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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v India⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
298 & 282
India
201 & 282/9
Date
Thursday 19 July 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 298 all out (91.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c R Dravid b A Kumble 96 186 16 0 51.6
Alastair Cook lbw b SC Ganguly 36 39 6 0 92.3
Michael Vaughan c MS Dhoni b RP Singh 79 201 11 0 39.3
Kevin Pietersen c MS Dhoni b Z Khan 37 62 5 0 59.7
Paul Collingwood lbw b A Kumble 0 3 0 0 0.0
Ryan Sidebottom b RP Singh 1 15 0 0 6.7
Ian Bell b Z Khan 20 24 2 1 83.3
Matt Prior lbw b S Sreesanth 1 7 0 0 14.3
Chris Tremlett lbw b S Sreesanth 0 3 0 0 0.0
Monty Panesar lbw b S Sreesanth 0 8 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 9, lb 10, w 7, nb 2) 28
Total 91.2 overs 298

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (AN Cook, 14.4 ov), 2-218 (AJ Strauss, 63.6 ov), 3-252 (MP Vaughan, 76.4 ov), 4-255 (PD Collingwood, 77.6 ov), 5-272 (RJ Sidebottom, 82.5 ov), 6-286 (KP Pietersen, 85.1 ov), 7-287 (MJ Prior, 86.3 ov), 8-287 (CT Tremlett, 86.6 ov), 9-297 (MS Panesar, 90.4 ov), 10-298 (IR Bell, 91.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Z Khan 18.2 4 62 2 3.38 1 2
S Sreesanth 22 8 67 3 3.05 3 0
RP Singh 17 6 58 2 3.41 2 0
SC Ganguly 9 3 24 1 2.67 0 0
A Kumble 23 2 60 2 2.61 0 0
SR Tendulkar 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

India · 1st innings 201 all out (77.2 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KD Karthik lbw b RJ Sidebottom 5 25 0 0 20.0
W Jaffer c & b CT Tremlett 58 156 8 0 37.2
R Dravid c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 2 12 0 0 16.7
SR Tendulkar lbw b JM Anderson 37 78 6 0 47.4
SC Ganguly b JM Anderson 34 82 4 0 41.5
RP Singh c JM Anderson b RJ Sidebottom 17 40 2 0 42.5
VVS Laxman c MJ Prior b RJ Sidebottom 15 41 0 0 36.6
MS Dhoni c IR Bell b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
A Kumble lbw b RJ Sidebottom 11 20 2 0 55.0
Z Khan c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 7 7 1 0 100.0
S Sreesanth not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 4) 15
Total 77.2 overs 201

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (KD Karthik, 8.3 ov), 2-27 (R Dravid, 11.5 ov), 3-106 (SR Tendulkar, 35.4 ov), 4-134 (W Jaffer, 53.6 ov), 5-155 (SC Ganguly, 62.3 ov), 6-173 (RP Singh, 66.5 ov), 7-175 (MS Dhoni, 69.5 ov), 8-192 (A Kumble, 74.6 ov), 9-197 (VVS Laxman, 76.4 ov), 10-201 (Z Khan, 77.2 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 22 5 65 4 2.95 0 0
James Anderson 24.2 8 42 5 1.73 0 0
Chris Tremlett 20 8 52 1 2.60 0 4
Paul Collingwood 3 1 9 0 3.00 0 0
Monty Panesar 8 3 22 0 2.75 0 0

England · 2nd innings 282 all out (78.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c SR Tendulkar b Z Khan 18 41 3 0 43.9
Alastair Cook lbw b Z Khan 17 31 3 0 54.8
Michael Vaughan b RP Singh 30 75 4 0 40.0
Kevin Pietersen b RP Singh 134 213 14 1 62.9
Paul Collingwood c VVS Laxman b RP Singh 4 3 1 0 133.3
Ian Bell b RP Singh 9 15 2 0 60.0
Matt Prior c MS Dhoni b Z Khan 42 61 5 0 68.9
Chris Tremlett b Z Khan 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ryan Sidebottom c R Dravid b A Kumble 9 11 2 0 81.8
Monty Panesar lbw b RP Singh 3 17 0 0 17.6
James Anderson not out 4* 3 1 0 133.3
Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 2, nb 0) 12
Total 78.3 overs 282

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (AJ Strauss, 10.5 ov), 2-43 (AN Cook, 12.1 ov), 3-102 (MP Vaughan, 35.6 ov), 4-114 (PD Collingwood, 37.3 ov), 5-132 (IR Bell, 41.2 ov), 6-251 (MJ Prior, 66.1 ov), 7-251 (CT Tremlett, 66.2 ov), 8-266 (RJ Sidebottom, 71.1 ov), 9-275 (KP Pietersen, 76.6 ov), 10-282 (MS Panesar, 78.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Z Khan 28 6 79 4 2.82 1 0
S Sreesanth 16 3 62 0 3.88 0 0
RP Singh 16.3 3 59 5 3.58 1 0
A Kumble 17 3 70 1 4.12 0 0
SR Tendulkar 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

India · 2nd innings 282/9 (96 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
W Jaffer c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson 8 32 0 0 25.0
KD Karthik c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 60 135 7 0 44.4
R Dravid lbw b CT Tremlett 9 12 2 0 75.0
SR Tendulkar lbw b MS Panesar 16 35 3 0 45.7
SC Ganguly lbw b RJ Sidebottom 40 65 6 0 61.5
VVS Laxman b CT Tremlett 39 90 5 0 43.3
MS Dhoni not out 76* 159 10 0 47.8
A Kumble lbw b RJ Sidebottom 3 19 0 0 15.8
Z Khan c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 0 15 0 0 0.0
RP Singh b MS Panesar 2 8 0 0 25.0
S Sreesanth not out 4* 7 1 0 57.1
Extras (b 13, lb 5, w 6, nb 1) 25
Total 96 overs 282/9

Fall of wickets: 1-38 (W Jaffer, 10.3 ov), 2-55 (R Dravid, 13.5 ov), 3-84 (SR Tendulkar, 24.5 ov), 4-143 (SC Ganguly, 44.6 ov), 5-145 (KD Karthik, 47.2 ov), 6-231 (VVS Laxman, 75.6 ov), 7-247 (A Kumble, 82.6 ov), 8-254 (Z Khan, 87.5 ov), 9-263 (RP Singh, 90.6 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 19 4 42 2 2.21 0 0
James Anderson 25 4 83 2 3.32 2 0
Chris Tremlett 21 5 52 3 2.48 0 1
Monty Panesar 26 7 63 2 2.42 0 0
Paul Collingwood 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0
Michael Vaughan 4 0 18 0 4.50 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: IJ Gould · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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