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India v England 3rd Test

England tour of India - 2012 (2012/13) · Eden Gardens, Kolkata · 5 December 2012

England won by 7 wickets

England won by 7 wickets. Alastair Cook top-scored with 190 for England. Monty Panesar took 4/90.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
England tour of India - 2012 (2012/13)
Ground
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Dates
5 December 2012 to 9 December 2012
Toss
India, chose to bat
Result
England won by 7 wickets
Player of the match
Alastair Cook
Captains
MS Dhoni (India), Alastair Cook (England)
Umpires
HDPK Dharmasena and RJ Tucker
Match referee
JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat.

India batted first and made 316 all out. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 76 off 155 balls, and Gautam Gambhir made 60. Monty Panesar took 4 for 90 for England.

England replied with 523 all out. Alastair Cook top-scored with 190 off 377 balls, and Jonathan Trott made 87. Pragyan Ojha took 4 for 142 for India. The innings was built on a 173-run stand for the second wicket between Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook. England led by 207 on first innings.

India made 247 all out in their second innings. Ravichandran Ashwin top-scored with 91 not out off 157 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 49. James Anderson took 3 for 38 for England. From 98 for 2 they lost 4 wickets for 24 runs, to 122 for 6.

Set 41 to win, England made 41 for 3. Ian Bell top-scored with 28 not out off 28 balls.

England won by 7 wickets.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 316 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Gautam Gambhirc Jonathan Trott b Monty Panesar60124
Virender Sehwagrun out (Steven Finn, Matt Prior)2326
Cheteshwar Pujarab Monty Panesar1648
Sachin Tendulkarc Matt Prior b James Anderson76155
Virat Kohlic Graeme Swann b James Anderson624
Yuvraj Singhc Alastair Cook b Graeme Swann3254
MS Dhonic Graeme Swann b Steven Finn52114
Ravichandran Ashwinb James Anderson2143
Zaheer Khanlbw b Monty Panesar621
Ishant Sharmab Monty Panesar03
Pragyan Ojhanot out019

Extras 24 · Total 316 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson287893
Steven Finn212731
Monty Panesar4013904
Graeme Swann163461

FALL OF WICKETS

1-47 (Virender Sehwag, 10.1 ov), 2-88 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 25.4 ov), 3-117 (Gautam Gambhir, 41.1 ov), 4-136 (Virat Kohli, 48.4 ov), 5-215 (Yuvraj Singh, 68.3 ov), 6-230 (Sachin Tendulkar, 74.1 ov), 7-268 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 88.3 ov), 8-292 (Zaheer Khan, 93.6 ov), 9-296 (Ishant Sharma, 95.3 ov), 10-316 (MS Dhoni, 104.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstGautam Gambhir (24) and Virender Sehwag (21)4760
secondGautam Gambhir (25) and Cheteshwar Pujara (16)4193
thirdSachin Tendulkar (18) and Gautam Gambhir (11)2993
fourthSachin Tendulkar (8) and Virat Kohli (6)1945
fifthSachin Tendulkar (41) and Yuvraj Singh (32)79120
sixthSachin Tendulkar (9) and MS Dhoni (6)1534
seventhMS Dhoni (15) and Ravichandran Ashwin (21)3886
eighthMS Dhoni (8) and Zaheer Khan (6)2433
ninthMS Dhoni (4) and Ishant Sharma (0)49
tenthMS Dhoni (19) and Pragyan Ojha (0)2057
ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 523 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookrun out (Virat Kohli)190377
Nick Comptonlbw b Pragyan Ojha57137
Jonathan Trottc MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha87223
Kevin Pietersenlbw b Ravichandran Ashwin5485
Ian Bellc MS Dhoni b Ishant Sharma523
Samit Patelc Virender Sehwag b Pragyan Ojha3347
Matt Priorc MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan4149
Graeme Swannc Virender Sehwag b Pragyan Ojha2146
Steven Finnnot out413
James Andersonc Virender Sehwag b Ravichandran Ashwin99
Monty Panesarlbw b Ravichandran Ashwin01

Extras 22 · Total 523 all out

Bowler (India)OMRW
Zaheer Khan316941
Ishant Sharma298781
Ravichandran Ashwin52.391833
Pragyan Ojha52101424
Yuvraj Singh3190

FALL OF WICKETS

1-165 (Nick Compton, 52.6 ov), 2-338 (Jonathan Trott, 119.2 ov), 3-359 (Alastair Cook, 126.5 ov), 4-395 (Ian Bell, 136.5 ov), 5-420 (Kevin Pietersen, 143.2 ov), 6-453 (Samit Patel, 149.6 ov), 7-510 (Graeme Swann, 163.2 ov), 8-510 (Matt Prior, 164.2 ov), 9-523 (James Anderson, 167.2 ov), 10-523 (Monty Panesar, 167.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstNick Compton (57) and Alastair Cook (106)165320
secondJonathan Trott (87) and Alastair Cook (82)173398
thirdKevin Pietersen (11) and Alastair Cook (2)2145
fourthIan Bell (5) and Kevin Pietersen (30)3661
fifthKevin Pietersen (13) and Samit Patel (11)2540
sixthMatt Prior (10) and Samit Patel (22)3340
seventhGraeme Swann (21) and Matt Prior (31)5781
eighthMatt Prior (0) and Steven Finn (0)06
ninthJames Anderson (9) and Steven Finn (4)1318
tenthMonty Panesar (0) and Steven Finn (0)01
INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 247 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Gautam Gambhirc Matt Prior b Steven Finn40104
Virender Sehwagb Graeme Swann4957
Cheteshwar Pujararun out (Ian Bell)822
Sachin Tendulkarc Jonathan Trott b Graeme Swann56
Virat Kohlic Matt Prior b Steven Finn2060
Yuvraj Singhb James Anderson1117
MS Dhonic Alastair Cook b James Anderson03
Ravichandran Ashwinnot out91157
Zaheer Khanlbw b Steven Finn04
Ishant Sharmab Monty Panesar1053
Pragyan Ojhab James Anderson325

Extras 10 · Total 247 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson15.44383
Steven Finn186453
Monty Panesar221751
Graeme Swann289702
Samit Patel1090

FALL OF WICKETS

1-86 (Virender Sehwag, 21.1 ov), 2-98 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 28.6 ov), 3-103 (Gautam Gambhir, 30.4 ov), 4-107 (Sachin Tendulkar, 31.5 ov), 5-122 (Yuvraj Singh, 36.4 ov), 6-122 (MS Dhoni, 38.1 ov), 7-155 (Virat Kohli, 52.5 ov), 8-159 (Zaheer Khan, 54.3 ov), 9-197 (Ishant Sharma, 72.3 ov), 10-247 (Pragyan Ojha, 84.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstGautam Gambhir (33) and Virender Sehwag (49)86127
secondGautam Gambhir (3) and Cheteshwar Pujara (8)1247
thirdSachin Tendulkar (1) and Gautam Gambhir (4)510
fourthSachin Tendulkar (4) and Virat Kohli (0)47
fifthYuvraj Singh (11) and Virat Kohli (4)1529
sixthMS Dhoni (0) and Virat Kohli (0)09
seventhRavichandran Ashwin (17) and Virat Kohli (16)3388
eighthZaheer Khan (0) and Ravichandran Ashwin (4)410
ninthRavichandran Ashwin (24) and Ishant Sharma (10)38108
tenthRavichandran Ashwin (46) and Pragyan Ojha (3)5073
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 41 FOR 3
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookst MS Dhoni b Ravichandran Ashwin14
Nick Comptonnot out930
Jonathan Trottlbw b Pragyan Ojha36
Kevin Pietersenc MS Dhoni b Ravichandran Ashwin05
Ian Bellnot out2828

Did not bat: Samit Patel, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Extras 0 · Total 41 for 3

Bowler (India)OMRW
Ravichandran Ashwin6.11312
Pragyan Ojha63101

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Alastair Cook, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Jonathan Trott, 3.2 ov), 3-8 (Kevin Pietersen, 4.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstNick Compton (3) and Alastair Cook (1)45
secondJonathan Trott (3) and Nick Compton (0)315
thirdKevin Pietersen (0) and Nick Compton (1)16
fourthIan Bell (28) and Nick Compton (5)3347
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