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241 & 387-4
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316 & 311-9d
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Overs: 98.3 RR: 3.93 vs spin: 3.75
vs seam: 3.79
Overs: 105.5 RR: 2.94 vs spin: 3.38
vs seam: 1.95
Thu 11/12/08 India v England, 1st Test, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
INDIA WIN India won by 6 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 316 (128.4; RR: 2.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Strauss c & b Mishra 123 233 15 0 52.79
AN Cook c Khan b Singh 52 116 5 0 44.83
IR Bell lbw b Khan 17 51 1 0 33.33
KP Pietersen c & b Khan 4 33 0 0 12.12
PD Collingwood c Gambhir b Singh 9 26 1 0 34.62
A Flintoff c Gambhir b Mishra 18 75 2 0 24.00
JM Anderson c Singh b Mishra 19 82 2 0 23.17
MJ Prior not out 53 102 1 0 51.96
GP Swann c Dravid b Singh 1 6 0 0 16.67
SJ Harmison c Dhoni b Singh 6 23 0 0 26.09
MS Panesar lbw b Sharma 6 26 0 0 23.08
Extras (0b, 7lb, 0w, 1nb) 8  
TOTAL 316 all out (128.4 overs; RR: 2.46)

Fall of wickets

118-1 (AN Cook 39.6 ov), 164-2 (IR Bell 57.2 ov), 180-3 (KP Pietersen 65.4 ov), 195-4 (PD Collingwood 72.2 ov), 221-5 (AJ Strauss 83.3 ov), 229-6 (A Flintoff 92.5 ov), 271-7 (JM Anderson 110.4 ov), 277-8 (GP Swann 113.4 ov), 304-9 (SJ Harmison 122.3 ov), 316-10 (MS Panesar 128.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Z Khan 21.0 9 41 2 1.95 0 0
I Sharma 19.4 4 32 1 1.68 0 1
Harbhajan Singh 38.0 2 96 3 2.53 0 0
A Mishra 34.0 6 99 3 2.91 0 0
Yuvraj Singh 15.0 2 33 1 2.20 0 0
V Sehwag 1.0 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

India - 1st Inns 241 (69.4; RR: 3.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Gambhir lbw b Swann 19 43 3 0 44.19
V Sehwag b Anderson 9 16 2 0 56.25
RS Dravid lbw b Swann 3 24 0 0 12.50
SR Tendulkar c & b Flintoff 37 48 4 1 77.08
VVS Laxman c & b Panesar 24 60 3 0 40.00
Yuvraj Singh c Flintoff b Harmison 14 41 2 0 34.15
MS Dhoni c Pietersen b Panesar 53 82 5 0 64.63
Harbhajan Singh c Bell b Panesar 40 58 7 0 68.97
Z Khan lbw b Flintoff 1 15 0 0 6.67
A Mishra b Flintoff 12 18 2 0 66.67
I Sharma not out 8 19 0 0 42.11
Extras (4b, 11lb, 0w, 6nb) 21  
TOTAL 241 all out (69.4 overs; RR: 3.46)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (V Sehwag 5.2 ov), 34-2 (G Gambhir 13.3 ov), 37-3 (RS Dravid 13.6 ov), 98-4 (VVS Laxman 31.2 ov), 102-5 (SR Tendulkar 32.1 ov), 137-6 (Yuvraj Singh 43.2 ov), 212-7 (Harbhajan Singh 60.1 ov), 217-8 (Z Khan 63.3 ov), 219-9 (MS Dhoni 64.1 ov), 241-10 (A Mishra 69.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SJ Harmison 11.0 1 42 1 3.82 0 0
JM Anderson 11.0 3 28 1 2.55 0 0
A Flintoff 18.4 2 49 3 2.72 0 6
GP Swann 10.0 0 42 2 4.20 0 0
MS Panesar 19.0 4 65 3 3.42 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 311-9 (105.5; RR: 2.94)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Strauss c Laxman b Singh 108 244 8 0 44.26
AN Cook c Dhoni b Sharma 9 30 1 0 30.00
IR Bell c Gambhir b Mishra 7 13 1 0 53.85
KP Pietersen lbw b Singh 1 5 0 0 20.00
PD Collingwood lbw b Khan 108 250 9 0 43.20
A Flintoff c Dhoni b Sharma 4 11 0 0 36.36
MJ Prior c Sehwag b Sharma 33 56 2 0 58.93
GP Swann b Khan 7 21 0 0 33.33
SJ Harmison b Khan 1 8 0 0 12.50
JM Anderson not out 1 4 0 0 25.00
MS Panesar  
Extras (10b, 13lb, 2w, 7nb) 32  
TOTAL 311-9 (105.5 overs; RR: 2.94)

Fall of wickets

28-1 (AN Cook 9.4 ov), 42-2 (IR Bell 12.2 ov), 43-3 (KP Pietersen 13.1 ov), 257-4 (AJ Strauss 85.2 ov), 262-5 (A Flintoff 88.4 ov), 277-6 (PD Collingwood 94.1 ov), 297-7 (GP Swann 100.5 ov), 301-8 (SJ Harmison 102.5 ov), 311-9 (MJ Prior 105.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Z Khan 27.0 7 40 3 1.48 2 0
I Sharma 22.5 1 57 3 2.59 0 7
A Mishra 17.0 1 66 1 3.88 0 0
Yuvraj Singh 3.0 1 12 1 4.00 0 0
Harbhajan Singh 30.0 3 91 1 3.03 0 0
V Sehwag 6.0 0 22 0 3.67 0 0

India - 2nd Inns 387-4 (98.3; RR: 3.93)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Gambhir c Collingwood b Anderson 66 139 7 0 47.48
V Sehwag lbw b Swann 83 68 11 4 122.06
RS Dravid c Prior b Flintoff 4 19 0 0 21.05
SR Tendulkar not out 103 196 9 0 52.55
VVS Laxman c Bell b Swann 26 42 4 0 61.90
Yuvraj Singh not out 85 131 8 1 64.89
MS Dhoni  
Harbhajan Singh  
Z Khan  
A Mishra  
I Sharma  
Extras (5b, 11lb, 0w, 4nb) 20  
TOTAL 387-4 (98.3 overs; RR: 3.93)

Fall of wickets

117-1 (V Sehwag 22.6 ov), 141-2 (RS Dravid 31.2 ov), 183-3 (G Gambhir 43.5 ov), 224-4 (VVS Laxman 56.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SJ Harmison 10.0 0 48 0 4.80 0 0
JM Anderson 11.0 1 51 1 4.64 0 0
MS Panesar 27.0 4 105 0 3.89 0 0
A Flintoff 22.0 1 64 1 2.91 0 4
GP Swann 28.3 2 103 2 3.68 0 0

Match Info

Match

India v England at Chennai, 1st Test

Date

Thursday December 11, 2008

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

4:00am UTC

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

Umpires

BF Bowden, DJ Harper

India Team

Playing XI

SR Tendulkar, RS Dravid, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, MS Dhoni, Z Khan, Yuvraj Singh, G Gambhir, V Sehwag, A Mishra, I Sharma

England Team

Playing XI

PD Collingwood, A Flintoff, GP Swann, AJ Strauss, SJ Harmison, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, MS Panesar, JM Anderson, MJ Prior, AN Cook