- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 super delivery, right line and length and Strauss' footwork once again lets him down ... he is drawn half forward and a loose drive goes straight into Sachin Tendulkar's midriff at first slip 4/135.5 and Ganguly strikes, drifting one back into Cook who is hit on the pads and Taufel answers a beseeching appeal for leg before with a nod and a finger 109/58.6 another pearl from Zaheer, Vaughan forced to play defensively at one drifting away from him, and a thick outside edge gives Tendulkar at first slip his second catch of the afternoon, lower down this time 24/214.4 and he's got him - very well bowled by Singh. Full and straight, swinging back into Pietersen who tried to whip it to leg but was trapped in front - the ball would have taken out middle quite comfortably 47/332.2 well bowled! Swinging into Collingwood who came tentatively forward, without conviction, and inside-edged it onto his stumps 101/450.3 "that's out" we all yell, and right we are ... for once. A lovely full-length inswinger beats the bat, hits the pads and that's as out as out can be 157/745.6 Prior drives at a wide one and Dravid holds a straightforward catch to his left at first slip ... there was an inevitability about that dismissal, Prior never looked happy against Kumble 147/659.4 bowled him this time. Well, we didn't need Nostradamus for that. Kumble bowling right through the meagre defences, taking middle-and-leg with the one which slid on 186/862.5 edged and gone! Good bowling from Khan, a hint of movement away from the lefthander and that's tidy at second slip, crouching into the catch 195/965.3 dragged it shorter this time, Anderson tried to give himself room to cut, but the ball hurried through and beat him for pace. Kumble breaks into a beam 198/10Extras19 (b 8, lb 7, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL198 all out (65.3 Overs, RR: 3.02, 285 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Andrew Strauss, 2.3 ov), 2-24 (Michael Vaughan, 8.6 ov), 3-47 (Kevin Pietersen, 14.4 ov), 4-101 (Paul Collingwood, 32.2 ov), 5-109 (Alastair Cook, 35.5 ov), 6-147 (Matt Prior, 45.6 ov), 7-157 (Ian Bell, 50.3 ov), 8-186 (Chris Tremlett, 59.4 ov), 9-195 (Monty Panesar, 62.5 ov), 10-198 (James Anderson, 65.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 21 5 59 4 2.8 1 0 S Sreesanth 12 7 16 1 1.33 0 0 RP Singh 10 1 56 1 5.6 0 2 SC Ganguly 8 4 11 1 1.37 0 0 A Kumble 12.3 2 32 3 2.56 0 1 SR Tendulkar 2 0 9 0 4.5 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR45.1 and Panesar strikes with the first ball after tea! Flighted outside leg stump, Karthik went to work it through midwicket, got an edge on to his pad, it looped up slowly to short leg where Cook took a low catch low to his left 149/242.1 and he's got him! Just short of a length, it climbs on Jaffer to take the glove, handing Prior a regulation catch. Done by the bounce there 147/176.2 got him! Tossed up outside off, Dravid never got his foot to the pitch of the ball - poking at it without conviction, much as he has done against Panesar on occasion throughout his innings, and Bell takes an excellent diving catch to his left at short extra 246/3107.6 and he's got him - Tendulkar can't believe it. Just outside off stump, Tendulkar took a big stride down the pitch but offered no shot. A huge, lengthy appeal from Collingwood and the wicketkeeper - and Taufel, after a long Bucknor-like delay, raises his finger, though replays suggest it's a poor decision, the ball missing the off stump by several inches. And that's a shocking decision from Taufel; it didn't look out with the naked eye and Hawk-Eye confirms it would have passed by his off stump comfortably. Oh dear. 342/4131.5 strangled down the leg side, a fairly ordinary delivery, Ganguly swishes, Prior takes a tumbling catch and Taufel gives him out. Oh dear, that looked a bit iffy as well 409/5153.3 short and very wide, Laxman goes for the cut and got a thin top edge through to Prior who took a regulation catch 464/7134.2 at least this one is not controversial, Dhoni shapes to hit across the line and gets a thick and audible outside edge to Prior and he's on his way even before the umpire's finger goes up 414/6155.3 not discernible footwork, Kumble feels for the ball and Prior holds a big edge at stomach height with a pace to his right 473/8156.2 Singh misses with a forward defensive poke, the ball hits him on the front leg but an easy decision for Ian Howell, hitting near the top of middle according to Hawk-Eye 474/9158.5 Sreesanth decides to pad away a ball but he doesn't even get his front leg out of the crease and as he kicks the ball he spins away as if not wanting to look at the umpire ... and understandably as Howell's finger is up 481/10Extras34 (b 16, lb 16, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL481 all out (158.5 Overs, RR: 3.02, 660 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-147 (Wasim Jaffer, 42.1 ov), 2-149 (Dinesh Karthik, 45.1 ov), 3-246 (Rahul Dravid, 76.2 ov), 4-342 (Sachin Tendulkar, 107.6 ov), 5-409 (Sourav Ganguly, 131.5 ov), 6-414 (MS Dhoni, 134.2 ov), 7-464 (VVS Laxman, 153.3 ov), 8-473 (Anil Kumble, 155.3 ov), 9-474 (RP Singh, 156.2 ov), 10-481 (Sreesanth, 158.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB RJ Sidebottom 36 11 75 1 2.08 1 0 JM Anderson 33 4 134 1 4.06 0 0 CT Tremlett 40 13 80 3 2 0 1 PD Collingwood 16 3 59 1 3.68 0 0 MS Panesar 33.5 8 101 4 2.98 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR44.2 and Khan strikes with his second ball after lunch! A wider delivery, down off, and Strauss fished with a poor stroke away from his body, Dhoni taking a simple catch, low down 130/218.2 and he's got him - there's the breakthrough for India. It was full and straight, swinging back into Cook a touch who misread the line and was rapped dead in front 49/182.4 the breakthrough and it came out of nothing. Vaughan shaped to flick into the leg side, he got an edge onto his thigh pad and that deflected the ball agonisingly slowly into his stumps. He stood for a moment is disbelief before heading off to a standing ovation. 287/454.5 oh, a misjudgement from Pietersen who leaves it, but that was a beautiful ball from Singh, pitching it very wide outside off. It came back a very long way and would have hit off-and-middle. Plumb; an easy decision for Taufel and a blow for England 175/396.2 but this time he was really gone - going for the drive, a thick outside edge flies to first slip for a very good catch by Karthik 323/782.6 and that's another, a super delivery angled in from wide of the crease, Bell back on his stumps misses the ball and it's an easy decision. 287/590.5 what a peach ... a gem, swinging into Prior, his feet went nowhere and he was cleaned up between bat and pad, the middle stump sent drunkenly spinning on its way 304/697.3 lifted to mid-on for a juggling catch by Singh, who knocks it up, then again and again... the last one for effect 329/899.5 gone this time, though - Panesar with a rush going for it, but top-edging a sweep up to short midwicket 333/9103.6 googly, too good for Anderson who plays down the wrong line and it slinks past his outside edge 355/10Extras29 (b 7, lb 6, nb 7, w 9)TOTAL355 all out (104 Overs, RR: 3.41, 473 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Alastair Cook, 18.2 ov), 2-130 (Andrew Strauss, 44.2 ov), 3-175 (Kevin Pietersen, 54.5 ov), 4-287 (Michael Vaughan, 82.4 ov), 5-287 (Ian Bell, 82.6 ov), 6-304 (Matt Prior, 90.5 ov), 7-323 (Paul Collingwood, 96.2 ov), 8-329 (Chris Tremlett, 97.3 ov), 9-333 (Monty Panesar, 99.5 ov), 10-355 (James Anderson, 103.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Z Khan 27 10 75 5 2.77 1 0 S Sreesanth 21 2 60 0 2.85 3 5 RP Singh 18 5 52 2 2.88 1 0 A Kumble 25 2 104 3 4.16 0 2 SC Ganguly 6 0 22 0 3.66 0 0 SR Tendulkar 7 0 29 0 4.14 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.3 good bounce, beating him for pace and height - brushing the glove on the way through as he put his hands up to try to fend that down 55/214.3 outside off, banged in short of a length and an attempted hook but an outside edge goes high in the air to Pietersen at gully who clings on 47/122.4 short and Tendulkar tries to play off his hips, but only as far as leg gully, who snaps up the catch, low 62/3Extras15 (b 4, lb 6, nb 3, w 2)TOTAL73/3 (24.1 Overs, RR: 3.02, 105 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Wasim Jaffer, 14.3 ov), 2-55 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.3 ov), 3-62 (Sachin Tendulkar, 22.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JM Anderson 9 2 23 0 2.55 0 0 RJ Sidebottom 8 0 28 0 3.5 1 0 CT Tremlett 7.1 2 12 3 1.67 1 3
Match Details
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led 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 6.30pm
Match days
27,28,29,30,31 July 2007 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Fri, 27 Jul - day 1 - England 1st innings 169/7 (CT Tremlett 16*, RJ Sidebottom 0*, 55 ov)
- Sat, 28 Jul - day 2 - India 1st innings 254/3 (SR Tendulkar 57*, SC Ganguly 4*, 79 ov)
- Sun, 29 Jul - day 3 - England 2nd innings 43/0 (AJ Strauss 21*, AN Cook 17*, 16 ov)
- Mon, 30 Jul - day 4 - India 2nd innings 10/0 (KD Karthik 6*, W Jaffer 3*, 3 ov)
- Tue, 31 Jul - day 5 - India 2nd innings 73/3 (24.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- India: 50 runs in 15.5 overs (98 balls), Extras 5
- Test Match Scorers: Raju, Sajan Nair and Binoy George
- England: 50 runs in 20.1 overs (124 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: England - 69/1 in 30.0 overs (AJ Strauss 29, MP Vaughan 7)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 115 balls (AJ Strauss 23, MP Vaughan 17, Ex 10)
- England: 100 runs in 37.4 overs (229 balls), Extras 15
- AJ Strauss: 50 off 120 balls (5 x 4)
- Lunch: England - 129/1 in 43.0 overs (AJ Strauss 54, MP Vaughan 36)
- England: 150 runs in 48.2 overs (294 balls), Extras 17
- MP Vaughan: 50 off 100 balls (9 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 175/3 in 54.5 overs (MP Vaughan 60)
- England: 200 runs in 61.2 overs (375 balls), Extras 20
- Tea: England - 221/3 in 70.0 overs (MP Vaughan 91, PD Collingwood 13)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 96 balls (MP Vaughan 32, PD Collingwood 16, Ex 2)
- MP Vaughan: 100 off 171 balls (15 x 4)
- England: 250 runs in 75.2 overs (459 balls), Extras 20
- New Ball Taken: England 270/3 after 80.1 overs (MP Vaughan 116, PD Collingwood 36)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 158 balls (MP Vaughan 56, PD Collingwood 41, Ex 3)
- Drinks: England - 287/5 in 83.0 overs (PD Collingwood 45)
- England: 300 runs in 87.5 overs (536 balls), Extras 26
- PD Collingwood: 50 off 117 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 323/6 in 96.0 overs (PD Collingwood 63, CT Tremlett 4)
- England: 350 runs in 103.2 overs (632 balls), Extras 29
- India 2nd innings
- End Of Day: India - 10/0 in 3.0 overs (KD Karthik 6, W Jaffer 3)
- New Ball Taken: India 256/3 after 80.1 overs (SR Tendulkar 58, SC Ganguly 5)
- Drinks: India - 289/3 in 93.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 69, SC Ganguly 26)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 114 balls (SR Tendulkar 21, SC Ganguly 30, Ex 1)
- India: 300 runs in 95.6 overs (577 balls), Extras 18
- SC Ganguly: 50 off 84 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: India - 338/3 in 107.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 87, SC Ganguly 53)
- India: 350 runs in 112.1 overs (674 balls), Extras 27
- Drinks: India - 372/4 in 119.0 overs (SC Ganguly 65, VVS Laxman 13)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 107 balls (SC Ganguly 20, VVS Laxman 25, Ex 7)
- India: 400 runs in 127.2 overs (765 balls), Extras 29
- Tea: India - 419/6 in 136.0 overs (VVS Laxman 37, A Kumble 1)
- VVS Laxman: 50 off 122 balls (7 x 4)
- India: 450 runs in 145.6 overs (877 balls), Extras 32
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (VVS Laxman 20, A Kumble 26, Ex 4)
- Drinks: India - 464/7 in 153.3 overs (A Kumble 26)
- England 2nd innings
- End Of Day: England - 43/0 in 16.0 overs (AJ Strauss 21, AN Cook 17)
- India 1st innings
- Lunch: India - 40/0 in 16.0 overs (KD Karthik 20, W Jaffer 15)
- India: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 122 balls (KD Karthik 25, W Jaffer 21, Ex 5)
- KD Karthik: 50 off 95 balls (8 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 98/0 in 31.0 overs (KD Karthik 50, W Jaffer 41)
- India: 100 runs in 31.3 overs (189 balls), Extras 7
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 189 balls (KD Karthik 50, W Jaffer 45, Ex 7)
- W Jaffer: 50 off 101 balls (7 x 4)
- Tea: India - 149/1 in 45.0 overs (KD Karthik 77, R Dravid 0)
- India: 150 runs in 45.2 overs (272 balls), Extras 10
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 90 balls (R Dravid 26, SR Tendulkar 19, Ex 5)
- India: 200 runs in 61.3 overs (369 balls), Extras 15
- Drinks: India - 204/2 in 64.0 overs (R Dravid 29, SR Tendulkar 21)
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 99 balls (6 x 4)
- India: 250 runs in 78.1 overs (470 balls), Extras 17
- Bad Light: India - 254/3 in 79.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 57, SC Ganguly 4)
- End Of Day: India - 254/3 in 79.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 57, SC Ganguly 4)
- England 1st innings
- Drinks: England - 38/2 in 12.0 overs (AN Cook 14, KP Pietersen 9)
- England: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (98 balls), Extras 3
- Tea: England - 94/3 in 24.0 overs (AN Cook 35, PD Collingwood 25)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (AN Cook 17, PD Collingwood 27, Ex 6)
- England: 100 runs in 31.5 overs (192 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: England - 109/5 in 35.5 overs (IR Bell 0)
- England: 150 runs in 46.5 overs (284 balls), Extras 14
- End Of Day: England - 169/7 in 55.0 overs (CT Tremlett 16, RJ Sidebottom 0)
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