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 1.3SCJ Broad bowls short of length delivery to Shikhar Dhawan, goes back and cuts it away straight to backward point.Boundary!

Over 7.6 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Shuffles across and clips it in front of square on the on-side, beats mid-wicket and rolls away to the fence.

Over 9.5 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Lokesh Rahul, Boundary! Gets forward and went through the shot, the ball takes the inside edge past the stumps and raced away to the fence.

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

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

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.

Over 23.4Ben Stokes to Ravichandran Ashwin Boundary! ...

Over 24.2 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Ravichandran Ashwin, Boundary! Gets squared up by the nip away, but manages to point his bat downwards to ensure the edge goes wide of third slip.

Over 24.6 JM Anderson bowls a good length delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and helps it down to fine leg fence for four.

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

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 43.4 SCJ Broad bowls a half-volley to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Gets forward and plays a glorious on-drive, straight bat and it raced past the stumps at the other end. Too straight for mid-on to do anything. Pressure releases a bit

Over 44.4 JM Anderson bowls a back of length delivery to Virat Kohli, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and glances it down to fine leg fence for four.

Over 45.1 SCJ Broad bowls a pitched up delivery to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Gets forward and just meets it with a straight bat and it runs away wide of mid-off. When there's no swing nor seam, it turns out to be an easy shot.

Over 45.3 SCJ Broad bowls a good length delivery to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Shuffles across on the back foot and flicks it beautifully through mid-wicket and the ball raced away to the fence for four.

Over 48.2 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Ishant Sharma, Boundary! Gets forward and played softly and into the gap wide of fourth slip, guiding a short of length delivery outside off to the fence.

Over 48.4 Ben Stokes bangs it short onto the pitch to Ishant Sharma, Boundary! Gets back in the crease and no chance as it rose awkwardly at him, somehow his fend clears the man and runs away.

Over 50.6 Ben Stokes bowls a pitched up delivery to Hardik Pandya, Boundary! Comes on to the front foot and lofts it over extra cover and the ball raced away to the fence for four.