English cricket team in India in 1979–80
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English cricket team in India in 1979–80 | |||
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Date | 15–19 February 1980 | ||
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Result | England won the only Test | ||
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Captains | |||
Gundappa Viswanath | Mike Brearley | ||
Most runs | |||
Sunil Gavaskar (73) Yashpal Sharma (48) Kapil Dev (45) |
Ian Botham (114) Geoff Boycott (65) Graham Gooch (57) | ||
Most wickets | |||
Karsan Ghavri (5) Kapil Dev (3) Dilip Doshi (1) |
Ian Botham (13) John Lever (4) Graham Stevenson (2) |
The England national cricket team visited India in February 1980 and played a single Test match against the India national cricket team. It was played to celebrate the golden jubilee of the formation of Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1]
Test series
[edit]Only Test
[edit]15–19 February 1980
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Graham Stevenson (Eng) made his Test debut.
- 16 February was a rest day.
References
[edit]- ^ Rutnagur, Dicky. "Golden Jubilee Test, India v England 1979-80". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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