India v England 1st Test

England tour of India - 2001 (2001/02) · Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh · 3 December 2001

India won by 10 wickets

India won by 10 wickets. Deep Dasgupta top-scored with 100 for India. Anil Kumble took 6/81.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of India - 2001 (2001/02)
Ground: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Chandigarh (then Punjab Cricket Association Stadium)
Dates: 3 December 2001 to 6 December 2001
Toss: India, chose to field
Result: India won by 10 wickets
Player of the match: Anil Kumble
Captains: Nasser Hussain (England), Sourav Ganguly (India)
Debuts: James Foster (England), Richard Dawson (England), Sanjay Bangar (India), Iqbal Siddiqui (India), Tinu Yohannan (India)
Umpires: S Venkataraghavan and SA Bucknor
Match referee: DT Lindsay

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to field. James Foster, Richard Dawson, Sanjay Bangar, Iqbal Siddiqui and Tinu Yohannan played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 238 all out. Nasser Hussain top-scored with 85 off 147 balls, and Marcus Trescothick made 66. Harbhajan Singh took 5 for 51 for India. The innings was built on a 125-run stand for the second wicket between Nasser Hussain and Marcus Trescothick, 53% of the total. From 224 for 5 they lost 5 wickets for 14 runs, to 238 for 10. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, 400 across 6 Tests.

India replied with 469 all out. Deep Dasgupta top-scored with 100 off 254 balls, and Sachin Tendulkar made 88. Richard Dawson took 4 for 134 for England. The innings was built on a 136-run stand for the third wicket between Rahul Dravid and Deep Dasgupta. India led by 231 on first innings.

England made 235 all out in their second innings. Graham Thorpe top-scored with 62 off 120 balls, and Marcus Trescothick made 46. Anil Kumble took 6 for 81 for India.

Set 5 to win, India made 5 for 0. Iqbal Siddiqui top-scored with 5 not out off 2 balls.

India won by 10 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 238 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mark Butcher	c VVS Laxman b Tinu Yohannan	4	4
Marcus Trescothick	b Tinu Yohannan	66	107
Nasser Hussain	c VVS Laxman b Anil Kumble	85	147
Graham Thorpe	c VVS Laxman b Iqbal Siddiqui	23	34
Mark Ramprakash	c Shiv Sunder Das b Harbhajan Singh	17	51
Andrew Flintoff	c Anil Kumble b Harbhajan Singh	18	38
Craig White	c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble	5	24
James Foster	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	16
Jimmy Ormond	not out	3	18
Richard Dawson	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	5	24
Matthew Hoggard	caught b Harbhajan Singh	0	1

Extras 12 · Total 238 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Tinu Yohannan	18	3	75	2
Iqbal Siddiqui	11	2	32	1
Sanjay Bangar	5	2	17	0
Anil Kumble	19	6	52	2
Sachin Tendulkar	4	3	4	0
Harbhajan Singh	19.3	4	51	5

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Mark Butcher, 0.4 ov), 2-129 (Marcus Trescothick, 34.3 ov), 3-172 (Graham Thorpe, 44.4 ov), 4-200 (Nasser Hussain, 51.2 ov), 5-224 (Mark Ramprakash, 62.2 ov), 6-227 (Andrew Flintoff, 64.2 ov), 7-229 (James Foster, 68.4 ov), 8-229 (Craig White, 69.4 ov), 9-238 (Richard Dawson, 76.2 ov), 10-238 (Matthew Hoggard, 76.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Marcus Trescothick (0) and Mark Butcher (0)	4	4
second	Nasser Hussain (54) and Marcus Trescothick (66)	125	204
third	Nasser Hussain (14) and Graham Thorpe (23)	43	62
fourth	Nasser Hussain (17) and Mark Ramprakash (11)	28	40
fifth	Mark Ramprakash (6) and Andrew Flintoff (18)	24	66
sixth	Craig White (3) and Andrew Flintoff (0)	3	12
seventh	Craig White (2) and James Foster (0)	2	26
eighth	Craig White (0) and Jimmy Ormond (0)	0	6
ninth	Jimmy Ormond (3) and Richard Dawson (5)	9	40
tenth	Jimmy Ormond (0) and Matthew Hoggard (0)	0	1

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 469 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shiv Sunder Das	b Mark Butcher	2	22
Deep Dasgupta	b Craig White	100	254
Anil Kumble	c James Foster b Richard Dawson	37	86
Rahul Dravid	lbw b Jimmy Ormond	86	206
Sachin Tendulkar	c James Foster b Matthew Hoggard	88	144
Sourav Ganguly	c Graham Thorpe b Matthew Hoggard	47	95
VVS Laxman	c Nasser Hussain b Richard Dawson	28	67
Sanjay Bangar	c & b Richard Dawson	36	110
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Richard Dawson	1	4
Iqbal Siddiqui	b Matthew Hoggard	24	28
Tinu Yohannan	not out	2	2

Extras 18 · Total 469 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Matthew Hoggard	32	9	98	3
Jimmy Ormond	28	8	70	1
Mark Butcher	7	1	19	1
Andrew Flintoff	34	11	80	0
Craig White	25	8	56	1
Richard Dawson	43	6	134	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-23 (Shiv Sunder Das, 9.1 ov), 2-76 (Anil Kumble, 35.6 ov), 3-212 (Deep Dasgupta, 82.3 ov), 4-290 (Rahul Dravid, 107.3 ov), 5-370 (Sachin Tendulkar, 132.4 ov), 6-378 (Sourav Ganguly, 134.4 ov), 7-430 (VVS Laxman, 159.5 ov), 8-436 (Harbhajan Singh, 161.6 ov), 9-449 (Sanjay Bangar, 165.6 ov), 10-469 (Iqbal Siddiqui, 168.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Shiv Sunder Das (0) and Deep Dasgupta (19)	23	49
second	Anil Kumble (37) and Deep Dasgupta (12)	53	162
third	Rahul Dravid (62) and Deep Dasgupta (69)	136	279
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (51) and Rahul Dravid (24)	78	152
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (37) and Sourav Ganguly (42)	80	151
sixth	Sourav Ganguly (5) and VVS Laxman (2)	8	13
seventh	VVS Laxman (26) and Sanjay Bangar (25)	52	151
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (1) and Sanjay Bangar (5)	6	13
ninth	Iqbal Siddiqui (7) and Sanjay Bangar (6)	13	24
tenth	Iqbal Siddiqui (17) and Tinu Yohannan (2)	20	18

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 235 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mark Butcher	c Jacob Martin b Tinu Yohannan	18	90
Marcus Trescothick	c Iqbal Siddiqui b Tinu Yohannan	46	95
Nasser Hussain	b Anil Kumble	12	19
Graham Thorpe	c & b Anil Kumble	62	120
Mark Ramprakash	lbw b Anil Kumble	28	61
Andrew Flintoff	c Sourav Ganguly b Anil Kumble	4	2
Craig White	c Deep Dasgupta b Harbhajan Singh	22	34
James Foster	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	5	20
Jimmy Ormond	b Anil Kumble	0	1
Richard Dawson	b Anil Kumble	11	23
Matthew Hoggard	not out	0	4

Extras 27 · Total 235 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Tinu Yohannan	17	3	56	2
Iqbal Siddiqui	8	3	16	0
Anil Kumble	28.4	6	81	6
Harbhajan Singh	24	9	59	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-68 (Mark Butcher, 28.6 ov), 2-82 (Marcus Trescothick, 32.4 ov), 3-87 (Nasser Hussain, 35.5 ov), 4-159 (Mark Ramprakash, 55.3 ov), 5-163 (Andrew Flintoff, 55.5 ov), 6-196 (Craig White, 66.1 ov), 7-206 (James Foster, 70.6 ov), 8-207 (Jimmy Ormond, 71.2 ov), 9-224 (Graham Thorpe, 75.5 ov), 10-235 (Richard Dawson, 77.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Marcus Trescothick (42) and Mark Butcher (14)	68	164
second	Nasser Hussain (10) and Marcus Trescothick (4)	14	22
third	Nasser Hussain (2) and Graham Thorpe (3)	5	19
fourth	Mark Ramprakash (28) and Graham Thorpe (37)	72	120
fifth	Graham Thorpe (0) and Andrew Flintoff (4)	4	2
sixth	Graham Thorpe (10) and Craig White (22)	33	62
seventh	Graham Thorpe (4) and James Foster (5)	10	29
eighth	Graham Thorpe (1) and Jimmy Ormond (0)	1	2
ninth	Graham Thorpe (7) and Richard Dawson (4)	17	27
tenth	Matthew Hoggard (0) and Richard Dawson (7)	11	11

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 5 FOR 0

Batter	How out	R	B
Iqbal Siddiqui	not out	5	2
Deep Dasgupta	not out	0	–

Did not bat: Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Sanjay Bangar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Shiv Sunder Das, Tinu Yohannan

Extras 0 · Total 5 for 0

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Matthew Hoggard	0.2	0	5	0

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Iqbal Siddiqui and Deep Dasgupta	5	2

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