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 14.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 14.3 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets on top of the bounce and chops it towards gully.

Over 14.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 14.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 14.6 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no runs, goes back and across as he defends to backward point.

Over 16.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, 2 runs, gets forward and guides it away down to third man and picks up  a couple of runs.

Over 16.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and tries to square-drive and jams it out instead. Then shadow-practices the shot

Over 16.3JM Anderson to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 16.4 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and driven straight to the man at mid-on.

Over 16.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 16.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 17.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and shoulders arms to let it go through to the keeper.

Over 17.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and defends it to backward point with open face bat.

Over 18.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs,  shuffled so much across that he has played at a fourth-stump delivery, even fifth maybe, tucks it though off the middle of the bat to mid-on.

Over 18.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and pushes it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 18.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and defended with hard hands to backward point.

Over 18.4 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 18.5 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 18.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and happy to let it go outside off through to the keeper.

Over 19.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets forward and open the face of the bat and run it down to third man fence for four.

Over 19.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, 1 run, shuffles across and turns it to deep backward square.

Over 20.1 Adil Rashid bowls a tossed up delivery to Virat Kohli, 1 run, gets forward and punches it down to sweeper cover and gets a single.

Over 21.1 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 21.1 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and punches it down to deep point fence for four.

Over 21.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 21.3 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Takes a small step towards the ball and then drives handsomely through cover. Fantastic balance as ball hit bat.

Over 21.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 21.5 Ben Stokes bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets cover the off stump line on the front foot and let it go through to the keeper.

Over 21.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and tries to push at it, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 22.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and defend with hard hands, away from the body, gully fields

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