f32678	Somerset v Indians
	India in England 1979
Venue	County Ground, Taunton on 28th, 29th, 30th July 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	C Cook, R Julian
Close of play day 1	Indians (1) 10/0 (Gavaskar 5*, Chauhan 0*)
Close of play day 2	Indians (1) 128/5 (Yashpal Sharma 16*, Ghavri 12*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BC Rose	c Vengsarkar b Yajurvindra Singh	40
PA Slocombe	lbw b Ghavri	11
VJ Marks	c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev	45
PM Roebuck	c Vengsarkar b Kapil Dev	14
PW Denning	b Ghavri	4
IVA Richards	c Vengsarkar b Chandrasekhar	39
D Breakwell	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	28
NFM Popplewell	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	37
+T Gard	not out	51
KF Jennings	c Yashpal Sharma b Chandrasekhar	0
DR Gurr	not out	20
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 6 nb)	9
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 92.5 overs)	298
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-81, 3-106, 4-115, 5-139, 6-177, 7-196, 8-235, 9-236

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	15	1	82	2	-	-
Ghavri	26.5	6	90	2	-	-
Yajurvindra Singh	6	2	16	1	-	-
Chandrasekhar	24	5	54	4	-	-
Bedi	17	6	39	0	-	-
Chauhan	1	0	1	0	-	-
Yashpal Sharma	3	0	7	0	-	-

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Roebuck b Jennings	5
CPS Chauhan	run out	22
DB Vengsarkar	c sub b Richards	14
*GR Viswanath	c Breakwell b Marks	35
Yashpal Sharma	c Denning b Breakwell	111		162	18	3
Kapil Dev	c Gard b Breakwell	16
KD Ghavri	c Roebuck b Marks	24
+SC Khanna	c and b Richards	20
Yajurvindra Singh	lbw b Popplewell	4
BS Bedi	c Roebuck b Marks	20
BS Chandrasekhar	not out	1
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 94.2 overs)	289
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-37, 3-81, 4-84, 5-106, 6-159, 7-232, 8-249, 9-281, 10-289 (94.2 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gurr	1.3	0	4	0	-	-
Popplewell	18	5	56	1	-	-
Richards	20.3	7	62	2	-	-
Jennings	12	5	26	1	-	-
Marks	23.2	5	80	3	-	-
Breakwell	14	8	30	2	-	-
Rose	5	0	14	0	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PA Slocombe	c Kapil Dev b Bedi	21
D Breakwell	lbw b Kapil Dev	10
VJ Marks	b Ghavri	8
PM Roebuck	not out	85
PW Denning	lbw b Bedi	4
IVA Richards	b Bedi	8
*BC Rose	c sub b Chandrasekhar	7
NFM Popplewell	c Chauhan b Ghavri	32
+T Gard	not out	0
KF Jennings	did not bat
DR Gurr	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb)	10
Total	(7 wickets, 63.2 overs)	185
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-20, 3-76, 4-83, 5-91, 6-106, 7-185

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	7	1	17	1	-	-
Ghavri	13.2	1	39	2	-	-
Chandrasekhar	16	4	43	1	-	-
Bedi	20	0	63	3	-	-
Chauhan	7	0	13	0	-	-

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Notes
--> DR Gurr made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NFM Popplewell (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> GR Viswanath (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> NFM Popplewell made his debut for Somerset in First-Class matches
--> KD Ghavri reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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