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England v India 1st Test

India tour of England - 2018 (2018) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 1 August 2018

England won by 31 runs

England won by 31 runs. Virat Kohli top-scored with 149 for India. Ishant Sharma took 5/51.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
India tour of England - 2018 (2018)
Ground
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Dates
1 August 2018 to 4 August 2018
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
England won by 31 runs
Player of the match
Sam Curran
Captains
Joe Root (England), Virat Kohli (India)
Umpires
Aleem Dar and CB Gaffaney
Match referee
JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat.

England batted first and made 287 all out. Joe Root top-scored with 80 off 156 balls, and Jonny Bairstow made 70. Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 for 62 for India. The innings was built on a 104-run stand for the fourth wicket between Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root.

India replied with 274 all out. Virat Kohli top-scored with 149 off 225 balls. Sam Curran took 4 for 74 for England. England led by 13 on first innings.

England made 180 all out in their second innings. Sam Curran top-scored with 63 off 65 balls. Ishant Sharma took 5 for 51 for India.

Set 194 to win, India made 162 all out. Virat Kohli top-scored with 51 off 93 balls. Ben Stokes took 4 for 40 for England.

England won by 31 runs.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 287 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookb Ravichandran Ashwin1328
Keaton Jenningsb Mohammed Shami4298
Joe Rootrun out (Virat Kohli)80156
Dawid Malanlbw b Mohammed Shami814
Jonny Bairstowb Umesh Yadav7088
Ben Stokesc & b Ravichandran Ashwin2141
Jos Buttlerlbw b Ravichandran Ashwin02
Sam Curranc Dinesh Karthik b Mohammed Shami2471
Adil Rashidlbw b Ishant Sharma1318
Stuart Broadlbw b Ravichandran Ashwin17
James Andersonnot out215

Extras 13 · Total 287 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Umesh Yadav172561
Ishant Sharma171461
Ravichandran Ashwin267624
Mohammed Shami19.42643
Hardik Pandya101460

FALL OF WICKETS

1-26 (Alastair Cook, 8.5 ov), 2-98 (Keaton Jennings, 35.1 ov), 3-112 (Dawid Malan, 39.3 ov), 4-216 (Joe Root, 62.3 ov), 5-223 (Jonny Bairstow, 65.6 ov), 6-224 (Jos Buttler, 66.4 ov), 7-243 (Ben Stokes, 74.1 ov), 8-278 (Adil Rashid, 83.1 ov), 9-283 (Stuart Broad, 84.2 ov), 10-287 (Sam Curran, 89.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstAlastair Cook (13) and Keaton Jennings (12)2653
secondJoe Root (38) and Keaton Jennings (30)72158
thirdDawid Malan (8) and Joe Root (5)1426
fourthJonny Bairstow (65) and Joe Root (37)104138
fifthJonny Bairstow (5) and Ben Stokes (2)721
sixthJos Buttler (0) and Ben Stokes (1)14
seventhBen Stokes (18) and Sam Curran (1)1945
eighthAdil Rashid (13) and Sam Curran (21)3554
ninthStuart Broad (1) and Sam Curran (0)57
tenthJames Anderson (2) and Sam Curran (2)432
INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 274 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Murali Vijaylbw b Sam Curran2045
Shikhar Dhawanc Dawid Malan b Sam Curran2646
KL Rahulb Sam Curran42
Virat Kohlic Stuart Broad b Adil Rashid149225
Ajinkya Rahanec Keaton Jennings b Ben Stokes1534
Dinesh Karthikb Ben Stokes04
Hardik Pandyalbw b Sam Curran2252
Ravichandran Ashwinb James Anderson1015
Mohammed Shamic Dawid Malan b James Anderson24
Ishant Sharmalbw b Adil Rashid517
Umesh Yadavnot out116

Extras 20 · Total 274 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson227412
Stuart Broad102400
Sam Curran171744
Adil Rashid80312
Ben Stokes194732

FALL OF WICKETS

1-50 (Murali Vijay, 13.4 ov), 2-54 (KL Rahul, 13.6 ov), 3-59 (Shikhar Dhawan, 15.5 ov), 4-100 (Ajinkya Rahane, 27.4 ov), 5-100 (Dinesh Karthik, 29.2 ov), 6-148 (Hardik Pandya, 45.6 ov), 7-169 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 50.3 ov), 8-182 (Mohammed Shami, 54.1 ov), 9-217 (Ishant Sharma, 63.4 ov), 10-274 (Virat Kohli, 75.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstShikhar Dhawan (21) and Murali Vijay (20)5085
secondShikhar Dhawan (0) and KL Rahul (4)42
thirdShikhar Dhawan (5) and Virat Kohli (0)511
fourthVirat Kohli (21) and Ajinkya Rahane (15)4172
fifthDinesh Karthik (0) and Virat Kohli (0)010
sixthVirat Kohli (26) and Hardik Pandya (22)48100
seventhRavichandran Ashwin (10) and Virat Kohli (10)2127
eighthVirat Kohli (10) and Mohammed Shami (2)1322
ninthIshant Sharma (5) and Virat Kohli (30)3557
tenthVirat Kohli (52) and Umesh Yadav (1)5774
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 180 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookb Ravichandran Ashwin014
Keaton Jenningsc KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin818
Joe Rootc KL Rahul b Ravichandran Ashwin1435
Dawid Malanc Ajinkya Rahane b Ishant Sharma2064
Jonny Bairstowc Shikhar Dhawan b Ishant Sharma2840
Ben Stokesc Virat Kohli b Ishant Sharma613
Jos Buttlerc Dinesh Karthik b Ishant Sharma12
Sam Curranc Dinesh Karthik b Umesh Yadav6365
Adil Rashidb Umesh Yadav1640
Stuart Broadc Shikhar Dhawan b Ishant Sharma1128
James Andersonnot out0–

Extras 13 · Total 180 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Mohammed Shami122380
Ravichandran Ashwin214593
Ishant Sharma130515
Umesh Yadav71202

FALL OF WICKETS

1-9 (Alastair Cook, 3.4 ov), 2-18 (Keaton Jennings, 7.4 ov), 3-39 (Joe Root, 15.1 ov), 4-70 (Dawid Malan, 26.2 ov), 5-85 (Jonny Bairstow, 30.2 ov), 6-86 (Ben Stokes, 30.4 ov), 7-87 (Jos Buttler, 30.6 ov), 8-135 (Adil Rashid, 44.4 ov), 9-176 (Stuart Broad, 51.6 ov), 10-180 (Sam Curran, 52.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstAlastair Cook (0) and Keaton Jennings (5)922
secondJoe Root (6) and Keaton Jennings (3)924
thirdDawid Malan (12) and Joe Root (8)2145
fourthDawid Malan (8) and Jonny Bairstow (20)3168
fifthJonny Bairstow (8) and Ben Stokes (6)1524
sixthJos Buttler (1) and Ben Stokes (0)12
seventhJos Buttler (0) and Sam Curran (1)12
eighthAdil Rashid (16) and Sam Curran (32)4882
ninthStuart Broad (11) and Sam Curran (26)4144
tenthJames Anderson (0) and Sam Curran (4)46
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 162 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Murali Vijaylbw b Stuart Broad617
Shikhar Dhawanc Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad1324
KL Rahulc Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes1324
Virat Kohlilbw b Ben Stokes5193
Ajinkya Rahanec Jonny Bairstow b Sam Curran216
Ravichandran Ashwinc Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson1315
Dinesh Karthikc Dawid Malan b James Anderson2050
Hardik Pandyac Alastair Cook b Ben Stokes3161
Mohammed Shamic Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes03
Ishant Sharmalbw b Adil Rashid1115
Umesh Yadavnot out08

Extras 2 · Total 162 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson162502
Stuart Broad142432
Ben Stokes14.22404
Sam Curran60181
Adil Rashid4191

FALL OF WICKETS

1-19 (Murali Vijay, 5.5 ov), 2-22 (Shikhar Dhawan, 7.3 ov), 3-46 (KL Rahul, 14.6 ov), 4-63 (Ajinkya Rahane, 21.4 ov), 5-78 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 24.3 ov), 6-112 (Dinesh Karthik, 36.6 ov), 7-141 (Virat Kohli, 46.3 ov), 8-141 (Mohammed Shami, 46.6 ov), 9-154 (Ishant Sharma, 49.6 ov), 10-162 (Hardik Pandya, 54.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstShikhar Dhawan (12) and Murali Vijay (6)1935
secondShikhar Dhawan (1) and KL Rahul (2)310
thirdVirat Kohli (13) and KL Rahul (11)2445
fourthVirat Kohli (15) and Ajinkya Rahane (2)1740
fifthRavichandran Ashwin (13) and Virat Kohli (2)1517
sixthDinesh Karthik (20) and Virat Kohli (13)3475
seventhVirat Kohli (8) and Hardik Pandya (21)2957
eighthMohammed Shami (0) and Hardik Pandya (0)03
ninthIshant Sharma (11) and Hardik Pandya (2)1318
tenthUmesh Yadav (0) and Hardik Pandya (8)826
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