England vs India 1st Test at Birmingham, 01 Aug, 2018

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 287/10 (89.4)  &  180/10 (53)
India 274/10 (76)  &  162/10 (54.2)
England won by 31 runs
Man of the Match: Sam Curran
  • Umesh Yadav 0 * (8)

Over 15.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets cover the off-stump line and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 17.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, gets forward and blocks it to mid-off and gets a single.

Over 17.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, goes back in the crease and punches it straight to the man at point.

Over 17.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 17.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 19.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets strides forward and confidently blocks to cover.

Over 19.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 19.3 Sam Curran bowls a back of length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 1 run, goes deep in the crease and tucks it behind square on the onside and gets a single.

Over 19.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, gets forward and punched it with a straight bat wide of mid-off and takes two

Over 20.2 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 20.3 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, gets forward and drives it along the ground to sweeper cover and picks up a couple of runs.

Over 20.4 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and driven hard but straight back to the bowler.

Over 20.5 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, stays on the front foot and pushes it back to the bowler.

Over 20.6 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, goes deep in the crease and glances it down to fine leg and picks a couple of runs.

That is Lunch on Day 2. India trail by 211 runs with 7 wickets in hand

Over 22.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, comes on to the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 22.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, stays on the front foot and happy to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 22.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 2 runs, gets forward and tapped wide of backward point, two more.

Over 22.4JM Anderson to Ajinkya Rahane Single ...

Over 23.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 23.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, comes on to the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 23.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to backward point with open face bat.

Over 23.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets behind the line on the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

Over 23.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 23.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, got the front foot far too across, was in trouble once that happened and the ball thudded into the pad. Aleem Dar wasn't interested and the second one has got wrong today

Over 25.1 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and went for a drive away from the body, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 25.2 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and goes after a fuller length delivery half-heartedly and misses. So close to the edge.

Over 25.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets behind the line on the back foot and blocks it solidly.

Over 25.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to point with open face bat.

Over 25.5 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, 4 leg byes, gets forward and misses the flick, the ball goes off the pads down to fine leg fence for four.

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