England vs India 1st Test at Nottingham, 04 Aug, 2021

Toss: England, who chose to bat
England 183/10 (65.4)  &  303/10 (85.5)
India 278/10 (84.5)  &  52/1 (14)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: Joe Root

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, prods across and pushes it with soft hands in front of point

    Over 0.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and locks himself in front of off-stump and plays well inside the line of it

    Over 0.3 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets  into a poke and whizzes past the outside edge

    Over 0.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets  on the forward defence and beating the outside edge

    Over 0.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets  half-forward to negate that

    Over 0.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul,1 run, gets across the line and flicked away to the left of fine leg. They think about the second briefly and decide against it...

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and screams past the outside edge. Massive bounce on this...

    Over 1.2 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary!  Open face and slots it in the gap wide of Bairstow at cover-point. Gets a boundary.

    Over 1.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, walks across and bunts the good length delivery into the leg-side

    Over 1.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

    Over 1.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets enticed into a poke but somehow manages to hold his bat behind his body

    Over 1.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side watchfully.

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and plays it well in front of his body but does so with soft hands 

    Over 2.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, goes back and across to smother it into the leg-side

    Over 2.3 JM Anderson bowls it short of length to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets gets drawn into a poke and gets beaten for the movement and extra bounce

    Over 2.4 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma,1 run, gets strides across and flicks square on the leg-side

    Over 2.5 JM Anderson bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and present the full face of the bat and driven straight down the ground for four.

    Over 2.6: No runs. JM Anderson to Lokesh Rahul,

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, walks across and gets beaten on the inside edge on the attempted whip

    Over 3.2 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Rohit Sharma, no run, gets forward and drives crisply and gets it to the left of short mid-wicket

    Over 3.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Rohit Sharma,1 leg bye, skips across and fails to lay bat on the flick, off the thigh pad and deflects to the left of the keeper

    Over 3.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no run, goes on his knees and lets it go

    Over 3.5 SCJ Broad bowls it short of length to Lokesh Rahul, no run, goes deep inside the crease and lets it go through to the keeper.

    Over 3.6 SCJ Broad bangs it short onto the pitch to Lokesh Rahul, no run, stays deep inside the crease and watches it all along and ducks under it

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 4.2: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 4.3: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 4.4: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 4.5: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

    Over 4.6: No runs. JM Anderson to Rohit Sharma,

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