Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    123
    233
    356
    15
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    52.78
    83.3 well held, Mishra! Strauss falls close before stumps, chipping a generously tossed up delivery back towards Mishra's left and he dives to take a very good catch, ending a fine innings from Strauss, one which may prove very crucial as this match pans out 221/5
    39.6 and Cook loses his composure in what has been a top over! Harbhajan is rewarded for a nagging few deliveries, he takes pace off the ball and tosses it up, Cook fetches it from outside off stump with a mess of an attempted slog sweep, the ball skies up into the air and Zaheer settles under it at mid-on ... Cook was batting really well until that brain freeze 118/1
    17
    51
    68
    1
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    33.33
    57.2 that's lbw! Zaheer strikes just on resumption, pitches on line with the stumps, swings the ball into Bell, late on the attempted flick across the line, he's a goner in front of the stumps and Harper raises his finger after a careful thought 164/2
    65.4 another one goes! Zaheer removes an uncertain Pietersen, whose attempt to pull a short ball takes the splice of the bat and goes nowhere but into the bowler's hands, running across towards the on side, what a massive wicket for India 180/3
    72.2 oh he's given him, has Billy! Harbhajan tosses it up, slowing down the pace, the ball pitches and takes nothing but pad en route to Gambhir at short leg, they ask the question and Bowden raises the crooked finger ... replays show Collingwood got his bat nowhere near the ball, so a harsh call you have to say, and a very lucky wicket for India and Harbhajan 195/4
    92.5 got 'em! Flintoff cannot play the slow, nurdling and nudging game for long and he perishes early, thrusting forward again and getting another inside edge that bobs up to Gambhir at forward short leg, so Dhoni's move to swap Ishant for Mishra after just one over works superbly 229/6
    110.4 Anderson goes! End of a solid innings from the nighwatchman, who kneels down and produces another of those preferred sweep shots, except this one is a top edge that's gobbled up by the birthday boy Yuvraj at deep midwicket, so Mishra's patience pays off 271/7
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    53
    102
    146
    1
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    51.96
    113.4 well hello, thats fairly ripped up! Harbhajan holds back the length and gets this nasty one to turn and bounce up off a crack to flummox Swann, who can do nothing about that except fend it off his chest and edge to Dravid at slip, who makes no mistake this time 277/8
    122.3 Harmison walks! Yuvraj gets his fifth Test wicket as Harmison opens the face and tickles the faintest of edges through to Dhoni, then doesn't wait a moment before turning and heading back for the pavilion, as opposed to Yuvraj, who shouts in frustration and turns back to his mark, thinking he's beat the bat, then he looks back and sees that he's actually got a wicket 304/9
    128.4 all over, as Ishant traps Monty plumb in front! This one pitches in line, straightens a fraction, and catches Monty in front as the bat comes down late, so England get 316 316/10
    Extras
    8 (lb 7, nb 1)
    TOTAL
    316 all out (128.4 Overs, RR: 2.45, 539 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-118 (Alastair Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-164 (Ian Bell, 57.2 ov), 3-180 (Kevin Pietersen, 65.4 ov), 4-195 (Paul Collingwood, 72.2 ov), 5-221 (Andrew Strauss, 83.3 ov), 6-229 (Andrew Flintoff, 92.5 ov), 7-271 (James Anderson, 110.4 ov), 8-277 (Graeme Swann, 113.4 ov), 9-304 (Steve Harmison, 122.3 ov), 10-316 (Monty Panesar, 128.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Z Khan2194121.9500
    I Sharma19.443211.6201
    Harbhajan Singh3829632.5200
    A Mishra3469932.9100
    Yuvraj Singh1523312.2000
    V Sehwag10808.0000
  • BATSMEN
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    13.3 Swann's struck in his first over in Tests! Gambhir is the man to go, opting to pad away a delivery tossed up full just outside off stump, he doesn't get a massive stride forward and the ball turns back to hit him, England ask the question very confidently and now Harper agrees 34/2
    5.2 Anderson's got Sehwag playing a feeble shot! Pitches back of a length and comes into Sehwag, who stands leaden-footed and tries to play a cramped guide to third man but only chops it back onto his stumps .. Anderson is thrilled, for thats a dangerous man to dismiss early 16/1
    13.6 what an over! This one pitches just outside off stump and turns in, Dravid pushes down the wrong line and misses to get struck on the front pad, Swann and England believe they've got their man and Swann goes red-faced in appeal before Harper slowly raises the finger 37/3
    32.1 another one bites the dust! Flintoff strikes first ball, what a change by Pietersen, Tendulkar gets a loosener just outside off stump and plays the tamest of drives back in the air to the bowler, who grasps it all to eagerly in his follow-through before breaking into celebrations 102/5
    31.2 caught and bowled, and a moment of uncertainty! Laxman just chips one back to Panesar's right, who plucks the hard-hit drive and then looks on as if he can't believe it, and neither can Laxman, it wasn't a terrific catch or anything, it was just about a moment of silence before anyone realised what had happened .. anyway, Laxman has to go and Panesar celebrates 98/4
    43.2 edged and taken! Another successful move from Pietersen to change a bowler, and Harmison needs no time to remove Yuvraj, chasing a drive outside off stump eight minutes before stumps, and Flintoff at second slip makes no mistake with his buckets 137/6
    64.1 and now Dhoni goes! Panesar strikes again as the Indian captain dances down the pitch and slogs the ball straight down Pietersen's throat at deep mid-off, the wheels are indeed falling off this one and England are loving it 219/9
    60.1 and he goes, simply turning a tossed up delivery off his pads to a diving Bell at forward short leg, end of a strong partnership and a useful innings from Harbhajan 212/7
    63.3 simple enough decision for umpire Harper to give, that one pitches back of a length and comes back in to rap Zaheer on the pads in front of the stumps, its the back leg so that out 217/8
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    66.66
    69.4 cleaned up and thats the end of that, Flintoff pitches it full and straight and gets the ball to skid on pretty low to beat Mishra for pace, playing back instead of forward, losing his stumps 241/10
    not out
    8
    19
    24
    0
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    42.10
    Extras
    21 (b 4, lb 11, nb 6)
    TOTAL
    241 all out (69.4 Overs, RR: 3.45, 344 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Virender Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Gautam Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-37 (Rahul Dravid, 13.6 ov), 4-98 (VVS Laxman, 31.2 ov), 5-102 (Sachin Tendulkar, 32.1 ov), 6-137 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ov), 7-212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ov), 8-217 (Zaheer Khan, 63.3 ov), 9-219 (MS Dhoni, 64.1 ov), 10-241 (Amit Mishra, 69.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    SJ Harmison1114213.8100
    JM Anderson1132812.5400
    A Flintoff18.424932.6206
    GP Swann1004224.2000
    MS Panesar1946533.4200
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    85.2 gone, end of a great innings! Strauss goes loosely, driving a full delivery on the off stump to Laxman at short extra cover, the ball after his partner in a 214-run stand raised a rather excellent century under pressure 257/4
    9.4 finally the breakthrough! Ishant continues around the stumps, pitches on a lovely length and Cook decides to defend but it's a half-hearted shot and he gets a faint edge to Dhoni 28/1
    12.2 got him, they needed that! Bell's poor game continues as he pushes hard at a gently served up topspinner and inside edges an easy catch to Gambhir at forward short leg 42/2
    13.1 and he strikes first ball to get the captain! Yuvraj! He starts off with an arm ball from around the stumps, Pietersen does not get too far forward and cops it flush on the pad, Yuvraj sets off in celebration before Harper gives it out because that was hitting the top of leg stump 43/3
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    373
    9
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    43.20
    94.1 Zaheer gets into the action, pitching on a length and nipping the ball back into Collingwood, stuck on his crease and trying to work the ball across to the on side, the ball was in line and swung back in to catch him on the pad in front of middle and leg 277/6
    88.4 edged and taken, and a superb ball to draw a loose shot! After mixing two bouncers will a fuller delivery Ishant drops one short of a length outside off stump, it sits up and Flintoff goes fishing without moving his feet and pays the price, Dhoni and Ishant are cock-a-hoop 262/5
    105.5 another aggressive shot to try and get the run rate up, Prior backs away and miscues a sliced slap off the toe end of the bat straight to Sehwag at cover 311/9
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    21
    29
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    33.33
    100.5 cleaned up, the around the stumps angle works for Zaheer as it pitches on a length, sneaks back and beats a loose drive to take out leg stump 297/7
    102.5 middle stump goes for a toss as Zaheer reverses one back to Harmison, just pitching in line and going the other way past a loose prod with no footwork 301/8
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    1
    4
    14
    0
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    25.00
    Extras
    32 (b 10, lb 13, nb 7, w 2)
    TOTAL
    311/9d (105.5 Overs, RR: 2.93, 502 minutes)
    Did not bat: MS Panesar
    Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Alastair Cook, 9.4 ov), 2-42 (Ian Bell, 12.2 ov), 3-43 (Kevin Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 4-257 (Andrew Strauss, 85.2 ov), 5-262 (Andrew Flintoff, 88.4 ov), 6-277 (Paul Collingwood, 94.1 ov), 7-297 (Graeme Swann, 100.5 ov), 8-301 (Steve Harmison, 102.5 ov), 9-311 (Matt Prior, 105.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Z Khan2774031.4820
    I Sharma22.515732.4907
    A Mishra1716613.8800
    Yuvraj Singh311214.0000
    Harbhajan Singh3039113.0300
    V Sehwag602203.6600
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    43.5 loose shot and a smart catch from Collingwood! Anderson succeeds with that angle across Gambhir as the batsman cannot hold back from squirting at a slightly wider one and Collingwood tumbles to his left to hold a neat take at gully 183/3
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    122.05
    22.6 Swann has his man! Sehwag goes to paddle one across the line, the ball hits him as it turns, he has gotten a ways forward and Harper upholds a massive appeal from the bowler, that one struck the front pad and looked like it would hit leg stump so a fascinating innings comes to a sudden end 117/1
    31.2 edged and he goes! Flintoff gets Dravid for cheap again, hitting a fractionally fuller length to suck him forward and defending, there's just enough movement to draw the outer edge through to a gleeful Matt Prior ... Flintoff has struck early on day five to boost England 141/2
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    317
    9
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    52.55
    56.4 forward short leg gobbles him up! Swann lands one into the rough outside off stump, the ball sits up and Laxman gets across to try and turn one away into the leg side but is undone by the bounce and balloons the easiest of catches to Bell and England make further inroads 224/4
    not out
    85
    131
    196
    8
    1
    64.88
    Extras
    20 (b 5, lb 11, nb 4)
    TOTAL
    387/4 (98.3 Overs, RR: 3.92, 453 minutes)
    Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Virender Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 2-141 (Rahul Dravid, 31.2 ov), 3-183 (Gautam Gambhir, 43.5 ov), 4-224 (VVS Laxman, 56.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    SJ Harmison1004804.8000
    JM Anderson1115114.6300
    MS Panesar27410503.8800
    A Flintoff2216412.9004
    GP Swann28.3210323.6100

Close of Play

  • Thu, 11 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 229/5 (A Flintoff 18*, JM Anderson 2*, 90 ov)
  • Fri, 12 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 155/6 (MS Dhoni 24*, Harbhajan Singh 13*, 45 ov)
  • Sat, 13 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 172/3 (AJ Strauss 73*, PD Collingwood 60*, 54 ov)
  • Sun, 14 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 131/1 (G Gambhir 41*, R Dravid 2*, 29 ov)
  • Mon, 15 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 387/4 (98.3 ov) - end of match

Match Notes

England tour of India 2008-09 News

India 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st117G GambhirV Sehwag
2nd24R DravidG Gambhir
3rd42SR TendulkarG Gambhir
4th41SR TendulkarVVS Laxman
5th163SR TendulkarYuvraj Singh