01/08Result

1st Test, India tour of Ireland and England at Birmingham, Aug 1-4 2018

EnglandEnglandENG
287 & 180
IndiaIndiaIND
274 & 162 (54.2 ov)

England won by 31 runs

Player of the Match

Sam CurranEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

V Kohli

149(225) 22x4 - 1x6

Control %75%

Productive Shot
cover drive
28 runs
5x4 - 0x6

JE Root

80(156) 9x4 - 0x6

Control %86%

Productive Shot
flick
22 runs
3x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

I Sharma

O13

R51

Eco3.92

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF


		1W
		1W
			1W

BA Stokes

O14.2

R40

Eco2.79

RHB
OFFLEG



	2W
	2W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

Partnerships

ENG - 1st
IND - 1st
ENG - 2nd
IND - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

AN Cook13 (28)

KK Jennings12 (25)

JE Root38 (85)

KK Jennings30 (73)

DJ Malan8 (14)

JE Root5 (12)

104

JM Bairstow65 (79)

JE Root37 (59)

JM Bairstow5 (9)

BA Stokes2 (12)

JC Buttler0 (2)

BA Stokes1 (2)

BA Stokes18 (27)

SM Curran1 (18)

AU Rashid13 (18)

SM Curran21 (36)

SCJ Broad1 (7)

SM Curran0 (0)

JM Anderson2 (15)

SM Curran2 (17)

India - 1st - Innings

S Dhawan21 (40)

M Vijay20 (45)

S Dhawan0 (0)

KL Rahul4 (2)

S Dhawan5 (6)

V Kohli0 (5)

V Kohli21 (38)

AM Rahane15 (34)

KD Karthik0 (4)

V Kohli0 (6)

V Kohli26 (48)

HH Pandya22 (52)

R Ashwin10 (15)

V Kohli10 (12)

V Kohli10 (18)

Mohammed Shami2 (4)

I Sharma5 (17)

V Kohli30 (40)

V Kohli52 (58)

UT Yadav1 (16)

England - 2nd - Innings

AN Cook0 (14)

KK Jennings5 (8)

JE Root6 (14)

KK Jennings3 (10)

DJ Malan12 (24)

JE Root8 (21)

DJ Malan8 (40)

JM Bairstow20 (28)

JM Bairstow8 (12)

BA Stokes6 (12)

JC Buttler1 (1)

BA Stokes0 (1)

JC Buttler0 (1)

SM Curran1 (1)

AU Rashid16 (40)

SM Curran32 (42)

SCJ Broad11 (28)

SM Curran26 (16)

JM Anderson0 (0)

SM Curran4 (6)

India - 2nd - Innings

S Dhawan12 (18)

M Vijay6 (17)

S Dhawan1 (6)

KL Rahul2 (4)

V Kohli13 (25)

KL Rahul11 (20)

V Kohli15 (24)

AM Rahane2 (16)

R Ashwin13 (15)

V Kohli2 (2)

KD Karthik20 (50)

V Kohli13 (25)

V Kohli8 (17)

HH Pandya21 (40)

Mohammed Shami0 (3)

HH Pandya0 (0)

I Sharma11 (15)

HH Pandya2 (3)

UT Yadav0 (8)

HH Pandya8 (18)

Match Coverage

All Match News

Gavaskar critical of five-day rest ahead of England Tests
Former captain says preparation has to be intense at the start of a Test series overseas, then it can taper off
Virat Kohli tops ICC Test rankings after Edgbaston epic
Following his 200 runs in the first Test against England, the India captain has pushed past Steven Smith to become the No. 1 ranked batsman
Test cricket needs more matches like Edgbaston
This game had most of the ingredients that show five-dayers in the best light
Stats - Ben Stokes and Sam Curran outbowl James Anderson and Stuart Broad
Curran also became the youngest England player to win a Man of the Match award in Tests, while Virat Kohli outscored his team-mates by a phenomenal margin
Dobell: England need Stokes but he needs them more
The allrounder's match-winning spell highlighted his value to the team, but his emotional interview thereafter indicated how much being part of that team means to him

Videos

play01:20

Harmison: India shouldn't expect lower order miracle again
01:20
Harmison: Stokes must learn when to bowl the right ball
01:28
What's the problem with India's top order?
01:55

India INNINGS		R	B
M Vijay	lbw	6	17
S Dhawan	caught wk	13	24
KL Rahul	caught wk	13	24
V Kohli	lbw	51	93
AM Rahane	caught wk	2	16
R Ashwin	caught wk	13	15
KD Karthik	caught	20	50
HH Pandya	caught	31	61
Mohammed Shami	caught wk	0	3
I Sharma	lbw	11	15
UT Yadav	not out	0	8
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 1)
TOTAL	162 (all out; 54.2 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.0	2	50	2	3.12
SCJ Broad	14.0	2	43	2	3.07
BA Stokes	14.2	2	40	4	2.79
SM Curran	6.0	0	18	1	3.00
AU Rashid	4.0	1	9	1	2.25

India 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	19	S Dhawan	M Vijay
2nd	3	S Dhawan	KL Rahul
3rd	24	V Kohli	KL Rahul
4th	17	V Kohli	AM Rahane
5th	15	R Ashwin	V Kohli
6th	34	KD Karthik	V Kohli
7th	29	V Kohli	HH Pandya
8th	0	Mohammed Shami	HH Pandya
9th	13	I Sharma	HH Pandya
10th	8	UT Yadav	HH Pandya

England - 1st - Innings

India - 1st - Innings

England - 2nd - Innings

India - 2nd - Innings

Gavaskar critical of five-day rest ahead of England Tests

Virat Kohli tops ICC Test rankings after Edgbaston epic

Test cricket needs more matches like Edgbaston

Stats - Ben Stokes and Sam Curran outbowl James Anderson and Stuart Broad

Dobell: England need Stokes but he needs them more

Harmison: India shouldn't expect lower order miracle again

Harmison: Stokes must learn when to bowl the right ball

What's the problem with India's top order?