miller), 9-419 (Taylor, 129.5 ov) | |||||||
| India bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kapil Dev | 38 | 11 | 93 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Ghavri | 31 | 2 | 122 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Bedi | 38.5 | 13 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Venkataraghavan | 22 | 2 | 79 | 1 | - | - | |
| India second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SM Gavaskar | c Brearley b Botham | 59 | 117 | 142 | 8 | - | |
| CPS Chauhan | c Randall b Edmonds | 31 | 100 | 114 | 4 | - | |
| DB Vengsarkar | c Boycott b Edmonds | 103 | 295 | 353 | 13 | - | |
| GR Viswanath | c Gower b Lever | 113 | 337 | 351 | 14 | - | |
| AD Gaekwad | not out | 1 | 31 | 37 | - | - | |
| Yashpal Sharma | not out | 5 | 9 | 11 | - | - | |
| Kapil Dev | did not bat | ||||||
| KD Ghavri | did not bat | ||||||
| +B Reddy | did not bat | ||||||
| *S Venkataraghavan | did not bat | ||||||
| BS Bedi | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 148 overs) | 318 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-79 (Chauhan), 2-99 (Gavaskar), 3-309 (Vengsarkar), 4-312 (Viswanath) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Botham | 35 | 13 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hendrick | 25 | 12 | 56 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Lever | 24 | 7 | 69 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Edmonds | 45 | 18 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 17 | 6 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gooch | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Yashpal Sharma made his debut in Test matches
--> DI Gower (1) 50 in 63 balls, 91 minutes
--> DW Randall (1) 50 in 119 balls, 143 minutes
--> IT Botham (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 5
--> G Miller (1) 50 in 132 balls, 151 minutes
--> RW Taylor (1) 50 in 97 balls, 113 minutes
--> SM Gavaskar (2) 50 in 103 balls, 132 minutes
--> CPS Chauhan (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 27
--> CPS Chauhan (2) passed 8000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> DB Vengsarkar (2) 50 in 119 balls, 129 minutes
--> DB Vengsarkar (2) 100 in 254 balls, 321 minutes with 13 fours
--> GR Viswanath (2) 50 in 186 balls, 186 minutes
--> GR Viswanath (2) 100 in 287 balls, 303 minutes with 12 fours
--> Yashpal Sharma made his debut for India in First-Class matches
--> JK Lever reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed BS Bedi, his 1st wicket in the India first innings
--> IT Botham reached 100 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed SM Gavaskar, his 1st wicket in the India second innings
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