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 1.2Ravichandran Ashwin bowls flighted delivery to Keaton Jennings, leans forward and drives it gloriously past covers for a boundary.Boundary!

Over 8.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and open the face of the bat and run it down to third man fence for four.

Over 13.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and punches it beautifully through cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 16.2  Mohammed Shami bowls it short of length to Dawid Malan, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and pulls it down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 16.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Leans into the drive and strokes that between cover and mid-off. He will play his shots here and gets the boundary.

Over 19.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Rock back and cut that hard into the gap at cover. Raced away. Pressure-releasing boundary.

Over 22.3 Ishant Sharma bowls it short of length to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and cuts it hard through backward point and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 22.6 Ishant Sharma bowls it short of length to JM Bairstow, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and cuts it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 31.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a tossed up delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and drives it along the ground to long on fence for four.

Over 34.6 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary! Gets forward and drives, handsomely through the covers, once it beat cover it just picked up the pace and scooted away.

Over 37.3  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary! Gets forward and open the face of the bat and run it down to third man fence for four.

Over 37.5  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary!  Gets forward and went for a drive. Kept a bit low and took the edge, went straight down and right into the gap, wide of Rahane, rolls away to the fence

Over 38.2 Ishant Sharma bowls a good length delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary! Gets forward and went for a slash, the ball takes the outside edge and fly over the slips and went to the fence for four.

Over 38.5 Ishant Sharma bowls a pitched up delivery to Adil Rashid, Boundary! Opens the face of the bat on the square-drive, but it still takes a thick edge and beats Jadeja running to his left from deep point.

Over 39.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it short of length to Sam Curran, Boundary! Rocks back in the crease and pulls it down to deep mid-wicket fence for four.

Over 46.6Umesh Yadav bowls good length delivery to Sam Curran, gets back and runs it down to the thirdman area.Boundary!

Over 47.5Ravichandran Ashwin bowls flighted delivery to Sam Curran, flicks it off his pads towards long onBoundary!

Over 52.4 Umesh Yadav bowls a pitched up delivery to Sam Curran, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and lofts it over mid-on and the ball raced away to the fence for four.