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
57.2 to IR Bell, that's lbw! Zaheer strikes just on resumption, pitches on line with the stumps, swings the ball into Bell, late on the attempted flick across the line, he's a goner in front of the stumps and Harper raises his finger after a careful thought. 164/2 65.4 to KP Pietersen, another one goes! Zaheer removes an uncertain Pietersen, whose attempt to pull a short ball takes the splice of the bat and goes nowhere but into the bowler's hands, running across towards the on side, what a massive wicket for India. 180/3
Ishant Sharma	19.4	4	32	1	1.62	98	3	0	0	1
128.4 to MS Panesar, all over, as Ishant traps Monty plumb in front! This one pitches in line, straightens a fraction, and catches Monty in front as the bat comes down late, so England get 316. 316/10
Harbhajan Singh	38	2	96	3	2.52	161	8	0	0	0
39.6 to AN Cook, and Cook loses his composure in what has been a top over! Harbhajan is rewarded for a nagging few deliveries, he takes pace off the ball and tosses it up, Cook fetches it from outside off stump with a mess of an attempted slog sweep, the ball skies up into the air and Zaheer settles under it at mid-on ... Cook was batting really well until that brain freeze. 118/1 72.2 to PD Collingwood, oh he's given him, has Billy! Harbhajan tosses it up, slowing down the pace, the ball pitches and takes nothing but pad en route to Gambhir at short leg, they ask the question and Bowden raises the crooked finger ... replays show Collingwood got his bat nowhere near the ball, so a harsh call you have to say, and a very lucky wicket for India and Harbhajan. 195/4 113.4 to GP Swann, well hello, thats fairly ripped up! Harbhajan holds back the length and gets this nasty one to turn and bounce up off a crack to flummox Swann, who can do nothing about that except fend it off his chest and edge to Dravid at slip, who makes no mistake this time. 277/8
Amit Mishra	34	6	99	3	2.91	145	8	0	0	0
83.3 to AJ Strauss, well held, Mishra! Strauss falls close before stumps, chipping a generously tossed up delivery back towards Mishra's left and he dives to take a very good catch, ending a fine innings from Strauss, one which may prove very crucial as this match pans out. 221/5 92.5 to A Flintoff, got 'em! Flintoff cannot play the slow, nurdling and nudging game for long and he perishes early, thrusting forward again and getting another inside edge that bobs up to Gambhir at forward short leg, so Dhoni's move to swap Ishant for Mishra after just one over works superbly. 229/6 110.4 to JM Anderson, Anderson goes! End of a solid innings from the nighwatchman, who kneels down and produces another of those preferred sweep shots, except this one is a top edge that's gobbled up by the birthday boy Yuvraj at deep midwicket, so Mishra's patience pays off. 271/7
Yuvraj Singh	15	2	33	1	2.20	66	1	0	0	0
122.3 to SJ Harmison, Harmison walks! Yuvraj gets his fifth Test wicket as Harmison opens the face and tickles the faintest of edges through to Dhoni, then doesn't wait a moment before turning and heading back for the pavilion, as opposed to Yuvraj, who shouts in frustration and turns back to his mark, thinking he's beat the bat, then he looks back and sees that he's actually got a wicket. 304/9
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
43.2 to Yuvraj Singh, edged and taken! Another successful move from Pietersen to change a bowler, and Harmison needs no time to remove Yuvraj, chasing a drive outside off stump eight minutes before stumps, and Flintoff at second slip makes no mistake with his buckets. 137/6
James Anderson	11	3	28	1	2.54	53	4	0	0	0
5.2 to V Sehwag, Anderson's got Sehwag playing a feeble shot! Pitches back of a length and comes into Sehwag, who stands leaden-footed and tries to play a cramped guide to third man but only chops it back onto his stumps .. Anderson is thrilled, for thats a dangerous man to dismiss early. 16/1
Andrew Flintoff	18.4	2	49	3	2.62	89	5	0	0	6
32.1 to SR Tendulkar, another one bites the dust! Flintoff strikes first ball, what a change by Pietersen, Tendulkar gets a loosener just outside off stump and plays the tamest of drives back in the air to the bowler, who grasps it all to eagerly in his follow-through before breaking into celebrations. 102/5 63.3 to Z Khan, simple enough decision for umpire Harper to give, that one pitches back of a length and comes back in to rap Zaheer on the pads in front of the stumps, its the back leg so that out. 217/8 69.4 to A Mishra, cleaned up and thats the end of that, Flintoff pitches it full and straight and gets the ball to skid on pretty low to beat Mishra for pace, playing back instead of forward, losing his stumps. 241/10
Graeme Swann	10	0	42	2	4.20	37	4	1	0	0
13.3 to G Gambhir, Swann's struck in his first over in Tests! Gambhir is the man to go, opting to pad away a delivery tossed up full just outside off stump, he doesn't get a massive stride forward and the ball turns back to hit him, England ask the question very confidently and now Harper agrees. 34/2 13.6 to R Dravid, what an over! This one pitches just outside off stump and turns in, Dravid pushes down the wrong line and misses to get struck on the front pad, Swann and England believe they've got their man and Swann goes red-faced in appeal before Harper slowly raises the finger. 37/3
Monty Panesar	19	4	65	3	3.42	84	8	0	0	0
31.2 to VVS Laxman, caught and bowled, and a moment of uncertainty! Laxman just chips one back to Panesar's right, who plucks the hard-hit drive and then looks on as if he can't believe it, and neither can Laxman, it wasn't a terrific catch or anything, it was just about a moment of silence before anyone realised what had happened .. anyway, Laxman has to go and Panesar celebrates. 98/4 60.1 to Harbhajan Singh, and he goes, simply turning a tossed up delivery off his pads to a diving Bell at forward short leg, end of a strong partnership and a useful innings from Harbhajan. 212/7 64.1 to MS Dhoni, and now Dhoni goes! Panesar strikes again as the Indian captain dances down the pitch and slogs the ball straight down Pietersen's throat at deep mid-off, the wheels are indeed falling off this one and England are loving it. 219/9

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
94.1 to PD Collingwood, Zaheer gets into the action, pitching on a length and nipping the ball back into Collingwood, stuck on his crease and trying to work the ball across to the on side, the ball was in line and swung back in to catch him on the pad in front of middle and leg. 277/6 100.5 to GP Swann, cleaned up, the around the stumps angle works for Zaheer as it pitches on a length, sneaks back and beats a loose drive to take out leg stump. 297/7 102.5 to SJ Harmison, middle stump goes for a toss as Zaheer reverses one back to Harmison, just pitching in line and going the other way past a loose prod with no footwork. 301/8
Ishant Sharma	22.5	1	57	3	2.49	109	5	0	0	7
9.4 to AN Cook, finally the breakthrough! Ishant continues around the stumps, pitches on a lovely length and Cook decides to defend but it's a half-hearted shot and he gets a faint edge to Dhoni. 28/1 88.4 to A Flintoff, edged and taken, and a superb ball to draw a loose shot! After mixing two bouncers will a fuller delivery Ishant drops one short of a length outside off stump, it sits up and Flintoff goes fishing without moving his feet and pays the price, Dhoni and Ishant are cock-a-hoop. 262/5 105.5 to MJ Prior, another aggressive shot to try and get the run rate up, Prior backs away and miscues a sliced slap off the toe end of the bat straight to Sehwag at cover. 311/9
Amit Mishra	17	1	66	1	3.88	64	6	0	0	0
12.2 to IR Bell, got him, they needed that! Bell's poor game continues as he pushes hard at a gently served up topspinner and inside edges an easy catch to Gambhir at forward short leg. 42/2
Yuvraj Singh	3	1	12	1	4.00	12	2	0	0	0
13.1 to KP Pietersen, and he strikes first ball to get the captain! Yuvraj! He starts off with an arm ball from around the stumps, Pietersen does not get too far forward and cops it flush on the pad, Yuvraj sets off in celebration before Harper gives it out because that was hitting the top of leg stump. 43/3
Harbhajan Singh	30	3	91	1	3.03	113	5	0	0	0
85.2 to AJ Strauss, gone, end of a great innings! Strauss goes loosely, driving a full delivery on the off stump to Laxman at short extra cover, the ball after his partner in a 214-run stand raised a rather excellent century under pressure. 257/4
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
Did not bat: MS Dhoni (c)†, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma
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
43.5 to G Gambhir, loose shot and a smart catch from Collingwood! Anderson succeeds with that angle across Gambhir as the batsman cannot hold back from squirting at a slightly wider one and Collingwood tumbles to his left to hold a neat take at gully. 183/3
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
31.2 to R Dravid, edged and he goes! Flintoff gets Dravid for cheap again, hitting a fractionally fuller length to suck him forward and defending, there's just enough movement to draw the outer edge through to a gleeful Matt Prior ... Flintoff has struck early on day five to boost England. 141/2
Graeme Swann	28.3	2	103	2	3.61	105	7	1	0	0
22.6 to V Sehwag, Swann has his man! Sehwag goes to paddle one across the line, the ball hits him as it turns, he has gotten a ways forward and Harper upholds a massive appeal from the bowler, that one struck the front pad and looked like it would hit leg stump so a fascinating innings comes to a sudden end. 117/1 56.4 to VVS Laxman, forward short leg gobbles him up! Swann lands one into the rough outside off stump, the ball sits up and Laxman gets across to try and turn one away into the leg side but is undone by the bounce and balloons the easiest of catches to Bell and England make further inroads. 224/4

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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 Bowden Daryl Harper
TV Umpire	Suresh Shastri
Reserve Umpire	Rajiv Risodkar
Match Referee	Jeff Crowe

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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)

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
G Gambhir	caught	66	139
V Sehwag	lbw	83	68
R Dravid	caught	4	19
SR Tendulkar	not out	103	196
VVS Laxman	caught	26	42
Yuvraj Singh	not out	85	131
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 4)
Total	387(4 wkts; 98.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	10	0	48	0	4.8
JM Anderson	11	1	51	1	4.63
MS Panesar	27	4	105	0	3.88
A Flintoff	22	1	64	1	2.9 (4 nb)
GP Swann	28.3	2	103	2	3.61

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	117	Gautam Gambhir	Virender Sehwag
2nd	24	Rahul Dravid	Gautam Gambhir
3rd	42	Sachin Tendulkar	Gautam Gambhir
4th	41	Sachin Tendulkar	VVS Laxman
5th	163	Sachin Tendulkar	Yuvraj Singh

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