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 7.1 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Dominic Sibley, Boundary! Leans across on the flick and gets a leading edge that evades the slip cordon in a jiffy.

    Over 8.4  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, Boundary! Gets his front foot across and crisply flicks it through the practice wickets at mid-wicket

    Over 12.6 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Rory Burns, no run, shuffling straight-batted block back down the pitch

    Over 15.2 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Zak Crawley, Boundary! Gets forward and  closing his bat face too, as the ball angles in, and seams away. Ends up just wide of the third slip and went to the fence for four.

    Over 19.1: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Joe Root,

    Over 20.3 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets forward and a late forward defence, and an outside edge .. but dying just wide of gully.

    Over 21.3 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary!  Gets a good stride forward, and punches it through the line, through the covers for four.

    Over 21.6 Mohammed Siraj bowls it short of length to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets on top of the bounce and pulled away to the deep mid-wicket fence for four.

    Over 26.3: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Joe Root,

    Over 26.4: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Joe Root,

    Over 32.1: Boundary!. Ravindra Jadeja to Joe Root,

    Over 34.1 Ravindra Jadeja bowls a good length delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Makes room, uses the pace on the ball and back cuts, behind square on the off-side

    Over 46.6 Mohammed Siraj bowls a pitched up delivery to Joe Root, Boundary! Gets onto his driving dance on the front foot to send it screaming across the turf through covers for four.

    Over 48.6: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Jonny Bairstow,

    Over 50.1  Mohammed Shami bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Gets forward and lashes on with a smacking drive past backward point's right.

    Over 51.1 Mohammed Siraj bowls a good length delivery to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Backs away in the crease and slashes it over the man at backward point and gets a boundary.

    Over 53.2 Mohammed Siraj bowls it short of length to Jonny Bairstow, Boundary! Gets on top of it and slices the punch square past backward point for four.

    Over 58.6 Ravindra Jadeja tossed up delivery to Daniel Lawrence, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and whips it uppishly, firmly, past a diving square leg.

    Over 62.6: Boundary!. Ravindra Jadeja to Daniel Lawrence,

    Over 63.5: Boundary!. Mohammed Shami to Daniel Lawrence,

    Over 64.4 Shardul Thakur bowls a good length delivery to Daniel Lawrence, Boundary! Getting under the length and lofting it over deep square leg for four.

    Over 65.6 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Gets forward and slaps it hard through extra cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

    Over 67.5 Jasprit Bumrah bowls a pitched up delivery to Jos Buttler, Boundary! Stretching across fully, and rolling his wrists on top of the ball to drill it through point

    Over 72.1: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Sam Curran,

    Over 73.3: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Sam Curran,

    Over 74.4: Boundary!. Shardul Thakur to Joe Root,

    Over 75.3: Boundary!. Mohammed Siraj to Sam Curran,

    Over 76.2: Boundary!. Ravindra Jadeja to Sam Curran,

    Over 81.6  Mohammed Shami bowls a pitched up delivery to Ollie Robinson, Boundary! Goes deep inside the crease and  flicked away backward of square on the on-side and beats the man getting across from long leg

    Over 83.4  Mohammed Shami bowls it short of length to Ollie Robinson, Boundary! Backs away, creates enough room to free his arms and flays the drive square past point, no one moved.

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