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 13.1 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, 1 run, gets forward and pushes it square of the wicket on the off-side and gets a single.

Over 13.2 Sam Curran bowls it short of length to Virat Kohli, 1 run, gets on top of the bounce and cuts it through backward point and picks up one more.

Over 13.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and looking to work it into the on-side, a soft leading edge goes to ground quickly on the off-side

Over 13.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, goes on to the back foot and knocks it to mid-on.

Over 13.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and plays around his bat and turns it to mid-wicket. Another candidate for LBW if he does not work on getting his pad out of the way

Over 13.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, no runs, gets forward and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 15.1Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 15.2Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 15.3Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 15.4Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 15.5Sam Curran to Virat Kohli Boundary! ...

Over 15.6Sam Curran to Virat Kohli Single ...

Over 17.1Sam Curran to Virat Kohli Boundary! ...

Over 17.2Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 17.3Sam Curran to Virat Kohli No runs ...

Over 17.4Sam Curran to Virat Kohli Single ...

Over 17.5Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane No runs ...

Over 17.6Sam Curran to Ajinkya Rahane No runs ...

Over 19.1 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and drives find Root at mid-off. That was muddled.

Over 19.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, gets forward and played for the incoming ball and is beaten all ends up. Lovely bowling from the youngster

Over 19.3 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs, comes on to the front foot and driven straight back to the bowler.

Over 19.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, no runs,  presses forward to defend, the ball beats the inside edge and hits the back thigh. 

Over 19.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, 1 run, gets forward and works it down to deep square leg and gets a single.

Over 19.6 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets forward and fails to meet with the clip, struck on the thigh pad

Over 21.1 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, gets out a hurried up flick to square leg.

Over 21.2 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, comes on to the front foot and blocks it down the pitch back to the bowler.

Over 21.3 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, no runs, hops, riding it in fending it just past the pitch

Over 21.4 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ajinkya Rahane, out Caught by Bairstow!!  Rahane goes to half cut a short ball that just doesn't get up, but he won't use his feet, not one bit. Gets the under-edge on the waft and Bairstow gets his fingers very low in time.

Over 21.5 Sam Curran bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, no runs, goes on to the back foot and defends it to the onside.

Over 21.6 Sam Curran bowls a pitched up delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Gets out his stride to the pitch of it and smears it in front of extra cover and raced away to the fence for four.

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