England vs India, 1st Test at Birmingham, Jul 12 1979, India tour of England

RESULT
1st Test, Birmingham, July 12 - 16, 1979, India tour of England
633/5d
(f/o) 297 & 253

England won by an innings and 83 runs

Player Of The Match
200*
david-gower
England 1st Innings
India 1st Innings
India 2nd Innings (Following on)
Info
England 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev24951162025.26
lbw b Kapil Dev15534145812045.45
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev1531313048.38
c †Reddy b Kapil Dev8310912213176.14
not out 20027936524071.68
b Kapil Dev3339334184.61
not out 631161445054.31
Extras(b 4, lb 27, nb 18, w 11)60
TOTAL165.2 Ov (RR: 3.82)633/5d
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Mike Brearley), 2-90 (Derek Randall), 3-235 (Graham Gooch), 4-426 (Geoff Boycott), 5-468 (Ian Botham)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
481514653.04---00
38512903.39---00
13.224703.52---00
29111303.89---00
31410703.45---00
301204.00---00
301906.33---00
India 1st Innings 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
run out 611601783038.12
c Gooch b Botham48161050.00
c Gooch b Edmonds2257584038.59
c Botham b Edmonds781812139043.09
c Botham b Willis251241263020.16
b Willis3147676065.95
lbw b Botham1640016.66
c Brearley b Willis625291024.00
b Hendrick2157753036.84
c Botham b Hendrick2846523260.86
not out 00400-
Extras(b 1, lb 4, nb 12, w 3)20
TOTAL116.1 Ov (RR: 2.55)297
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Chetan Chauhan), 2-59 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 3-129 (Sunil Gavaskar), 4-205 (Gundappa Viswanath), 5-209 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 6-210 (Kapil Dev), 7-229 (Karsan Ghavri), 8-251 (Mohinder Amarnath), 9-294 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 10-297 (Bharath Reddy)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
2496932.87---00
2648623.30---00
24.193621.48---00
26116022.30---00
51801.60---00
1131801.63---00
India 2nd Innings (Following on) 
BATTING RBM4s6sSR
c Gooch b Hendrick6811713710058.11
c Randall b Willis561421678039.43
c Edmonds b Hendrick724320029.16
c †Taylor b Botham511191336042.85
c Gooch b Botham1554603027.77
lbw b Botham1069771014.49
c Hendrick b Botham21171840123.52
c Randall b Hendrick425300016.00
lbw b Hendrick017000.00
lbw b Botham064000.00
not out 034000.00
Extras(b 7, lb 12, nb 2)21
TOTAL95.4 Ov (RR: 2.64)253
Fall of wickets: 1-124 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2-136 (Chetan Chauhan), 3-136 (Dilip Vengsarkar), 4-182 (Anshuman Gaekwad), 5-227 (Gundappa Viswanath), 6-240 (Mohinder Amarnath), 7-249 (Kapil Dev), 8-250 (Bharath Reddy), 9-251 (Srinivas Venkataraghavan), 10-253 (Karsan Ghavri)
BOWLINGOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1434513.21---00
2987052.41---00
20.484542.17---00
1763702.17---00
912703.00---00
63801.33---00
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CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 12 Jul - day 1 - England 1st innings 318/3 (Geoff Boycott 113*, David Gower 43*)
Fri, 13 Jul - day 2 - India 1st innings 59/2 (Sunil Gavaskar 25*)
Sat, 14 Jul - day 3 - India 2nd innings 7/0 (Sunil Gavaskar 3*, Chetan Chauhan 2*)
Sun, 15 Jul - rest day
Mon, 16 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 253 (95.4 ov) - end of match
MATCH DETAILS
Edgbaston, Birmingham
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Series
Season1979
Player Of The Match
Series resultEngland led the 4-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 851
Match daysday (5-day match)
Test debut
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