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 21.1 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 21.1 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 21.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 21.3 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Takes a small step towards the ball and then drives handsomely through cover. Fantastic balance as ball hit bat.

Over 21.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 21.5 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line on the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 21.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and tries to push at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 23.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 23.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, comes on to the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 23.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to backward point with open face bat.

Over 23.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 23.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 23.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, got the front foot far too across, was in trouble once that happened and the ball thudded into the pad. Aleem Dar wasn't interested and the second one has got wrong today

Over 25.1 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and went for a drive away from the body, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 25.2 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and goes after a fuller length delivery half-heartedly and misses. So close to the edge.

Over 25.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it solidly.

Over 25.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point with open face bat.

Over 25.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 4 leg byes, gets forward and misses the flick, the ball goes off the pads down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 25.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, stays on the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 27.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point with open face bat.

Over 27.3 Ben Stokes bowls a back of length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, Boundary! Goes deep in the crease and steers it down to third man fence for four.

Over 27.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Jennings!! The ball was on a short of length and Rahane needlessly flirted at it.Well away from the body and giving catching practice to the third slip.

Over 27.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 27.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it solidly down the pitch.

Over 29.1 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, goes deep in the crease and sways away from the bouncer.

Over 29.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, out Bowled! Karthik was late to get forward, he made the mistake of leaving a gap between bat and pad as he drove. Saw the furniture disturbed.

Over 29.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point with an open face bat.

Over 29.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, no runs, stays on the front foot and punches it straight back to the bowler.

Over 29.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, no runs, gets forward and tries to push at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

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