| 2.1 : 2.1: U Yadav to Jennings, FOUR! First boundary of the day for England! Fuller and coming in on the pads, Jennings just clips it off his pads down across the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 4.1: U Yadav to Cook, FOUR! A tad short and Alastair Cook has put it away. Around off, not much venom on it, so the southpaw rises on his toes and cracks it through cover-point to find the fence. |
| 4.5 : 4.5: U Yadav to Cook, FOUR! He will put them away all day long! Umesh really needs to get his radar more accurate. Fires it on the pads, Cook flicks it neatly through the mid-wicket region and that will be a boundary. |
| 8.5: R Ashwin to Cook, OUT! Bold move indeed! What an absolute beauty from Ravi Ashwin! Superb. Superb. It's the big wicket of Alastair Cook too. The offie comes from around the wicket and provides a lot of revs as he tosses it up on middle. Cook covers the line, thinking it will spin slightly. Doesn't account for the massive turn and gets undone by it. The ball goes past the outside edge and knocks the bails over. First strike for India. |
| 9.2 : 9.2: I Sharma to Jennings, FOUR! Edged and away! Not a bad delivery at all, Ishant serves it on a length on off. It goes away late and squares Jennings up. Off the edge and it races away down to the third man fence. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: I Sharma to Root, FOUR! Too straight in line and it's put away! Shorter on the hips, Root tickles it fine down the leg side for an easy boundary. |
| 11.2 : 11.2: I Sharma to Root, FOUR! Loose ball again. Too much swing, coming in on the pads, no problem from skipper Joe Root to flick it fine. Beats fine leg and gets it across the boundary line. |
| 15.6 : 15.6: M Shami to Root, FOUR! All about the timing on that. Elegant stuff from the English Test skipper. Length delivery outside off, Root opens the face of the bat and runs it past short third man for a boundary. |
| 19.2 : 19.2: M Shami to Jennings, FOUR! Shot. A little bit of width and it's put away well by Jennings. Outside off, it's fiercely cut away square through point for a rocketing boundary. |
| 20.4 : 20.4: U Yadav to Root, FOUR! Too much room offered and Root's put it away. Lovely footwork to adjust. Gets himself on the back foot early and cracks the cut through point, beating third man to the fence. |
| 25.3 : 25.3: H Pandya to Jennings, FOUR! Very well played. Full and fired outside off, Jennings drives this uppishly through the vacant point region. Nobody out there in the deep as well, so it will race away to the boundary line. |
| 35.1 : 35.1: M Shami to Jennings, OUT! How unlucky! Perhaps, this is the luck India need. Shami comes and delivers on his very first ball. This is a back of a length all on middle and off. Jennings tries to block it down but gets a faint inside edge to it. The ball goes through his legs, spins and goes on to do just enough for the bails to fall. Jennings looks back in disappointment but there is nothing he can do. India celebrate. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: M Shami to Malan, FOUR! Poor ball and Malan gets his first boundary. Short and down leg, no real bounce on it showing the nature of the pitch. Dawid pulls this fine through fine leg to the fence. |
| 38.2 : 38.2: R Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Edge and races away to the fence. 6000 Test runs for Joe Root. Whaaatttaaa plaayyaaa! Not the best way he would have liked to get it but will take. Root rocks back and looks to cut this ball, gets a thick outside edge and the ball flies past Rahane at first slip to the fence. |
| 39.3 : 39.3: Shami to Malan, OUT! Impact is umpire's call and the decision stands! India are starting to claw their way back in this game now. Shami continues from around the wicket and angles it in from outside off. Gets some heavy movement and catches Dawid Malan on the pads. Big shout and the finger goes up. The southpaw though, after speaking with his partner, decides to take it upstairs. Replays roll in and they show that the ball is just clipping the bails. So Malan is gone. Shami has been good w |
| 40.5 : 40.5: R Ashwin to Joe Root, FOUR! Full toss and nicely timed through covers. Ashwin misses his length and gives Root a low full toss. Joe gets forward and drives it neatly towards extra covers for a boundary. |
| 44.2 : 44.2: I Sharma to Bairstow, FOUR! Classic! over corrects his length and pitches it on the up outside off, Bairstow leans forwards and drives it through covers for a boundary. |
| 47.1 : 47.1: U Yadav to Root, FOUR! Angles this onto the pads of Root who uses his wrists and flicks it away to the vacant deep square leg region for a boundary. Easy pickings. |
| 48.2 : 48.2: R Ashwin to Bairstow, FOUR! A little too full from around the wicket and Ashwin is punished. On the stumps, Bairstow plants his front foot forward and lofts it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 51.5 : 51.5: H Pandya to J Bairstow, Edged and FOUR! Bairstow doing that for the second time since he's come on. Needs to be a tad more careful. Maybe Kohli needs to take third slip a little wider? Or reposition gully. Full and outside off, Bairstow drives away from his body and gets a thick edge which flies down and across the third man boundary. |
| 54.1 : 54.1: M Shami to J Bairstow, An edgy FOUR! This one keeps a little low as it lands on a length around off, Bairstow hangs his bat out and gets an outside edge, which races past second slip. Boundary results. |
| 55.5 : 55.5: H Pandya to Root, FOUR! Too full and angling into the pads, Root is too good a player to not punish this. He leans across a touch and flicks it ever so well through mid-wicket. Even beats the man out in the deep. Superb timing. |
| 55.6 : 55.6: H Pandya to Root, FOUR! Poor end to the over from Hardik as he lets out consecutive boundaries. Short and down the leg side, Root just helps it on its way to the fine leg fence. |
| 56.6: M Shami to J Bairstow, FOUR! Beautiful shot from Bairstow! That was a boundary the moment it left the bat. Full outside off, Jonny drives it right off the meat and finds the gap through the cover region. No stopping that one. |
| 58.5 : 58.5: M Shami to Bairstow, FOUR! Short of a length outside off, some width on offer which Bairstow uses to his full advantage. Flays it over point and finds the fence. |
| 61.2 : 61.2: H Pandya to Bairstow, FOUR! Too full, too straight, too easy for Jonny Bairstow. He comfortably drives it past mid on and finds the boundary line. 18th Test fifty for Jonny Bairstow. Splendid knock so far. |
| 61.3 : 61.3: H Pandya to Bairstow, FOUR! Back-to-back boundaries for him. Teaser outside off, well away from his body but Bairstow has good hands. Sees the ball well and hits it through cover-point for another boundary. |
| 62.2 : 62.2: R Ashwin to Bairstow, FOUR! The 100-run stand is up. These two are powering England away to a commanding position. Floated across outside off, Bairstow gets bat on ball and gets a thick edge. It goes down to third man and a boundary results. |
| 62.3 : 62.3: R Ashwin to Root, OUT! JOE ROOT IS RUN OUT! A wicket against the run of play and it's all because of the athleticism of the Indian skipper Virat Kohli. Bairstow works this through mid-wicket and both batsmen set off quickly. They want the second, rush for it but Kohli is quick to the ball. He picks it up, turns and fires it at the bowler's end and actually scores a direct hit from a long distance. Unreal. Credit to Ashwin too, he knows where the ball's headed so doesn't touch it at all. Ev |
| 65.6 : 65.6: U Yadav to Bairstow, OUT! He's dragged it on! Oh, that's a big wicket. He was just taking the game away from the Indians but Umesh Yadav just comes up with a rabbit out of the hat. This is a huge wicket. Back of a length, too close for Bairstow to cut and he's done in. Gets an inside edge back onto the stumps and the fielding side is ecstatic. |
| 66.4 : 66.4: R Ashwin to Buttler, OUT! Now Buttler is gone! This is plumb. India are well and truly back into the this game. Ashwin loops it up around off, it's quite slow through the air as it turns back in and catches Buttler on the knee roll who looks to work it across the line. Big appeal, the finger goes up and Jos doesn't even bother with the review. He know what the outcome's going to be. |
| 67.1 : 67.1: U Yadav to Stokes, FOUR! Beautifully played by Ben Stokes. Umesh angles in a full delivery on middle and leg, flicked through square leg. The placement is good, it's past the square leg fielder to the boundary. |
| 69.5 : 69.5: M Shami to Stokes, FOUR! Very full and quite straight, Stokes without any trouble flicks it away through mid-wicket and says thank you as he finds the boundary easily. |
| 74.1 : 74.1: Ashwin to Stokes, OUT! A poor poor shot from Stokes and it has lead to his downfall. A short ball on middle and leg from Ashwin, Stokes had a lot of time to play it anywhere, maybe too much time. He looks to turn it to the on side and gets a leading edge straight to Ashwin. He moves to his left and accepts it with glee. So many hopes were relying on him but he has failed yet again. |
| 77.1: H Pandya to Sam Curran, FOUR! Full and wide outside off, Curran leans forward and drives it handsomely through covers for a boundary. |
| 77.6 : 77.6: H Pandya to Curran, FOUR! Shot! Curran is full of confidence. Sees the loose ball outside off and cuts this in the gap through covers for a boundary. |
| 78.2 : 78.2: R Ashwin to Rashid, FOUR! A outswinger from Ashwin. Gets the ball to move the other way and Rashid picks it up well. Guides it late past the first slip fielder to the third man fence. |
| 78.3 : 78.3: R Ashwin to Rashid, FOUR! He is no rookie with the bat. Charges down this loopy ball and flicks it aerially over square leg for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 79.4 : 79.4: I Sharma to Curran, FOUR! Excellent! All timing on that! That's a shot any batsman would be proud of. Stays back and punches it to the gap through covers for a boundary. Holds his pose for the camera men to do their work. |
| 83.1 : 83.1: I Sharma to Rashid, OUT! Plumb! It is not going down leg and Ishant Sharma provides the breakthrough. Lands this on a good length and it comes back into Rashid. Perhaps done by the pace and the ball strikes him on his pad. The Indians appeal but the umpire stays put. Sharma looks confident and asks Kohli to take it up. Replays roll and show us three reds. A stubborn partnership is finally broken. Will India get them all out today? |
| 84.2 : 84.2: R Ashwin to Broad, OUT! Brilliant from Ashwin! This one comes back in and that is what does Broad in. Tosses this one up around off and it spins back in. Broad plays for the spin and gets hit on his pads. An easy decision for Aleem Dar and Broad walks back. The end is nigh for England. |
| 89.4 : 89.4: M Shami to Curran, OUT! Inswing, inswing and then an outswing which produces the edge. No fifer for Ashwin but a good bowling performance from Shami. Serves this outside off, it moves away, Curran flirts with it and gets an edge which Karthik doesn't drop. ENGLAND ARE ALL OUT FOR 287. |
| 1.5 : 1.5: S Broad to Vijay, FOUR! Classic! First of the Indian innings. Overpitched ball on middle and leg, Vijay stands tall and just punches this down the ground. The mid on fielder hares to stop the ball but only comes second best. |
| 5.2 : 5.2: S Broad to S Dhawan, FOUR! Shot! A very good shot from Dhawan, the classic cover drive. Leans ahead to this overpitched ball outside off and creams it through covers. The ball races away to the fence. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: S Broad to Vijay, FOUR! Sweet! Right off the middle. Pitched up ball outside off, Vijay gets behind the ball and drives it through cover-point for a boundary. No body bothers chasing that one. |
| 8.2 : 8.2: J Anderson to Dhawan, FOUR! Off line and gets punished. Dhawan will put that away all day long. Serves this on the leg side, Dhawan keeps his head strong and flicks it away through square leg for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Sam Curran to Vijay, FOUR! Beauty! Leans ahead and creases this in the gap through the cover region. Root runs behind it but cannot stop the ball from reaching the fence. Boundary. Solid start from the visitors. |
| 10.4 : 10.4: J Anderson to Vijay, Straightening up on leg, Vijay easily picks it off his pads and flicks it down to fine leg for a boundary. |
| 13.4: Sam Curran to Vijay, OUT! GONE! Sam Curran draws first blood for England. Good decision from Joe Root on this occasion. It's on a length on middle and leg, straightens up after landing and then raps Vijay on the front pad who misses his defense. Big shout, but the umpire doesn't bother with it. After some deliberation, Root decides to review it and takes it upstairs. Replays come in and they show that Vijay is caught flush in front of stumps. Red on all three boxes and he's out of here. |
| 13.5 : 13.5: Sam Curran to Rahul, FOUR! Off the mark in a streaky manner! Sam with a length ball on off, Rahul hangs his bat out in defense and gets a thick edge which runs down to third man. Boundary results. |
| 13.6 : 13.6: Sam Curran to Rahul, OUT! Second of the over from Sam Curran. A poor shot really from KL Rahul. It's just your second ball, got to avoid it. Full and fires outside off, angling across, Rahul goes for the expansive drive through the covers but gets a big inside edge. Drags it back onto his stumps and they're shattered. Big turnaround for England after a fantastic start for India. |
| 15.3 : 15.3: Sam Curran to S Dhawan, Edged and FOUR! Full ball, swinging away on off, Dhawan closes the face early and gets a big edge. It flies well past the third slip fielder and races to the third man fence. Curran is bowling with some serious pace. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Sam Curran to S Dhawan, OUT! And Sam Curran strikes again. His third of the morning and he's ripped through the Indian top order. Absolutely stunning bowling from the left-armer. Again, good pace on this as he pitches it around off, makes it go away and this time he draws the edge as Dhawan goes for the drive. Straight into the hands of Dawid Malan at second slip who takes a good catch. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! This is the one that goes away. Kohli picks it up quickly, positions himself well and opens the face to dab it past the slip cordon. Easy boundary for him. |
| 21.1 : 21.1: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! First one of the session! Kohli will now play more openly rather than just hitting the loose balls. Gets forward to this full pitched ball and cuts it to the third man region for a boundary. |
| 21.3 : 21.3: Ben Stokes to V Kohli, FOUR! Class! There is something about Kohli's cover drive. Reaches out to the pitch of the ball and creams this through covers for a boundary. |
| 24.2 : 24.2: J Anderson to Kohli, Edged but just short. The battle is living up to it. On a good length on that fourth stump line. Kohli pokes at it but plays it with soft hands. The ball falls just short of the second slip fielder. |
| 27.3 : 27.3: Ben Stokes to Rahane, FOUR! Well played! That's the thing about Rahane. He plays the ball very late outside Asia and that's why he is such a success. Once again on this occasion waits for the ball and cuts it past the gully fielder towards third man for a boundary. That also brings up the 100 for the visitors. |
| 27.4 : 27.4: Ben Stokes to Rahane, OUT! He's gone! Just when we were praising Rahane he holes out. On a good length outside off, the ball bounces little more than usual. Rahane is not fully into his late cut and hangs his bat outside. He gets a thick edge to it and the ball flies to Jennings at third slip. He collects the ball at chest height and joins in the celebration. The umpires make Rahane wait as they want to check the no ball but Stokes does well. The trail still, 187. What's next for India? Di |
| 29.2 : 29.2: Stokes to D Karthik, OUT! Bowled 'em! Karthik's return to the Test side is not a good one. Leaves a big gap between bat and pad, so big that even Rishabh Pant could fit in it and it creates his downfall. Good length ball around off, the ball jags back in through the gate and goes on to hit the middle stump. Karthik looks back to see what he has done. That's the 100th wicket for Ben Stokes in Test cricket. Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya walks out to replace him. |
| 33.2: Ben Stokes to H Pandya, FOUR! Deliberately done! Nice from Pandya. Sees the ball outside off, plays the ball away from his body though but hits it in the gap through gully from a boundary. |
| 33.3 : 33.3: Ben Stokes to Pandya, FOUR! Great! Similar shot and through the same region. Waits for the ball to come to him and cuts it through gully for back-to-back boundaries. |
| 38.3: S Broad to Kohli, FOUR! Could watch that all day and all night long! Beautiful timing from Virat Kohli. Fuller outside off, he drives this on the up and pierces the gap through the covers for a boundary. |
| 38.6 : 38.6: S Broad to Kohli, FOUR! Good end to the over. Sprays it on the pads, all Kohli needs to do is tickle it on its way and he does that. Gets it across the fine leg fence and that's a boundary. |
| 41.6: Sam Curran to Pandya, FOUR! In the air but that's just short. Not far away at all. Fuller on off, Pandya wrists this towards mid on albeit aerially. Broad there dives to his right, but the ball just falls in front of him and goes through him to the fence. |
| 42.2 : 42.2: S Broad to Kohli, FOUR! As sweet as butter. Full outside off, Kohli opens the face of the bat and drives it square through point for a boundary. With that, surprisingly, this is Kohli highest score in England in Tests. A bit unbelievable, isn't it? |
| 42.5 : 42.5: S Broad to Kohli, FOUR! Poor line from Broad and he's paid the price. On the pads, Kohli moves inside the line and flicks it fine down the leg side past Buttler, and easily sends it across the boundary line. |
| 45.6 : 45.6: Curran to Pandya, OUT! A toe-crusher from Curran. Literally. What a delivery. Wow. I asked early if he's the one to do it. Well, he is. Producing a repeat performance from the morning. Fires in an inswinging yorker on middle, it comes in and strikes Pandya on the toes. Big appeal and the finger goes up. Hardik reviews it, a desperate attempt for sure, because this looks plumb from everywhere. And replays show just that. A solid partnership of 48 comes to an end. Kohli will run out of partn |
| 46.3 : 46.3: Ben Stokes to Ashwin, FOUR! Fifty for Virat Kohli! Thoroughly deserved. Captain leading from the front. He's the only batsman who's look assured out there today for the Indians. He opens the face of the bat and runs it down to third man for a boundary. |
| 47.5 : 47.5: Sam Curran to Ashwin, FOUR! A risky stroke but Ashwin has executed that well. Inswinging yorker on off, Ashwin opens the face of the bat and squeezes it out past gully for a boundary. |
| 48.6 : 48.6: J Anderson to V Kohli, FOUR! Soft outside edge this time. Kohli plays at a length ball away from his body with a loose bottom hand. It takes the outer half of the bat and screams past the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 49.1 : 49.1: Sam Curran to Ashwin, FOUR! Very much intentional from Ashwin. This is how he bats. Always looks to score off loose deliveries. Curran has offered width wide outside off, shorter in length, Ashwin lifts it over the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 50.3 : 50.3: J Anderson to Ashwin, OUT! The King of Swing has finally opened his account. And he does so with a beautiful inswinger. Dishes it out around off, Ashwin plays the original but the inward movement means that he ends up playing inside the line. Misses the ball completely and it goes on to rattle the stumps. Beautiful bowling. Ashwin departs without contributing much. India trail by 117 runs. |
| 51.2 : 51.2: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! Another delivery around middle and leg, the pace is a gentle one and not enough movement. Kohli flicks it in front of square leg and this time beats the fielder in the deep. |
| 54.1 : 54.1: J Anderson to M Shami, OUT! Dawid Malan redeems himself with a catch. Looks at the heavens. He has relief written all over his face. Anderson dishes out a length ball outside off, holding its line, Shami gets forward attempting a drive, not too sure whether through the line or across the line, anyway that would not matter as the ball has found the edge of the bat. It flies behind and Malan at second slip stretches his hands to his left to claim the catch. India's trail is still over 100 an |
| 57.1: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! Those wrists of steel! Curran overpitches in the greed to achieve extra movement. Gets a bit of inswing going but Kohli has the line and movement covered. Takes a stride forward and flicks it past the left side of the mid-wicket fielder for a glorious boundary. |
| 57.2 : 57.2: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! Kohli was trying this shot for some time and finally manages to get it through the gap. There is width on offer outside off, Virat plays it late and with soft hands past the right side of the gully fielder. No stopping this one. |
| 63.4 : 63.4: A Rashid to Sharma, OUT! Ishant Sharma is trapped in front. They appeal and the finger goes up. No DRS taken. Strangely. Rashid serves a googly, landing full around off and spinning in sharply. Ishant ain't forward to this, tries blocking from the crease but is beaten. It hits him on the pads, they appeal and the finger is up. Ishant is distraught and straightaway starts to walk to the pavilion. Hang on, the replays show that it's missing leg. Have India missed a trick? Why didn't Kohli st |
| 64.5 : 64.5: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! Here it is, the elusive century for Virat Kohli in England. A knock of determination. Not a chanceless one but he has shown tremendous character. England will be hurting. A short of a length ball outside off, Kohli strokes it square of the wicket and it speeds through. The fielder in the deep tries to stop it with a dive but misses. Kohli has a big smile on his face. Raises his finger and kisses his engagement ring. Thanking his lady luck. |
| 64.6 : 64.6: Ben Stokes to V Kohli, FOUR. |
| 66.5 : 66.5: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! Short and angling down, Kohli with a little swivel pulls it down to fine leg. The man in the deep moves to his right but can't get to it. Boundary. All vital runs for India. |
| 69.1 : 69.1: A Rashid to Kohli, FOUR! Shot! Flighted full ball around off, Kohli goes with the spin and blazes it over extra cover. There is a long off in place but he has no chance of cutting it off. |
| 70.2 : 70.2: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! Stylish! A good length ball outside off, Kohli keeps his weight on the back leg and plays a fluent inside-out shot over extra cover. The fielder chases it but the ball wins the race. |
| 70.4 : 70.4: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! Nails it! Short in length around middle, Kohli stands tall inside the crease and nails his pull shot through square leg. It's England vs Kohli at the moment. 250 up! Deficit is 36 only. |
| 72.1 : 72.1: Ben Stokes to Kohli, FOUR! What a shot! Kohli continues to go great guns. Stokes delivers a length ball outside off, Virat is forward with a big stride and spanks it over covers for a boundary. |
| 73.5 : 73.5: A Rashid to V Kohli, FOUR! The field came up for this delivery and Kohli makes full use of it. Receives the short ball from the crease and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 73.6 : 73.6: A Rashid to Kohli, FOUR! 50-run stand comes up, deficit is under 20 now. A quicker one down the leg side, Virat kneels down and paddles it fine down the leg side for a boundary. |
| 75.5 : 75.5: A Rashid to Kohli, SIX! This has gone all the way. Virat moves to 149! Rashid slows this one up and serves it on the shorter side around middle. Kohli goes deep inside the crease and muscles it over long on for a biggie. |
| 75.6 : 75.6: A Rashid to Kohli, OUT! Absolutely against the run of play! Virat Kohli falls but he has not let India fall in this Test match. A brilliant 149 from him and England have managed just a 13-run lead. Rashid delivers a short ball outside off, Kohli camps back to play the square cut but ends up hitting it straight into the hands of Broad at backward point. He takes the catch and runs in joy towards the bowler. A standing ovation for the Indian skipper as he leaves the field. His wife Anushka S |
| 1.2 : 1.2: R Ashwin to K Jennings, FOUR! This is a poor delivery. Ashwin bowls this one full and wide outside off, Keaton reaches out for it and strokes it through covers for a boundary. |
| 3.4 : 3.4: Ashwin to Cook, OUT! Sound of timber! Action replay, Cook has been served the exact same menu to which he got out in the first innings! Ashwin has got Cook's number, has dismissed him 9 times in Tests now. Plenty of drift on this one as it lands on middle and spins away. Cook is forward in defense, tries to play the trajectory but is beaten by the turn. It goes past the outside half of his bat and hits the top of off stump. The Indian players are jumping up and down in celebration. They cer |
| 7.4: R Ashwin to Jennings, OUT! This was coming! Superbly bowled by Ashwin. He gives this one a good toss in the air and lands it full around off. Jennings has no option but to play at it as it's drifting in. He leans forward to defend with a straight bat but to his bad luck it spins away and takes the outside edge. KL Rahul at second slip stretches his hands to right and catches a sharp catch. Early success for India. England lead by 31 runs and have both their openers back in the hut. On this |
| 8.3 : 8.3: M Shami to Malan, EDGY FOUR! Malan though did well to play it with soft hands. A length ball angling back into the batsman from around off, Dawid plays it late and close to his body. It takes the outside edge and runs past the slip cordon for a boundary. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: R Ashwin to Root, FOUR! Ashwin stays over the wicket for the right-hander also. Bowls it short and around off, turning back in, Root immediately pushes his weight on the back foot and slaps it through covers for a boundary. |
| 15.1 : 15.1: R Ashwin to Root, OUT! Massive breakthrough for the touring team. Ashwin has hunted down the big fish this time. Talk about the catch. Tremendous reflexes shown by KL Rahul. He has taken yet another sharp catch. He is up and running in celebration. Root also starts to walk after looking down for a moment. The umpire has a little word with the English skipper, maybe on what exactly happened. Seems Root is sure that the catch is taken cleanly as he keeps on walking. Big blow to England. Comi |
| 16.2 : 16.2: M Shami to Malan, FOUR! Good control from Malan. Shami bangs it short from around the wicket and brings it in, Malan uses the angle to swivel inside and pulls it through backward square leg for a boundary. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: M Shami to Bairstow, FOUR! Shot! Boundary to end the over and the 50 comes up for England. Overpitched around off from over the wicket, Jonny Bairstow drives it nicely through the covers and finds the fence. |
| 19.4 : 19.4: R Ashwin to Bairstow, FOUR! Bang! Ashwin is on the shorter side outside off, turning back in, Bairstow goes deep inside the crease and whacks it square of the wicket on the off side for a boundary. |
| 22.3 : 22.3: I Sharma to Bairstow, FOUR! That's right in the gap. Superb shot from Jonny Bairstow. Length ball outside off, he cuts this through point and find the boundary line. Positive from Bairstow so far, important to not get too defensive. |
| 22.6 : 22.6: I Sharma to J Bairstow, FOUR! No third man and that's a boundary. Good way to end the over. Bairstow has some room to work with, he wastes no time in cutting this across the third man fence. Nicely done. |
| 26.2 : 26.2: I Sharma to Malan, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Ishant Sharma has been rewarded for the good bowling he's been doing so far. Totally on fire since the time he's come on, got the results for it with this wicket. Comes from around the wicket and angles in a length ball on off. It straightens up enough after landing, a little late and that does Dawid Malan in. He is squared up as he looks to flick and gets it off the leading edge towards Rahane at gully, who makes no mistake in taking that. England |
| 28.4 : 28.4: I Sharma to J Bairstow, FOUR! Almost dragged it on! A boundary results but he's lucky he's survived that. Back of a length close to off, Bairstow looks to cut but gets it off the inside edge past the off stump. Karthik dives to his left but can't stop it. |
| 30.2 : 30.2: I Sharma to J Bairstow, OUT! This time Ishant gets his man. That is an excellent catch from Shikhar Dhawan at first slip. Length delivery around off, shaping in and Bairstow hangs his bat inside the line. Gets a healthy edge which goes behind. Dhawan gets low to his right and collects it safely. Superb stuff. India in the driver's seat here. Mainly because they've got Jonny Bairstow, who's an excellent player of spin. England's lead is just two short of 100. |
| 30.4 : 30.4: I Sharma to Stokes, OUT! Ishant has another one. This is brilliant, brilliant bowling from the tall pacer. Terrific, terrific stuff. Comes from around the wicket and angles in a length ball on off. Much like Malan's wicket, this one also straightens up and gets Big Ben. He hangs his bat out to defend, edges it and it's taken by skipper Virat Kohli at at third slip, by diving low to his left. Ishant is screaming in joy, Kohli is all pumped up. India all over England like a rash. Also, it's |
| 30.6 : 30.6: I Sharma to Buttler, OUT! Another blow to England, Ishant has his third wicket in the over and has completely demolished the home team. What a spell! He worked hard initially and is finally getting the rewards. This one is more on the lines of a poor shot than a great delivery. Short and wide outside off, Buttler has the option to leave it but his natural instinct is always to go after the ball. He does that. Stays back inside the crease to flash his bat through the line. Gets a faint outs |
| 31.3 : 31.3: R Ashwin to Curran, FOUR! Once again the length is on the fuller side around off and Curran drives it straight back past the bowler for a boundary down the ground. Useful runs. |
| 34.6 : 34.6: I Sharma to Curran, FOUR! Well played! Ishant overpitches and Curran latches onto it like a hawk on its prey. Plays a full-blooded cover drive and it races away to the fence. |
| 37.3 : 37.3: M Shami to Curran, FOUR! Welcome boundary for England. Was that a chance? Yeah. But Dhawan fails to get any hand on it. Short in length and outside off, Curran stands back to slap it through the line but it takes the bottom edge and flies behind. Dhawan goes down low at first slip but it sneaks past his hands, maybe just brushed his fingers, before racing away. |
| 37.5 : 37.5: M Shami to Sam Curran, FOUR! Once again streaky! Shami darts in a length ball on off and gets it to straighten after landing, Curran gets completely squared up and edges it behind. Right through the slip cordon for another useful boundary. Lead is now 128! |
| 38.2 : 38.2: I Sharma to Curran, FOUR! Suddenly runs are coming thick and fast. As soon as Curran spots the room outside off, he throws his bat at it. The ball finds the outside edge but flies over the slip cordon for a boundary at third man. |
| 38.5 : 38.5: I Sharma to Rashid, FOUR! Well played! A pitched up ball outside off, Rashid went for the drive through the line, opened the face of the bat a bit and placed it through backward point. It sped through and finds the fence before the fielder in the deep got to it. |
| 39.5: R Ashwin to Sam Curran, FOUR! Fine shot! Curran spots the short delivery early, goes deep inside the crease and pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 44.4 : 44.4: Yadav to A Rashid, OUT! Right through the gate! A 135 kph delivery by Yadav. A rip-roaring one. He pitches it on a length around off, nipping in enough to breach Rashid's defense. It goes right through and uproots the off stump. A handy 48-run stand is open. Nicely set up by Umesh, bowled a couple of outswinger and then brought one in to dismiss Rashid. England lead by 148! |
| 46.6 : 46.6: U Yadav to Curran, FOUR! Curran has impressed a lot in this Test match. Useful runs with the bat in the first innings, a 4-fer with the ball and this knock can prove to be a potentially match winning one. Yadav offers width outside off, Sam keeps his eyes on the ball and weight on the back leg. He then uses his long reach to guide it down to third man for a boundary. |
| 47.4 : 47.4: R Ashwin to Curran, SIX! High and handsome! Sam Curran is earning a lot of fans here. He is down the track in a flash to a full ball and hammers it over the bowler's head for a biggie. |
| 47.5 : 47.5: R Ashwin to Curran, FOUR! Taking the attack to Ashwin. This time he stays back in anticipation of a quicker delivery. Ashwin sends across a flatter one on off and Curran thwacks it down the ground for a boundary at long on. |
| 49.2 : 49.2: I Sharma to Curran, SIX! Smoking hot! What a way to get your first Test fifty! He gives the charge to the bowler, it's on the shorter side around middle and off and Curran clubs it over extra cover for a biggie. Raises his bat and the crowd is giving him a warm ovation. Lead is now 180! |
| 51.6 : 51.6: I Sharma to S Broad, OUT! Miracle, Dhawan has taken a catch! It's a 5-wicket haul for Ishant Sharma, 8th in Tests and 2nd against England. Top effort. He pitches this one up outside off and gets it to shape away. Broad is sucked into a drive through the line with a straight bat but edges it behind to Dhawan. He makes no mistake at first slip and then gets up to do his trademark thigh-slap. Hmmm...doesn't look too good when you have been dropping those. Anyway, England lead by 189 runs. |
| 52.4 : 52.4: U Yadav to Sam Curran, FOUR! Up and over the infield. Back of a length ball around off, Curran stays back and powers his pull shot over mid on. He is batting like Virat Kohli did yesterday. |
| 52.6 : 52.6: U Yadav to Curran, OUT! ENGLAND ALL OUT FOR 180, SETTING A TARGET OF 194! Yadav angles across a back of a length ball outside off, Curran walks across a bit and then guides it behind towards Karthik. He catches the ball and then takes a needless tumble. End of a fantastic knock by Sam Curran, he though is disappointed in the manner he got out. The crowd is giving him a standing ovation. The young lad has kept England in the game. |
| 1.3 : 1.3: S Broad to Dhawan, FOUR! Shot! First of the innings. A positive intent from Shikhar and gets a boundary for it. Broad invites the drive around off, Dhawan leans ahead and creams it through covers to the fence. |
| 5.5 : 5.5: Broad to Vijay, OUT! Gone! Vijay is a dead duck! Broad gets another one to come back in and Vijay has to take the long walk back. Broad lands this around off, the ball jags back in sharply. Vijay shoulders his arms thinking the ball will move the other way. It goes on to hit him on the front leg. Broad appeals and the umpire raises his finger. Vijay has a chat with Dhawan but they opt not to take the review. And rightly so, since there was no shot offered the impact doesn't matter. And repl |
| 7.3 : 7.3: S Broad to S Dhawan, OUT! There it is! Broad finds Dhawan's nick and gets his second. Beautiful bowling this from Stuart. For Dhawan, a very similar dismissal like the first innings. Broad pitches this full and outside off, Dhawan takes a step forward and looks to drive this. Gets a healthy edge and Bairstow moves to his left to take a simple catch. Both the openers back in the hut now and India need 172 more to win. |
| 7.6 : 7.6: S Broad to Rahul, FOUR! Nice timing! This is a pitched up ball on middle and leg, Rahul flicks it away wristly through mid-wicket to the fence. |
| 9.5 : 9.5: S Broad to L Rahul, FOUR! Oh my god! What kind of an inside edge was that? Length ball around off, Rahul goes for the gentle push but gets a thick inside edge over the stumps, wide of Bairstow and to the fine leg fence. |
| 14.6 : 14.6: Ben Stokes to L Rahul, OUT! What a peach of a ball from Stokes! Squares up Rahul and gets the better of him. Like we mentioned before KL has a problem outside off but this time he cannot do anything about it. Ben bowls this on a good length from round the wicket. It pitches and moves away sharply. Rahul looks to tuck it away but gets an edge to the keeper. The umpire raises his finger and Rahul walks. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! Pure class! There is no stopping that. Pitched up outside off, Kohli leans in for the drive and creams it through covers. The ball races away. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Sam Curran to Kohli, FOUR! Minimal effort, maximum class! Shot from a man in form. Full and outside off, Kohli just connects bat with ball and like a sweet symphony, the ball just goes racing through the covers for a boundary. Beautiful. |
| 21.4 : 21.4: Sam Curran to Rahane, OUT! Sam Curran is continuing on with his fine form. Provides the breakthrough when it's needed. But, this wicket is largely down to Rahane's poor shot. It's a nothing delivery outside off, Rahane for some reason loosely feels for it and gets an under edge. It goes behind and Jonny Bairstow takes a low catch. He's up celebrating already but the umpire just wants to make sure if the catch was taken cleanly or not. He takes it upstairs and replays show that the catch is |
| 21.6 : 21.6: Sam Curran to Ashwin, FOUR! Perfect way to get off the mark. Too full and outside off, Ashwin leans into the shot and drives it crisply through the cover region for a boundary. |
| 23.4 : 23.4: Ben Stokes to Ashwin, FOUR! Superb shot. Second boundary for Ravi Ash. Bit too full and width offered outside off, Ashwin drives it square through point. Nobody there inside the ring or at the rope, so that's a sure boundary. |
| 24.2 : 24.2: J Anderson to R Ashwin, EDGY FOUR! Angling in at first and then seaming away, catches the outside edge of Ashwin's bat and flies wide of Jennings at wide third slip. No third man in place, so the ball will go away to the boundary line. |
| 24.3 : 24.3: J Anderson to Ashwin, OUT! Edged and gone this time! Anderson strikes, showing his magic yet again. Keeps it in the channel outside off, a hint of away movement as Ravichandran Ashwin feels for it. Gets a feather behind and Jonny Bairstow does the rest. The move to send him at no.6 has not worked. England on top here, piling the pressure on the Indians. |
| 24.6 : 24.6: J Anderson to Kohli, FOUR! Anderson errs in line and pays the price. Kohli moves inside the line, picks it off his hips and tickles it down across the fine leg fence for a boundary. |
| 27.2 : 27.2: Ben Stokes to Karthik, FOUR! This will do Karthik a lot of good. His first boundary of this Test. Full and outside off, DK drives this on the up and beautifully pierces the gap through the covers to send it across the boundary line. |
| 28.5 : 28.5: S Broad to Karthik, FOUR! Off the edge but Karthik played that with hard hands. Walked a step out of the crease to negate the movement probably and drove, only to get it off the edge past Jennings at third slip who couldn't stop it with a dive. It ran down to third man for a boundary. |
| 36.6 : 36.6: J Anderson to Karthik, OUT! Everything is fine in the replays and DK continues with his long walk back to the pavilion. Fantastic bowling by Anderson. Backs up the last inswinger with a delivery shaping away. Lands it close to the off stump line and keeps it on the shorter side. Karthik stays back to play the line but doesn't account for the away movement. It takes the outside edge and flies behind towards second slip. Dawid Malan there makes no mistake this time as he grabs a low catch in |
| 43.4 : 43.4: S Broad to Pandya, FOUR! Shot! Huge cheer from the Indian contingent in the crowd. Broad goes searching for the magical ball but ends up serving a juicy half-volley around off. Pandya brings down a straight bat and drives it crisply down the ground for a glorious boundary. Confidence-booster! |
| 44.4: J Anderson to Kohli, FOUR! 17th fifty for Virat Kohli. India's hope is going strong. Anderson once again is too straight in his line to the Indian skipper. Kohli moves across and tickles it fine down the leg side for a boundary. Not any celebration, he is focused, knows that the job is not done yet. 61 more needed. |
| 45.1 : 45.1: S Broad to Pandya, FOUR! Sublime! Broad once again overpitches outside off, Pandya takes a little stride forward, doesn't look to hit it hard and just caresses it through the line. It goes past the bowler and the left side of the mid off fielder for a boundary. |
| 45.3 : 45.3: S Broad to Pandya, FOUR! Another boundary for India! The target is reducing every minute and England will start to feel the heat. An inswinger by Broad around off, Pandya gets forward and across before clipping it with beautiful timing through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 46.3: Stokes to Kohli, OUT! Stokes has struck gold! Massive, massive moment in the game. Kohli trudges off the ground. He is getting a standing ovation though. Knowing him, he will be deeply disappointed. It was a good delivery to be honest. Stokes surprises the Indian skipper with an inswinger. It jags back in from around off, Kohli plants his front foot forward and across as he attempts to flick it. Misses the ball completely to get rapped on the pads and they let out a huge cry for an lbw. Um |
| 46.6 : 46.6: Ben Stokes to Shami, OUT! Stokes with the double strike and this leaves India reeling in some serious trouble. Edgbaston roars in unison along with Ben Stokes. Back of a length, Big Ben hits the deck hard and angles it in on off, Shami hangs his bat to defend and the edge is drawn. It goes behind and Jonny Bairstow completes the formalities. 53 runs runs still to win, only two wickets in hand. Hardik Pandya is the last remaining hope for India. It's all going down in Birmingham. |
| 48.2 : 48.2: Ben Stokes to Sharma, FOUR! Well played, Ishant! A length ball outside off, Sharma stays back to play at it with an angled bat. Gets it away from the sweet spot of the bat as it races down past gully for a boundary. Under 50 needed now for India! |
| 48.4 : 48.4: Ben Stokes to Sharma, FOUR! Another boundary down to third man. Surely, Root will be thinking now to put a fielder there. Ishant though was in no control this time. Stokes bangs it in short, takes Sharma by surprise with the extra lift. The tall batsman fends at it and it flies off the splice of the bat. Goes over gully and speeds away to the fence. |
| 49.6 : 49.6: Rashid to Sharma, OUT! It's plumb and the number 9 goes down for India. Adil Rashid has done the job for England. A well-disguised googly by the leggie, not read by Ishant, who gets forward to defend. Misses the ball completely and is rapped on the pads. They appeal but the umpire remains unmoved. Rashid is very sure and Joe Root gets convinced. Takes the DRS and the replays show three reds. No inside edge also though there is some spike on the Snicko. But it can be of the bat touching the |
| 50.6: Ben Stokes to Pandya, FOUR! Finds the fence with a crunching shot! He gets four runs but that means Umesh Yadav will be on strike for the next over. Fuller around off, Pandya lofts it cleanly over extra cover for a boundary. 36 to win now. |
| 54.2 : 54.2: Ben Stokes to H Pandya, OUT! Stokes hunts down Pandya! ENGLAND WIN BY 31 RUNS! It's a back of a length delivery in the channel outside off, holding its line, Pandya could have left it alone but instead has a needless poke inside the line. Gets a thick outside edge behind to Cook at first slip who makes no mistake. Joe Root runs in joy, the English team is ecstatic as they take a 1-0 lead in the series. |
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