f32715 t853	England v India
	India in England 1979 (3rd Test)
Venue	Headingley, Leeds on 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st August 1979 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	HD Bird, BJ Meyer
Close of play day 1	England (1) 80/4 (Randall 11*, Botham 9*)
Close of play day 2	No play
Close of play day 3	No play
Close of play day 4	India (1) 10/2 (Gavaskar 10*, Viswanath 0*)
Man of the Match	IT Botham

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Boycott	c Viswanath b Kapil Dev	31	65	86	4	-
*JM Brearley	c Viswanath b Amarnath	15	70	102	1	-
GA Gooch	c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev	4	10	9	-	-
DI Gower	lbw b Kapil Dev	0	6	9	-	-
DW Randall	b Ghavri	11	57	68	-	-
IT Botham	c Ghavri b Venkataraghavan	137	152	201	10	5
G Miller	c Reddy b Amarnath	27	53	79	3	-
PH Edmonds	run out	18	49	54	2	-
+RW Taylor	c Chauhan b Bedi	1	15	10	-	-
RGD Willis	not out	4	11	13	-	-
M Hendrick	c sub (Yajurvindra Singh) b Bedi	0	8	5	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 8 nb, 4 w)	22
Total	(all out, 80.5 overs)	270
Fall of wickets:
1-53 (Boycott), 2-57 (Gooch), 3-57 (Brearley), 4-58 (Gower), 5-89 (Randall), 6-176 (Miller), 7-264 (Edmonds), 8-264 (Botham), 9-266 (Taylor), 10-270 (Hendrick, 80.5 ov)

India bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	27	7	84	3	-	-
Ghavri	18	4	60	1	-	-
Amarnath	20	7	53	2	-	-
Venkataraghavan	7	2	25	1	-	-
Bedi	8.5	2	26	2	-	-

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India first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	b Edmonds	78	209	240	9	-
CPS Chauhan	c Botham b Willis	0	1	1	-	-
M Amarnath	c Taylor b Willis	0	18	14	-	-
GR Viswanath	c Brearley b Hendrick	1	18	26	-	-
Yashpal Sharma	c Botham b Miller	40	125	133	2	-
DB Vengsarkar	not out	65	183	178	6	-
Kapil Dev	c Gooch b Miller	3	10	14	-	-
KD Ghavri	not out	20	97	99	1	-
*S Venkataraghavan	did not bat
+B Reddy	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 4 lb, 1 w)	16
Total	(6 wickets, 110 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Chauhan), 2-9 (Amarnath), 3-12 (Viswanath), 4-106 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-156 (Gavaskar), 6-160 (Kapil Dev)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	18	5	42	2	-	-
Hendrick	14	6	13	1	-	-
Botham	13	3	39	0	-	-
Edmonds	28	8	59	1	-	-
Miller	32	13	52	2	-	-
Gooch	3	1	2	0	-	-
Boycott	2	2	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> G Boycott (1) passed 35500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 24
--> IT Botham (1) passed his previous highest score of 108 in Test matches
--> PH Edmonds (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 1
--> Yashpal Sharma (1) passed his previous highest score of 11 in Test matches
--> DB Vengsarkar (1) passed 4500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 5

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