IND vs ENG, England tour of India 2012/13, 1st Test at Ahmedabad, November 15 - 19, 2012

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gautam Gambhir	b Swann	45	111	126	4	0	40.54

Virender Sehwag	b Swann	117	117	209	15	1	100.00

Cheteshwar Pujara	not out	206	389	513	21	0	52.95
Sachin Tendulkar	c Patel b Swann	13	18	25	2	0	72.22

Virat Kohli	b Swann	19	67	70	3	0	28.35

Yuvraj Singh	c Swann b Patel	74	151	184	6	2	49.00

MS Dhoni (c)†	b Swann	5	37	38	0	0	13.51

Ravichandran Ashwin	c †Prior b Pietersen	23	52	80	2	0	44.23

Zaheer Khan	c Trott b Anderson	7	10	12	1	0	70.00

Pragyan Ojha	not out	0	9	14	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, nb 1)	12
TOTAL	160 Ov (RR: 3.25, 640 Mins)	521/8d
Did not bat: Umesh Yadav
Fall of wickets: 1-134 (Gautam Gambhir, 29.5 ov), 2-224 (Virender Sehwag, 50.1 ov), 3-250 (Sachin Tendulkar, 56.5 ov), 4-283 (Virat Kohli, 76.4 ov), 5-413 (Yuvraj Singh, 124.1 ov), 6-444 (MS Dhoni, 134.5 ov), 7-510 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 154.5 ov), 8-519 (Zaheer Khan, 157.1 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	27	7	75	1	2.77	125	11	0	0	0
157.1 to Z Khan, full, swings like a kid at the playground, and caught by the diving Trott at point! The ball flew low off the outside half of the bat as Zaheer tried to give it the hurry up and this time the fielder clung on. That's the first wicket by a fast bowler in the match. 519/8
Stuart Broad	24	1	97	0	4.04	95	11	0	0	1
Tim Bresnan	19	2	73	0	3.84	77	9	1	0	0
Graeme Swann	51	8	144	5	2.82	225	14	1	0	0
29.5 to G Gambhir, gone! Swann makes the breakthrough. Another really smart piece of bowling as this one slides into Gambhir as he again goes back into the crease to try and play through the off side but this time is beaten as it skids through at takes off stump. Massive relief all round, at least for a moment, for England.. 134/1 50.1 to V Sehwag, bowled him, Sehwag is gone! The giant has been chopped down and Swann has his second wicket, striking with the first ball of a spell again. The ball was tossed up outside off, there was a bit of grip off the pitch and Sehwag's attempted sweep was unsuccessful, the timbers rattling to give the batsman his send off. 224/2 56.5 to SR Tendulkar, in a tangle this time and Tendulkar is gone! Swann has another, minutes before tea! Tendulkar didn't quite read the flight, wasn't to the pitch as he went for another loft into the leg side, got right under the ball and it plopped safely into Patel's hands at deep midwicket. 250/3 76.4 to V Kohli, bowled him, Swann has another! More spin for England's chief tweaker, this ripped back from outside off, big gap between bat and pad and the "pop" go the bails! Kohli didn't get a big enough stride in, he looks at the pitch suspiciously, but that wasn't a great defensive stroke. 283/4 134.5 to MS Dhoni, five for Swann! Dhoni's curious innings is over as he goes for a sweep, the ball takes the bottom of his glove and maybe some thigh pad then rolls into the stumps. 444/6
Samit Patel	31	3	96	1	3.09	129	8	1	0	0
124.1 to Yuvraj Singh, would you believe it?! Yuvraj has clubbed the ugliest of ugly full tosses straight down the throat of long-on. Patel looks a little embarrassed by it all, but England won't be fussed. Real shame for Yuvraj, a comeback hundred would have been a fabulous story. 413/5
Kevin Pietersen	8	1	25	1	3.12	28	1	0	0	0
154.5 to R Ashwin, there it is, that bit of magic, though it's not Pujara but Ashwin that falls! Pietersen celebrates with arms aloft as Ashwin plays back, goes to cut, but thins a nick into the hands of Prior behind the stumps. 510/7

England 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	c Sehwag b Ashwin	41	109	148	7	0	37.61

Nick Compton	b Ashwin	9	53	50	0	0	16.98

James Anderson	c Gambhir b Ojha	2	6	6	0	0	33.33

Jonathan Trott	c Pujara b Ashwin	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Kevin Pietersen	b Ojha	17	39	55	2	0	43.58

Ian Bell	c Tendulkar b Ojha	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Samit Patel	lbw b Yadav	10	49	55	0	0	20.40

Matt Prior †	b Ojha	48	100	138	7	0	48.00

Tim Bresnan	c Kohli b Ojha	19	60	70	2	0	31.66

Stuart Broad	lbw b Khan	25	23	33	2	1	108.69

Graeme Swann	not out	3	2	5	0	0	150.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 12)	17
TOTAL	74.2 Ov (RR: 2.56, 287 Mins)	191
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Nick Compton, 13.3 ov), 2-29 (James Anderson, 14.4 ov), 3-30 (Jonathan Trott, 15.3 ov), 4-69 (Kevin Pietersen, 32.3 ov), 5-69 (Ian Bell, 32.4 ov), 6-80 (Alastair Cook, 39.4 ov), 7-97 (Samit Patel, 47.6 ov), 8-144 (Tim Bresnan, 66.4 ov), 9-187 (Stuart Broad, 73.5 ov), 10-191 (Matt Prior, 74.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ravichandran Ashwin	27	9	80	3	2.96	122	9	1	0	0
13.3 to NRD Compton, gone! There's the first one. A lovely delivery, spins from outside off and turns through the gap between bat and pad into middle stump. Compton didn't quite cover for the spin, but it was a marvelous delivery. The first of many like that, you suspect. 26/1 15.3 to IJL Trott, and another! Turning into a late-day procession here. Nicely flighted, turns just enough to take the inside edge into the pad and another catch to short leg. 30/3 39.4 to AN Cook, Gone. Bring on the follow-on. Nicely bowled too. Tossed up on off, much slower than usual, makes his drive, and for a change Cook is not right to the pitch of the ball. The offbreak produces the edge, and Sehwag pouches a sharp low catch. Cook fought hard, concentrated intensely, but is gone now. 80/6
Zaheer Khan	15	7	23	1	1.53	76	2	0	0	0
73.5 to SCJ Broad, this time Zaheer gets the decision, Broad trapped in front! He's been working both batsmen over, nagging away, and this ball again jagged back off a length - might have done too much to be honest - but Broad was static on the crease and it was good enough for Aleem Dar. 187/9
Pragyan Ojha	22.2	8	45	5	2.01	110	5	0	0	0
14.4 to JM Anderson, this one is out! Anderson propping forward again, the inside edge loops straighter this time, short leg dives to his right and takes a very good catch. 29/2 32.3 to KP Pietersen, Ojha has broken through. Huge wicket. Pietersen falls to slow left-arm again. KP is not forward enough. He had only just started moving forward positively. Now that last appeal has caused doubts. Stays on the crease. The ball is not full enough, pitches middle, holds its line, beats the outside edge, takes middle. It's the ones that haven't turned that have done Pietersen in. 69/4 32.4 to IR Bell, and out goes Ian Bell. Did he spend the last 50 minutes thinking he is going to dance down the wicket first ball and go over mid-off? Sure felt like that. First ball, turning wicket, he wants to beat the sinners off their rhythm. Doesn't quite get to the pitch of it, the ball doesn't bounce as high as he expects, and it goes off the bottom part for easy catch to mid-off. Imploding, are England. 69/5 66.4 to TT Bresnan, gone! There's the breakthrough. Nice bowling from Ojha. Tossed up on off stump and it's a touch of extra bounce that causes the problem as it takes the shoulder of the bat and offers a simple catch to gully. 144/8 74.2 to MJ Prior, tossed up, spins, Prior drives expansively and "thwock" goes the off stump, Ojha completing his five-for into the bargain. So no consolation fifty and that's a wrap, folks. 191/10
Yuvraj Singh	3	0	12	0	4.00	12	2	0	0	0
Umesh Yadav	7	2	14	1	2.00	35	2	0	0	0
47.6 to SR Patel, Yadav strikes in his first over. First lbw off the match, and it is headed well down leg. The absence of DRS seems to have disoriented the umpires. Length ball, angling in, hits him in front of leg, easy not out, but Aleem Dar has given him. Three plumb lbw not given, and one easy not-out goes the other way. 97/7

England 2nd Innings (Following on)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alastair Cook (c)	b Ojha	176	374	556	21	0	47.05

Nick Compton	lbw b Khan	37	128	173	2	0	28.90

Jonathan Trott	c †Dhoni b Ojha	17	43	47	2	0	39.53

Kevin Pietersen	b Ojha	2	6	9	0	0	33.33

Ian Bell	lbw b Yadav	22	59	66	3	0	37.28

Samit Patel	lbw b Yadav	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Matt Prior †	c & b Ojha	91	225	238	11	0	40.44

Tim Bresnan	c sub (AM Rahane) b Khan	20	48	75	1	0	41.66

Stuart Broad	c & b Yadav	3	11	14	0	0	27.27

Graeme Swann	b Ashwin	17	31	36	2	1	54.83

James Anderson	not out	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 14, lb 6, w 1)	21
TOTAL	154.3 Ov (RR: 2.62, 614 Mins)	406
Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Nick Compton, 44.6 ov), 2-156 (Jonathan Trott, 57.1 ov), 3-160 (Kevin Pietersen, 59.1 ov), 4-199 (Ian Bell, 76.5 ov), 5-199 (Samit Patel, 76.6 ov), 6-356 (Matt Prior, 137.4 ov), 7-365 (Alastair Cook, 141.3 ov), 8-378 (Stuart Broad, 144.3 ov), 9-406 (Graeme Swann, 153.5 ov), 10-406 (Tim Bresnan, 154.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Umesh Yadav	23	2	70	3	3.04	102	9	0	1	0
76.5 to IR Bell, got him, Yadav has made the breakthrough! The ball reversed back at Bell at pace, caught him on the crease and cannoned into the front pad as the bat swung down at an angle, Tony Hill didn't think too long about it and, although it had come back quite a distance, it would probably have shaved leg. 199/4 76.6 to SR Patel, he's gone, first baller, a terrific yorker and Samit had no chance! He'd barely got his head in gear, let alone his feet, but Yadav made him dance all right, trapped right in front of leg stump, the ball searing into pad and England are rocking, just hanging on now. 199/5 144.3 to SCJ Broad, Broad is gone. Yadav strikes too. Another return catch. Another ball that has stopped on the batsman. Short of a length, Broad is right behind the line, the only mistake perhaps is that the bat face is a little closed. The ball doesn't quite come on, and lobs back off the leading half of the bat. England 48 for 8. Surely they will hit out now?. 378/8
Pragyan Ojha	55	16	120	4	2.18	264	14	1	0	0
57.1 to IJL Trott, and Ojha strikes first ball with a change of ends. Nicely bowled. On off, short of driving length, Trott is not to the pitch of it, and the ball turns and bounces away, taking the shoulder of the bat. Good catch from Dhoni. 156/2 59.1 to KP Pietersen, Ojha has bowled KP again. SLA again. It's all in the mind. Ridiculous dismissal. Pietersen walks too far across to sweep a full ball. Premeditated shot. This would have been a full toss had he stood straight and played the ball and not the demons. Has gone too far across, misses the full toss, which lands in front of leg, between the stumps and the crease, and then it breaks away to hit off. 160/3 137.4 to MJ Prior, Ojha has got the wicket. Prior misses on the hundred. India are back in. Cook stands there, looking at nothing in particular. Not the best ball he has bowled, but India will take it. Flat, shortish, Prior goes back to punch it down the ground, but it doesn't quite come on to the bat. And he spoons a simple return catch. Big big breakthrough for India. 356/6 141.3 to AN Cook, this could be the match. Ojha has done it for India. Boy is he pumped. This is a huge huge wicket. And getting through Cook's defence has not been easy. Short of a length, Cook stays on the crease. Not well forward, not right back. The ball stays low, turns past the bat, hits the pad, and then the stumps. England effectively 35 for 7 now. More than five hours to go in this match. Whatever happens from now on, it has been a superb innings from Cook. He will be gutted, though. A slightly tired shot. 365/7
Ravichandran Ashwin	43	9	111	1	2.58	192	12	0	0	0
153.5 to GP Swann, one adventurous shot too many. Swann walks down the wicket, reverses his stance, and tries the switch hit. Ashwin keeps his head, fires it in full and straight, and the middle stump is flattened. England effectively 76 for 9. 406/9
Virender Sehwag	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0
Zaheer Khan	27.3	5	59	2	2.14	125	5	0	0	0
44.6 to NRD Compton, Zaheer showing his mastery of the conditions. Changes the angle again after having troubled Compton from round the stumps. Gets close to the stumps, bowls on a length, more than half the ball within the stumps. And then the ball doesn't go with the angle, just sort of holds its line. Gone. Finally a correct lbw decision in this match. 123/1 154.3 to TT Bresnan, wide half-volley, Bresnan sees he can drive it, but he fails to keep it along the ground, and finds Rahane at cover. Final wicket taken, India can now smell the win. 406/10
Sachin Tendulkar	1	0	8	0	8.00	4	2	0	0	0
Yuvraj Singh	4	0	17	0	4.25	14	0	0	0	0

India 2nd Innings (T: 77 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Virender Sehwag	c Pietersen b Swann	25	21	33	1	1	119.04

Cheteshwar Pujara	not out	41	51	51	8	0	80.39
Virat Kohli	not out	14	21	17	3	0	66.66
Extras		0
TOTAL	15.3 Ov (RR: 5.16, 51 Mins)	80/1
Did not bat: Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c)†, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Virender Sehwag, 9.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	1	0	0	0
Graeme Swann	7.3	1	46	1	6.13	26	8	0	0	0
9.5 to V Sehwag, it won't be a 10-wicket win...Sehwag comes down the pitch to try and launch this over long-on but doesn't quite get it cleanly and Pietersen takes a well-judged catch very near the boundary, then just manages to stop himself touching the rope. Was only fractions in it.. 57/1
Samit Patel	6	0	24	0	4.00	26	3	1	0	0

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Thu, 15 Nov - day 1 - India 1st innings 323/4 (Cheteshwar Pujara 98*, Yuvraj Singh 24*, 90 ov)

Fri, 16 Nov - day 2 - England 1st innings 41/3 (Alastair Cook 22*, Kevin Pietersen 6*, 18 ov)

Sat, 17 Nov - day 3 - England 2nd innings 111/0 (Alastair Cook 74*, Nick Compton 34*, 38 ov)

Sun, 18 Nov - day 4 - England 2nd innings 340/5 (Alastair Cook 168*, Matt Prior 84*, 128 ov)

Mon, 19 Nov - day 5 - India 2nd innings 80/1 (15.3 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

India 1st innings
India: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (G Gambhir 18, V Sehwag 29, Ex 3)
Drinks: India - 61/0 in 13.0 overs (G Gambhir 23, V Sehwag 35)
V Sehwag: 50 off 45 balls (8 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 19.1 overs (116 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 116 balls (G Gambhir 31, V Sehwag 66, Ex 3)
Lunch: India - 120/0 in 28.0 overs (G Gambhir 37, V Sehwag 79)
India: 150 runs in 35.3 overs (214 balls), Extras 5
V Sehwag: 100 off 90 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (V Sehwag 24, CA Pujara 25, Ex 2)
Drinks: India - 190/1 in 43.0 overs (V Sehwag 109, CA Pujara 30)
India: 200 runs in 45.2 overs (273 balls), Extras 7
CA Pujara: 50 off 67 balls (6 x 4)
India: 250 runs in 56.2 overs (339 balls), Extras 7
Tea: India - 250/3 in 58.0 overs (CA Pujara 68, V Kohli 0)
Drinks: India - 282/3 in 75.0 overs (CA Pujara 82, V Kohli 18)
India: 300 runs in 83.2 overs (501 balls), Extras 7
End Of Day: India - 323/4 in 90.0 overs (CA Pujara 98, Yuvraj Singh 24)

Day 2

CA Pujara: 100 off 190 balls (13 x 4)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 105 balls (CA Pujara 22, Yuvraj Singh 25, Ex 4)
India: 350 runs in 96.6 overs (583 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: India - 367/4 in 106.0 overs (CA Pujara 115, Yuvraj Singh 47)
Yuvraj Singh: 50 off 98 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 204 balls (CA Pujara 42, Yuvraj Singh 54, Ex 4)
India: 400 runs in 116.3 overs (700 balls), Extras 11
Lunch: India - 410/4 in 121.0 overs (CA Pujara 133, Yuvraj Singh 72)
CA Pujara: 150 off 299 balls (18 x 4)
Drinks: India - 447/6 in 137.0 overs (CA Pujara 163, R Ashwin 0)
India: 450 runs in 138.3 overs (832 balls), Extras 11
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (CA Pujara 32, R Ashwin 17, Ex 1)
India: 500 runs in 151.2 overs (909 balls), Extras 12
Tea: India - 502/6 in 152.0 overs (CA Pujara 196, R Ashwin 21)
CA Pujara: 200 off 374 balls (21 x 4)
Innings Break: India - 521/8 in 160.0 overs (CA Pujara 206, PP Ojha 0)
England 1st innings
End Of Day: England - 41/3 in 18.0 overs (AN Cook 22, KP Pietersen 6)

Day 3

England: 50 runs in 22.4 overs (136 balls), Extras 7
Drinks: England - 70/5 in 35.0 overs (AN Cook 34, SR Patel 1)
England: 100 runs in 48.4 overs (292 balls), Extras 11
Lunch: England - 110/7 in 52.0 overs (MJ Prior 20, TT Bresnan 0)
Drinks: England - 144/8 in 66.4 overs (MJ Prior 35)
England: 150 runs in 66.6 overs (402 balls), Extras 11
Innings Break: England - 191/10 in 74.2 overs (GP Swann 3)
Tea: England - 191/10 in 74.2 overs (GP Swann 3)
England 2nd innings
England: 50 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 110 balls (AN Cook 31, NRD Compton 21, Ex 0)
Drinks: England - 53/0 in 19.0 overs (AN Cook 32, NRD Compton 21)
AN Cook: 50 off 94 balls (9 x 4)
England: 100 runs in 33.6 overs (204 balls), Extras 3
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 204 balls (AN Cook 69, NRD Compton 29, Ex 3)
End Of Day: England - 111/0 in 38.0 overs (AN Cook 74, NRD Compton 34)

Day 4

Drinks: England - 143/1 in 54.0 overs (AN Cook 90, IJL Trott 12)
England: 150 runs in 55.5 overs (335 balls), Extras 4
AN Cook: 100 off 181 balls (16 x 4)
Lunch: England - 182/3 in 69.0 overs (AN Cook 109, IR Bell 11)
England: 200 runs in 77.1 overs (463 balls), Extras 6
New Ball Taken: England 219/5 after 82.3 overs (AN Cook 122, MJ Prior 12)
Drinks: England - 224/5 in 83.0 overs (AN Cook 122, MJ Prior 17)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (AN Cook 14, MJ Prior 34, Ex 2)
England: 250 runs in 89.5 overs (539 balls), Extras 8
Tea: England - 264/5 in 100.0 overs (AN Cook 138, MJ Prior 40)
MJ Prior: 50 off 109 balls (5 x 4)
AN Cook: 150 off 283 balls (19 x 4)
England: 300 runs in 109.1 overs (655 balls), Extras 8
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 193 balls (AN Cook 42, MJ Prior 57, Ex 2)
Drinks: England - 313/5 in 115.0 overs (AN Cook 160, MJ Prior 65)
End Of Day: England - 340/5 in 128.0 overs (AN Cook 168, MJ Prior 84)

Day 5

6th Wicket: 150 runs in 346 balls (AN Cook 55, MJ Prior 91, Ex 4)
England: 350 runs in 135.1 overs (811 balls), Extras 10
Drinks: England - 365/7 in 141.3 overs (TT Bresnan 8)
England: 400 runs in 151.2 overs (908 balls), Extras 21
Lunch: England - 406/10 in 154.3 overs (JM Anderson 0)
India 2nd innings
India: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (V Sehwag 21, CA Pujara 29, Ex 0)

MATCH DETAILS

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of India
Season	2012/13
Player Of The Match	Cheteshwar Pujara
Series result	India led the 4-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 2058
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days	15,16,17,18,19 November 2012 - day (5-day match)
Test debut	Nick Compton
Umpires	Aleem Dar Tony Hill
TV Umpire	Sudhir Asnani
Reserve Umpire	Anil Chaudhary
Match Referee	Roshan Mahanama