result
1st Test, Chennai, Dec 11 - 15 2008, England tour of India
England 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c & b Mishra | 123 | 233 | 356 | 15 | 0 | 52.78 | ||
| Alastair Cook | c Khan b Harbhajan Singh | 52 | 116 | 172 | 5 | 0 | 44.82 | ||
| Ian Bell | lbw b Khan | 17 | 51 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Kevin Pietersen (c) | c & b Khan | 4 | 33 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 12.12 | ||
| Paul Collingwood | c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh | 9 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 34.61 | ||
| Andrew Flintoff | c Gambhir b Mishra | 18 | 75 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 24.00 | ||
| James Anderson | c Yuvraj Singh b Mishra | 19 | 82 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 23.17 | ||
| Matt Prior † | not out | 53 | 102 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 51.96 | ||
| Graeme Swann | c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | ||
| Steve Harmison | c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh | 6 | 23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 26.08 | ||
| Monty Panesar | lbw b Sharma | 6 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | ||
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1) | 8 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (128.4 Ov, RR: 2.45, 539 Mts) | 316 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-118 (Alastair Cook, 39.6 ov), 2-164 (Ian Bell, 57.2 ov), 3-180 (Kevin Pietersen, 65.4 ov), 4-195 (Paul Collingwood, 72.2 ov), 5-221 (Andrew Strauss, 83.3 ov), 6-229 (Andrew Flintoff, 92.5 ov), 7-271 (James Anderson, 110.4 ov), 8-277 (Graeme Swann, 113.4 ov), 9-304 (Steve Harmison, 122.3 ov), 10-316 (Monty Panesar, 128.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 21 | 9 | 41 | 2 | 1.95 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 19.4 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 1.62 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 38 | 2 | 96 | 3 | 2.52 | 161 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 34 | 6 | 99 | 3 | 2.91 | 145 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India 1st INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | lbw b Swann | 19 | 43 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 44.18 | ||
| Virender Sehwag | b Anderson | 9 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 56.25 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | lbw b Swann | 3 | 24 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | c & b Flintoff | 37 | 48 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 77.08 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c & b Panesar | 24 | 60 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Yuvraj Singh | c Flintoff b Harmison | 14 | 41 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 34.14 | ||
| MS Dhoni (c)† | c Pietersen b Panesar | 53 | 82 | 162 | 5 | 0 | 64.63 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | c Bell b Panesar | 40 | 58 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 68.96 | ||
| Zaheer Khan | lbw b Flintoff | 1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | ||
| Amit Mishra | b Flintoff | 12 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 8 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 42.10 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 11, nb 6) | 21 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (69.4 Ov, RR: 3.45, 344 Mts) | 241 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Virender Sehwag, 5.2 ov), 2-34 (Gautam Gambhir, 13.3 ov), 3-37 (Rahul Dravid, 13.6 ov), 4-98 (VVS Laxman, 31.2 ov), 5-102 (Sachin Tendulkar, 32.1 ov), 6-137 (Yuvraj Singh, 43.2 ov), 7-212 (Harbhajan Singh, 60.1 ov), 8-217 (Zaheer Khan, 63.3 ov), 9-219 (MS Dhoni, 64.1 ov), 10-241 (Amit Mishra, 69.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 11 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 3.81 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 11 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2.54 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18.4 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 2.62 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Graeme Swann | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 19 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 3.42 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh | 108 | 244 | 397 | 8 | 0 | 44.26 | ||
| Alastair Cook | c †Dhoni b Sharma | 9 | 30 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | ||
| Ian Bell | c Gambhir b Mishra | 7 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | ||
| Kevin Pietersen (c) | lbw b Yuvraj Singh | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b Khan | 108 | 250 | 373 | 9 | 0 | 43.20 | ||
| Andrew Flintoff | c †Dhoni b Sharma | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | ||
| Matt Prior † | c Sehwag b Sharma | 33 | 56 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 58.92 | ||
| Graeme Swann | b Khan | 7 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Steve Harmison | b Khan | 1 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | ||
| James Anderson | not out | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 10, lb 13, nb 7, w 2) | 32 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (105.5 Ov, RR: 2.93, 502 Mts) | 311/9d | |||||||
Did not bat: Monty Panesar | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Alastair Cook, 9.4 ov), 2-42 (Ian Bell, 12.2 ov), 3-43 (Kevin Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 4-257 (Andrew Strauss, 85.2 ov), 5-262 (Andrew Flintoff, 88.4 ov), 6-277 (Paul Collingwood, 94.1 ov), 7-297 (Graeme Swann, 100.5 ov), 8-301 (Steve Harmison, 102.5 ov), 9-311 (Matt Prior, 105.5 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Khan | 27 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 1.48 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 22.5 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 2.49 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Amit Mishra | 17 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 3.88 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 4.00 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 30 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 3.03 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virender Sehwag | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3.66 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
India 2nd INNINGS (target: 387 runs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gautam Gambhir | c Collingwood b Anderson | 66 | 139 | 201 | 7 | 0 | 47.48 | ||
| Virender Sehwag | lbw b Swann | 83 | 68 | 102 | 11 | 4 | 122.05 | ||
| Rahul Dravid | c †Prior b Flintoff | 4 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | ||
| Sachin Tendulkar | not out | 103 | 196 | 317 | 9 | 0 | 52.55 | ||
| VVS Laxman | c Bell b Swann | 26 | 42 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 61.90 | ||
| Yuvraj Singh | not out | 85 | 131 | 196 | 8 | 1 | 64.88 | ||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 11, nb 4) | 20 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (98.3 Ov, RR: 3.92, 453 Mts) | 387/4 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Virender Sehwag, 22.6 ov), 2-141 (Rahul Dravid, 31.2 ov), 3-183 (Gautam Gambhir, 43.5 ov), 4-224 (VVS Laxman, 56.4 ov) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 4.63 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 27 | 4 | 105 | 0 | 3.88 | 117 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 22 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 2.90 | 99 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Graeme Swann | 28.3 | 2 | 103 | 2 | 3.61 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
MATCH DETAILS
| MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | |
| Toss | England, elected to bat first |
| Series | England tour of India |
| Season | 2008/09 |
| Player Of The Match | Virender Sehwag |
| Series result | India led the 2-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1898 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30 |
| Match days | 11,12,13,14,15 December 2008 - day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | Graeme Swann |
| Umpires | Billy BowdenDaryl Harper |
| TV Umpire | Suresh Shastri |
| Reserve Umpire | Rajiv Risodkar |
| Match Referee | Jeff Crowe |
CLOSE OF PLAY
Thu, 11 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 229/5 (Andrew Flintoff 18*, James Anderson 2*, 90 ov)
Fri, 12 Dec - day 2 - India 1st innings 155/6 (MS Dhoni 24*, Harbhajan Singh 13*, 45 ov)
Sat, 13 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 172/3 (Andrew Strauss 73*, Paul Collingwood 60*, 54 ov)
Sun, 14 Dec - day 4 - India 2nd innings 131/1 (Gautam Gambhir 41*, Rahul Dravid 2*, 29 ov)
Mon, 15 Dec - day 5 - India 2nd innings 387/4 (98.3 ov) - end of match
MATCH NOTES
Day 1
- England 1st innings
- Drinks: England - 29/0 in 14.0 overs (AJ Strauss 14, AN Cook 15)
- England: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 112 balls (AJ Strauss 22, AN Cook 27, Ex 1)
- Lunch: England - 63/0 in 27.0 overs (AJ Strauss 31, AN Cook 31)
- AJ Strauss: 50 off 104 balls (6 x 4)
- England: 100 runs in 34.3 overs (207 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 207 balls (AJ Strauss 51, AN Cook 48, Ex 1)
- AN Cook: 50 off 106 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 124/1 in 42.0 overs (AJ Strauss 66, IR Bell 4)
- England: 150 runs in 51.4 overs (310 balls), Extras 2
- Tea: England - 164/1 in 57.0 overs (AJ Strauss 93, IR Bell 17)
- AJ Strauss: 100 off 191 balls (14 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 194/3 in 71.0 overs (AJ Strauss 109, PD Collingwood 8)
- England: 200 runs in 73.4 overs (442 balls), Extras 4
- End Of Day: England - 229/5 in 90.0 overs (A Flintoff 18, JM Anderson 2)
Day 2
- Drinks: England - 248/6 in 104.0 overs (JM Anderson 8, MJ Prior 11)
- England: 250 runs in 104.3 overs (628 balls), Extras 6
- Lunch: England - 294/8 in 119.0 overs (MJ Prior 39, SJ Harmison 6)
- England: 300 runs in 120.2 overs (723 balls), Extras 8
- MJ Prior: 50 off 96 balls (1 x 4)
- Innings Break: England - 316/10 in 128.4 overs (MJ Prior 53)
- India 1st innings
- Tea: India - 37/3 in 14.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 3)
- India: 50 runs in 16.3 overs (101 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: India - 82/3 in 26.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 26, VVS Laxman 20)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 86 balls (SR Tendulkar 25, VVS Laxman 23, Ex 2)
- India: 100 runs in 31.6 overs (194 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: India - 106/5 in 35.0 overs (Yuvraj Singh 4, MS Dhoni 2)
- India: 150 runs in 44.3 overs (270 balls), Extras 12
- End Of Day: India - 155/6 in 45.0 overs (MS Dhoni 24, Harbhajan Singh 13)
Day 3
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (MS Dhoni 18, Harbhajan Singh 26, Ex 8)
- India: 200 runs in 57.3 overs (350 balls), Extras 16
- Drinks: India - 202/6 in 58.0 overs (MS Dhoni 42, Harbhajan Singh 38)
- MS Dhoni: 50 off 77 balls (5 x 4)
- Lunch: India - 241/9 in 69.0 overs (A Mishra 12, I Sharma 8)
- Innings Break: India - 241/10 in 69.4 overs (I Sharma 8)
- England 2nd innings
- Drinks: England - 28/1 in 9.4 overs (AJ Strauss 10)
- England: 50 runs in 15.4 overs (103 balls), Extras 11
- Tea: England - 68/3 in 21.0 overs (AJ Strauss 30, PD Collingwood 10)
- Drinks: England - 92/3 in 29.0 overs (AJ Strauss 44, PD Collingwood 15)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 98 balls (AJ Strauss 29, PD Collingwood 16, Ex 5)
- England: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (202 balls), Extras 16
- AJ Strauss: 50 off 90 balls (4 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 178 balls (AJ Strauss 50, PD Collingwood 44, Ex 7)
- Drinks: England - 144/3 in 43.0 overs (AJ Strauss 65, PD Collingwood 44)
- England: 150 runs in 45.1 overs (280 balls), Extras 18
- PD Collingwood: 50 off 119 balls (6 x 4)
- End Of Day: England - 172/3 in 54.0 overs (AJ Strauss 73, PD Collingwood 60)
Day 4
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 301 balls (AJ Strauss 69, PD Collingwood 70, Ex 11)
- England: 200 runs in 64.2 overs (395 balls), Extras 22
- Drinks: England - 210/3 in 67.0 overs (AJ Strauss 94, PD Collingwood 75)
- AJ Strauss: 100 off 213 balls (7 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 392 balls (AJ Strauss 87, PD Collingwood 92, Ex 21)
- Lunch: England - 244/3 in 80.0 overs (AJ Strauss 102, PD Collingwood 93)
- England: 250 runs in 81.5 overs (500 balls), Extras 32
- PD Collingwood: 100 off 227 balls (9 x 4)
- Drinks: England - 267/5 in 92.0 overs (PD Collingwood 103, MJ Prior 3)
- England: 300 runs in 101.5 overs (620 balls), Extras 32
- Tea: England - 301/8 in 102.5 overs (MJ Prior 24)
- Innings Break: England - 311/9 in 105.5 overs (JM Anderson 1)
- India 2nd innings
- India: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (G Gambhir 10, V Sehwag 42, Ex 2)
- V Sehwag: 50 off 32 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: India - 85/0 in 15.0 overs (G Gambhir 22, V Sehwag 61)
- India: 100 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 108 balls (G Gambhir 25, V Sehwag 73, Ex 2)
- End Of Day: India - 131/1 in 29.0 overs (G Gambhir 41, R Dravid 2)
Day 5
- India: 150 runs in 33.6 overs (206 balls), Extras 7
- G Gambhir: 50 off 105 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 180/2 in 41.0 overs (G Gambhir 65, SR Tendulkar 19)
- India: 200 runs in 48.1 overs (293 balls), Extras 10
- Lunch: India - 213/3 in 53.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 27, VVS Laxman 20)
- India: 250 runs in 61.4 overs (374 balls), Extras 13
- SR Tendulkar: 50 off 107 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: India - 262/4 in 67.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 51, Yuvraj Singh 19)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (SR Tendulkar 24, Yuvraj Singh 27, Ex 0)
- India: 300 runs in 77.6 overs (472 balls), Extras 15
- Tea: India - 304/4 in 79.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 65, Yuvraj Singh 45)
- Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 76 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Ball Taken: India 320/4 after 83.1 overs (SR Tendulkar 73, Yuvraj Singh 52)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 163 balls (SR Tendulkar 44, Yuvraj Singh 53, Ex 3)
- Drinks: India - 348/4 in 90.0 overs (SR Tendulkar 84, Yuvraj Singh 69)
- India: 350 runs in 90.1 overs (545 balls), Extras 16
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 233 balls (SR Tendulkar 64, Yuvraj Singh 81, Ex 7)
- SR Tendulkar: 100 off 196 balls (9 x 4)