f32700	Essex v Indians
	India in England 1979
Venue	County Ground, Chelmsford on 11th, 12th, 13th August 1979 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Essex won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	R Palmer, D Shackleton
Close of play day 1	Indians (1) 109/3 (Yashpal Sharma 49*, Amarnath 37*)
Close of play day 2	Essex (2) 91/2 (Denness 35*, Smith 3*)

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Essex first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Reddy b Amarnath	1
GA Gooch	c Gavaskar b Kapil Dev	0
KS McEwan	c Gavaskar b Bedi	16
*KWR Fletcher	b Chandrasekhar	64
BR Hardie	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	0
KR Pont	c Reddy b Venkataraghavan	4
N Phillip	c Gavaskar b Bedi	1
S Turner	b Venkataraghavan	0
+N Smith	c Yashpal Sharma b Chandrasekhar	46
JK Lever	not out	1
DL Acfield	b Chandrasekhar	0
Extras	(7 lb, 3 nb, 3 w)	13
Total	(all out, 67.2 overs)	146
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-2, 3-31, 4-39, 5-53, 6-54, 7-55, 8-145, 9-146, 10-146 (67.2 ov)

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	15	3	46	1	-	-
Amarnath	7	4	10	1	-	-
Bedi	22	12	19	2	-	-
Chandrasekhar	9.2	1	30	4	-	-
Venkataraghavan	14	5	28	2	-	-

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Indians first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Smith b Phillip	1
CPS Chauhan	lbw b Phillip	10
DB Vengsarkar	lbw b Phillip	5
Yashpal Sharma	c Hardie b Lever	111
M Amarnath	b Pont	55
Kapil Dev	c McEwan b Phillip	4
+B Reddy	c Smith b Lever	16
*S Venkataraghavan	run out	0
BS Bedi	not out	2
AD Gaekwad	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 76.4 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-14, 3-19, 4-115, 5-153, 6-201, 7-201, 8-215 (76.4 ov)

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	23.4	6	67	2	-	-
Phillip	18	3	50	4	-	-
Turner	13	3	36	0	-	-
Pont	9	1	28	1	-	-
Acfield	7	3	7	0	-	-
Gooch	6	1	16	0	-	-

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Essex second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MH Denness	c Gavaskar b Chandrasekhar	58
GA Gooch	c Bedi b Venkataraghavan	46
*KWR Fletcher	c Reddy b Venkataraghavan	6
+N Smith	c Bedi b Chauhan	65
KS McEwan	b Bedi	68
KR Pont	not out	40
BR Hardie	c Chauhan b Bedi	0
N Phillip	not out	7
S Turner	did not bat
JK Lever	did not bat
DL Acfield	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 90 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-72, 2-84, 3-142, 4-224, 5-224, 6-248

Indians bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Kapil Dev	9	3	27	0	-	-
Amarnath	7	1	17	0	-	-
Bedi	25	5	78	2	-	-
Chandrasekhar	19	0	72	1	-	-
Venkataraghavan	24	9	65	2	-	-
Chauhan	4	1	21	1	-	-
Gavaskar	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Indians second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	c Smith b Lever	8
CPS Chauhan	c Gooch b Fletcher	28
M Amarnath	not out	42
Yashpal Sharma	not out	39
DB Vengsarkar	did not bat
Kapil Dev	did not bat
+B Reddy	did not bat
*S Venkataraghavan	did not bat
BS Bedi	did not bat
AD Gaekwad	did not bat
BS Chandrasekhar	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	15
Total	(2 wickets, 43 overs)	132
Fall of wickets:
1-22, 2-68

Essex bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lever	9	0	25	1	-	-
Phillip	7	1	11	0	-	-
Turner	1	0	1	0	-	-
Pont	7	0	20	0	-	-
Acfield	5	2	7	0	-	-
Gooch	2	1	4	0	-	-
Fletcher	12	2	49	1	-	-

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Notes
--> KS McEwan (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 4
--> M Amarnath (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> N Phillip reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 1st wicket in the Indians first innings
--> BS Bedi reached 1500 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Essex second innings
--> M Amarnath retired ill in the Indians first innings (team had lost 3 wickets) - he returned when the score was 153/5

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