Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    9.5 top edge and gobbled up by Pant. Hardik continues to impress with the ball on this tour, and Roy falls nine short of fifty. Hardik sticks with the length delivery around off stump. Roy is caught in two minds - to pull or to flick off the hip? Ends up doing a bit of both, and the ball flies off the bat's edge. The cameraperson tries to hunt for the ball, and eventually we find that it has gone behind Roy where Pant is there to complete the dismissal 66/3
    1.3 Siraj with the wicket! And Bumrah's replacement gets a major confidence boost with that wicket. Siraj pushes it full again, this time around off and middle. Bairstow goes for an on drive, trying to drill it through midwicket's left, but the bat's face turns in his hand while playing the shot. Sliced off the bat's outside half to the fielder lurking for a catch at mid off. 12/1
    1.6 squares him up! And Root must go for a duck. Siraj goes for that annoying length between good length and full. Lands just outside off, and Root prepares to fend at the ball he was expecting to angle in. But the ball moves away slightly after pitching, and it's taken the outside edge to second slip. 12/2
    13.2 Stokes blinks first! The Mexican standoff is won by the bowler. Stokes enjoys coming down the track, Hardik is aware of that. He goes with a short ball just outside leg stump, which effectively cramps Stokes as he tries to make room while dancing down the track. Stokes tries to flick it from near his throat, but can only get a top edge. Ball pops up, and Hardik runs forward in full-sprint mode to complete the catch on the followthrough 74/4
    36.6 back of a length, quite wide outside off. Buttler tries to drag this short ball to deep midwicket, but you don't do that when Jadeja is the sweeper fielder. Jadeja runs, runs and runs from deep square leg and slides along the ground at deep midwicket after pocketing the catch. Top athletic effort, Hardik enjoying his short-ball run, and that's two wickets in the over! Buttler falls for 60, England seven down with the total still under 200. Rohit celebrates with Hardik! 199/7
    27.2 caught down the leg side! Moeen steps across his stumps for a sweep, but the extra bounce climbs off the face of his bat, straight into the keeper's gloves! 149/5
    36.3 last laugh for Hardik Pandya and Livingstone proves he's human. Goes for one shot too many, and he has been caught by a smart effort from Jadeja at deep backward square leg. Hardik goes short again, not as short as before though, and Livingstone uses his strong wrists to hook it from near his shoulder. However, Jadeja is one of the best fielders in the world, and even though he takes a catch just inside the boundary line, he has the awareness to adjust so that the momentum doesn't take him over the line. A promising innings ends at 27 198/6
    43.4 biffed up in the air and Willey holes out! Slow and tempting outside off, looped above the eyeline, luring the batter... he doesn't quite get close enough for the shot as Yadav steadies himself five metres in at long-off 247/8
    45.3 Another launch, and Siraj Kohli makes amends! Once again, doesn't get the elevation, and picks out an old-stager at long-off, after the young buck had been banished for his earlier aberration 257/9
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    45.5 bowled him! A pinpoint googly, bursts through the gate of an otherwise immaculate forward defence. And England are all out with 4.1 overs to spare 259/10
    Extras
    17 (lb 2, nb 2, w 13)
    TOTAL
    259 all out (45.5 Overs, RR: 5.65)
    Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Jonny Bairstow, 1.3 ov), 2-12 (Joe Root, 1.6 ov), 3-66 (Jason Roy, 9.5 ov), 4-74 (Ben Stokes, 13.2 ov), 5-149 (Moeen Ali, 27.2 ov), 6-198 (Liam Livingstone, 36.3 ov), 7-199 (Jos Buttler, 36.6 ov), 8-247 (David Willey, 43.4 ov), 9-257 (Craig Overton, 45.3 ov), 10-259 (Reece Topley, 45.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammed Shami703805.42246000
    Mohammed Siraj916627.33297150
    M Prasidh Krishna904805.33315121
    HH Pandya732443.42330200
    YS Chahal9.506036.10250420
    RA Jadeja402115.25112001
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    4.6 Topley's juggernaut continues and this time it's the other opener who falls to the tall left-arm seamer. Topley doesn't try anything extravagant, just bowls a length ball on off that is angling away. Rohit wants to feel bat on ball and therefore sticks the bat out to meet it. The angle induces the edge, and Root does the rest from first slip. 21/2
    2.1 carried to point? Yes! Topley's top spell against India continues. A full ball outside off stump. Dhawan thinks that's a good length for a drive but the bat's face turns in his hand and he ends up slicing the drive to the infielder in front of point. A sharp, low catch, and Dhawan is gone for 1 13/1
    8.1 there's no stopping Topley and it will be heartbreak for India fans, let alone Virat fans, that another senior batter has gone. Fullish on middle, and angling across sharply. Kohli gets forward to play at it, but the angle induces yet another outside edge. Feather touch, Buttler grabs, and England are delirious! 38/3
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    16.2 that nagging fourth-stump channel earns Overton, the tall man, a wicket. Hits the deck hard with this back of a length ball outside off. The delivery angles in slightly, and Suryakumar gets an edge to Buttler while trying to defend close to his body. India 72 for 4 72/4
    35.3 Falls short? No, Stokes is a genius - a magnificent catch! Short ball offered on middle stump. Hardik is through the pull a tad too early. Ends up toe-ending the shot, and Stokes at midwicket dives forward to take a tricky catch. The ball stays in despite the elbow hitting the floor, and Hardik has to go after a stupendous 71 205/5
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    Extras
    7 (b 1, lb 3, w 3)
    TOTAL
    261/5 (42.1 Overs, RR: 6.18)
    Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Shikhar Dhawan, 2.1 ov), 2-21 (Rohit Sharma, 4.6 ov), 3-38 (Virat Kohli, 8.1 ov), 4-72 (Suryakumar Yadav, 16.2 ov), 5-205 (Hardik Pandya, 35.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    RJW Topley713535.00286020
    DJ Willey705808.282010110
    BA Carse804515.62215000
    MM Ali803304.12222000
    C Overton805416.75236100
    BA Stokes201407.0042000
    LS Livingstone201407.0042000
    JE Root0.104024.0001000

Match Notes

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13S DhawanRG Sharma
2nd8RG SharmaV Kohli
3rd17V KohliRR Pant
4th34SA YadavRR Pant
5th133HH PandyaRR Pant
6th56RA JadejaRR Pant