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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v India⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
345 & 369/6
India
664 & 180/6d
Date
Thursday 9 August 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

India won the toss and chose to bat

India · 1st innings 664 all out (170 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KD Karthik c MJ Prior b RJ Sidebottom 91 151 10 1 60.3
W Jaffer c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson 35 47 6 1 74.5
R Dravid b JM Anderson 55 101 8 0 54.5
SR Tendulkar c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 82 192 11 0 42.7
SC Ganguly lbw b PD Collingwood 37 77 4 1 48.1
VVS Laxman c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 51 79 8 0 64.6
MS Dhoni c AN Cook b KP Pietersen 92 81 9 4 113.6
A Kumble not out 110* 193 16 1 57.0
Z Khan c JM Anderson b MS Panesar 11 52 1 0 21.2
RP Singh c & b JM Anderson 11 21 2 0 52.4
S Sreesanth c MP Vaughan b MS Panesar 35 32 6 1 109.4
Extras (b 33, lb 13, w 2, nb 6) 54
Total 170 overs 664

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (W Jaffer, 14.4 ov), 2-189 (R Dravid, 48.1 ov), 3-199 (KD Karthik, 51.1 ov), 4-276 (SC Ganguly, 79.5 ov), 5-354 (VVS Laxman, 101.2 ov), 6-417 (SR Tendulkar, 112.6 ov), 7-508 (MS Dhoni, 130.5 ov), 8-570 (Z Khan, 150.3 ov), 9-591 (RP Singh, 156.4 ov), 10-664 (S Sreesanth, 169.6 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 32 8 93 1 2.91 0 0
James Anderson 40 5 182 4 4.55 1 0
Chris Tremlett 40 6 132 1 3.30 1 5
Monty Panesar 45 5 159 2 3.53 0 0
Paul Collingwood 7 1 11 1 1.57 0 1
Kevin Pietersen 6 0 41 1 6.83 0 0

England · 1st innings 345 all out (103.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c S Sreesanth b Z Khan 6 13 1 0 46.2
Alastair Cook c RP Singh b A Kumble 61 98 11 0 62.2
James Anderson lbw b RP Singh 16 48 3 0 33.3
Michael Vaughan c & b A Kumble 11 36 2 0 30.6
Kevin Pietersen c R Dravid b SR Tendulkar 41 107 4 0 38.3
Paul Collingwood lbw b S Sreesanth 62 120 9 0 51.7
Ian Bell c MS Dhoni b Z Khan 63 96 11 0 65.6
Matt Prior c SR Tendulkar b S Sreesanth 0 15 0 0 0.0
Ryan Sidebottom c & b Z Khan 2 4 0 0 50.0
Chris Tremlett not out 25* 49 2 0 51.0
Monty Panesar lbw b A Kumble 9 42 2 0 21.4
Extras (b 16, lb 12, w 10, nb 11) 49
Total 103.1 overs 345

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (AJ Strauss, 4.1 ov), 2-78 (JM Anderson, 19.4 ov), 3-119 (AN Cook, 31.2 ov), 4-124 (MP Vaughan, 33.3 ov), 5-202 (KP Pietersen, 60.1 ov), 6-288 (PD Collingwood, 81.6 ov), 7-303 (IR Bell, 86.2 ov), 8-305 (RJ Sidebottom, 86.6 ov), 9-305 (MJ Prior, 89.2 ov), 10-345 (MS Panesar, 103.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Z Khan 22 13 32 3 1.45 0 0
S Sreesanth 21 2 80 2 3.81 2 5
A Kumble 29.1 7 94 3 3.22 0 4
RP Singh 18 3 72 1 4.00 3 0
SC Ganguly 5 1 8 0 1.60 1 0
SR Tendulkar 7 0 26 1 3.71 0 0
VVS Laxman 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

India · 2nd innings 180/6 dec (58 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
KD Karthik c PD Collingwood b CT Tremlett 8 15 2 0 53.3
W Jaffer lbw b JM Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.0
R Dravid c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood 12 96 1 0 12.5
SR Tendulkar b JM Anderson 1 11 0 0 9.1
SC Ganguly c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood 57 68 9 0 83.8
VVS Laxman not out 46* 86 4 0 53.5
MS Dhoni c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 36 64 4 0 56.3
A Kumble not out 8* 8 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 6) 12
Total 58 overs 180/6

Did not bat: Z Khan, RP Singh, S Sreesanth

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (W Jaffer, 2.2 ov), 2-10 (KD Karthik, 3.6 ov), 3-11 (SR Tendulkar, 6.5 ov), 4-76 (SC Ganguly, 28.5 ov), 5-89 (R Dravid, 34.4 ov), 6-158 (MS Dhoni, 54.6 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15 8 34 2 2.27 0 0
Chris Tremlett 15 2 58 2 3.87 0 5
Paul Collingwood 10 1 24 2 2.40 0 1
Monty Panesar 18 1 58 0 3.22 0 0

England · 2nd innings 369/6 (110 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c VVS Laxman b RP Singh 32 113 6 0 28.3
Alastair Cook c VVS Laxman b A Kumble 43 85 5 0 50.6
Michael Vaughan c MS Dhoni b S Sreesanth 42 95 5 0 44.2
Kevin Pietersen c KD Karthik b S Sreesanth 101 159 18 0 63.5
Paul Collingwood lbw b S Sreesanth 40 81 5 0 49.4
Ian Bell lbw b A Kumble 67 62 12 0 108.1
Matt Prior not out 12* 64 1 0 18.8
Ryan Sidebottom not out 3* 15 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 9, nb 14) 29
Total 110 overs 369/6

Did not bat: CT Tremlett, MS Panesar, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-79 (AJ Strauss, 31.4 ov), 2-86 (AN Cook, 34.1 ov), 3-152 (MP Vaughan, 60.4 ov), 4-266 (PD Collingwood, 84.1 ov), 5-289 (KP Pietersen, 88.6 ov), 6-363 (IR Bell, 105.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Z Khan 20 3 59 0 2.95 3 0
S Sreesanth 21 7 53 3 2.52 1 1
A Kumble 37 9 123 2 3.32 0 5
RP Singh 13 2 50 1 3.85 1 1
SR Tendulkar 19 0 78 0 4.11 0 7

Player of the match: A Kumble · Umpires: SA Bucknor, IL Howell · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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Meetings141In our results database
England wins53England perspective
Draws, ties & NR51Drawn, tied or no result
India wins37India victories

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