f32694 t852	England v India
	India in England 1979 (2nd Test)
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

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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	-	-

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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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