England vs India 1st Test at Birmingham, 01 Aug, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 287/10 (89.4)  &  180/10 (53)
India 274/10 (76)  &  162/10 (54.2)
England won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
  • Umesh Yadav 0 * (8)

Over 5.6SCJ Broad bowls good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, gets forward and defends it towards silly point.No runs

Over 6.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 6.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, got a good stride forward and drove it to the left of mid-off, it was his call for the single, he ran across the length of the pitch and nearly bumped into umpire Dar. There's a direct hit from Curran, but Rahul was home.

Over 7.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets back in the crease and steered away with an angled bat behind square on the off-side for a single

Over 7.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and looks to defend on the off-side, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 7.6 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Shuffles across and clips it in front of square on the on-side, beats mid-wicket and rolls away to the fence.

Over 9.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it towards cover.

Over 9.2 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and pushes it straight to the man at cover.

Over 9.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and looks to play across the line, the ball takes  the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 9.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 9.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Gets forward and went through the shot, the ball takes the inside edge past the stumps and raced away to the fence.

Over 9.6 SCJ Broad bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, stays inside the crease and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 11.1SCJ Broad bowls short of length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, gets forward and defends it towards the bowler.No runs

Over 11.2SCJ Broad bowls short of length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, gets forward and guides it away towards thirdman.Single

Over 11.6SCJ Broad to Lokesh Rahul No runs ...

Over 12.4 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, prods forward and hangs his bat in hope, the inside edge rolls away towards square leg.

Over 13.1 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it square of the wicket on the off-side and gets a single.

Over 13.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and looking to work it into the on-side, a soft leading edge goes to ground quickly on the off-side

Over 13.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, goes on to the back foot and knocks it to mid-on.

Over 13.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and plays around his bat and turns it to mid-wicket. Another candidate for LBW if he does not work on getting his pad out of the way

Over 13.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 14.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 14.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and defends and looks for a non-existent single, sent back

Over 14.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, out Caught by Bairstow!!  Rahul is hanging on the back foot and he hangs his bat out in hope to miss the ball, doesn't and the outside edge is gobbled up by Bairstow.