- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR25.3 Jadeja strikes! How many times has Cook got stumped in Test cricket? Cook runs to the pitch of the ball but the ball is just short enough to allow some turn. Cook closes the bat face too early in an attempt to heave over midwicket but the ball spins through what was quite a big gap between bat and pad. Parthiv collects the ball by his shoulder and takes the bails off. May have clipped Cook's pad, too. What made the dismissal was the fact that Cook went through with his shot despite not getting to the pitch. An unusual method of dismissal. 99/170.4 that's brilliant! Edged to a very deep gully who had just been brought in. Good length at off stump, drew him forward, a thick edge is taken very smartly, low by Pujara. Excellent bowling, smart captaincy. The game changes 230/438.2 super catch! Kohli at slip. Touch wider outside off, lures Root into the drive. Kohli was moving the wrong way (to his right) but managed to adjust and grab the catch low to his left. Outstanding reflexes from the skipper. 136/270.2 and he's broken through! That man Ashwin again! Moeen has been keen to attack since tea. Goes for another sweep. Gets a big top edge this time which goes straight up in the air and lands in the hands of midwicket 230/380.2 a top edge and taken at deep backward square leg. Bairstow is distraught. This pitch has shown extra bounce through the day. So that shot was always going to be fraught with risk. Pushed through on middle and leg, Bairstow gets low and looks to sweep hard. Doesn't account for some extra bounce, it takes the top edge and flies to backward square leg who runs in a few metres and takes a good catch in front of his midriff. India storming back 249/596.6 they are all up for an edge to slip! Given not out. Kohli reviews. More sharp turn. Like a little like his dismissal in Mohali. Yes, there's an edge here by the looks of it. Then it clips the keeper on the way to slip. Although the bat also hits the ground, could that be what makes the sound? But third umpire happy it's conclusive evidence a nick. Stokes isn't happy. He felt the bat hitting the ground 297/6130.1 and that is that! Buttler down the pitch again, wasn't to the pitch, aimed a swing to the leg side and misses. Jadeja and Ashwin share all ten wickets 400/10107.3 finds the edge this time! Another ripping delivery. Angled in to middle, spins sharply and grazes the edge to Parthiv. No doubts about this one. 320/7111.6 Rashid leaves the straight ball. This one skids on, doesn't turn and knocks into off stump. I'm not sure what Rashid could have done, five balls turned in that over. This one is shorter just outside off and does not spin. Goes on and clatters into the off bail before lodging in Parthiv's helmet. Was it just the one that hits the seam and slides on? Unplayable, if you don't know if some are going to spin or not 334/8127.2 he's gone now! Can head off for some more treatment. Excellent catch by Parthiv. Sharp spin and bounce from outside off, cramps Ball for room and takes a top edge as he tries to play to the off side 388/9Extras4 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1)TOTAL400 all out (130.1 Overs, RR: 3.07, 503 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-99 (Alastair Cook, 25.3 ov), 2-136 (Joe Root, 38.2 ov), 3-230 (Moeen Ali, 70.2 ov), 4-230 (Keaton Jennings, 70.4 ov), 5-249 (Jonny Bairstow, 80.2 ov), 6-297 (Ben Stokes, 96.6 ov), 7-320 (Chris Woakes, 107.3 ov), 8-334 (Adil Rashid, 111.6 ov), 9-388 (Jake Ball, 127.2 ov), 10-400 (Jos Buttler, 130.1 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.6 bowled 'im. Said earlier that this shot was not good for this surface. Rahul wanted to be positive and choses the wrong shot option. Too much risk to drive against the turn. Moeen tosses this up generously outside off, lulling Rahul into a false sense of security. He feels he can execute a drive through the vacant cover region but that created a huge gap between bat and pad. The ball sneaks into that gap and hits the off and middle stump. Excellent bowling, but good captaincy too to keep that region open. Rahul undone by pure skill from England 39/187.4 he's hit a full toss back to the bowler! What a way to go. Dipped late on Vijay, came off close to the bottom of the bat and loops back to Rashid. There's a bobble at first, but he clings on at the second attempt just to his right 262/352.2 got him! He's shouldered arms and the off stump has been struck...Cook's hunch with Ball pays huge dividends. It was a length ball which nipped back, always far too close to leave, glances the flap of the front pad and into off stump. What a start for England 146/2179.3 and he's gone! The end of an epic innings...trying to clear the off side and finds deep extra cover. The England players walk up and shake his hand, then Kohli takes in the acclaim of the crowd 615/994.1 an appeal for lbw and he's gone after a long time with the DRS! This straightened from round the wicket and takes the front pad. Given not out by Oxenford and Cook reviews. Has he got a thin inside edge? Or bat clipping pad. Or both? Well, like Stokes' dismissal everything is very close together. Not sure he's hit it. But is it conclusive? This is taking some time. Remember, not out on the field. A tough one for the stand-in TV umpire. He's still checking for the edge. The bottom of bat clips the pad. He's decided there's no edge...and it's three reds. Nair will be gone. 279/4102.4 the golden arm... Root has Parthiv nicking behind. The batsman walks off. Tossed up, draws Parthiv forward for a drive through cover perhaps. Turns, bounces, kisses the outside edge, and Bairstow clings onto a chest-high catch. Pouched on the rebound. Parthiv's safely blanket was the punch and cut off the back foot, credit to Root for luring the batsman forward. Third wicket after lunch for the visitors. Ironic that Parthiv perishes to the part-time offbreak of Root after questioning the ability of England's spinners after the second day's play 305/5104.1 Ashwin flicks a catch to Jennings at short leg, right off the face of the bat. Ashwin stands his ground, though, points to the helmet, the soft signal from umpire Oxenford is out. The on-field umpires refer it to the TV umpire Shamshuddin. Bizarre review. Nowhere near the helmet of Jennings. Ashwin has to go for a three-ball duck. Root has two wickets in space of four balls, tipping things England's way in an all-spin session so far. Tossed on the leg stump, Ashwin plays a full-blooded flick, the ball hits the right thigh of short leg and bobbles up, Jennings tucks the ball up against his waist, or rather the ball just got stuck. Smart reflexes 307/6117.5 the breakthrough! Jadeja gets underneath this attempted to go over the top. The ball goes almost straight up the air and Buttler steadies himself coming round from mid-off. The bat twisted in Jadeja's hands 364/7176.3 wicket! By jove it's a wicket! Looking to play a few more shots, comes outside leg stump, aims to drive through the covers, the ball spins from the rough, past the edge and that's a comfortable stumping 605/8182.3 finds deep midwicket! England's pain is over. Gets underneath a slog sweep, doesn't get enough of it, and a simple catch. Rashid finishes with four 631/10Extras16 (b 5, lb 8, w 3)TOTAL631 all out (182.3 Overs, RR: 3.45, 739 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-39 (KL Rahul, 13.6 ov), 2-146 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 52.2 ov), 3-262 (Murali Vijay, 87.4 ov), 4-279 (Karun Nair, 94.1 ov), 5-305 (Parthiv Patel, 102.4 ov), 6-307 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 104.1 ov), 7-364 (Ravindra Jadeja, 117.5 ov), 8-605 (Jayant Yadav, 176.3 ov), 9-615 (Virat Kohli, 179.3 ov), 10-631 (Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 182.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.5 given this time. Massive wicket. Jadeja has trapped Cook in front again. Cook reviews. Is there too much spin? A flatter delivery on middle and leg from Jadeja, Cook is beaten by the length. He goes back because he thinks it's short, but it's actually full and quick. Cook beaten by the pace too once he's there, because he is late on getting bat to the ball. Strikes him in front of middle and leg. The ball hardly spun. All reds on HawkEye. Fails to get to 11k too. Jadeja, though, gets to 100 Test wickets 43/20.2 given! Jennings is gone. Does he review? No. So, a hundred and a duck for the debutant. Fantastic stuff from Bhuvneshwar. Brings the ball back in prodigiously on a full length from around the wicket, the ball hoops back in and beats Jennings on the inside edge. Struck him on the front pad in front of middle, then ricocheted away to the back pad. Jennings had a chat with Cook. Jennings seemed to say no bat, and Cook sent him on his way. Beaten by swing, not something we have seen too much in this series. Struck him on the kneeroll, two reds and one umpire's call on HawkEye. At least, it was a good non-review. 1/134.4 given. Root walks off. Yadav strikes. Root misses one, finally. Yadav pushed this through full and quickly on middle, the ball spins a touch and beats Root on the inside edge. He went deep in the crease, pinned in front of off and middle. Umpire's call at best, if Root would have reviewed. Another batsman beaten by the length. Yadav was quicker through the air and Root misjudged that for something short, just like Cook. The result, another lbw. End of a superlative innings though, real quality on show from Root 141/413.2 taken at leg gully. India all over England. Flat again on middle and leg, Moeen can't help his natural instinct to flick, the ball takes the inside half of Moeen's bat, carries low to Vijay at leg gully. Vijay keeps his eyes on the ball and pouches the ball with a scoop inches off the turf, taking it low to his right. 49/349.6 done him this! It's a carrom ball. Bairstow reviews straightaway. Did it turn too much? Magnificent bowling, regardless. Squared up Bairstow on the back foot. Will it miss off stump? Nope! It's smashing off stump. That's a wonderful piece of deception and skill. 185/743.3 given again by umpire Oxenford. Stokes has a chat with the umpire and decides to walk off. The umpires just want to check if it has carried though? Or has it gone straight off the boot? Soft signal is out. Yes, lobbed off the boot. Flat delivery from Ashwin on off, Stokes gets low and reverse-sweeps onto his front shoe (off the inside edge), the ball pops up and carries low to Vijay at second slip, who came in and took the catch. Excellent decision. 180/547.3 another one, just before stumps. Yes, he has edged it. He's done his job though. Lots of flight on that on off, the topspinner. Ball gets forward and plays for some turn, but Ashwin ensured there wasn't much spin because of the variation. Ball gets a thin outside edge which is well held by Parthiv. India strike off the last ball of the day. 182/651.5 cleaned him up! There's no stopping Ashwin. This is a classical offspinner's dismissal. Tossed up outside off, lures Woakes into the drive and it spins through the gate. Poor shot, given the risk and reward 189/853.4 another five-wicket haul for him! England falling in a heap. Rashid just flicks in the air and places it down the throat of deep midwicket. Horrid shot 193/955.3 and there it is! Ashwin takes the last, his sixth of the innings and 12th of the match. Anderson just flicks in the air to the leg side, was another carrom ball, and finds mid-on 195/10Extras19 (b 15, lb 2, nb 2)TOTAL195 all out (55.3 Overs, RR: 3.51, 213 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Keaton Jennings, 0.2 ov), 2-43 (Alastair Cook, 11.5 ov), 3-49 (Moeen Ali, 13.2 ov), 4-141 (Joe Root, 34.4 ov), 5-180 (Ben Stokes, 43.3 ov), 6-182 (Jake Ball, 47.3 ov), 7-185 (Jonny Bairstow, 49.6 ov), 8-189 (Chris Woakes, 51.5 ov), 9-193 (Adil Rashid, 53.4 ov), 10-195 (James Anderson, 55.3 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
England , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days
8,9,10,11,12 December 2016 (5-day match)
Test debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 8 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 288/5 (BA Stokes 25*, JC Buttler 18*, 94 ov)
- Fri, 9 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 146/1 (M Vijay 70*, CA Pujara 47*, 52 ov)
- Sat, 10 Dec - day 3 - India 1st innings 451/7 (V Kohli 147*, J Yadav 30*, 142 ov)
- Sun, 11 Dec - day 4 - England 2nd innings 182/6 (JM Bairstow 50*, 47.3 ov)
- Mon, 12 Dec - day 5 - England 2nd innings 195 (55.3 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Over 49.6: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Struck down)
- V Kohli: 150 off 246 balls (18 x 4)
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 159 balls (V Kohli 56, J Yadav 38, Ex 6)
- J Yadav: 50 off 103 balls (7 x 4)
- India: 500 runs in 152.5 overs (917 balls), Extras 14
- 8th Wicket: 150 runs in 225 balls (V Kohli 79, J Yadav 66, Ex 6)
- Drinks: India - 529/7 in 158.0 overs (V Kohli 183, J Yadav 72)
- India: 550 runs in 162.4 overs (976 balls), Extras 14
- V Kohli: 200 off 302 balls (23 x 4)
- 8th Wicket: 200 runs in 291 balls (V Kohli 107, J Yadav 89, Ex 6)
- Lunch: India - 579/7 in 171.0 overs (V Kohli 212, J Yadav 92)
- J Yadav: 100 off 196 balls (14 x 4)
- India: 600 runs in 175.1 overs (1051 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: India - 631/10 in 182.3 overs (UT Yadav 7)
- England 2nd innings
- Over 11.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - AN Cook (Struck down)
- Over 12.4: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - JE Root (Struck down)
- Tea: England - 49/3 in 13.2 overs (JE Root 30)
- England: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 1
- JE Root: 50 off 75 balls (8 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (JE Root 27, JM Bairstow 15, Ex 8)
- England: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (153 balls), Extras 9
- Over 30.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - JE Root (Struck down)
- Drinks: England - 138/3 in 33.0 overs (JE Root 75, JM Bairstow 31)
- Over 35.0: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Upheld)
- England: 150 runs in 36.5 overs (223 balls), Extras 16
- Over 39.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - JM Bairstow (Upheld)
- JM Bairstow: 50 off 89 balls (2 x 4)
- End Of Day: England - 182/6 in 47.3 overs (JM Bairstow 50)
- India: 150 runs in 54.5 overs (329 balls), Extras 5
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (M Vijay 24, V Kohli 25, Ex 1)
- India: 200 runs in 65.5 overs (395 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 204/2 in 68.0 overs (M Vijay 96, V Kohli 31)
- M Vijay: 100 off 231 balls (8 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 79.2: Review by India (Batting), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - M Vijay (Upheld)
- Reviews used before 80th over: India 2 (1 successful, 0 unsuccessful); England 1 (0 successful, 1 unsuccessful)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 182 balls (M Vijay 54, V Kohli 44, Ex 3)
- Lunch: India - 247/2 in 83.0 overs (M Vijay 124, V Kohli 44)
- India: 250 runs in 84.4 overs (508 balls), Extras 8
- V Kohli: 50 off 111 balls (5 x 4)
- Over 94.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - KK Nair (Upheld)
- Drinks: India - 287/4 in 99.0 overs (V Kohli 55, PA Patel 4)
- India: 300 runs in 100.4 overs (604 balls), Extras 8
- Tea: India - 348/6 in 113.0 overs (V Kohli 83, RA Jadeja 22)
- India: 350 runs in 113.4 overs (682 balls), Extras 8
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (V Kohli 26, RA Jadeja 24, Ex 0)
- V Kohli: 100 off 187 balls (11 x 4)
- Over 121.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - J Yadav (Struck down)
- Drinks: India - 399/7 in 128.0 overs (V Kohli 119, J Yadav 6)
- India: 400 runs in 128.2 overs (770 balls), Extras 14
- Newball taken at 129.3
- Over 131.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - J Yadav (Struck down)
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (V Kohli 37, J Yadav 9, Ex 6)
- India: 450 runs in 139.6 overs (840 balls), Extras 14
- End Of Day: India - 451/7 in 142.0 overs (V Kohli 147, J Yadav 30)
- Over 96.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BA Stokes (Upheld)
- England: 300 runs in 98.1 overs (590 balls), Extras 3
- Over 101.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - JC Buttler (Struck down)
- Drinks: England - 333/7 in 111.0 overs (JC Buttler 41, AU Rashid 4)
- England: 350 runs in 115.5 overs (696 balls), Extras 3
- JC Buttler: 50 off 106 balls (5 x 4)
- Second new ball taken at 121.1 overs
- 9th Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (JC Buttler 22, JT Ball 28, Ex 0)
- Lunch: England - 385/8 in 125.0 overs (JC Buttler 64, JT Ball 29)
- England: 400 runs in 129.5 overs (780 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: England - 400/10 in 130.1 overs (JM Anderson 0)
- India 1st innings
- Drinks: India - 36/0 in 12.0 overs (KL Rahul 22, M Vijay 14)
- India: 50 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 0
- Tea: India - 62/1 in 22.0 overs (M Vijay 31, CA Pujara 7)
- Over 23.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - CA Pujara (Struck down)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (M Vijay 29, CA Pujara 17, Ex 4)
- India: 100 runs in 34.1 overs (205 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: India - 104/1 in 36.0 overs (M Vijay 48, CA Pujara 27)
- M Vijay: 50 off 126 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 195 balls (M Vijay 53, CA Pujara 42, Ex 5)
- End Of Day: India - 146/1 in 52.0 overs (M Vijay 70, CA Pujara 47)
- England 1st innings
- Over 6.3: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - KK Jennings (Struck down)
- Drinks: England - 49/0 in 15.0 overs (AN Cook 23, KK Jennings 25)
- England: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (AN Cook 24, KK Jennings 25, Ex 1)
- KK Jennings: 50 off 89 balls (6 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 26.3 overs (159 balls), Extras 1
- Lunch: England - 117/1 in 31.0 overs (KK Jennings 65, JE Root 5)
- England: 150 runs in 43.2 overs (260 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: England - 166/2 in 48.2 overs (KK Jennings 89, MM Ali 9)
- PR Reiffel who got hit on the head by a throw-in from the deep was replaced by M Erasmus as the on-field umpire.
- M Erasmus was the TV umpire before he took over on fields duties and umpire C Shamshuddin was called in as TV umpire
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (KK Jennings 28, MM Ali 22, Ex 0)
- KK Jennings: 100 off 186 balls (12 x 4)
- Tea: England - 196/2 in 62.0 overs (KK Jennings 103, MM Ali 25)
- England: 200 runs in 62.1 overs (373 balls), Extras 1
- MM Ali: 50 off 102 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: England - 246/4 in 79.0 overs (JM Bairstow 12, BA Stokes 4)
- Over 79.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - M Erasmus, Batsman - BA Stokes (Struck down)
- Reviews used before 80th over: England 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful); India 0 (0 successful, 2 unsuccessful)
- England: 250 runs in 81.0 overs (487 balls), Extras 2
- Over 90.3: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - BNJ Oxenford, Batsman - BA Stokes (Struck down)
- End Of Day: England - 288/5 in 94.0 overs (BA Stokes 25, JC Buttler 18)
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