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 24.4 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, gets on top of the bounce and chops it on the off-side.

Over 24.5 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, opens up his bat face, staying late to steer it through point.

Over 25.1Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik No runs ...

Over 25.2Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik No runs ...

Over 25.3Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik No runs ...

Over 25.4Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik Single ...

Over 25.6Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik Two runs ...

Over 26.2JM Anderson to Dinesh Karthik No runs ...

Over 26.3JM Anderson to Dinesh Karthik Single ...

Over 27.1Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik No runs ...

Over 27.2Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik Boundary! ...

Over 27.3Ben Stokes to Dinesh Karthik Single ...

Over 28.1 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, comes on to the front foot and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

Over 28.2 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and punches it straight to the man at cover.

Over 28.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and went for a drive away from the body, the ball beats the outside edge of the bat.

Over 28.4 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, comes on to the front foot and watches it along go through to the keeper.

Over 28.5 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Dinesh Karthik, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and went for a drive away from the body, the ball takes the outside edge past the slip and raced away to the fence for four.

Over 28.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and looks to defend on the off-side, the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 29.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, squared up, softly, off the thick outside half as he also opens up his bat to die in front of a diving third slip.

Over 29.3 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, goes deep in the crease and sways away from the bouncer.

Over 29.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 1 leg bye, gets forward and works it off the pads down to fine leg and picks up a leg bye.

Over 29.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and looks to defend on the off-side, the ball takes the inside edge on to the pads.

Over 30.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, stays on the front foot and blocks it solidly down the pitch.

Over 30.6 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, 1 run, gets forward and guides it away down to the third man and gets a single.

Over 31.1 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch with a straight bat.

Over 31.2 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and pushes it away on the off-side.

Over 31.3 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs,  gets awkward, but effectively enough to bunt it somewhere round the corner.

Over 31.4 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, comes on to the front foot and driven straight to the man at cover.

Over 31.5 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, goes deep in the crease and ducks under it to sways away from the bouncer.

Over 31.6 Ben Stokes bowls a good length delivery to Dinesh Karthik, no runs, gets forward and left alone outside off through to the keeper.

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