- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR37.6 Loose loose shot. Strauss has scored two runs in more than an hour again, and he now goes for the release shot off a wide delivery. Wide and full. He has to really stretch to reach it. Gets an edge as the ball moves away with the angle. Wasim Akram says on air that a bowler should bowl there on purpose once in a while 97/226.5 Ishant strikes! What a completely different first over than yesterday. Sharma stays in the channel just outside off, this time slightly fuller, Cook thinks he can drive at this, he does so, but the front foot is not quite close to the line of the ball. A healthy edge settles with Sehwag at first slip 75/1142.4 Raina strikes, Bell is out! He was trying to force the pace, and stepped right across to off before bending into a slog sweep. Bat swished past ball, which thudded into pad in front of middle, and up went Simon Taufel's finger to send the batsman on his way. Bell is applauded all the way to the boundary, raising his bat in appreciation. He's helped to put his team into a virtually impregnable position 548/6116.6 gone! Good catch by Raina off his own bowling! Good bowling too, actually. Pietersen ran down to repeat the shot, Raina held it back and Pietersen just checked his drive, ending up lobbing it towards Raina who dived well and held on with two hands. Ends another brilliant innings from the series' highest-scorer 447/3127.1 gone! Sreesanth strikes to remove Anderson. The delivery was very full full - a long half-volley - and quite wide too. Anderson threw the bat at it, getting a thick edge to Laxman at second slip. He stood there for a moment, perhaps wondering whether it was a bump ball - it was that full - but that is a clear edge and he's got to go. There's no great send-off from Sreesanth, but he fixes Anderson with a steely stare as the batsman marches off 480/4129.4 got 'im! Sreesanth hopped much wider on the crease for this one, sending the ball down full and wide. This time Morgan couldn't resist, poking outside off and sending a thick edge through to Dhoni. That'll help raise India's morale a touch. Enter Ravi Bopara ... 487/5Extras31 (b 6, lb 8, nb 10, w 7)TOTAL591/6d (153 Overs, RR: 3.86, 662 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Alastair Cook, 26.5 ov), 2-97 (Andrew Strauss, 37.6 ov), 3-447 (Kevin Pietersen, 116.6 ov), 4-480 (James Anderson, 127.1 ov), 5-487 (Eoin Morgan, 129.4 ov), 6-548 (Ian Bell, 142.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RP Singh 34 7 118 0 3.47 1 1 I Sharma 31 7 97 1 3.12 1 1 S Sreesanth 29 2 123 3 4.24 0 4 SK Raina 19 2 58 2 3.05 0 0 A Mishra 38 3 170 0 4.47 1 4 SR Tendulkar 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.6 Sehwag may have survived his first ball but he can't survive his first over! back of a length and coming in towards Sehwag, who plays across the line and misses, struck on the knee roll, huge appeal for lbw, Taufel lifts the finger, and England strike early yet again. That was going on to hit the top of middle and leg 8/13.6 and another one, Laxman is gone for 2, short ball in the corridor outside off, Laxman doesn't get behind the line, an angled bat is presented as he looks to defend that, gets the edge, Prior takes the catch, India sink further 13/218.2 the sweep shot ends Tendulkar's troubled stay, he had used the shot well in the first Swann over, he tries the stroke once more, off the glove and pops up for Anderson to move across from the slip cordon and take it, once more Anderson plays a hand in Tendulkar's dismissal 68/328.5 is Raina's struggle over? the third umpire will decide whether Raina is stumped, big turn takes the ball past Raina's outside edge, he has overbalanced, hard to say whether the back foot is back in time, after many many reviews the third umpire gives it out, that equals the longest duck by an Indian, joining Irfan Pathan 93/430.6 this was on the cards, Swann has been outstanding, Ishant looks to defend once more, the turn results in an inside-edge and that pops up to short leg, the nightwatchman is gone, who will come in next? 95/545.4 Outswinger, inswinger, outswinger, easy as a Sunday morning. Beautiful bowling. Follows that inswinger with an accurate outswinger, pitches short of a length, just outside off, Dhoni pushes at it, the movement takes the edge, Prior does the rest 137/669.3 Mishra's tenacious knock has been ended by a stunning catch! Bresnan landed one just short of a good length and Mishra rocked back to pull, but couldn't control the stroke and took one hand off the bat as he played it in the air behind square on the leg side. Ian Bell was quite close in there and leapt to his right to pluck the ball out of the air, completing a superb reflext catch 224/787.3 finally, there's the breakthrough! Broad strikes with the short ball, Gambhir getting himself into a tangle as the ball got big on him. He tried to fend to leg, but lost all control and the ball looped up in the opposite direction, to be held by Pietersen, running in from gully. A stubborn knock comes to an end, and it's looking increasingly likely that India won't reach the follow on target 264/893.4 top catch from Anderson at third slip ends RP Singh's fun! Short ball that RP thought about playing, then leaving, then guiding, which he seemed to do off the face of that bat and it flew quickly to Anderson who pouched it above his head 300/993.6 that's it. Sreesanth drives this straight to short cover 300/10Extras25 (b 8, lb 9, nb 1, w 7)TOTAL300 all out (94 Overs, RR: 3.19, 378 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Virender Sehwag, 0.6 ov), 2-13 (VVS Laxman, 3.6 ov), 3-68 (Sachin Tendulkar, 18.2 ov), 4-93 (Suresh Raina, 28.5 ov), 5-95 (Ishant Sharma, 30.6 ov), 6-137 (MS Dhoni, 45.4 ov), 7-224 (Amit Mishra, 69.3 ov), 8-264 (Gautam Gambhir, 87.3 ov), 9-300 (RP Singh, 93.4 ov), 10-300 (Sreesanth, 93.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 16 7 49 2 3.06 0 0 SCJ Broad 21 3 51 2 2.42 0 1 TT Bresnan 17 3 54 3 3.17 2 0 GP Swann 31 5 102 3 3.29 0 0 KP Pietersen 7 1 27 0 3.85 0 0 RS Bopara 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.1 wonderful, wonderful bowling! Swann wins the battle! Touch of air outside off stump and it spun back quickly between bat and pad as Sehwag drove loosely and into middle stump! 64/212.6 England think they have Dravid out caught bat and pad. Given not out but England review straight away. Dravid doesn't look all that confident. It spun back from outside off stump, and passed very, very close to the bat before going onto pad and looping to Cook who palmed it with one hand and collected the catch. Given! The Wall has fallen! Must have grazed that inside edge after all 49/129.2 what a ball! Anderson has done Laxman again! Angled in, held it's line and detonated off stump! Laxman has had some unplayable deliveries from Anderson and this might have been another. That may well be the last time we see Laxman for India in England, he's never shown his best form here but he's a might fine player 118/376.1 gone! Tendulkar out lbw! Very brave decision from Rod Tucker but it's a mighty tight one. Just about clipping leg stump replays show. Good grief. Huge strike for Bresnan, drifting it in from outside off stump, Tendulkar played across the line and was struck bang in front but the drift was taking it onto leg 262/575.3 gone now! What a time to get it! Just before that new ball! A brilliant innings from Mishra, nightwatchman don't forget, comes to an end. Just played inside the line, expecting spin that never came and lost his off stump 262/479.2 Raina bags a pair the Swann brilliance against left-handers continues! Pushed forward to defend but the ball went on with the arm and he played outside it to be struck on the pads. He is unlucky though because replays show an inside edge as he pushed at it. Raina has had a difficult series and finishes with a pair that was spread over 42 balls 266/683.2 it's all unravelling in a rush! Dhoni gone now. Broad offers some width at a full, inviting length. Dhoni stretches to flash at it but could only outside edge to Swann at second who snaffled the sharp chance with ease 269/788.3 Swann has his fifth! Gambhir has not looked himself this Test and it ends now. Skipped down to try and push a cover drive but could only outside edge loopily to point where Morgan held on 275/983.5 Broad has another! India collapsing in a heap! Held outside off stump and RP prods flat-footed at it, could only manage to edge through to Prior 269/890.6 that's it! Swann has six and England win 4-0. In every possible facet of the game England have been superior and Swann gets to finish the series by bowling Sreesanth! The England fielders jump, yelp and hug, they have had a stunning six weeks 283/10Extras19 (b 12, lb 7)TOTAL283 all out (f/o) (91 Overs, RR: 3.1, 387 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Rahul Dravid, 12.6 ov), 2-64 (Virender Sehwag, 18.1 ov), 3-118 (VVS Laxman, 29.2 ov), 4-262 (Amit Mishra, 75.3 ov), 5-262 (Sachin Tendulkar, 76.1 ov), 6-266 (Suresh Raina, 79.2 ov), 7-269 (MS Dhoni, 83.2 ov), 8-269 (RP Singh, 83.5 ov), 9-275 (Gautam Gambhir, 88.3 ov), 10-283 (Sreesanth, 90.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 17 4 54 1 3.17 0 0 SCJ Broad 20 6 44 2 2.20 0 0 GP Swann 38 6 106 6 2.78 0 0 TT Bresnan 11 2 30 1 2.72 0 0 RS Bopara 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0 KP Pietersen 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
England won the 4-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 13.00-13.40, Tea 16.10-16.30, Close 18.30
Match days
18,19,20,21,22 August 2011 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 18 Aug - day 1 - England 1st innings 75/0 (AJ Strauss 38*, AN Cook 34*, 26 ov)
- Fri, 19 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 457/3 (IR Bell 181*, JM Anderson 3*, 123 ov)
- Sat, 20 Aug - day 3 - India 1st innings 103/5 (R Dravid 57*, MS Dhoni 5*, 33 ov)
- Sun, 21 Aug - day 4 - India 2nd innings 129/3 (SR Tendulkar 35*, A Mishra 8*, 35 ov)
- Mon, 22 Aug - day 5 - India 2nd innings 283 (91 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- India: 150 runs in 41.1 overs, 173 mins (247 balls), Extras 16
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 74 balls, 94 mins (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (SR Tendulkar 24, A Mishra 28, Ex 1)
- Drinks: India - 173/3 in 50.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 56, A Mishra 30)
- India: 200 runs in 60.1 overs, 251 mins (361 balls), Extras 17
- A Mishra: 50 off 103 balls, 139 mins (6 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 216/3 in 65.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 72, A Mishra 57)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 220 balls (SR Tendulkar 41, A Mishra 58, Ex 1)
- India: 250 runs in 74.4 overs, 306 mins (448 balls), Extras 17
- New Ball Taken: India 266/6 after 80.1 overs (MS Dhoni 2, G Gambhir 0)
- Drinks: India - 269/6 in 83.0 overs (MS Dhoni 3, G Gambhir 2)
- Over 86.6: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - I Sharma (Upheld)
- India: 150 runs in 48.6 overs, 204 mins (295 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: India - 156/6 in 50.0 overs (R Dravid 86, A Mishra 10)
- R Dravid: 100 off 168 balls, 224 mins (15 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 83 balls (R Dravid 27, A Mishra 17, Ex 6)
- India: 200 runs in 62.3 overs, 255 mins (376 balls), Extras 20
- Lunch: India - 218/6 in 66.0 overs (R Dravid 109, A Mishra 38)
- India: 250 runs in 77.5 overs, 304 mins (468 balls), Extras 25
- New Ball Taken: India 253/7 after 80.1 overs (R Dravid 130, G Gambhir 4)
- Drinks: India - 263/7 in 87.0 overs (R Dravid 134, G Gambhir 10)
- India: 300 runs in 93.2 overs, 374 mins (561 balls), Extras 25
- Innings Break: India - 300/10 in 94.0 overs (R Dravid 146)
- India 2nd innings
- Tea: India - 25/0 in 6.0 overs (V Sehwag 16, R Dravid 7)
- Over 6.3: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - R Dravid (Upheld)
- Over 12.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - RJ Tucker, Batsman - R Dravid (Upheld)
- India: 50 runs in 13.2 overs, 60 mins (80 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: India - 75/2 in 20.0 overs (VVS Laxman 7, SR Tendulkar 8)
- India: 100 runs in 24.5 overs, 109 mins (149 balls), Extras 14
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (VVS Laxman 17, SR Tendulkar 32, Ex 2)
- End Of Day: India - 129/3 in 35.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 35, A Mishra 8)
- IR Bell: 200 off 331 balls, 440 mins (20 x 4, 2 x 6)
- England: 500 runs in 132.3 overs, 592 mins (804 balls), Extras 26
- Drinks: England - 516/5 in 135.0 overs (IR Bell 216, RS Bopara 11)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (IR Bell 29, RS Bopara 20, Ex 1)
- England: 550 runs in 144.2 overs, 671 mins (876 balls), Extras 27
- Lunch: England - 591/6 in 153.0 overs (RS Bopara 44, MJ Prior 18)
- Rain: England - 591/6 in 153.0 overs (RS Bopara 44, MJ Prior 18)
- Tea: England - 591/6 in 153.0 overs (RS Bopara 44, MJ Prior 18)
- Wet Ground: England - 591/6 in 153.0 overs (RS Bopara 44, MJ Prior 18)
- India 1st innings
- India: 50 runs in 14.3 overs, 66 mins (87 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: India - 55/2 in 16.0 overs (R Dravid 22, SR Tendulkar 18)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 80 balls (R Dravid 27, SR Tendulkar 19, Ex 5)
- R Dravid: 50 off 93 balls, 119 mins (9 x 4)
- India: 100 runs in 32.6 overs, 144 mins (198 balls), Extras 7
- End Of Day: India - 103/5 in 33.0 overs (R Dravid 57, MS Dhoni 5)
- Drinks: England - 97/2 in 38.0 overs (IR Bell 20)
- England: 100 runs in 39.2 overs, 192 mins (236 balls), Extras 3
- Lunch: England - 126/2 in 51.0 overs (IR Bell 29, KP Pietersen 18)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls (IR Bell 15, KP Pietersen 32, Ex 3)
- England: 150 runs in 56.4 overs, 269 mins (343 balls), Extras 6
- IR Bell: 50 off 111 balls, 124 mins (7 x 4)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 62 balls, 109 mins (9 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 155 balls (IR Bell 42, KP Pietersen 54, Ex 5)
- England: 200 runs in 64.2 overs, 300 mins (389 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: England - 210/2 in 65.0 overs (IR Bell 62, KP Pietersen 66)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 233 balls (IR Bell 67, KP Pietersen 77, Ex 6)
- England: 250 runs in 76.5 overs, 354 mins (465 balls), Extras 9
- IR Bell: 100 off 181 balls, 226 mins (12 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: England 292/2 after 88.1 overs (IR Bell 110, KP Pietersen 98)
- Tea: England - 296/2 in 89.0 overs (IR Bell 114, KP Pietersen 98)
- England: 300 runs in 89.1 overs, 394 mins (540 balls), Extras 10
- KP Pietersen: 100 off 148 balls, 209 mins (15 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 312 balls (IR Bell 94, KP Pietersen 102, Ex 7)
- 3rd Wicket: 250 runs in 378 balls (IR Bell 116, KP Pietersen 122, Ex 12)
- England: 350 runs in 100.4 overs (611 balls), Extras 16
- Drinks: England - 361/2 in 103.0 overs (IR Bell 138, KP Pietersen 132)
- KP Pietersen: 150 off 208 balls, 306 mins (23 x 4)
- IR Bell: 150 off 257 balls, 306 mins (17 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 300 runs in 435 balls (IR Bell 131, KP Pietersen 154, Ex 15)
- England: 400 runs in 109.2 overs, 497 mins (665 balls), Extras 18
- 3rd Wicket: 350 runs in 482 balls (IR Bell 154, KP Pietersen 175, Ex 21)
- England: 450 runs in 117.4 overs (715 balls), Extras 24
- End Of Day: England - 457/3 in 123.0 overs (IR Bell 181, JM Anderson 3)
- England 1st innings
- Drinks: England - 43/0 in 13.0 overs (AJ Strauss 23, AN Cook 17)
- England: 50 runs in 15.2 overs, 77 mins (92 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (AJ Strauss 24, AN Cook 23, Ex 3)
- Lunch: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- Rain: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- Wet Ground: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- Rain: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- Wet Ground: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- Rain: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
- End Of Day: England - 75/0 in 26.0 overs (AJ Strauss 38, AN Cook 34)
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