India v England 2nd Test

England tour of India - 2006 (2005/06) · Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh · 9 March 2006

India won by 9 wickets

India won by 9 wickets. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 95 for India. Anil Kumble took 5/76.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England tour of India - 2006 (2005/06)
Ground: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Chandigarh (then Punjab Cricket Association Stadium)
Dates: 9 March 2006 to 13 March 2006
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: India won by 9 wickets
Player of the match: Anil Kumble
Captains: Andrew Flintoff (England), Rahul Dravid (India)
Debuts: Piyush Chawla (India), Munaf Patel (India)
Umpires: DB Hair and SJA Taufel
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. Piyush Chawla and Munaf Patel played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 300 all out. Andrew Flintoff top-scored with 70 off 123 balls, and Kevin Pietersen made 64. Anil Kumble took 5 for 76 for India. The innings was built on a 103-run stand for the sixth wicket between Andrew Flintoff and Geraint Jones. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, 400 across 6 Tests.

India replied with 338 all out. Rahul Dravid top-scored with 95 off 208 balls, and Irfan Pathan made 52. Andrew Flintoff took 4 for 96 for England. India led by 38 on first innings.

England made 181 all out in their second innings. Ian Bell top-scored with 57 off 137 balls, and Andrew Flintoff made 51. Munaf Patel took 4 for 25 for India.

Set 144 to win, India made 144 for 1. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 76 not out off 89 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 42. The innings was built on a 105-run stand for the second wicket between Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, 73% of the total.

India won by 9 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 300 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c MS Dhoni b Irfan Pathan	18	38
Alastair Cook	lbw b Irfan Pathan	17	38
Ian Bell	b Anil Kumble	38	68
Kevin Pietersen	c & b Munaf Patel	64	108
Paul Collingwood	b Anil Kumble	25	77
Andrew Flintoff	c & b Munaf Patel	70	123
Geraint Jones	b Anil Kumble	52	134
Liam Plunkett	c MS Dhoni b Munaf Patel	0	14
Matthew Hoggard	not out	4	25
Steve Harmison	lbw b Anil Kumble	0	1
Monty Panesar	c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble	0	2

Extras 12 · Total 300 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Irfan Pathan	28	9	71	2
Munaf Patel	25	6	72	3
Harbhajan Singh	12	0	31	0
Piyush Chawla	9	1	45	0
Anil Kumble	29.4	8	76	5

FALL OF WICKETS

1-35 (Andrew Strauss, 10.5 ov), 2-36 (Alastair Cook, 12.5 ov), 3-117 (Ian Bell, 33.6 ov), 4-157 (Kevin Pietersen, 48.1 ov), 5-180 (Paul Collingwood, 59.2 ov), 6-283 (Andrew Flintoff, 91.4 ov), 7-290 (Liam Plunkett, 97.1 ov), 8-300 (Geraint Jones, 103.1 ov), 9-300 (Steve Harmison, 103.2 ov), 10-300 (Monty Panesar, 103.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (18) and Alastair Cook (16)	35	66
second	Ian Bell (0) and Alastair Cook (1)	1	12
third	Ian Bell (38) and Kevin Pietersen (42)	81	128
fourth	Paul Collingwood (17) and Kevin Pietersen (22)	40	85
fifth	Paul Collingwood (8) and Andrew Flintoff (14)	23	68
sixth	Andrew Flintoff (56) and Geraint Jones (41)	103	196
seventh	Geraint Jones (6) and Liam Plunkett (0)	7	34
eighth	Matthew Hoggard (4) and Geraint Jones (5)	10	36
ninth	Matthew Hoggard (0) and Steve Harmison (0)	0	1
tenth	Matthew Hoggard (0) and Monty Panesar (0)	0	2

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 338 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Wasim Jaffer	c Andrew Flintoff b Monty Panesar	31	104
Virender Sehwag	c Geraint Jones b Steve Harmison	11	13
Rahul Dravid	b Andrew Flintoff	95	208
Sachin Tendulkar	c Andrew Strauss b Andrew Flintoff	4	15
Yuvraj Singh	c Ian Bell b Matthew Hoggard	15	30
MS Dhoni	c Geraint Jones b Steve Harmison	16	22
Irfan Pathan	c Paul Collingwood b Andrew Flintoff	52	58
Anil Kumble	b Liam Plunkett	32	75
Harbhajan Singh	c Geraint Jones b Andrew Flintoff	36	41
Piyush Chawla	c Paul Collingwood b Matthew Hoggard	1	9
Munaf Patel	not out	11	11

Extras 34 · Total 338 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Matthew Hoggard	18	6	55	2
Steve Harmison	28	9	60	2
Andrew Flintoff	22	3	96	4
Liam Plunkett	9.2	1	37	1
Monty Panesar	19	3	65	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-18 (Virender Sehwag, 3.5 ov), 2-96 (Wasim Jaffer, 33.6 ov), 3-103 (Sachin Tendulkar, 38.3 ov), 4-134 (Yuvraj Singh, 48.2 ov), 5-153 (MS Dhoni, 55.4 ov), 6-229 (Rahul Dravid, 72.1 ov), 7-260 (Irfan Pathan, 76.5 ov), 8-313 (Harbhajan Singh, 88.6 ov), 9-321 (Piyush Chawla, 92.5 ov), 10-338 (Anil Kumble, 96.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (3) and Virender Sehwag (11)	18	23
second	Rahul Dravid (43) and Wasim Jaffer (28)	78	182
third	Sachin Tendulkar (4) and Rahul Dravid (3)	7	27
fourth	Rahul Dravid (11) and Yuvraj Singh (15)	31	61
fifth	Rahul Dravid (3) and MS Dhoni (16)	19	44
sixth	Rahul Dravid (35) and Irfan Pathan (37)	76	99
seventh	Anil Kumble (10) and Irfan Pathan (15)	31	30
eighth	Anil Kumble (8) and Harbhajan Singh (36)	53	76
ninth	Anil Kumble (7) and Piyush Chawla (1)	8	23
tenth	Anil Kumble (6) and Munaf Patel (11)	17	21

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 181 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c MS Dhoni b Anil Kumble	13	64
Alastair Cook	c MS Dhoni b Munaf Patel	2	20
Ian Bell	c MS Dhoni b Anil Kumble	57	137
Kevin Pietersen	c Rahul Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	4	13
Paul Collingwood	c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble	14	36
Andrew Flintoff	c Munaf Patel b Piyush Chawla	51	106
Geraint Jones	b Munaf Patel	5	7
Liam Plunkett	lbw b Munaf Patel	1	12
Matthew Hoggard	b Munaf Patel	4	15
Steve Harmison	st MS Dhoni b Anil Kumble	13	49
Monty Panesar	not out	0	4

Extras 17 · Total 181 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Irfan Pathan	6	1	16	0
Munaf Patel	13	4	25	4
Harbhajan Singh	23	5	52	1
Anil Kumble	29	7	70	4
Piyush Chawla	5.1	2	8	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-7 (Alastair Cook, 5.6 ov), 2-50 (Andrew Strauss, 23.3 ov), 3-55 (Kevin Pietersen, 26.5 ov), 4-88 (Paul Collingwood, 38.5 ov), 5-109 (Ian Bell, 48.6 ov), 6-116 (Geraint Jones, 51.5 ov), 7-124 (Liam Plunkett, 55.2 ov), 8-139 (Matthew Hoggard, 59.4 ov), 9-181 (Steve Harmison, 75.2 ov), 10-181 (Andrew Flintoff, 76.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (4) and Alastair Cook (2)	7	37
second	Andrew Strauss (9) and Ian Bell (31)	43	106
third	Ian Bell (1) and Kevin Pietersen (4)	5	20
fourth	Paul Collingwood (14) and Ian Bell (18)	33	73
fifth	Andrew Flintoff (14) and Ian Bell (7)	21	61
sixth	Andrew Flintoff (2) and Geraint Jones (5)	7	17
seventh	Andrew Flintoff (5) and Liam Plunkett (1)	8	23
eighth	Andrew Flintoff (6) and Matthew Hoggard (4)	15	27
ninth	Andrew Flintoff (24) and Steve Harmison (13)	42	94
tenth	Andrew Flintoff (0) and Monty Panesar (0)	0	5

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 144 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Wasim Jaffer	lbw b Matthew Hoggard	17	32
Virender Sehwag	not out	76	89
Rahul Dravid	not out	42	77

Did not bat: Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel

Extras 9 · Total 144 for 1

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Steve Harmison	4	1	10	0
Matthew Hoggard	8	2	24	1
Monty Panesar	11	0	48	0
Andrew Flintoff	5	0	11	0
Liam Plunkett	2	0	22	0
Paul Collingwood	3	1	20	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-39 (Wasim Jaffer, 9.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Wasim Jaffer (17) and Virender Sehwag (17)	39	59
second	Rahul Dravid (42) and Virender Sehwag (59)	105	139

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