India bat all day in stalemate
Stuart Binny's 78 helped India draw the first Test comfortably after England had given them a scare with three wickets for 17 runs in the first hour
07/09Result
1st Investec Test, India tour of England at Nottingham, Jul 9-13 2014
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![India]( "India")
457 & 391/9d (123 ov) -
![England]( "England")
Player of the Match
07/09Result
1st Investec Test, India tour of England at Nottingham, Jul 9-13 2014
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![India]( "India")
457 & 391/9d (123 ov) -
![England]( "England")
Player of the Match
Day 5
Binny's selection does not prove trivial
Why had Stuart Binny been picked in this Test? It was probably not with a match-saving innings in mind, but that's what he produced just when India were threatening to topple apart
A prolific debut at No. 8, and Anderson levels with Trueman
Stats highlights from the Trent Bridge Test, a match in which all kinds of lower-order batting feats were eclipsed
Signs a corner has been turned by England
The hosts appeared to play with a different attitude at Trent Bridge. No longer was there a sense that the game owed them. They just got on with it and Alastair Cook played the match with a smile on his face
Burnout worries after deathly slog
The opening Test ended with the levity of Alastair Cook taking a Test wicket in a match where his captaincy showed encouraging signs but England should be assisted more by their system rather than hindered
Dhoni pleased with lower-order resistance
Despite failing to close out the match, MS Dhoni looked at the positives and reflected on the lower order stand that rescued India
Not many get chance to save Test on debut - Binny
Stuart Binny has said that few get the opportunity to play a match-saving innings on Test debut, and that he was pleased to have done so for India at Trent Bridge
Day 4
Root, Anderson script England turnaround
England turned the Trent Bridge Test around on the fourth day thanks to a record tenth-wicket partnership from Joe Root and James Anderson
England could turn to Kerrigan at Lord's
After a hard slog on a lifeless wicket and similarly docile conditions expected at Lord's, England may recall the Lancashire spinner to inject a bit of bite into their bowling attack
Dhoni's instincts fail him
Like George Costanza once did, India's captain went against his normal ahead of the first Test but on the fourth day, with a match still winnable for India, he went back to a familiar game plan
Pujara concerned at plans for tail
Cheteshwar Pujara expressed concern that England's last three wickets added 294 runs after the bowlers had done all the work to have the hosts down at 202 for 3.
Anderson, the unlikely renegade
Jimmy Anderson's innings at Trent Bridge, according to Jonathan Liew in the Telegraph left an "emotional deposit", a feeling somewhere in the realm of joy
Tail-enders overshadow top order
James Anderson and Joe Root put together 198 runs and picked up a slew of records along the way, including the most runs made by a final-wicket pair
Anderson shines in era of the No. 11
There are few endeavors as silly as No. 11s batting. Anderson's innings was another piece of history for cricket's most comical and undervalued batting position
Day 3
Seamers star, but India kept waiting
India were on the verge of taking a massive lead and possibly bowling England out short of the follow-on mark before Joe Root averted the danger along with the lower order
Ishant's rewards for the dirty work
Ishant Sharma is an odd sort of 'attack leader', averaging over 37 in Test cricket and not given the new ball, but extracting England's middle order on a docile pitch showed why he is persisted with
Lack of leaders a hurdle to England revival
In a batting order containing four or five relatively inexperienced cricketers, it is not obvious who in the dressing room can revitalise England
Ishant's Mr Mistoffelees spell
Mark Waugh often said there was no such thing as a flat pitch in Test cricket and that the best bowlers would find a way. On the third day at Trent Bridge, Ishant Sharma found that way, adapting like England had not managed
Day 2
Last-wicket heroes lift India
India lost four wickets for four runs immediately after lunch before Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami restored their advantage with a 111-run last-wicket stand that extended India's total to 457
The joy of one, the pain of another
The No. 11 of India's order did something the No. 1 of England's order can only dream of at the moment: score a Test fifty
Broad hopes to grind down India
Stuart Broad has become the latest England player to bemoan the lack of home advantage after his side conceded a tenth-wicket stand of 111 to India on the second day of the Investec Test series at Trent Bridge
Cook's dismissal betrays frazzled mind
Some may say that the England captain's dismissal was unlucky, but it was the latest example of the demons he is battling as the form slump grows longer
Change of attitude aids remarkable stand
India's recent track of record of lower-order runs is poor, but they began correcting that with a mammoth 10th wicket stand which showed the application and mindset that has often been lacking
Day 1
Vijay ton takes India past setbacks
M Vijay's fourth Test century, his first away from home, held India's innings together on a first day full of momentum shifts on an atypically slow and lifeless Trent Bridge pitch
Test pitch comes gift wrapped
England could not have produced a pitch more suiting India's needs at Trent Bridge if they had gift wrapped it with a note of welcome
A rare century and Anderson's 50
Stats highlights from the opening day at Trent Bridge, when Murali Vijay scored his first overseas Test century
Vijay the millionaire meets Vijay the coal-miner
In recent times, fortune has conspired against M Vijay and runs have been lacking. At Trent Bridge, though, after a small slice of luck at the start, he combined flair and patience to great effect
England 'frustrated' with pitch
James Anderson admitted the England team were "frustrated" by another low, slow surface that did nothing for the home attack on the first day of the Investec Test series against India
Others
Being on the Beeb and other stories
In which our correspondent is remembered by a former international cricketer, befriends a librarian, and talks horses with Ravindra Jadeja
Dull match, lovely stats
So what if Trent Bridge was a snoozefest? We've got all these numbers, haven't we?
Anderson charged in Jadeja incident
James Anderson has been charged under Level 3 of the ICC Code of Conduct for allegedly "abusing and pushing Ravindra Jadeja" on the second day of the first Test
A Trent Bridge extravaganza
Tail-end records set in the recent England-India Test, and double-tons by No. 7s
The fear of the ringer
How a team can collapse in the face of some ordinary bowling if they believe they are batting against a pro
Dhoni wins the first round in the captaincy battle
India's and England's captains have both taken some inexplicable decisions in the first Test at Trent Bridge. But Dhoni managed to take advantage of the hosts' frail line-up
Anderson instrumental in helping England draw first Test
England's fast bowler, James Anderson, delivered with both bat and ball to help his side draw the first Test match against India, in Trent Bridge, on Sunday.
When the weak can resist the strong
Cricket and football give lesser teams and players a chance to hold out and sometimes even show up stronger opposition
Trent Bridge pitch rated 'poor' by match referee
The pitch at Trent Bridge, which hosted the first Investec Test between England and India, has been rated poor by match referee David Boon, the ICC said in a release
Down with flat pitches
Simon Hughes, in the Telegraph, questions the quality of Test cricket on docile decks and the ensuing impact on fast bowlers after England and India held each other to a draw at Trent Bridge
Why not to judge a pitch on day one
You could have egg on your face in no time
Why isn't Ashwin playing?
It's close to inexplicable how India's best spinner is being left out in favour of bits-and-pieces players
The England v India Twitter war
Also known as the latest issuing of bile from cricket's angry glands
England hit Jadeja with Level 2 charge
Ravindra Jadeja has been charged with a Level 2 offence for his role in an alleged incident involving James Anderson on the second day of the Trent Bridge Test
Cook's captaincy future on the line
Alastair Cook's qualities as England captain have been widely debated. England's five-Test series against India is about to determine his future
India are improving overseas - Dhoni
MS Dhoni believes he has seen enough on the tours of South Africa and New Zealand to be convinced his side are heading in the right direction
India threaten to shed conservatism
The signs are that Stuart Binny has a very strong chance of making a Test debut at Trent Bridge which would signal a significant change in mindset by India overseas