- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR63.6 caught, Strauss comes down the track to a slider from Kumble, he gets beaten by the length and lunges forward at it, the ball takes the outside edge and flies through to Dravid who takes a comfortable catch at first slip, that's his 150th catch in Tests 218/214.4 gone! Ganguly strikes! First blood for India! Cook gets into his shot too early, to one right in front of the stumps, and plays over it as the ball angles across him, it pitches and hits him in line in front of about off stump, and after a brief moment Steve Bucknor nods his head 76/176.4 edged and gone! Just like that! Against the run of play, just as the sun comes out, Vaughan drives loosely at a slow cutter outside off stump and Dhoni happily accepts the regulation edge...and doesnt RP Singh love it? 252/385.1 now thats edged and gone, sir! Zaheer pitches just back of length, gets just a hint of swing and Pietersen, again his feet not moving, plays away from the body and this time Dhoni takes a comfortable catch 286/677.6 oh ho ho, the googly gets 'em! Kumble's turning it on, that was a top class googly that Collingwood failed to read, padding forward and getting caught plumb in front of middle stump, not the way you want to be facing this bowler 255/482.5 cleaned up! RP pitches fuller on leg stump, Sidebottom drives loosely, misses, and the ball sneaks through the gap to disturb timber 272/591.2 bowled off the inside-edge! Pitches on a good length outside off stump, Bell's feet dont move as he pokes at it, and the ball comes in to knock back off stump! 298/1086.3 Sreesanth joins the fun! Pitches full just outside off stump, the ball swings in and Prior, trying to turn it away, plays all over it, ball strikes him high on the back leg and he's a bit unlucky to be given out by Bucknor as replays show that ball was carrying on over the top of leg stump 287/786.6 gone, leg before again! Sreesanth gets his second in the over, with one pitched full outside off stump again, it slants in and catches Tremlett, stuck deep in the crease, in front of leg stump, no doubts about that decision 287/890.4 but he gets his man next ball, with another full, swinging delivery, pitched on off stump, moved in and caught Monty, dead duck, in front of middle stump 297/9Extras28 (b 9, lb 10, nb 2, w 7)TOTAL298 all out (91.2 Overs, RR: 3.26, 395 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Alastair Cook, 14.4 ov), 2-218 (Andrew Strauss, 63.6 ov), 3-252 (Michael Vaughan, 76.4 ov), 4-255 (Paul Collingwood, 77.6 ov), 5-272 (Ryan Sidebottom, 82.5 ov), 6-286 (Kevin Pietersen, 85.1 ov), 7-287 (Matt Prior, 86.3 ov), 8-287 (Chris Tremlett, 86.6 ov), 9-297 (Monty Panesar, 90.4 ov), 10-298 (Ian Bell, 91.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 18.2 4 62 2 3.38 1 2 S Sreesanth 22 8 67 3 3.04 3 0 RP Singh 17 6 58 2 3.41 2 0 SC Ganguly 9 3 24 1 2.66 0 0 A Kumble 23 2 60 2 2.6 0 0 SR Tendulkar 2 0 8 0 4 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.3 first strike to Sidebottom! He pitches it full, maintaining that tight line and relying on the swing back in, it lands on off stump and comes in to trap Karthik plumb in front of the stumps 18/153.6 there's Tremlett's maiden Test wicket! He ambles in, bangs it in short, forcing Jaffer back in his crease, defending loosely with a lot of bottom hand, the ball pops up in the air and Tremlett, diving forward, holds onto a smart catch! 134/411.5 and he gets the Indian captain with the outswinger, pitching on a length and shaping it away from Dravid, who pokes at it and ends up edging to Prior! Superby set up by Anderson 27/235.4 gone! Anderson! Full delivery, swinging in from outside off stump, Tendulkar is caught trying to drive to leg, right on the crease, ball hits him in front of leg stump and they all go up in appeal, after a thought Bucknor raises his finger 106/362.3 bowled! Anderson gets a third biggie, pitching it fuller on off stump, getting it to shape back in wonderfully and beat Ganguly's tame prod from the crease, the ball simply jagged back in and snuck through his defenses 155/566.5 and he does get his revenge! RP, having played decently, decides to swing across the line to a short delivery, scooping it up in the air for mid-off to run across and hold a simple catch 173/676.4 Sidebottom strikes again! He pitches the ball on off stump and instead of swinging the ball back into Laxman like he has been doing, he seams it away from the right-hander, Laxman leans forward and defends inside the line, he gets an edge through to Prior who takes an easy catch 197/969.5 gone! He did it again, and this time gave Bell at third slip catching practice! It was short again, not rising too much on him, but Dhoni chooses to play at it with an angled bat, as if he wanted to get over it, and needlessly gave away his wicket before scoring 175/774.6 Kumble goes! Sidebottom bowls a good-length ball that pitches on off and middle and swings back into Kumble who moves forward and gets hit on the knee roll in front of middle stump, that's out, and Simon Taufel confirms it 192/877.2 Anderson has his fifth! Zaheer tries to pull a short ball to fine leg but ends up gloving it to Strauss at first slip, just rewards for some excellent swing bowling from Anderson 201/10Extras15 (b 4, lb 7, nb 4)TOTAL201 all out (77.2 Overs, RR: 2.59, 352 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Dinesh Karthik, 8.3 ov), 2-27 (Rahul Dravid, 11.5 ov), 3-106 (Sachin Tendulkar, 35.4 ov), 4-134 (Wasim Jaffer, 53.6 ov), 5-155 (Sourav Ganguly, 62.3 ov), 6-173 (RP Singh, 66.5 ov), 7-175 (MS Dhoni, 69.5 ov), 8-192 (Anil Kumble, 74.6 ov), 9-197 (VVS Laxman, 76.4 ov), 10-201 (Zaheer Khan, 77.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJ Sidebottom 22 5 65 4 2.95 0 0 JM Anderson 24.2 8 42 5 1.72 0 0 CT Tremlett 20 8 52 1 2.6 0 4 PD Collingwood 3 1 9 0 3 0 0 MS Panesar 8 3 22 0 2.75 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.5 gone! Well bowled. Whereas the previous ball swung into Strauss, this one held its line and Strauss was lured into driving at a full delivery outside his off stump. In fact, if anything, it moved away from Strauss's injudicious poke, handing a simple catch to first slip 40/112.1 Zaheer strikes a second blow! Well bowled, pitching marginally outside the line of off stump, off a length, and swinging in to catch Cook playing forward and across on the bounce, in front of off stump 43/235.6 sweet revenge! RP changes the angle and that does it for Vaughan, driving with a sizeable gap between bat and pad to one pitched full and nipping back in to knock back off stump, indeed the move over the stumps has worked brilliantly for RP, who drew an edge and next ball bowled him 102/376.6 bowled him! Pietersen tries to pull RP Singh from outside off stump but the ball isn't short enough and he gets an inside edge on to the stumps, just like Ian Bell 275/937.3 bounced out! RP fires in an excellent, well-directed lifter on middle and leg that catches Collingwood totally by surprise, he loses sight of it and gets glove on it as he takes evasive action, and the catch is gleefully accepted by Laxman at second slip 114/441.2 bowled him! This time the ball isn't as short as the previous one but Bell still tries to pull from outside off stump, he gets a thick inside edge that cannons into the stumps, that's RP's third wicket of the morning, Bell's dragged it on for the second time in the match 132/566.1 caught! Zaheer pitches the ball on a good length on middle stump and slants across Prior who pushes forward and gets a thick edge through to Dhoni who has to dive to his right to take a sharp catch 251/666.2 bowled him! Zaheer bowls a full ball on off stump, Tremlett moves forward and defends tentatively, the ball hits the inside edge on to pad and then rolls on to the stumps, Tremlett bags a pair on debut 251/771.1 caught! This time Dravid takes the catch at first slip, Kumble bowls a quick delivery angling across Sidebottom from over the wicket, Sidebottom plays off the back foot and pushes hard at the ball, the outside edge flies to Dravid's left and he takes a sharp catch 266/878.3 RP Singh gets his name up on the honours board! He pitches one on a good length to Panesar and angles the ball into the left-hander, Panesar pushes at it from his crease and gets hit in front of middle stump, Bucknor takes his time but eventually gives RP Singh his fifth wicket 282/10Extras12 (b 9, lb 1, w 2)TOTAL282 all out (78.3 Overs, RR: 3.59, 360 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Andrew Strauss, 10.5 ov), 2-43 (Alastair Cook, 12.1 ov), 3-102 (Michael Vaughan, 35.6 ov), 4-114 (Paul Collingwood, 37.3 ov), 5-132 (Ian Bell, 41.2 ov), 6-251 (Matt Prior, 66.1 ov), 7-251 (Chris Tremlett, 66.2 ov), 8-266 (Ryan Sidebottom, 71.1 ov), 9-275 (Kevin Pietersen, 76.6 ov), 10-282 (Monty Panesar, 78.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 28 6 79 4 2.82 1 0 S Sreesanth 16 3 62 0 3.87 0 0 RP Singh 16.3 3 59 5 3.57 1 0 A Kumble 17 3 70 1 4.11 0 0 SR Tendulkar 1 0 2 0 2 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.3 caught! Anderson bowls a full ball on middle and leg stump, Jaffer tries to flick but doesn't lean into the shot properly, he spoons a comfortable catch to Pietersen at square leg, England have their first wicket 38/147.2 caught! Anderson gives Karthik another full ball outside off stump, he moves forward and drives away from his body, the outside edge flies straight to Collingwood who takes a waist-high catch at second slip 145/513.5 gone, leg before! Dravid doesnt move the feet, pushing at a straight one that comes on from outside off stump, striking him marginally outside the line and after a brief thought Simon Taufel raises the finger of fate, thats a big wicket! 55/224.5 and Monty gets his man again! Look at those celebrations! In the same manner as in his Test debut at Nagpur, Monty tosses it up on off stump, and its the arm ball, Tendulkar gets forward, the bat stays behind the pad, he gets struck in line in front of about off stump, Monty and Co. belt out an appeal and after a thought Steve Bucknor raises the dreaded finger! Thats out! 84/344.6 Sidebottom strikes early! He pitches the ball around off stump, Ganguly played for the one that swings away from the left-hander but the ball held its line and angled into him, he was caught on the crease and hit on top of the front pad in front off middle and off stump, Steve Bucknor sends Ganguly on his way with a good decision 143/475.6 bowled him! Tremlett pitches the ball on a good length outside off stump and jags the ball back into Laxman who plays the ball from the crease, there's a large gap between bat and pad and Tremlett finds it and hits the top of off and middle stump 231/682.6 Sidebottom gets his man, the full ball pitches on middle stump and swings back into Kumble who stays on his crease and pushes forward in defense, the ball hits him on the pad in front of middle stump, Bucknor takes his time but eventually raises the finger, Sidebottom is delighted for he's been looking to dismiss Kumble in this fashion 247/787.5 gone! Zaheer swivels and chases a short-pitched delivery down leg and gets a tickle on it, the ball brushing the underside of the glove as he rolled the wrists on it, and Prior is all too happy to accept the catch, England two away from victory 254/890.6 bowled 'em! Monty tosses it up generously, holding it back in the air just a second, its a slower one that dips on RP, who loses his marbles and comes out with an ugly swipe across the line, only to miss the flight completely and the ball crashes into timber! Just the one wicket to get for England 263/9Extras25 (b 13, lb 5, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL282/9 (96 Overs, RR: 2.93, 414 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Wasim Jaffer, 10.3 ov), 2-55 (Rahul Dravid, 13.5 ov), 3-84 (Sachin Tendulkar, 24.5 ov), 4-143 (Sourav Ganguly, 44.6 ov), 5-145 (Dinesh Karthik, 47.2 ov), 6-231 (VVS Laxman, 75.6 ov), 7-247 (Anil Kumble, 82.6 ov), 8-254 (Zaheer Khan, 87.5 ov), 9-263 (RP Singh, 90.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJ Sidebottom 19 4 42 2 2.21 0 0 JM Anderson 25 4 83 2 3.32 2 0 CT Tremlett 21 5 52 3 2.47 0 1 MS Panesar 26 7 63 2 2.42 0 0 PD Collingwood 1 0 6 0 6 0 0 MP Vaughan 4 0 18 0 4.5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 15.40-16.00, Close 18.30
Match days
19,20,21,22,23 July 2007 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 19 Jul - day 1 - England 1st innings 268/4 (KP Pietersen 34*, RJ Sidebottom 0*, 80.3 ov)
- Fri, 20 Jul - day 2 - India 1st innings 145/4 (SC Ganguly 25*, RP Singh 5*, 57 ov)
- Sat, 21 Jul - day 3 - England 2nd innings 77/2 (MP Vaughan 16*, KP Pietersen 15*, 27 ov)
- Sun, 22 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 137/3 (KD Karthik 56*, SC Ganguly 36*, 41 ov)
- Mon, 23 Jul - day 5 - India 2nd innings 282/9 (96 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- India: 150 runs in 49.2 overs (298 balls), Extras 17
- Drinks: India - 166/5 in 54.0 overs (VVS Laxman 9, MS Dhoni 7)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (VVS Laxman 24, MS Dhoni 21, Ex 5)
- India: 200 runs in 67.3 overs (407 balls), Extras 17
- Lunch: India - 207/5 in 69.0 overs (VVS Laxman 29, MS Dhoni 28)
- New Ball Taken: India 241/6 after 80.1 overs (MS Dhoni 44, A Kumble 1)
- Drinks: India - 247/7 in 83.0 overs (MS Dhoni 47)
- India: 250 runs in 85.2 overs (515 balls), Extras 25
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 120 balls (6 x 4)
- Bad Light: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- Tea: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- Bad Light: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- Rain: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- Wet Ground: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- Rain: India - 282/9 in 96.0 overs (MS Dhoni 76, S Sreesanth 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 138 balls (MP Vaughan 26, KP Pietersen 23, Ex 3)
- England: 100 runs in 35.5 overs (216 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: England - 119/4 in 39.0 overs (KP Pietersen 34, IR Bell 5)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 88 balls (7 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 46.5 overs (282 balls), Extras 11
- Lunch: England - 161/5 in 52.0 overs (KP Pietersen 62, MJ Prior 10)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (KP Pietersen 35, MJ Prior 15, Ex 0)
- England: 200 runs in 58.1 overs (350 balls), Extras 11
- KP Pietersen: 100 off 148 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 128 balls (KP Pietersen 71, MJ Prior 31, Ex 0)
- England: 250 runs in 65.2 overs (393 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: England - 251/5 in 66.0 overs (KP Pietersen 120, MJ Prior 42)
- India 2nd innings
- India: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 51/1 in 13.0 overs (KD Karthik 29, R Dravid 8)
- Drinks: India - 90/3 in 27.0 overs (KD Karthik 43, SC Ganguly 4)
- India: 100 runs in 29.1 overs (175 balls), Extras 10
- Tea: India - 0/0
- KD Karthik: 50 off 101 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (KD Karthik 14, SC Ganguly 34, Ex 2)
- End Of Day: India - 137/3 in 41.0 overs (KD Karthik 56, SC Ganguly 36)
- India: 150 runs in 59.1 overs (357 balls), Extras 13
- Drinks: India - 175/7 in 69.5 overs (VVS Laxman 7)
- India: 200 runs in 77.1 overs (467 balls), Extras 15
- England 2nd innings
- Lunch: England - 8/0 in 2.0 overs (AJ Strauss 0, AN Cook 8)
- Rain: England - 8/0 in 2.0 overs (AJ Strauss 0, AN Cook 8)
- Wet Ground: England - 8/0 in 2.0 overs (AJ Strauss 0, AN Cook 8)
- England: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (99 balls), Extras 9
- Rain: England - 54/2 in 18.4 overs (MP Vaughan 3, KP Pietersen 7)
- Tea: England - 54/2 in 18.4 overs (MP Vaughan 3, KP Pietersen 7)
- Wet Ground: England - 54/2 in 18.4 overs (MP Vaughan 3, KP Pietersen 7)
- Rain: England - 54/2 in 18.4 overs (MP Vaughan 3, KP Pietersen 7)
- Wet Ground: England - 54/2 in 18.4 overs (MP Vaughan 3, KP Pietersen 7)
- End Of Day: England - 77/2 in 27.0 overs (MP Vaughan 16, KP Pietersen 15)
- Rain: England - 268/4 in 80.3 overs (KP Pietersen 34, RJ Sidebottom 0)
- New Ball Taken: England 272/4 after 82.4 overs (KP Pietersen 37, RJ Sidebottom 1)
- India 1st innings
- Tea: India - 36/2 in 16.0 overs (W Jaffer 21, SR Tendulkar 4)
- India: 50 runs in 22.2 overs (135 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 76/2 in 30.0 overs (W Jaffer 37, SR Tendulkar 25)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 114 balls (W Jaffer 25, SR Tendulkar 25, Ex 3)
- India: 100 runs in 34.4 overs (209 balls), Extras 11
- W Jaffer: 50 off 100 balls (7 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 113/3 in 44.0 overs (W Jaffer 52, SC Ganguly 6)
- End Of Day: India - 145/4 in 57.0 overs (SC Ganguly 25, RP Singh 5)
- England 1st innings
- England: 50 runs in 8.4 overs (53 balls), Extras 9
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (AJ Strauss 18, AN Cook 23, Ex 9)
- Drinks: England - 76/0 in 14.0 overs (AJ Strauss 29, AN Cook 36)
- England: 100 runs in 20.2 overs (123 balls), Extras 12
- Lunch: England - 115/1 in 28.0 overs (AJ Strauss 43, MP Vaughan 23)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 122 balls (AJ Strauss 20, MP Vaughan 29, Ex 4)
- AJ Strauss: 50 off 109 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 150 runs in 39.4 overs (243 balls), Extras 18
- Drinks: England - 152/1 in 41.0 overs (AJ Strauss 57, MP Vaughan 41)
- MP Vaughan: 50 off 118 balls (9 x 4)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 220 balls (AJ Strauss 42, MP Vaughan 52, Ex 8)
- Tea: England - 197/1 in 57.0 overs (AJ Strauss 84, MP Vaughan 57)
- England: 200 runs in 58.3 overs (357 balls), Extras 20
- Bad Light: England - 233/2 in 70.1 overs (MP Vaughan 76, KP Pietersen 3)
- Bad Light: England - 247/2 in 74.1 overs (MP Vaughan 78, KP Pietersen 15)
- England: 250 runs in 74.6 overs (457 balls), Extras 22
- Bad Light: England - 268/4 in 80.3 overs (KP Pietersen 34, RJ Sidebottom 0)
- End Of Day: England - 268/4 in 80.3 overs (KP Pietersen 34, RJ Sidebottom 0)
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