Indian cricket team in England in 1979

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The Indian cricket team toured England in the 1979 season and played 16 first-class fixtures, winning only one, losing 3 and drawing 12.

India played four Test matches and lost the series to England 1-0 with three Tests drawn. England won the First Test at Edgbaston by an innings and 83 runs. The Second Test at Lord's, the Third Test at Headingley and the Fourth Test at The Oval were all drawn.

The Indian team was captained by Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan and included notable players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Kapil Dev.

Test series summary[edit | edit source]

First Test[edit | edit source]

12–16 July 1979
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633/5 d. (165.2 overs)
David Gower 200
Kapil Dev 5/146 (48 overs)
297 (116.1 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 78
Bob Willis 3/69 (24 overs)
253 (95.4 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 68
Ian Botham 5/70 (29 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

The England innings of 633/5d is the only example in Test cricket history where three different bowlers conceded 100+ runs and each failed to take a wicket: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan - 0-107, Karsan Ghavri - 0-129 and Bhagwat Chandrasekhar - 0-113.[1]

Second Test[edit | edit source]

2–7 August 1979
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96 (55.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 42
Ian Botham 5/35 (19 overs)
419/9 d. (129.5 overs)
David Gower 82
Kapil Dev 3/93 (38 overs)
318/4 (148 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 113
Phil Edmonds 2/62 (45 overs)
  • India won the toss and decided to bat

Third Test[edit | edit source]

16–21 August 1979
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270 (80.5 overs)
Ian Botham 137
Kapil Dev 3/84 (27 overs)
223/6 (110 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 78
Bob Willis 2/42 (18 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

Fourth Test[edit | edit source]

30 August–4 September 1979
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305 (124.5 overs)
Graham Gooch 79
Venkataraghavan 3/59 (29 overs)
202 (79.3 overs)
Gundappa Viswanath 62
Ian Botham 4/65 (28 overs)
334/8 (116.5 overs)
Geoff Boycott 125
Karsan Ghavri 3/76 (34 overs)
429/8 (150.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 221
Ian Botham 3/97 (29 overs)
  • England won the toss and decided to bat

External sources[edit | edit source]

CricketArchive – tour itineraries

Annual reviews[edit | edit source]

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Walmsley, Keith (2003). Mosts Without in Test Cricket. Reading, England: Keith Walmsley. p. 361. ISBN 0947540067.
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