✖
Machibet Bettitle_temp
Live Scores
Schedule
Archives
News
All Stories
Premium Editorials
Latest News
Topics
Spotlight
Opinions
Specials
Stats & Analysis
Interviews
Live Blogs
Harsha Bhogle
Series
India tour of England, 2025
Major League Cricket 2025
Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025
Australia tour of West Indies, 2025
ICC World Test Championship Final 2025
T20 Blast 2025
South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2025
West Indies tour of Ireland, 2025
India Women tour of England, 2025
Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025
All Series ยป
Teams
Test Teams
India
Afghanistan
Ireland
Pakistan
Australia
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
England
West Indies
South Africa
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Associate
Malaysia
Nepal
Germany
Namibia
Denmark
Singapore
Papua New Guinea
Kuwait
Vanuatu
Jersey
Oman
Fiji
More...
Videos
All Videos
Categories
Playlists
Rankings
ICC Rankings - Men
ICC Rankings - Women
More
World Test Championship
World Cup Super League
Photos
Mobile Apps
Careers
Contact Us
{{premiumScreenName}}
My Account
Sign Out
MATCHES
BAN vs SL - Break
WI vs AUS - Preview
IND vs ENG - ENG Won
RTW vs MADURAI - Preview
SOR vs SFU - Preview
All
Live Now
Today
INTERNATIONAL
India tour of England
India vs England
1st Test
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
2nd Test
West Indies v Australia, 2025
West Indies vs Australia
1st Test
Continental Cup
France vs Malta
1st Match, Group B
T20 LEAGUE
MLC 2025
Texas Super Kings vs Los Angeles Knight Riders
15th Match
Seattle Orcas vs San Francisco Unicorns
16th Match
TNPL 2025
Lyca Kovai Kings vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans
22nd Match
Trichy Grand Cholas vs Siechem Madurai Panthers
23rd Match
Madhya Pradesh League, 2025
Bhopal Leopards vs Chambal Ghariyals
Final
DOMESTIC
County Division 1
Sussex vs Durham
36th Match
Essex vs Hampshire
37th Match
Somerset vs Warwickshire
38th Match
Nottinghamshire vs Yorkshire
40th Match
Worcestershire vs Surrey
39th Match
County Division 2
Middlesex vs Northamptonshire
29th Match
Glamorgan vs Leicestershire
30th Match
Gloucestershire vs Derbyshire
31st Match
Kent vs Lancashire
32nd Match
England vs India, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
India in England Test Series, 1979
Venue:
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
Date & Time:
Jul 12
-
Jul 16
,
01:00 AM
LOCAL
Commentary
Scorecard
Squads
Live Blog
Match Facts
News
Photos
England won by an innings and 83 runs
England 1st Innings
633-5 d (165.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mike Brearley
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
24
95
2
0
25.26
Sir Geoff Boycott
lbw b Kapil Dev
155
341
12
0
45.45
Derek Randall
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
15
31
3
0
48.39
Graham Gooch
c Reddy b Kapil Dev
83
109
13
1
76.15
David Gower
not out
200
279
24
0
71.68
Sir Ian Botham
b Kapil Dev
33
39
4
1
84.62
Geoff Miller
not out
63
116
5
0
54.31
Extras
60
(b 4, lb 27, w 11, nb 18, p 0)
Total
633
(5 wkts, 165.2 Ov)
Did not Bat
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor
,
Bob Willis
,
Mike Hendrick
Fall of Wickets
66-1 (
M Brearley
, 0),
90-2 (
D Randall
, 0),
235-3 (
G Gooch
, 0),
426-4 (
G Boycott
, 0),
468-5 (
I Botham
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Kapil Dev
48
15
146
5
0
0
3.04
Karsan Ghavri
38
5
129
0
0
0
3.39
Mohinder Amarnath
13.2
2
47
0
0
0
3.56
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
29
1
113
0
0
0
3.90
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
31
4
107
0
0
0
3.45
Anshuman Gaekwad
3
0
12
0
0
0
4.00
Chetan Chauhan
3
0
19
0
0
0
6.33
India 1st Innings
297-10 (116.1 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sunil Gavaskar
run out
61
160
3
0
38.13
Chetan Chauhan
c Gooch b Botham
4
8
1
0
50.00
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Gooch b Edmonds
22
57
4
0
38.60
Gundappa Viswanath
c Botham b Edmonds
78
181
9
0
43.09
Anshuman Gaekwad
c Botham b Willis
25
124
3
0
20.16
Mohinder Amarnath
b Willis
31
47
6
0
65.96
Kapil Dev
lbw b Botham
1
6
0
0
16.67
Karsan Ghavri
c Brearley b Willis
6
25
1
0
24.00
Bharath Reddy
b Hendrick
21
57
3
0
36.84
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
c Botham b Hendrick
28
46
3
2
60.87
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
not out
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
20
(b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 12, p 0)
Total
297
(10 wkts, 116.1 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
15-1 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
59-2 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
129-3 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
205-4 (
G Viswanath
, 0),
209-5 (
A Gaekwad
, 0),
210-6 (
K Dev
, 0),
229-7 (
K Ghavri
, 0),
251-8 (
M Amarnath
, 0),
294-9 (
S Venkataraghavan
, 0),
297-10 (
B Reddy
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
24
9
69
3
0
0
2.88
Sir Ian Botham
26
4
86
2
0
0
3.31
Mike Hendrick
24.1
9
36
2
0
0
1.49
Phil Edmonds
26
11
60
2
0
0
2.31
Sir Geoff Boycott
5
1
8
0
0
0
1.60
Geoff Miller
11
3
18
0
0
0
1.64
India 2nd Innings
253-10 (f/o) (95.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Sunil Gavaskar
c Gooch b Hendrick
68
117
10
0
58.12
Chetan Chauhan
c Randall b Willis
56
142
8
0
39.44
Dilip Vengsarkar
c Edmonds b Hendrick
7
24
0
0
29.17
Gundappa Viswanath
c Taylor b Botham
51
119
6
0
42.86
Anshuman Gaekwad
c Gooch b Botham
15
54
3
0
27.78
Mohinder Amarnath
lbw b Botham
10
69
1
0
14.49
Kapil Dev
c Hendrick b Botham
21
17
4
0
123.53
Karsan Ghavri
c Randall b Hendrick
4
25
0
0
16.00
Bharath Reddy
lbw b Hendrick
0
1
0
0
0.00
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
lbw b Botham
0
6
0
0
0.00
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
not out
0
3
0
0
0.00
Extras
21
(b 7, lb 12, w 0, nb 2, p 0)
Total
253
(10 wkts, 95.4 Ov)
Fall of Wickets
124-1 (
S Gavaskar
, 0),
136-2 (
C Chauhan
, 0),
136-3 (
D Vengsarkar
, 0),
182-4 (
A Gaekwad
, 0),
227-5 (
G Viswanath
, 0),
240-6 (
M Amarnath
, 0),
249-7 (
K Dev
, 0),
250-8 (
B Reddy
, 0),
251-9 (
S Venkataraghavan
, 0),
253-10 (
K Ghavri
, 0)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Bob Willis
14
3
45
1
0
0
3.21
Sir Ian Botham
29
8
70
5
0
0
2.41
Mike Hendrick
20.4
8
45
4
0
0
2.21
Phil Edmonds
17
6
37
0
0
0
2.18
Geoff Miller
9
1
27
0
0
0
3.00
Graham Gooch
6
3
8
0
0
0
1.33
Match Info
Match
ENG vs IND, 1st Test, India in England Test Series, 1979
Date
-
Time
Venue
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires
David Constant, Barrie Meyer
England Squad
Playing
Mike Brearley (c)
,
Sir Geoff Boycott
,
Derek Randall
,
Graham Gooch
,
David Gower
,
Sir Ian Botham
,
Geoff Miller
,
Phil Edmonds
,
Bob Taylor (wk)
,
Bob Willis
,
Mike Hendrick
Bench
Support Staff
India Squad
Playing
Sunil Gavaskar
,
Chetan Chauhan
,
Dilip Vengsarkar
,
Gundappa Viswanath
,
Anshuman Gaekwad
,
Mohinder Amarnath
,
Kapil Dev
,
Karsan Ghavri
,
Bharath Reddy (wk)
,
Srinivas Venkataraghavan (c)
,
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
Bench
Support Staff
LATEST NEWS
Seattle Orcas in desperate search for inflexion point
17m ago
Clinical TSK return to winning ways
4h ago
Tunnel walks to Title talks: How the Unicorns are walking the talk
6h ago
Just going to enjoy my Test cricket again - Shai Hope
7h ago
India's pace attack needs its quiet men
8h ago
Stokes hails openers after England's memorable chase
8h ago
More News
We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and to show you non-personalized ads. Find out more in our
privacy policy
and
cookie policy
OK
Move to top