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India vs England, 1st Test at Nagpur, , Mar 01 2006 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st Test, Nagpur, March 01 - 05, 2006, England tour of India
393 & 297/3d
(T:368) 323 & 260/6

Match drawn

Player Of The Match
6/57 & 1/29
matthew-hoggard
New
IND 2nd Innings
Full commentary

Laxman walks in and the first thing he does is prod the umpire for light, after a small chat the light is offered that's the end of the Test match! Handshakes all around and the players walk back to the Pavilion.

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Man of the Match - Matthew Hoggard.

We'll be back on March 9th for the second Test at Mohali, until then this is Sajan Nair signing off - cheers!

78.2
W
Harmison to Harbhajan, OUT

and Harmison strikes back! yorker on the stumps, Harbhajan plays all over it and the ball crashes into the woodwork, India six down

Harbhajan Singh b Harmison 7 (7b 1x4 0x6 8m) SR: 100
78.1
4
Harmison to Harbhajan, FOUR runs

and it seems they are still going for a win, good length delivery outside the off stump, Harbhajan swings across and connects well and the ball flies away to the midwicket fence

end of over 783 runs
IND: 256/5CRR: 3.28 
Sachin Tendulkar28 (19b 5x4)
Harbhajan Singh3 (5b)
Andrew Flintoff 17-2-79-2
Steve Harmison 17-4-44-1
77.6
Flintoff to Tendulkar, no run

good length delivery on the middle and off stump line, watchfully played down to mid-on, is the chase over?

77.5
1
Flintoff to Harbhajan, 1 run

on the pads, Harbhajan stays back and chips it away to deep midwicket

77.4
1
Flintoff to Tendulkar, 1 run

good length delivery outside the off stump, Tendulkar opens the face of the bat and drives it through cover point

77.3
Flintoff to Tendulkar, no run

another probing delivery, played straight to the fielder at midwicket, probably came off the inner half of the bat

77.2
Flintoff to Tendulkar, no run

good length delivery, tight delivery, defended on the back-foot

77.1
1
Flintoff to Harbhajan, 1 run

short of a good length delivery, coming in with the angle, punched down to long-on, easy single

end of over 771 run • 1 wicket
IND: 253/5CRR: 3.28 
Harbhajan Singh1 (3b)
Sachin Tendulkar27 (15b 5x4)
Steve Harmison 17-4-44-1
Ian Blackwell 12-2-43-0
76.6
1
Harmison to Harbhajan, 1 run

good length delivery outside the off stump, driven away well wide of the cover fielder, easy single to end the over

76.5
Harmison to Harbhajan, no run

pitched up and Harbhajan drives it straight back, Harmison kicks it up with his boot and threatens to throw it back

76.4
Harmison to Harbhajan, no run

defended outside the off stump

Surprise! surprise! Harbhajan Singh walks in

76.3
W
Harmison to Dhoni, OUT

short of a good length delivery outside the off stump and Dhoni flat bats it straight to Strauss at long-off, hit it too well and the ball carried all the way to the fielder in the deep, Harmison with the much needed breakthrough

MS Dhoni c Strauss b Harmison 16 (21b 1x4 0x6 44m) SR: 76.19
76.2
Harmison to Dhoni, no run

another short delivery outside the off stump, cut away behind point, Collingwood moves across quickly and cuts off the single, excellent piece of fielding that

76.1
Harmison to Dhoni, no run

short of a good length delivery, close to the off stump line, Dhoni swings hard but makes no contact

end of over 7616 runs
IND: 252/4CRR: 3.31 
Sachin Tendulkar27 (15b 5x4)
MS Dhoni16 (18b 1x4)
Ian Blackwell 12-2-43-0
Andrew Flintoff 16-2-76-2

India require another 116 runs from 84 balls, can they pull off the impossible?!

75.6
4
Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR runs

take that! tossed up outside the leg stump, turning across the right-hander, Tendulkar dances down the track, gets well inside the line and plunders it over the cover fielder, can't set a field for that! 250 comes up for India

75.5
1
Blackwell to Dhoni, 1 run

full and drifting down the leg side, Dhoni stays back and dabs it down to short fine leg, quick single taken

75.4
2lb
Blackwell to Dhoni, 2 leg byes

drifting down the leg side, Dhoni makes no contact, ball clips the pad and rolls away fine, two more added to the total

75.3
1
Blackwell to Tendulkar, 1 run

makes room, gets well inside the line and turns it away through square leg for a single

75.2
4
Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR runs

on the middle and leg stump line, Tendulkar goes low down and slogs it away to the square leg fence, good clean hit, back-to-back fours and the pressure is on the bowler now.

It's a well spread out field, Flintoff on the defensive here.

75.1
4
Blackwell to Tendulkar, FOUR runs

tossed up and turning across from outside the leg stump, Tendulkar leans well forward, changes his grips quickly and dabs it away behind the stumps on the off side, desperate dive in the deep ends in vain