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 5.5SCJ Broad bowls pitched up delivery to Murali Vijay, he is struck on the pad and the Umpire has given that out LBW.Out LBW

Over 7.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, out Caught by Bairstow!! Dhawan into an expansive drive. His feet never moved across, all he managed was a thick edge and Bairstow pouched it.

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. 

Over 21.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Bairstow!!  Rahane goes to half cut a short ball that just doesn't get up, but he won't use his feet, not one bit. Gets the under-edge on the waft and Bairstow gets his fingers very low in time.

Over 24.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, out Caught by Bairstow!!  Anderson smartly gets it closer to the stumps, continuing to jag it away after pitching like he has mastered. Ashwin flirts, away from his body and kisses it off the outside edge to the keeper. 

Over 36.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, out Caught by Malan!!

Over 46.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, out Lbw!! This came back in and Kohli who is so good with the on-side shots falls over slightly and gets trapped right in front. The Umpire raises the finger.

Over 46.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Mohammed Shami, out Caught by Bairstow!! Shami comes on to the front foot and tries to run it down to third man and the ball takes the outside edge and easy catch to Bairstow behind the stumps.

Over 49.6 Adil Rashid bowls it flat in the air to Ishant Sharma, out LBW! Beautiful googly spins sharply into Ishant who didn't pick it and the ball hits on the font pad.