MatchesMen's TestEngland in India Test Series 2008/09

England v India

1st Test · MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai · 11 Dec 2008 – 15 Dec 2008

India won by 6 wickets

England 1st innings316128.4 overs

India 1st innings24169.4 overs

England 2nd innings311/9d105.5 overs

India 2nd innings387/498.3 overs

England 1st innings 316 (128.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c & b A Mishra	123	233	15	0	52.8
AN Cook	c Z Khan b Harbhajan Singh	52	116	5	0	44.8
IR Bell	lbw b Z Khan	17	51	1	0	33.3
KP Pietersen	c & b Z Khan	4	33	0	0	12.1
PD Collingwood	c G Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh	9	26	1	0	34.6
A Flintoff	c G Gambhir b A Mishra	18	75	2	0	24.0
JM Anderson	c Yuvraj Singh b A Mishra	19	82	2	0	23.2
MJ Prior	not out	53	102	1	0	52.0
GP Swann	c R Dravid b Harbhajan Singh	1	6	0	0	16.7
SJ Harmison	c MS Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	6	23	0	0	26.1
MS Panesar	lbw b I Sharma	6	26	0	0	23.1
Extras		8
Total	all out, 128.4 overs	316

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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
Z Khan	21	9	41	2	1.95	102	0
I Sharma	19.4	4	32	1	1.63	96	1
Harbhajan Singh	38	2	96	3	2.53	160	0
A Mishra	34	6	99	3	2.91	144	0
Yuvraj Singh	15	2	33	1	2.20	66	0
V Sehwag	1	0	8	0	8.00	4	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	118	240	AJ Strauss 64, AN Cook 52
2	46	104	AJ Strauss 29, IR Bell 17
3	16	50	AJ Strauss 11, KP Pietersen 4
4	15	40	AJ Strauss 5, PD Collingwood 9
5	26	67	AJ Strauss 14, A Flintoff 12
6	8	56	A Flintoff 6, JM Anderson 2
7	42	107	JM Anderson 17, MJ Prior 23
8	6	18	MJ Prior 5, GP Swann 1
9	27	53	MJ Prior 19, SJ Harmison 6
10	12	37	MJ Prior 6, MS Panesar 6

India 1st innings 241 (69.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	lbw b GP Swann	19	43	3	0	44.2
V Sehwag	b JM Anderson	9	16	2	0	56.3
R Dravid	lbw b GP Swann	3	24	0	0	12.5
SR Tendulkar	c & b A Flintoff	37	48	4	1	77.1
VVS Laxman	c & b MS Panesar	24	60	3	0	40.0
Yuvraj Singh	c A Flintoff b SJ Harmison	14	41	2	0	34.1
MS Dhoni	c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar	53	82	5	0	64.6
Harbhajan Singh	c IR Bell b MS Panesar	40	58	7	0	69.0
Z Khan	lbw b A Flintoff	1	15	0	0	6.7
A Mishra	b A Flintoff	12	18	2	0	66.7
I Sharma	not out	8	19	0	0	42.1
Extras		21
Total	all out, 69.4 overs	241

Fall of wickets: 16-1 (V Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 34-2 (G Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 37-3 (R 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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Harmison	11	1	42	1	3.82	44	0
JM Anderson	11	3	28	1	2.55	51	0
A Flintoff	18.4	2	49	3	2.63	84	6
GP Swann	10	0	42	2	4.20	36	0
MS Panesar	19	4	65	3	3.42	83	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	16	32	G Gambhir 6, V Sehwag 9
2	18	49	G Gambhir 13, R Dravid 3
3	3	3	R Dravid 0, SR Tendulkar 3
4	61	104	SR Tendulkar 34, VVS Laxman 24
5	4	5	SR Tendulkar 0, Yuvraj Singh 4
6	35	67	Yuvraj Singh 10, MS Dhoni 23
7	75	101	MS Dhoni 26, Harbhajan Singh 40
8	5	20	MS Dhoni 4, Z Khan 1
9	2	4	MS Dhoni 0, A Mishra 0
10	22	33	A Mishra 12, I Sharma 8

England 2nd innings 311/9d (105.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	108	244	8	0	44.3
AN Cook	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	9	30	1	0	30.0
IR Bell	c G Gambhir b A Mishra	7	13	1	0	53.8
KP Pietersen	lbw b Yuvraj Singh	1	5	0	0	20.0
PD Collingwood	lbw b Z Khan	108	250	9	0	43.2
A Flintoff	c MS Dhoni b I Sharma	4	11	0	0	36.4
MJ Prior	c V Sehwag b I Sharma	33	56	2	0	58.9
GP Swann	b Z Khan	7	21	0	0	33.3
SJ Harmison	b Z Khan	1	8	0	0	12.5
JM Anderson	not out	1	4	0	0	25.0
Extras		32
Total	9 wickets declared, 105.5 overs	311

Did not bat: MS Panesar

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)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
Z Khan	27	7	40	3	1.48	126	2	0
I Sharma	22.5	1	57	3	2.50	106	0	7
A Mishra	17	1	66	1	3.88	62	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	3	1	12	1	4.00	12	0	0
Harbhajan Singh	30	3	91	1	3.03	113	0	0
V Sehwag	6	0	22	0	3.67	22	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	28	58	AJ Strauss 10, AN Cook 9
2	14	16	AJ Strauss 5, IR Bell 7
3	1	5	AJ Strauss 0, KP Pietersen 1
4	214	433	AJ Strauss 93, PD Collingwood 100
5	5	20	PD Collingwood 1, A Flintoff 4
6	15	33	PD Collingwood 7, MJ Prior 8
7	20	40	MJ Prior 13, GP Swann 7
8	4	12	MJ Prior 3, SJ Harmison 1
9	10	18	MJ Prior 9, JM Anderson 1

India 2nd innings 387/4 (98.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	66	139	7	0	47.5
V Sehwag	lbw b GP Swann	83	68	11	4	122.1
R Dravid	c MJ Prior b A Flintoff	4	19	0	0	21.1
SR Tendulkar	not out	103	196	9	0	52.6
VVS Laxman	c IR Bell b GP Swann	26	42	4	0	61.9
Yuvraj Singh	not out	85	131	8	1	64.9
Extras		20
Total	4 wickets, 98.3 overs	387

Did not bat: MS Dhoni, I Sharma, A Mishra, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan

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

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
SJ Harmison	10	0	48	0	4.80	38	0
JM Anderson	11	1	51	1	4.64	37	0
MS Panesar	27	4	105	0	3.89	114	0
A Flintoff	22	1	64	1	2.91	98	4
GP Swann	28.3	2	103	2	3.61	101	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	117	138	G Gambhir 29, V Sehwag 83
2	24	50	G Gambhir 19, R Dravid 4
3	42	75	G Gambhir 18, SR Tendulkar 21
4	41	77	SR Tendulkar 11, VVS Laxman 26
Unbroken	163	251	SR Tendulkar 71, Yuvraj Singh 85

Match details

Toss: England, chose to bat
Player of the match: V Sehwag
Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium, India
Season: 2008/09
Umpires: BF Bowden, DJ Harper
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Source: Cricsheet match 361050