- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR51.1 wide and short of a length, Karthik plays a loose drive with no footwork and Prior does the rest, holding a thin but audible nick. Karthik stands motionless for a second or two before slowly heading off to a standing ovation 199/314.4 width outside off, short-of-a-length and that was a deliberate strategy to entice Jaffer to upper cut off the back-foot straight to Pietersen at third man 62/148.1 full, enough late swing to beat Dravid who was falling over as he shaped to clip the ball through midwicket and played inside it 189/2112.6 well, well, Anderson makes the breakthrough just as Tendulkar was looking set to finally reach three figures in this series...outside off stump and Tendulkar pushes at it sending a regulation catch to Strauss at first slip who gobbles it well...Tendulkar leaves to standing ovation, he might get one more innings but who knows 417/679.5 well, the part-time bowler has made the breakthrough. The ball again nips back at Ganguly who is taken on the pad and a loud appeal is upheld by Ian Howell...but, oh dear, the replays show a big inside edge and Ganguly is unlucky. Collingwood gets his second scalp of the series, and both have owed plenty to the umpires 276/4101.2 Prior's caught it, Tremlett bowled it short of a length outside the off stump and got it to seam away from Laxman who stood on the back foot and tried to hit it through the off side, he got a thick edge on that and Prior took the easiest of catches 354/5130.5 doesn't work this time and he holes out to Cook at deep square. He couldn't resist standing up and trying to deliver a scoop but doesn't get enough under it, Cook taking a good catch, low 508/7150.3 flighted delivery outside off stump, Zaheer moves his front leg out of the way and tries to slog it down the ground, he gets a top edge that flies high in the air and straight to Anderson at mid-off who takes an easy catch 570/8156.4 excellent reflexes from Anderson, good length delivery on off stump, RP Singh doesn't move his feet and tries to smash it past Anderson who sticks out his left hand on his follow through and clutches on to a ball that is travelling at some speed 591/9169.6 down the track and swipes up towards gully where Vaughan takes a resigned catch, palms upwards. Panesar tries to give Sreesanth a stare, which doesn't work on a number of counts 664/10Extras54 (b 33, lb 13, nb 6, w 2)TOTAL664 all out (170 Overs, RR: 3.9, 718 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Wasim Jaffer, 14.4 ov), 2-189 (Rahul Dravid, 48.1 ov), 3-199 (Dinesh Karthik, 51.1 ov), 4-276 (Sourav Ganguly, 79.5 ov), 5-354 (VVS Laxman, 101.2 ov), 6-417 (Sachin Tendulkar, 112.6 ov), 7-508 (MS Dhoni, 130.5 ov), 8-570 (Zaheer Khan, 150.3 ov), 9-591 (RP Singh, 156.4 ov), 10-664 (Sreesanth, 169.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJ Sidebottom 32 8 93 1 2.90 0 0 JM Anderson 40 5 182 4 4.55 1 0 CT Tremlett 40 6 132 1 3.30 1 5 MS Panesar 45 5 159 2 3.53 0 0 PD Collingwood 7 1 11 1 1.57 0 1 KP Pietersen 6 0 41 1 6.83 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 and Zaheer strikes just before stumps - Strauss pulling high off the bottom of his bat, sailing over to Sreesanth at long leg who takes a calm, collected catch 12/131.2 caught! Kumble bowls a loopy delivery that is drifting down leg side, Cook leans forward and tricks to flick, he's far too early on the shot, he's almost finished playing it before the ball reaches him, the ball hits the back of the bat and lobs up tamely to RP Singh at mid-off who takes a simple catch 119/319.4 full and it straightened, Anderson caught on the back foot, a loud appeal and Howell takes an age to raise his finger but eventually - and correctly -does so and the nightwatchman departs 78/233.3 massive wicket on the stroke of lunch, Kumble tosses up the googly on off stump, Vaughan leans forward and tries to drive, the ball stops on him a little and he hits it with the inside half of the bat back to Kumble who moves a step to his right and takes a simple catch 124/460.1 sucker punch! Pietersen launches a swishing drive, the ball spins and a thick edge is well taken by Dravid at slip 202/581.6 there's the breakthrough, Collingwood plays across the line and Ian Howell raises his finger after a short think, but it looks like a dodgy decision as the ball was heading down the leg side - although the replay shows it was just clipping leg - and Collingwood clearly wasn't happy...the end of a fighting innings, but another England batsman goes after doing the hard work 288/686.2 the new ball brings another wicket, a tame dismissal, short and wide from Zaheer and Bell goes for a limp cut - more a dab, really - and gets an edge through to Dhoni. Deserved reward for Zaheer, but a soft end to Bell's innings...it's amazing we've only seen one century so far in this match 303/789.2 Prior's shocking game continues, a regulation edge to a regulation outswinger and it's well taken low at first slip by Sachin Tendulkar and England are nearly done and dusted...that was a very painful duck 305/986.6 he bowled for that, another short ball and Sidebottom top-edges his pull straight up and Zaheer gets underneath it for a simple catch...the innings is ending quickly 305/8103.1 Panesar lunges forward, misses the ball and that looks straight ... a loud appeal and Ian Howell agrees it was hitting. Much like the one in the previous over, but no no-ball to save Monty 345/10Extras49 (b 16, lb 12, nb 11, w 10)TOTAL345 all out (103.1 Overs, RR: 3.34, 453 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Andrew Strauss, 4.1 ov), 2-78 (James Anderson, 19.4 ov), 3-119 (Alastair Cook, 31.2 ov), 4-124 (Michael Vaughan, 33.3 ov), 5-202 (Kevin Pietersen, 60.1 ov), 6-288 (Paul Collingwood, 81.6 ov), 7-303 (Ian Bell, 86.2 ov), 8-305 (Ryan Sidebottom, 86.6 ov), 9-305 (Matt Prior, 89.2 ov), 10-345 (Monty Panesar, 103.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 22 13 32 3 1.45 0 0 S Sreesanth 21 2 80 2 3.80 2 5 A Kumble 29.1 7 94 3 3.22 0 4 RP Singh 18 3 72 1 4.00 3 0 SC Ganguly 5 1 8 0 1.60 1 0 SR Tendulkar 7 0 26 1 3.71 0 0 VVS Laxman 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.6 a much better line, Karthik forced to play, and a thick outside edge is well taken falling to his left by Paul Collingwood at second slip. His footwork was slightly lacking there 10/22.2 Jaffer steps back into his crease and shoulders arms, completely misreading the inswinger and is struck slap-bang in front of the stumps ... Ian Howell thinks ... and thinks ... and after a delay which would make Steve Bucknor look like the master of hastiness, he lifts his finger. The only thing there was height and it it did look as if it might be going over as Jaffer is a tall man and it hit him on the top of his pads ... and Hawk-Eye, for what it's worth, agrees 10/134.4 outside off, Dravid feels for the ball and the resulting edge goes at regulation height to Strauss who is the sole slip 89/56.5 bowled him! The stumps have been demolished, Tendulkar plays forward and drives away from his body, the ball swings into him and takes the inside edge and cannons into middle and leg stump, the sound was deafening as the stumps went for a walk, England are loving it 11/328.5 out of nowhere Collingwood strikes, Ganguly is fed up leaving them so chases this one outside off stump and edges straight to Andrew Strauss at wide first slip - his 50th Test catch - and for the second time in this match Collingwood gets Ganguly 76/454.6 caught! Tremlett bowled a slower ball outside the off stump, the ball bounced higher than Dhoni expected and he stood without moving his feet and swished at it, he got a thick edge through to Prior who took an easy catch 158/6Extras12 (b 1, lb 5, nb 6)TOTAL180/6d (58 Overs, RR: 3.1, 245 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Wasim Jaffer, 2.2 ov), 2-10 (Dinesh Karthik, 3.6 ov), 3-11 (Sachin Tendulkar, 6.5 ov), 4-76 (Sourav Ganguly, 28.5 ov), 5-89 (Rahul Dravid, 34.4 ov), 6-158 (MS Dhoni, 54.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 15 8 34 2 2.26 0 0 CT Tremlett 15 2 58 2 3.86 0 5 PD Collingwood 10 1 24 2 2.40 0 1 MS Panesar 18 1 58 0 3.22 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR31.4 there's the breakthrough, outside off stump, Strauss goes for a forcing shot through the covers, the edge flies to Laxman at second slip and he takes a comfortable catch...Strauss again falls after doing the hard work and India have their wicket 79/134.1 caught, at leg gully! Kumble bowls a full delivery on middle and leg, Cook flicks and the ball flies off the middle of the bat to Laxman who takes a sharp low catch at leg gully, big big wicket 86/260.4 the breakthrough, wide and slightly short, Vaughan flashes at it, gets an edge and Dhoni does the rest 152/388.6 caught! Sreesanth gets Pietersen, a lapse of concentration perhaps after the century, the ball pitches short of a length outside off stump, Pietersen waits on the back foot and drives hard at it, the thick outside edge flies straight to Karthik at first slip, an easy catch, what a big wicket that is for India 289/584.1 lbw! The new ball does the trick again! It pitches just outside off stump and angles into Collingwood who is lazy in moving his feet and gets struck plumb on the back foot in front of off stump, timely breakthrough for India 266/4105.2 a moment of madness ... Bell plays a premeditated sweep, he is as far forward as he could have been but it is full and straight and Steve Bucknor has no doubts 363/6Extras29 (b 2, lb 4, nb 14, w 9)TOTAL369/6 (110 Overs, RR: 3.35, 460 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Andrew Strauss, 31.4 ov), 2-86 (Alastair Cook, 34.1 ov), 3-152 (Michael Vaughan, 60.4 ov), 4-266 (Paul Collingwood, 84.1 ov), 5-289 (Kevin Pietersen, 88.6 ov), 6-363 (Ian Bell, 105.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 20 3 59 0 2.95 3 0 S Sreesanth 21 7 53 3 2.52 1 1 A Kumble 37 9 123 2 3.32 0 5 RP Singh 13 2 50 1 3.84 1 1 SR Tendulkar 19 0 78 0 4.10 0 7
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
India won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11am start, Lunch 1.00-1.40pm, Tea 3.40-4.00pm, Close 6.00pm
Match days
9,10,11,12,13 August 2007 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 9 Aug - day 1 - India 1st innings 316/4 (SR Tendulkar 48*, VVS Laxman 20*, 90 ov)
- Fri, 10 Aug - day 2 - England 1st innings 24/1 (AN Cook 12*, JM Anderson 5*, 8 ov)
- Sat, 11 Aug - day 3 - England 1st innings 326/9 (CT Tremlett 18*, MS Panesar 0*, 96 ov)
- Sun, 12 Aug - day 4 - England 2nd innings 56/0 (AJ Strauss 23*, AN Cook 27*, 20 ov)
- Mon, 13 Aug - day 5 - England 2nd innings 369/6 (110 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Drinks: England - 79/1 in 31.4 overs (AN Cook 39)
- England: 100 runs in 37.3 overs (230 balls), Extras 9
- Lunch: England - 126/2 in 50.0 overs (MP Vaughan 22, KP Pietersen 17)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 116 balls (MP Vaughan 29, KP Pietersen 18, Ex 3)
- Bad Light: England - 149/2 in 59.0 overs (MP Vaughan 39, KP Pietersen 22)
- England: 150 runs in 59.6 overs (368 balls), Extras 13
- England: 200 runs in 68.6 overs (425 balls), Extras 20
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 108 balls (9 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (KP Pietersen 28, PD Collingwood 15, Ex 7)
- Tea: England - 232/3 in 78.0 overs (KP Pietersen 71, PD Collingwood 23)
- England: 250 runs in 81.6 overs (505 balls), Extras 22
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 133 balls (KP Pietersen 54, PD Collingwood 37, Ex 9)
- New Ball Taken: England 266/3 after 84.1 overs (KP Pietersen 86, PD Collingwood 40)
- KP Pietersen: 100 off 155 balls (18 x 4)
- England: 300 runs in 90.4 overs (558 balls), Extras 24
- Drinks: England - 316/5 in 95.0 overs (IR Bell 29, MJ Prior 4)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (IR Bell 41, MJ Prior 10, Ex 1)
- IR Bell: 50 off 50 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 350 runs in 103.2 overs (636 balls), Extras 26
- Test Match Scorers: Raghav, Raju and Binoy George
- Innings Break: England - 345/10 in 103.1 overs (CT Tremlett 25)
- India 2nd innings
- Rain: India - 35/3 in 13.2 overs (R Dravid 2, SC Ganguly 21)
- Lunch: India - 35/3 in 13.2 overs (R Dravid 2, SC Ganguly 21)
- India: 50 runs in 17.6 overs (111 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 99 balls (R Dravid 5, SC Ganguly 45, Ex 3)
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 53 balls (9 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 76/4 in 28.5 overs (R Dravid 5)
- India: 100 runs in 38.1 overs (234 balls), Extras 10
- Tea: India - 121/5 in 46.0 overs (VVS Laxman 16, MS Dhoni 16)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 93 balls (VVS Laxman 17, MS Dhoni 29, Ex 6)
- India: 150 runs in 52.3 overs (320 balls), Extras 11
- Innings Break: India - 180/6 in 58.0 overs (VVS Laxman 46, A Kumble 8)
- England 2nd innings
- England: 50 runs in 17.4 overs (109 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (AJ Strauss 22, AN Cook 22, Ex 6)
- End Of Day: England - 56/0 in 20.0 overs (AJ Strauss 23, AN Cook 27)
- England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (83 balls), Extras 15
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (AN Cook 27, JM Anderson 8, Ex 15)
- Drinks: England - 78/2 in 19.4 overs (AN Cook 41)
- AN Cook: 50 off 77 balls (9 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 27.4 overs (168 balls), Extras 20
- Lunch: England - 124/4 in 33.3 overs (KP Pietersen 4)
- England: 150 runs in 40.3 overs (249 balls), Extras 28
- Drinks: England - 172/4 in 49.0 overs (KP Pietersen 21, PD Collingwood 21)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (KP Pietersen 19, PD Collingwood 21, Ex 10)
- England: 200 runs in 59.3 overs (367 balls), Extras 39
- Tea: England - 210/5 in 62.0 overs (PD Collingwood 34, IR Bell 2)
- PD Collingwood: 50 off 90 balls (8 x 4)
- England: 250 runs in 74.5 overs (459 balls), Extras 39
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (PD Collingwood 29, IR Bell 24, Ex 0)
- Drinks: England - 277/5 in 80.0 overs (PD Collingwood 61, IR Bell 41)
- IR Bell: 50 off 77 balls (9 x 4)
- New Ball Taken: England 288/5 after 81.1 overs (PD Collingwood 62, IR Bell 50)
- England: 300 runs in 84.3 overs (520 balls), Extras 43
- End Of Day: England - 326/9 in 96.0 overs (CT Tremlett 18, MS Panesar 0)
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 135 balls (5 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 84 balls (SR Tendulkar 16, VVS Laxman 28, Ex 6)
- India: 350 runs in 97.1 overs (590 balls), Extras 30
- VVS Laxman: 50 off 65 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 354/5 in 101.2 overs (SR Tendulkar 55)
- India: 400 runs in 111.1 overs (675 balls), Extras 36
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (SR Tendulkar 17, MS Dhoni 25, Ex 10)
- Lunch: India - 429/6 in 117.0 overs (MS Dhoni 33, A Kumble 5)
- India: 450 runs in 123.3 overs (749 balls), Extras 40
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 65 balls (7 x 4)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (MS Dhoni 34, A Kumble 20, Ex 0)
- India: 500 runs in 130.3 overs (791 balls), Extras 40
- Drinks: India - 508/7 in 130.5 overs (A Kumble 25)
- India: 550 runs in 144.4 overs (876 balls), Extras 49
- A Kumble: 50 off 109 balls (9 x 4)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (A Kumble 35, Z Khan 7, Ex 9)
- Tea: India - 559/7 in 148.0 overs (A Kumble 60, Z Khan 7)
- India: 600 runs in 157.4 overs (954 balls), Extras 50
- Drinks: India - 628/9 in 164.0 overs (A Kumble 93, S Sreesanth 16)
- A Kumble: 100 off 180 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (A Kumble 25, S Sreesanth 22, Ex 4)
- India: 650 runs in 166.3 overs (1007 balls), Extras 54
- Innings Break: India - 664/10 in 170.0 overs (A Kumble 110)
- England 1st innings
- End Of Day: England - 24/1 in 8.0 overs (AN Cook 12, JM Anderson 5)
- India 1st innings
- India: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (82 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (KD Karthik 16, W Jaffer 31, Ex 3)
- Drinks: India - 58/0 in 14.0 overs (KD Karthik 24, W Jaffer 31)
- India: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (140 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (KD Karthik 22, R Dravid 25, Ex 4)
- KD Karthik: 50 off 77 balls (6 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 117/1 in 28.0 overs (KD Karthik 50, R Dravid 25)
- India: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (210 balls), Extras 12
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 144 balls (KD Karthik 43, R Dravid 48, Ex 9)
- R Dravid: 50 off 82 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 185/1 in 45.0 overs (KD Karthik 85, R Dravid 53)
- India: 200 runs in 51.3 overs (313 balls), Extras 16
- Tea: India - 211/3 in 56.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 2, SC Ganguly 8)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (SR Tendulkar 21, SC Ganguly 22, Ex 7)
- India: 250 runs in 68.4 overs (416 balls), Extras 23
- Drinks: India - 260/3 in 72.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 26, SC Ganguly 30)
- New Ball Taken: India 283/4 after 82.3 overs (SR Tendulkar 34, VVS Laxman 2)
- India: 300 runs in 87.2 overs (531 balls), Extras 30
- End Of Day: India - 316/4 in 90.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 48, VVS Laxman 20)
Match Coverage
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